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Thanks everyone, much appreciated!

My missus has a job offer near Sale, VIC - so wondering what it would be like to move over there from Melbourne. We live in the city with 2 kids, 1 at primary and other two year old - so we thought might be a good chance to explore the country. Is it recommended to live in Sale or to a nearby town How are the schools - eg. Is St Thomas Primary School good We are very keen on bike, so are there good bike trails nearby How is the parking and traffic in general Thanks

I am just starting out in Melbourne, but yes - I will be doing consulting. My initial work location is Fitzoy, I just looked through the street view in google maps, it looked like run down area.Am just thinking to live in Melbourne CBD and then commute to my work place.

Any idea about Fitzroy, VIC. Is that a safe place to rent in or am I better off staying in CBD and commuting to Fitzroy? Also, is there good public transportation facilities between Fitzroy and Melbourne?

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Thank you guys, finally I have booked apartment, hoping its good :-)

Thank you for the valuable information, appreciate the same. I just looked up for Bioinformatics in NZ LTSSL and could not find any match there too - strange.

Both undergraduation ( 3 years) and post graduation ( 2 years) were bioinformatics major

One of my friend has a Masters degree in Bioinformatics, when I look for it in the SOL, cannot find any exact match. The closest I see is Biomedical Engineer. However, she does not have an "Engineering" degree, but has "Masters of Science" in Bioinformatics. Is she still eligible?

We would be flying to Melbourne in a month or so, and I would be working in and around 180 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000.we would like to live near this place for a month (till we get settled and come to know about the hows and whats), and then decide on a permanent place to move on. Is this location safe, we are family of 3 with a 3 year old. Any place that I need to avoid while living nearby? Also, any good apartments in and around?

How is the consulting market in Syndey/Melbourne? Is finding a job as contractor easier than looking for full time? I have been working as contractor over the past 4 years here in the US, we make substantially more than what a full time position could offer. But then 125K + super + 4 week vacation + sick leaves on a full time seems to be a very good deal. Had I got similar offer here, may be I would have never jumped into consulting :wink:

10 years. Sydney or Melbourne.

Any idea what is the average salary for Java Architect specializing in eCommerce. I just had an interview with a consulting firm, expecting to have positive outcome - was thinking of asking for $110K + super.

When I submitted EOI , I had cliamed 60 points. At that moment, my net experience was approximately 10 days short of 5 years. After 10 days, the points got updated automatically in the online application and my points got reset to 65. Anyways 60 or 65 does not matter, you would get invite either way. Good Luck

Yes, the experience got added and I was awarded additional points. Good Luck