Nandini Millar

Hello and wish you all a very happy new year 2019. With the start of the new year we will be starting our new life in Australia soon and we are very excited. Me and my husband have been researching and anxious about what healthcare insurance will keep us covered when he have landed in the country. We are a family of 4. We two and our 2 kids 4 and 6. We have been used to NHS free healthcare so we really have no idea of how to go about. Any tips any help any advice would be great. Thank you.

Sounds brilliant we might join in as well. A bit of snowfall sounds good too hehe

I know it's too cold and wet here and we are always poorly off and on until we feel some sun and that takes forever. We need sun and wants to spend time outdoors. sometimes I feel so bad that my 2 little kids are always indoors.

Wow sounds great. Merry Christmas again.

Hehe I love Christmas jumpers too maybe I would switch to Christmas t shirts haha

yes piccadilly station will be chilly and cold in jan as i did my studies in Manchester University and been at the same situation so many times. I stopped buying brollies after i couldnt keep a track of how many i have lost hehe. but yeah welcome back to Manchester. Its a good place.

That sounds fair and we get a cold Christmas too haha. I would love that as well. 2 Christmases that's awesome

Hehe cold Christmas warm new year. I wish all our dreams come true

Yes I know. Over here we look for house that has South facing garden but over there I think that don't apply at all.

Sounds like a proper commitment to Christmas haha. I don't think I would go that far but just a wonder how it would be like to have Christmas in summer. Sounds weird to me already but I might embrace the full Aussie way as I have always adapted to places would love to take kids to pantomime though in t shirts and shorts. That should be amazing. Not a fan of cold and wind not to forget the chilly rain

Hello thank you for sharing your experience. Sounds like Brisbane could be the right choice for us. Yes everyone says coastal areas are better. We might stick to that. No my friend has only visited Brisbane not lived there. He lives in Sydney.

Hehe I know it's just in the head for me. I think barbeque and drinks sounds more appropriate. Don't know how we would feel though without roast haha.

Sounds like a party not Christmas dinner haha. Will have to see if we could keep up the British way else have to grow into the Aussie way. The decorated tree might help

Wow that's nice to know as I was telling my husband we should go sunshine coast as the humidity seems to be better there as well. Thank you.

Woww sounds amazing. I wish I live by a lake too. It must be so beautiful. Are you in Brisbane? Sounds like you are doing such a good job work giving to charity. Spreading love and joy merry Christmas to you again

Hehe you love the bitter wind that's nice to know. I went out shopping today in the wind and I had to race back to my car trying to get away from it haha. It's just too cold couldn't feel my hands Going out to see lights sounds amazing. My kids would love that. I worry a bit about the humidity in Brisbane hope it gets better though. I would live to experience having seafood and lovely exotic salad on Christmas day. I think I would just feel like a birthday party haha. Of course it's Jesus birthday haha. It's always going to be nice as long as family and friends are there. Hope we get to meet and know each other when we get to Brisbane. Merry Christmas to you again and thank you for your wishes

Awww that's so nice you have amazing friends out there. They are the familieswe choose seeing santa in flip flops could be quite funny haha. Not very sure what my kids would say to that. It's going to be surprising and funny for them. I like the way how everyone seems to enjoy drinks by the pool and have a very relaxing day. In here we can't do anything outdoors esp Christmas time. We could easily catch cold and flu or even get worst if we were already struggling with it. Anyway have an amazing Christmas again and next year we intend to see Santa in flip flops haha

Yes definitely. As long as we have our family and friends it should be all very meaningful and enjoy the day.

It's nice to know that cold Xmas could be odd too. I think a sunny Christmas would be quite nice but not very sure whether it would still feel Christmassy but I will always go for the sunny one rather than the cold chilly one. Christmas feeling might develop soon enough as well

Oh ok that's good news then. I thought it could be easily higher than 40 most of the time in summer. Few of my friends have been telling me that North lakes is a good area. Since I have 2 small kids I thought it could be a bit too hot for them if the temperature is easily beyond 40. Thank you again to your input.

Yes me too. Would love a nice roast for Christmas as it feels right also Christmas in the Southern Highlands sounds amazing. Lots to explore and lovely to hear all your experiences. It's nice to see snowfall here on Christmas day but I want it all gone and evaporated the very best day. I slipped easily on snow all the time it's annoying and don't like it hehe. Now I have started to worry as we have snowfall forecast over the weekend already. Hope you have a brilliant Christmas and enjoy. Merry Christmas again

50 cold Christmas in England haha. I love snowfall on Christmas day and no other day. It's too cold and annoying plus all the cold and flu. Nice to know you enjoy Christmas in summer. Does the temperature in Brisbane goes up to 40 in summer? Sounds relaxing to enjoy doing any cooking Have a great summer Christmas

40 Christmases and still weird haha. I associate Christmas with snowfall and I think I am going to find a bit hard to feel Christmassy for a while in the sun. I use fake snow to make Santa footprints but I guess I might not need that anymore over there. Let's see. I guess barbeque works as well for Christmas. It's going to be very different. Or maybe still a roast dinner Thank you for sharing your experience.Merry Christmas again

I can hardly guess sweating while putting the tree up and you need aircon to cook it down haha. In here I turn on the fireplace and over there aircon. It's complete opposite. I Merry Christmas again

Hello everyone. This year's Christmas could be our last Christmas in UK. It's exciting but at the same time I think it's going to be different experience altogether to have Christmas in summer haha. In England it's freezing cold now. How did you find your first Christmas in summer ?? Will be lovely to hear about your experiences. Me and my family are thinking to settle in Brisbane. I am thinking temperature will be really high in December. By the way merry Christmas in advance everyone