busbybecci18

Thanks pumpkin, are you still living in aus?

Would you mind me asking, I have googled until I'm blue in the face and there is no fixed answer! I have five years experience and am a band six in UK, what is the average wage in New Zealand?

Thanks everyone. I think looking back at my original thread I worded this wrong. What we are looking for is a more laid back lifestyle whereby we work to live and not live to work!!! I have two friends that have made the leap and have.told me that midwifery in General is less chaotic.

Hi everyone, We are very new to this forum and hopefully it will help us with our many and increasing questions about moving our life to Australia or New Zealand. To give you a bit of background we holidayed in Australia a few years back and we visited Sydney and Perth, we fell in love with the country and until now my guilts about family etc have always held me back but now we have a two and a half year old and are considering the moved to pave a better future for her and our family. I am a midwife and my husband is a site supervisor/plasterer, we are considering Adelaide as I am under the impression from research that it is a very family orientated place. So... Our biggest questions are housing( we currently live in a four bed end terraced) what would we get for our money or how much is rent for a family home. What is the education system like and are the schools good in this area, and if there are any midwives out there reading this what is the average salary for a midwife (I am currently band six with 5 years post grad experience also with a post grad sonography qualification). Finally cost of living? Is it as expensive as I am reading or the the wages match the higher costs. Thanks so much for your help Becci