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Interesting to read this we are now in our 7th year and love it we moved to Sydney and built our home a couple of years ago here. We took our kids back to visit the UK last Christmas, our youngest who was 9 when we came over had been pining for the UK for 6 years. We had a great time and loved seeing family and friends, hubby and I had been back a few times for family reasons but it was the first time for the two youngest. Since coming back our youngest son hasn’t mentioned going to live back in the UK, he is still proudly English but he sees his life in Aus now. Our eldest son lives and works in Melbourne with his Aussie fiancée, we all have citizenship now (it is SO worth getting), our wages weren’t bad in the UK but they are amazing here and we love our jobs. We are very thankful for everything we have and enjoying seeing more of Australia every year we are here.

I react very badly to mossies here in Aus, I had no idea they were so bad. I reacted badly to gnats in the UK and here in Aus in my first summer I was like a buffet for them. I found if I got more than 10 bites at once (the most I’ve had is 16) I started to feel quite sick. I’ve tried about every spray on the market and the one I really like is ‘GO’ which can be bought in woolies or coles. I can go to BBQ’s and walk out in the evenings and stay bite free although an occasional one might get me on an area I haven’t thought to spray (like my eyelid!). I also am very careful when I go out at dusk, I spray and still try and cover most of my legs and arms with clothing. Problems come when I don’t spray repellent and are out and about in the day and random mossies bite me. Some of the worst have been- out for a few minutes putting washing on the line, putting petrol in my car, talking to the NRMA while my car was being fixed. I can’t predict those and those bites have been absolutely vicious!!! I’m in Sydney.

Yes we went his Press Club, Melbourne for a degustation meal 18 months ago and hands down I think it was the best food I have ever eaten. He has just closed this restaurant and a new one is being opened, I think it’s called Elektra or something like that but don’t think it’s going to be fine dining like The Press Club.

What job do you do? I would start there and work out where the best place for you to be and where would give you the most opportunities. We chose Sydney as it was where I believed I would enjoy my job the most and it has worked out very well. However with that choice has come very limited housing and we have been priced out of almost everywhere, ended up buying land on the outskirts of the city and building a beautiful home but it took a long time. Living costs are higher but you generally earn a lot more, my hubby and I earn more than 100% more money in our Aussie jobs than we did in the U.K. so my advice is choose your spot! Personally I would only have come to Sydney or Melbourne. However we will retire on the central coast, country Victoria or Sunshine Coast. We love the beach but equally love the country and it’s much cheaper housing inland.

Hi we lived in the Sutherland Shire too when we moved over here 6years ago with 3 kids. We rented in Illawong we had moved in the middle of the GFC had sold our house for less than we paid for it and found to our dispair we couldn’t afford to buy anything anywhere in Sydney as the prices went crazy as soon as we got here. We came on PR. Eventually we bought a cheap piece of land in south west Sydney in a new suburb and have just moved into our new home we built there. We never imagined it would take so long to get our own place though. We absolutely love Australia and became citizens last year. Keep going I really promise you it’s worth it, both my husband and I work in the CBD and have quite a commute each day but it’s worth it for great jobs and our lovely home. Our kids most importantly are settled and happy. We go back to the U.K. at the end of the year for a holiday to catch up with family it will be interesting how the kids find it!

Foreign birth certificate Bank card Bank statement with your address (you can go to your Aus bank and ask for one over the counter) this is probably the easiest and quickest as you need something with your address on and you won’t have a utilities bill . Edit: Sorry just seen you don’t have a bank account! Do you have a job offer letter? Or any official gov letter like a visa offer etc

Problem is with online shopping I like to try stuff on first, even in the U.K. I go into my fav shops - FatFace and White Stuff and see things I love then try them on and I look like a bag lady [emoji1] nothing better than being able to try before you buy!

Yes I COMPLETELY agree, been here 6 years now and it’s a struggle especially with shoes which are also outrageously expensive. For clothes I go to Myer and David Jones and buy Cue in the City for work clothes they are really nice and cheaper than the main Cue range, I also go to Saba (very expensive) target and Forever New, try Portmans too they have some good ranges of clothes at times. I am stocking up when I go back to the U.K. in November especially shoes!!

This was 5 years ago, no I didn’t track anything, NMC just said they would send it and even though AHPRA sent me an email saying they were still waiting for it, they actually had received it!

Very frustrating I agree. Mine was sent by mail from NMC and there weren’t any problems with it reaching AHPRA. Maybe get them to email it too it’s worth trying but they will still need a hard copy. They need a direct route NMC - AHPRA so surely email would be fine if they were able to verify NMC email account which should be very easy.

Also it means if you were overseas and got into trouble if any kind, as an Aus citizen, the Australian government would assist and represent you. The U.K. one would too but if you’re living in Aus it would make sense to want support from the Australian government.

Yes you definitely have to be onshore. You can do it online the day you arrive.

My son who is 15 likes them too he has all the tech but all of this is easy for him to give up too. He is quite lazy as in forgets to do his jobs and forgot to feed our dog last week so I knew taking his computer/PS4/iphone etc wasn’t going to hurt him so I grounded him and told him he wouldn’t be able to go to football training. That hurt him more than anything could. I’m not sure what to say, if he likes playing games with his friends can you encourage him to meet up with him for some physical games?

You’re right there are a few different types but it’s important to know that this particular one is called either :- Exclusive Brethren Or Plymouth brethren Or Plymouth Brethren Christian Church Are all the same brethren church they use these three names for a bit of confusion. This is definitely the brethren church the OP was offered the interview with. I recognise it, no other ones are as dogmatic, racist, homophobic and sexist.

They are a law unto themselves in every respect. I know because I was born into the exclusive brethren. I went to high school just before the brethren started their own schools thank goodness. I was kicked out/excommunicated (they call it ‘withdrawn from’) at the age of 16 for going to the theatre to see a Shakespeare play my class were studying for English. Nothing is more important than the brethren, they believe they are special and have been born into greatness that places them above all other souls on earth. I lost all contact and forms of communication with my parents siblings and all my extended family overnight when I was kicked out and although the leadership has softened the rules slightly their dogma is unchanged. I would steer clear of any business,schools or so called charity work they do (their charity is the RRT which has a facebook page) which has ‘compassion’ as its motto. They now do charity work so they can continue to register as a charity and get tax free dollars. No other reason.