Amber Snowball

I always had the impression that houses were built to last 20-30 years and then be knocked down and rebuilt and that was what happened.

My son and partner enjoyed Lindfield when they lived there. Cafe culture, gym, shops, train to work. But yes, don’t think they would have wanted to be any further out. I don’t know the area, so only what they said about it.

I lived in the dandenong ranges and snakes weren’t an issue, they were about but never a problem. Huntsman by the hundred. I used to catch them under a glass and put them outside. I got an indoor automatic bug spray thing and that stopped the spiders coming in. The birds were really noisy. No gentle dawn chorus! Full throttle banshee level caterwauling. That said I prefer birds to cars and we had echidnas and foxes, tawny frog mouths, rosellas, lorikeets etc that balance the kookaburras and cockatoos, which are still fab and are amongst the small number of things I miss. Obviously that was Victoria, so NSW has some different and more exotic/deadly inhabitants. I’d be more concerned about bush fires than bird noise! I keep reminding myself as we have a soggy summer, at least we aren’t on fire.

I think the altitude can increase the effect of the sedation meds and no one monitoring them in the air for hours, it’s just too dangerous. I took a dog to Australia and bought a cat back to the uk and both survived and recovered well.

Yes, level 1 is rarely financially viable. Lots of people got more than that offered from the council services, for free. Care homes look at assets as well as income. It’s eye wateringly expensive. Obviously, things might have changed since I was there. ACAT don’t consider visa status, it’s care needs only and My Aged Care base patient contribution on income. Immigration deal with visa status. I assume if someone became that unwell they would apply for one of the medical visas that exist. Glad you have things sorted @ramot, short term restorative care was always quite good, so that hasn’t changed. Carers are part of the assessment and shouldn’t effect the level of care offered, but can help inform how the package money is spent as it is unlikely to cover everything you might need. The package should support patient and carer. Home care is far cheaper than a facility for the government, so they should be looking at sustaining that as long as possible. The government payments that effect the assurance of support were really obscure when I did mine (long time ago now). Certainly didn’t include aged care services. Things like widows payment or something, I thought it an odd list. I think sometimes we as the voting public assume policies should make sense and they just don’t. I’m sure some government minister some where could explain their decisions………

It’s based on income and care needs. If you have the care needs you will get approval and then they look at your income as to how much you have to pay towards said care.

Oh my god! Congratulations!

Is it an actual diagnosis or has someone just mentioned it? That’s young for a proper diagnosis by a paediatrician. Are you in the UK?

Absolutely thrilled for you. Is that in child and family health?

They wouldn’t. I was thinking more of telling them you have left the country so you free up a space on a GP list and as mentioned above, so no sensitive letters get sent to your old uk address.

One place I worked didn’t even have access to the spine.

Yes just tell your GP so they can remove you from their list.

Rego in Australia is called road tax here.

I genuinely feel for you. I did my nurse training purely because it meant, at that time, I could work almost anywhere. It was my ticket out of my shitty life. Moving to Australia was an extreme path to take but I couldn’t really fathom another way. I just wanted out. Australia was good to me and I was there for 13 years, now back in the uk. Now that said, it doesn’t matter where you are, your issues, worries, personality flaws will still be there, so don’t think it’s a silver bullet! All your “junk” moves with you! I think you need to do some more research and saving. Nothing will change unless you make it! Find out about other countries, what qualifications and experience you need. Do they still do emigration fairs? I went to a few back in 2005 when I was planning to move. Gather lots of info. A registered migration agent could help maybe with a strategy, if there is one, for a small fee. There are a few who post regularly on here. Good luck. Keep plugging away and try not to let it grind you down. I can still remember the absolute desperation I felt back then, like staring into a bottomless black hole. If emigration isn’t a realistic option, then if the working holiday visa becomes an option then do it, embrace the adventure and experience, who knows what will happen. Try and find the light in the darkness. Sending lots of positive vibes to you!

Just being nosey now, but where are you building? I have a soft spot for Geelong.

Good luck. I think once you get your passports sorted and then start the process of moving, things will start to fall into place and feel less overwhelming. Make a list and tick things off as you go. Really quite spiritual when you finally tick the last item off!

The £10000 rules as noted above are for actual cash, so use an exchange company to move your money once you have a bank account in the uk and a currency card in the interim. I moved the proceeds of my house sale over, as long as you can account for where the money has come from its fine. There’s a section on that website for returning British citizens and you have to have been living in the uk for 3 months to show habitual residency. As far as I am aware you can’t claim benefits if you have more than £16000 in savings.

A bottom band 5, which is where newly qualified nurses and those new to the nhs who are employed into that band, is £25655 pa. Employee pension contribution comes out of that. London weighting is paid on top. This is for England, NI and Wales. Scotland is similar at £26104. The jobs have to be matched to the pay bands for Agenda for Change, so you can’t just pay a higher band because you want to and once employed you can only progress through the pay points in that band at the prescribed times, you can’t fast track, so if moving back and experienced then haggle hard at the time of signing the contract for a higher starting point! I moved back into a band 6 role and started 3(?) pay points up rather than on the bottom of that band. Does any of this make sense?

The profession looks forward to welcoming you!

The 18-35 is a working holiday visa, so short term, no skill required. Gets people working in fruit picking, hospitality etc so a different market to what you are applying for.

They should do. It’s only making and passing new laws/policies etc that stops I think. They will continue working under current rules and guidelines only.

@DrDougster https://www.gov.uk/guidance/homes-for-ukraine-scheme-frequently-asked-questions

God, you’d certainly hope not!

Per month, per property. So if you have 1 or 5, if they are in the same house it’s still £350. If a charity puts 2 families in 2 seperate properties they would get £700. It’s to help cover the extra costs of having extra people in your home, not a rental opportunity.

Just found this, says you have to be living in the uk??? Q Can I take in a refugee? A Most likely, yes. Anyone legally living in the UK is able to take part, whatever their nationality, according to a Government source who explained the rules. You will have to be able to provide a room or accommodation of some form to the individual or group moving here for at least six months. There is no hard limit on how many people you can take in, though the Government will scrutinise offers to take in large numbers. A Government source said people who get a beneficial council tax bill or Universal Credit payment because they live alone will be unaffected if they take in a refugee, admitting laws may need to change to ensure this happens.