paednurse Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Hi all, My family and I are currently living in Hervey Bay but I have just accepted an offer for a job in Nambour Hospital and so we are finally making the much anticipated move to the Sunshine Coast in a few weeks! We will probably move to the Buderim/mountain creek area as I love the look of the schools there for our son and its still nice and close to the beaches! we will be sad to leave the Bay as have made some great friends (a few very special ones through poms in oz) but we know its the right move for us in the long term. however the thought of having to start all over again with schools, jobs, places to live and most importantly friends is somewhat daunting. We would love to meet up with some fellow sunny coast families who can show us the ropes! if you fancy a catchup with us that would be fab. xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger2shirts Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Get in touch we are in Buderim. Have a look at Chancellor State College its great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paednurse Posted March 22, 2013 Author Share Posted March 22, 2013 Thanks, we will get in touch once we have moved down. we are visiting next week too and will def take a look at this school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justcantwait Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Hi There is a group on facebook, sunshine coast expats group, really helpful bunch of peeps on there, full of advice, my daughter goes Chancellor and i work there, i am happy with the school, my daughter is doing really well there. Anne marie xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allisonc771 Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Hey hun x we moved to sunny coast from uk in feb this year and are loving it! my two oldest kids go to mountain creek high and have made lots of new friends and found everyo.e friendly. I am also a nurse at nambour hospital. i have been there five weeks and am liking it. Would be good to meet up. there is me hubby and three kids girl 16 and two boys 13 and 4. X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justcantwait Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Hi this is the link to the sunny coast website to help people www.sunshinecoastexpats.com its linked to the facebk group as well Glad your family are liking it here, it is stunning place to live, we are just coming up to 5 yrs be good to catch up soon, will message you when i get 5 mins lol Anne marie xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paednurse Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share Posted March 29, 2013 Hey, thanks for the responses! We have just come back from viewing houses on sunny coast, been looking at Buderim, mountain creek and kawana areas. But it's been a bit of a nightmare. Every home we look at has at least 10 other applicants!! The were so many people at the open days I'm beginning to worry we will be living out of the car once we arrive! Lol. We have our fingers crossed for a lovely house in mountain creek but its had so many applicants so not feeling too confident. its good to here from a fellow Nambour nurse, I'm looking forward to starting now! I have a couple of good friends working there too and they have lots of positive things to say too. thankyou for the advice on the sunny coast groups I'm gonna go check them out now! we will def be keen for meeting up with you guys once we are down, be nice to meet some fellow sunny coast families! xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paednurse Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share Posted March 29, 2013 Can I just check with everyone that recommended Chancellor State school that the catchment area is basically Sippy Downs? We hadn't even looked into that area to be honest. Is it a nice place to live? I think it might be a bit far for me to travel to work in Nambour really, I don't want more than a 30 min commute as will be working nights etc. emma x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justcantwait Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Is it primary you are after because i think the catchment for that is mainly Sippy, not sure if the catchment map is on there website. Sippy is right by the Bruce so you can shoot up to Nambour that way, i think it took me about 20 mins from Sippy. I like living on Sippy,we have always had friendly neighbours, like to walk to school, has Woolies, banks,Docs, dentists. Plus close to Bruce for Brissie as well. It is hard to pick areas because they are all nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paednurse Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share Posted March 29, 2013 Omg there are too many areas to choose from! They all seem nice too which doesn't make it easy to choose, and have heard good things from all the schools too. Oh decisions decisions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger2shirts Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Chancellor is predominnatly Sippy Downs and Buderim. Nambour is an easy drive - 15 mins. Have a look at the "Newport" building in Mooloolaba is you are struggling for accomadatio - its where we stayed when we first arrived. http://www.newportmooloolaba.com.au/index.html Good luck with it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest luckylady Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Hi, I live in Buderim and my daughter goes to Chancellor. Feel free to contact me if you need any info, or you fancy a coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paednurse Posted April 20, 2013 Author Share Posted April 20, 2013 We have finally landed in the sunny coast!! Been having a bit of a nightmare finding a suitable rental though. The competition is so high!! Staying with friends in Maroochydore at the mo, but have lots of houses to view next week in Sippy Downs/Buderim/Maroochydore so really hoping we find something! Our eldest is out of school at the mo until we at least know which area we will be living in which isn't ideal but we don't really have much choice. im starting work on the29th so really hope to have a house and school organised by then, fingers crossed. Absolutely loving life down here though so I know we have made the right decision and that all this stress and upheaval will be worth it! Emma p.s We will def be up for some meet ups with you guys soon too as the next step after house and school is to gain a social life again! ) xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest luckylady Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Hi Emma, rental demand is high here, you will need to get ahead of the game. What we were advised to do when looking for our first rental, was to get a pack of all our information together before viewing. We took photocopies of our bank statements, to show we had enough funds to pay the rent, a copy of our passport, drivers licence, visa grant letter, & our temporary Medicare card. We bundled this together and added a covering letter about who we were, stating we were non smokers, and gave a list of people they could get references from etc We got 6 of these packs together ready to hand out to agents when we found something we liked, fortunately for us we got accepted on the very first one we applied for. I think it was because we made it easy for the agent, and he could process our application on the same day. If you are looking at Chancellor State college, the catchment is parts of Buderim as well, they have a map on the website so you can see the area, there is also a list of road names & numbers of houses which are included in the catchment. Very useful as we viewed 4 houses that we liked but couldn't apply for. Best of luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger2shirts Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Sippy Downs to Nambour is a very easy drive, 15 - 20 mins and its never really that busy. Sippy Downs is very convenient for most things here and Chancellor School is excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paednurse Posted May 12, 2013 Author Share Posted May 12, 2013 Hey all, we managed to secure a rental in Mooloolaba in the end! the stress of the move/new job/new school is subsiding and we are starting to be able to enjoy living in such a fab place! anyone fancy catching up with us for coffee/beach/beer (save the best option til last lol) let me know. Be good to make some buddies. Emmax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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