Julesvdg

Hi, I moved over from the UK in January, with my husband and youngest son who is 13, we are living in the Hills district and loving it. I work full time but always looking to meet new friends and enjoy a cuppa on my days off:)

Hi, it's difficult but it's early days. I too am a midwife, I moved with my family to Sydney in Jan 2014, so barely here a month and one thing I've realised so far is that it ain't going to be easy, it's going to take time to settle and along the way there are going to be many obstacles thrown in the way. But I think the key is to remember why you came in the first place? With regards to PR visa, I'm sure there will be a way and a good agent will definitely help, will your wife's employer sponsor her for PR? Where abouts in Sydney do you live, maybe other forum users may know of appropriate schooling for your boys, I know finding the right school is such a worry and the fees don't help on a 457!

Thank you LKC for your reply, we won't have any nursery fees thank goodness, although sometimes wish our eldest who has now finished school was back in nursery because he was so much nicer when he wasn't in miserable teenager phase! Your costings for utilities etc have been a great help, we are trying to work out a realistic a budget has possible so we don't have any big surprises when we get here. I should imagine the the first couple of years will be hard enough without struggling money wise, I've become obsessed with trying to cover every eventuality!