samv

I didn't know about using the halls of residence... will look into it

Safety could be a problem when sharing a room with many other people. I've noticed everything is very expensive that's why I am thinking about staying in a hostel

Thanks for your replies. I'm moving to Sydney. My main concern is personal safety at night so I had never thought about my personal belongings. I won't have much with me anyway so I guess it's just passports etc that I have to watch over. I didn't know there were hostels with private rooms. I'll look into that. Hopefully there will be some affordable ones. At my age (...34) I don't know how easy it would be to be sharing over a long period of time.

I plan to move back to Australia from Greece where I have been living for 15 years. and since I am on a tight budget I am thinking about staying in a hostel until I save up to rent a house, get settled in and have my daughter brought over. Since I have not lived in Australia as an adult and hostels are rare (or perhaps non-existent) in Greece I was wondering if anyone could give me some info about them. My main concern is if they are safe. Is there anyone in charge there at night to take care of things? Is there anything else I need to know besides the safety issue?

I'm moving to Aus from Greece as soon as I get enough money together.* I left with my parents when I was very young and after 15 years in Greece, the time has come to return home. My daughter is 14. she can't wait to see everything I have told her about Australia but most of all she can't wait to attend a better school I have been teaching English as a foreign language for 10+ years but will be doing any kind of work. *That's probably going to take me a while so the plan is to leave alone and stay in a hostel and then have my daughter brought by her grandmother.