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Hey Geraldine...wishing you and your family all the best....it will be great to hear of your experience both in terms of work (husband) and of your family

Thank you for all the advice guys.....all very reassuring! Perth and melbourne are my first choice areas. I have to work in areas of medical workforce shortage. I will have more of an idea of where, I actually sit with recruiters. In melbourne for example can someone live in say Hampton and commute to Narre Warren South? It seems i'd be going against traffic as I'd be going out of town when people are coming in. REason I ask is I have friends who live in Hampton who say it is lovely with good schools and I have been suggested work in Narre Warren.

Thank you all for your swift responses! Thats all very reassuring.....I am planning a trip later in the year! I have a few Aussies friends here in the UK who have worked with me they were great...lots of fun. I'm not a very sensitive type I guess I was just worried about my children.

Dear All, New to the forum! I am a GP/emergency doctor in the UK. For a variety of professional and personal reasons me and the family are looking to move to Australia. Professionally the variety of work and the chance to practice medicine more freely are very appealing. There is lots of work availiable as I know doctor numbers are short in Oz. Personally we are a small family and the weather and outdoor lifetstyle is what we are after. WE are looking at areas around Melbourne/sydney/Perth. As a foreign doctor we need to work in areas of workforce shortage. For Perth thats 30minutes from CBD for melbourne and sydney usually 1 hour 30 mins. I was born in the UK and consider myself as english as the next man. However I have indian ancestory and hence am asian in complextion. My wife is the same. English is our first language and we speak it better than most caucasians I know! We are proud of our hertitage but firmly belive that you should adopt and live my the etiquette of the country you live. I say all this because reading posts online etc. we are concerned about day to day life in australia with regard to racism. I've lived in Portsmouth UK when growing up and experienced my fair share of racism and abuse. I had hoped the world had changed and that my kids wouldn't have to suffer the way I did. I know racism is everywhere and that this may sound like a silly question to you all but I wanted to know peoples experiences on the ground. Do you get abuse daily? Are racial assaults common place? In comparison to UK is it much worse? It may depend on where people live but as I know I'll be living on the outskirts of cities are my family likely to experience it more? Again i'm sorry if this sounds silly to some but it is a concern I have had. When I first considered australia I never ever thought this would be an issue. As a doctor I don't see colour. I treat a variety of patients and have always prided myself on not showing any discrimination on basis of race, religions socioeconomic status. Also which areas around an hour east of Melbourne CBD are good for schools family life etc? Similarly for Perth which suburbs around 30 mins outside CBD are considered good for school/kids family? This forum has provided me with a lot of information and I thank you all for helping those of us thinking of moving to your beautiful country.