jessi

Thank you, would you know of a safe rural area not too bad to commute from towards deer park? Or any areas to avoid.

Thanks for the tip. Avoid sunshine! So we may look a little further out. Now that I know his job is on the outskirts too.

What about sunbury do you know? Would that be a nice neighbourhood for children and teens would anyone know? I see it was mentioned up above. I see a few kids have recently gone missing around sunbury but then again that could be runaway teens long back home. It's so hard to know without actually being there. Once we make the decision if we're going it'll be super quick so I'm hoping I can think of anything beforehand that could become a problem.

Brilliant! Thanks so much.

The job is near Deer Park/ Caroline springs area. Any insider info on a nice village feel neighbourhood commutable? Would there be anywhere within the hour where we would be able to buy some land with a house down the line. But mainly my worry is my teenagers in regards to the area. Safe and away from gangs/ drugs and maybe with places where he could do some dirt biking and the likes of those things. What way would the likes of spiders be if we're more rural? Is it a real worry for children? Like do parents go out and check for spiders first in the garden.

Well they might just be saying that to lure us over haha

Thanks for that. It would be for the first while until everyone is settled and I could then work in a Crèche. However the 200k is only the first years pay, it will increase yearly.

Thank you all again, you're a wealth of knowledge. Re the food I usually cook from scratch here too so that's not a problem unless I pick up the odd pizza. It's a good point about the school. We wouldn't be returning to Ireland, it would be with view to stay so I'll have to think about that one a bit. Are there any apprenticeships for that age or would he have to be 18? He's not planning on going to school any longer than he has to . Also, I will double check about the superannuation. And it's great to know that it's a great salary. I would hopefully start to work in a creche too but probably not for the first while. I just didn't want to get there and realise 200.000 isn't enough. As far as I know health care is covered too although I must check if that's for him only. Good to know they're not as obsessed about the genders. It's a big thing in the cities here, but not in the rural areas where we live atm. In the cities they're letting the kids be a dog if that's what they identify as. What would lara be like for an area near geelong? It seems quite villagey but then it could be overrun with druggies haha I don't know. I really love woodend so far, but if it turns into a massive traffic jam I'd say he'd soon be sick of it. Thank you all so much.

Thank you all so much for your suggestions and for taking the time to reply. I will have a look at those places and the websites too, very helpful. In regards to our lifestyle we don't live lavishly, we get a take out maybe once a month. I would cook every night and we budget our weekly shop as much as possible. Other than that the kids would have some activities on and then just a 3 to 4 bed house with a garden would be nice, and a car with insurance. My husband would get the 200.000 aud a year for the first year plus a car and fuel card. He would probably leave early around 5am and travel back early too. I just don't want to commit and then realise we haven't got enough money for all of us to live a decent life. The children are 16 this month, 12 and 5. I realise drugs are everywhere, but just wanted to see if the rumours are true of drugs being a very normal part of life and whether or not there are many drug users hanging around the streets of geelong for example. People can do what they like in regards of wokeness, I don't mind. I just don't think it's something that should be taught in schools. Its something we would discuss as a family. But that's my opinion. I wouldn't have a clue on how much food would cost each week or car insurance, fuel, kids activities and schools, electricity bills, bins etc. Again thanks a mill so far.

Hi everyone, My husband has gotten a good job offer in Melbourne. At least I think its good. It would be 200.000 aud per year. Would we be living ok as a family of 5 on that starting money? We have 2 teenagers and a 5 year old. If he did accept we would like to live as rural as possible within an hours drive into Melbourne, as he will have to commute. Geelong distance would be good but geelong is a city so far too big for our liking. Also I've heard rumours of a lot of drug users around the area amd now I'm not sure if it's gotten so bad that it wouldn't be wise with teenagers? I'd love some local Intel as we know all cities have drugs but from what we hear theres an ice epidemic apparently. We would be coming from rural Ireland, however I grew up in Berlin myself. Also in regards to schools for teens, do they really teach about 82 genders these days or is that not as bad as it seems from afar. Thank you Jessi