Gbye grey sky Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 One month today until we are on our way. For weeks now every person we speak to says this. To which our reply is a puzzled....no! Are we missing a trick here because we still have to live normally, work etc. We have allowed ourselves 2 weeks to sort things out before we go including the obligatory cleaning. Obviously we have planned and organised a great deal but packing??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 One month today until we are on our way. For weeks now every person we speak to says this. To which our reply is a puzzled....no! Are we missing a trick here because we still have to live normally, work etc. We have allowed ourselves 2 weeks to sort things out before we go including the obligatory cleaning. Obviously we have planned and organised a great deal but packing??? I think your attitude is the right one. Things are only as difficult as you make them. Doesn't take long once you get started. Good luck with it all. I thoroughly enjoyed the countdown , no stress just excitement. Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bungo Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I am with you. I pack the same day or night before for a holiday and for a move, maybe a couple of days before. I would have been sorting out / downsizing for a month or so in advance though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight7 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I start packing a few days before as I wash things. Any earlier and I forget what I've packed or not packed. Some people are, shall we say, anal, about packing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srh82 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Sounds about right to me. Enjoy the 'normality' for a couple of weeks and then start the clean out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelensvaleHoward Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Sounds about right to me When we came here The day before we'd sold all our remaining furniture to a neighbour so he came and emptied the houseand that night we had matresses and sleeping bags which we were bringing with us In the morning we threw the matresses onto the front garden as the council were booked to pick them up the following day Jumped into a taxi-van Didn't look back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiegirl Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Sounds exciting, iam going through one room at a time and going to only have in there what we need, not buying anything else I know we have a yr to go but so much to do and re paint the house inside so all neutral colours , transport for stuff we are taking is sorted just need to wait now . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vickyplum Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 What you're doing sounds perfectly normal to me! As long as you've done the prep, the packing can wait another couple of weeks. I had the opposite: after our belongings had been shipped, people were asking me if I'd started packing yet and looked surprised when I said yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naomi from Manchester Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Our last night was horrendous - I was up all night with last minute CD uploading and clearing of stuff, didn't get to bed at all that night and spent our farewell evening meal with family in a restaurant wondering if I would end up catching the plane without getting everything done. That's me all over, I wouldn't recommend it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JockinTas Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Our last night was horrendous - I was up all night with last minute CD uploading and clearing of stuff, didn't get to bed at all that night and spent our farewell evening meal with family in a restaurant wondering if I would end up catching the plane without getting everything done. That's me all over, I wouldn't recommend it Yep, I was a bit like that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifi69 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 It will take you longer than anticipated :confused: but just do what you can while you can. My OH left 6 weeks before me and daughters, leaving me to sort it all. I Didnt tell anyone until four weeks before that we were going, can still remember those questions... Answer ....err no, I hadnt packed a thing, including the bloody house:mad: it will come together, even those things that don't get sorted because your so busy with everyone wanting to meet up with you to say goodbye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tina0101 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I remember that question!! Heheheheh. It's like packing for holiday - you wouldn't do that 4 weeks in advance!! Lol not long now :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gbye grey sky Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 I remember that question!! Heheheheh. It's like packing for holiday - you wouldn't do that 4 weeks in advance!! Lol not long now :-) I know. For one thing arriving in Brisbane in July we probably need much the same clothes as we need to be wearing in England in June lol. Excitement levels really building now and it seems an age since the recce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifi69 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Wishing you all the best on your new family adventure. just don't forget to pop in and let us know how your getting on once your settled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Roberto Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 It might depend on how much stuff you have. As we have 3 kids and they just accumulate loads of 'stuff' we have been getting rid of things for about the last 4 months. (including 3 cats and 2 hamsters! :'( ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gbye grey sky Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 It might depend on how much stuff you have. As we have 3 kids and they just accumulate loads of 'stuff' we have been getting rid of things for about the last 4 months. (including 3 cats and 2 hamsters! :'( ) We have also been offloading stuff. Did a car boot, charity shops and a few boot loads to the tip. Packing though is another matter entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Roberto Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Depends how you see things and how pedantic you want to be really. In my world it's all been of the same process. Sticking some clothes in bags is easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjg Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Are you bringing a container or part container GGS? If so, when are the shippers picking it up? Or are you travelling light, just luggage, and starting again? If the first, id be sorting now, if the second, you have weeks............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 We just did luggage and shipped a few personal bits and a couple of bikes. Just threw everything in two cases each. Very liberating and lots of trips to the tip :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 If it's just clothes then usually an hour before I set off. If it's a full house of things then I think 2 weeks would be cutting it fine. We had 10 days to pack up and move down here and never again. In the end we literally threw everything in boxes and said we would sort it at the other end. Furniture we didn't want we left to late to sell so had to give a lot away or again bring it with us. Good luck with everything. Also remember although it's winter here for the locals coming from the UK you will still find it not until you acclimatise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gbye grey sky Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 Are you bringing a container or part container GGS? If so, when are the shippers picking it up? Or are you travelling light, just luggage, and starting again? If the first, id be sorting now, if the second, you have weeks............... We have a 20 ft container. Shippers coming on 8/9 July so our last few days here will be staying with brother-in-law. To be fair we have done a fair bit of sorting out over the past months. We know what furniture is being shipped and what is not so it is all the rest of the paraphanalia that we need to organise. Have a fair bit going on too in next few weeks. Away one weekend at a family wedding and organising a leaving party at our house. But we finish work this Friday and our daughter is away next week on a school adventure trip at the coast so we will make a proper start while she is away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjg Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 So although you are not all packed, you are all organised. Which is far more important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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