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Well there are a few of us now, I have given my number to a few you so just call if you fancy a chat.

Hi I am Marlene (on my husbands username), I am living in Sutherland/Kirrawee but happy to visit the city to meet up for a brew or a vodka! I too am a young 44 with a 13 year old and hubby who is usually at work. I will send you my number on a pm. Marlene

Thanks folks really appreciated.

Hi everybody, Can somebody please help, I am in Sydney on a 457 visa and I cant understand conflicting (to me) information on the authority website. Can I exchange a UK licence for an australian one, the website appears to say yes if a PR but only a P licence if temporary but I am sure that cant be right can it?

Thanks - its more than I knew yesterday!

Thanks for the information, do you or anybody else know any decent local schools in Coogee, Randwick or Maroubra?

Public schools please...

hi we have been looking for a school for. My 14 year old son in Coogee or Maroubra but the n s w beb site does not show any surely there must be some can anybody point me in the right direction pleasefor an international secondary school in these areas, thank you.

Thanks for the replies everybody, I am getting paid monthly on the 15, 1 week in arrears 1 week in advance.

Thanks so much everybody, I will speak to HR on Monday/Tuesday.

Yes that's in Australian dollars and I felt ok about living expenses just that gap between coming over and the first pay, thanks for your quick reply mate.

Hi I have just got a job with Railcorp on 175k AUS and will (me, wife and 13yr old boy) l be moving to Sydney in six weeks. I could do with some help on the money front please, we will be put up in serviced apartments for about six weeks while we find somewhere. We will bring over about 15k AUS and need about 6 of that for a deposit and first month rent after six weeks. . Does 9k seem reasonable for living costs etc while i start work and wait for the first salary to arrive from Railcorp? I don't know yet how long exactly I will have to wait before the first payday I am guessing somewhere between four and eight weeks We also have a worry about serviced apartment for 6 weeks and yet it takes 12 for our container to arrive so we will need beds and basics which seems kind of silly with it all on the way... Any advise or knowledge of these areas is greatly welcome, thanks

Hi we re moving to Sydney in six weeks with a 13year old boy, I have a role with Railcorp andmy wife looks to have ppicked up a part time job in Coogee, which is a place we think k looks great to live. My son is 13 and would normally start GCSE work in September, he is in the top two sets for exams etc so doing ok academically. Will he start exam work straight away, or in January? And does anybody please have any recommendations for schools? Thanks

Brilliant thanks. So for a $750 a week place its: $1500 up front and $3000 deposit = $4500 total or that plus a $3000 bond = $7500... ​If I got its right its just $4500 then another payment in 2 weeks of $1500

Hi, We (me, wife and 13 year old boy) are looking to move to Sydney in June after I got a job - we are looking at Coogee - just need to be assured that the schools are ok near by. The main question I have is after the cost of a deposit how much rent do we have to pay up front? We have driving licences each and passports, I can provide a current (in Aus) and previous (in UK) employee reference along with utility bills, mortgage statement, neighbour reference and bank statement from UK. We will be taking about £8,000 over with us and I will be earning AU$175,000 a year. ​Thanks in advance...