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hi, I do come back here and check on how people are doing but never post, my story I am English married to an aussie for ten years made the move in October 2014, all the usual thoughts am I doing the right thing is it gonna work out. moved in with my inlaws in a huge house but 30 minutes from the nearest shop, loved the country way of life, we gave ourselves a couple of weeks before we done anything then set about finding work. we came to Australia with very little money about $6000 so work was important, we got real lucky I found work as a vehicle spray painter after 2 days of knocking doors handing out my cv, my wife a couple of weeks later doing office admin and still have the same jobs 20 months in. like anywhere still hard to get up in the morning but until the lottery win comes we will keep getting up. was not ideal living so far out of a small town my work was an hour and 15 each way my wife 30 minutes. managed to save money and loved the little town we lived in and had good jobs so bought a house here in july 2015, little house big garden sits on half an acre what ever that means, but I know it takes an hour and a half to cut the grass. cut my journey to work by half and my wife can walk to work. at the moment things are working out great have had more holidays and weekends away then we have ever had. feel like we are in the right place at the right time and had a bit of luck along the way. hope this helps in some small way the people that are moving soon, it can be done, it can work out.

Hi all, This is my first time positing, Just wanted to share my good news. I have been reading the forum for a while and has been a good source of information and also keeping me sane ;-) I applied for my 309/100 visa and the 100 was granted today, 8 months 2 days since lodging my application. I found the first month and the last three weeks the hardest, relieved now and booking my flights to Sydney tomorrow. Congratulations to those who also who have also had good news and good luck to all of you still waiting .