JoandJon Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Look for a place to live near PT so you can train it into the city, Maybe get the kids to write down a wish list and help you choose where to live? Might make your daughter feel more in charge of her life which may well be part of the problem at the moment (apart from generally being a teenager). What sort of stuff are your family interested in? There's loads to do in Melbourne if you know where to look .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CarolynYeoman Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Thanks. That is a good idea and it is certainly worth a try. Our Daughter likes dancing (plus facebook!) but wants to take up horse-riding. The boys like swimming, karate and cubs but want to start tennis and cricket. Hubby and I just want to get out and about, meet people and aim to start cycling and anything else which takes our fancy. We had intended moving out towards the end of November but have changed to just after Christmas in order to try and placate the children a bit! Not sure if it will work or not. Carolyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoandJon Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Horse-riding could be a good way to convince her - there is some amazing horse-riding to do on a regular weekend trip away from Melbourne, For example (not far from where I grew up) http://watsonstrailrides.tourstogo.com.au/tour/2923-%20Winery%20Ride/ Something for adults and kids alike! and there are loads of places in outer Melbourne itself - I only know the Eastern suburbs, will have to think about the best places to suggest... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoandJon Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Ok, Just a couple for you to accidentally leave open on the pc in case she's curious These are just ones I found via google - no idea if they're any good or not! Western Suburbs: http://www.bellarinehorseridingcentre.com.au/riding_school.html Eastern Suburbs (not far from Berwick - this would be GORGEOUS riding country!) http://www.vechorse.com.au/Find_Us.html I know there'll be lots more... Cricket and Tennis for the boys is easy peasy - pretty much any local area will have clubs and stuff for them to join in with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Ray Family Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Hi guys, I'm moving to Melbourne in November and have a months rental booked in pakenham. Anyone know anything about it? Thanks Steve and Julie Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Attwell99 Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Hi. I too purchased this book online and it took me ages to realise that they don't actually send you a hard copy of the book. In the confirmation e-mail they send you a link to their site and you have to download the book as a pdf and then either read it on your computer or print it off (it is very long). Bit of a con really. Hope this helps. Carolyn I ordered that book and never got it. Tried emailing them and got no reply and still no book. I'm flying in on Thursday morning so I'll have to just hit the ground running and get by on my research so far. Would have been handy to have it all in one ebook though. Like you I think it's a con. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petals Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Hi guys, I'm moving to Melbourne in November and have a months rental booked in pakenham. Anyone know anything about it? Thanks Steve and Julie Ray There are several families who post and live in Pakenham. Join the Britvics forum as well. Its a quiet place so sometimes takes a while for people to answer but the members are mainly people who live here in Vic. Also do a search for Pakenham might bring up threads here for you. So many posts its hard to look through them all. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegastomelbourne Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Time to share some good news with my fellow Melbournian..:biggrin:University of Melbourne Special Needs Dentistry department offered a spot to me for their entering class of 2012. Sorry it took so long to update my status. I enjoyed my vacation at Eastern Europe for the last 3 months. I am currently in the process of relocating to Melbourne. Looking forward to meet all my future Aussie friends. I am an US trained dentist who is currently applying to Melbourne Doctor of Clinical Dentistry Program. The program itself starts on Feb/March of 2012. Looking forward to share ideas and learn from fellow forum members.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Gosh haven't seen this post for a while, I am on final countdown 5 weeks to go, DH ha already arrived and working in Bendigo. Sarah x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish78 Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 Well the day is finally here for us - off to the airport in 2 hours! Landing in Sydney, staying there for a week, then off to Melbourne middle of next week.... Can't believe it's finally here!! Maddie x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest VickyMel Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Gosh haven't seen this post for a while, I am on final countdown 5 weeks to go, DH ha already arrived and working in Bendigo. Sarah x Bet you can't wait to be back with your DH - and it is really great to have him already settled in a job with money coming in as well. Enjoy your final few weeks - I imagine you would like him with you for some things! It is the same at this end he can swan off to work and you can arrange getting things sorted there :wink: Well the day is finally here for us - off to the airport in 2 hours! Landing in Sydney, staying there for a week, then off to Melbourne middle of next week.... Can't believe it's finally here!! Maddie x Oh Maddie at last - I hope you enjoy your trip! Vicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoandJon Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Exciting for everyone - OMG in two weeks exactly the Satchdog will already be in the air, and I'll be frantically sorting out the house for the movers who'll be arriving tomorrow. Holy bejeezus where has the time gone to????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katiesevenfour Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Further to my post on here of a few months back, I now have my student visa (it took a grand total of a day & a half to be granted!) and we fly to Melbourne on 26 October 2011!! We'll be living in Mulgrave...my daughter and I are both very excited to start our new lives!! Wishing everyone else good luck with their plans and moves :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibby Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Well the day is finally here for us - off to the airport in 2 hours! Landing in Sydney, staying there for a week, then off to Melbourne middle of next week.... Can't believe it's finally here!! Maddie x Hope you got there safe and sound Maddie! See you in ten weeks - OH already there. I can't wait!:jiggy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clairemc Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Hi there, me, my husband and kiddies are also hoping to move by Feb!!!! we too are looking at Point Cook!!!!! I am a Midwife! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teri32 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Hello everyone, flying out on 31st Oct with Singapore Airlines at 22.05 Heathrow to Melbourne. Anyone on the same flight? I'm sooooo excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supa Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Further to my post on here of a few months back, I now have my student visa (it took a grand total of a day & a half to be granted!) and we fly to Melbourne on 26 October 2011!! We'll be living in Mulgrave...my daughter and I are both very excited to start our new lives!! Wishing everyone else good luck with their plans and moves :-) Many congratulations - good luck with the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammytwo Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 We flew out on Malaysian Airlines arriving on Wednesday and are still getting over the jetlag. Booked a fantastic holiday let in Mornington through Moving to Melbourne. Start looking for somewhere to live tomorrow in the Northern suburbs. Tried to get a mobile phone contract when we first arrived but couldn't as I haven't got a job so no credit history. Hope that doesn't apply to house rentals too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GordandAbi Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 Hi to everyone. Please can i join in too?? Me,my hubby (Gord) and our 3 children aged 3 and half,22 months and 4 months should be moving to Melbourne in the early new year. Gord has got a job already out there on a 457 visa and we are just waiting for it all to be finalised! Scary stuff this....especially as parents are finding our decision pretty tough going at the moment.:sad: We are hoping to move to Berwick. Have no family out there at all so i am petrified! After reading this whole thread i couldn't help but think how lovely everyone was so thought i'd come and say hi. We are also looking to meet new people and make loads of new friends.:biggrin: Abi.xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest VickyMel Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Tried to get a mobile phone contract when we first arrived but couldn't as I haven't got a job so no credit history. Hope that doesn't apply to house rentals too. I had a post on here where I had the same problem with having no credit history. I wanted a new phone and the cheapest was was with the contract so I argued it out with the phone company and got my contract in the end - it took about a week had to show bank statement and a couple of other things but I got there. It is not an issue with the rentals - however the agents were a bit concerned I think because we were new - needed to give references and again showed a bank statement showing we had funds. Although OH had just got a job contract we could show them but I think we could have swung it anyway. We were also able to push some of the rental agencies to a 6 month let rather than 1 year (although unfortunately not the property we ended up with). Welcome! Vicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Hi to everyone. Please can i join in too??Me,my hubby (Gord) and our 3 children aged 3 and half,22 months and 4 months should be moving to Melbourne in the early new year. Gord has got a job already out there on a 457 visa and we are just waiting for it all to be finalised! Scary stuff this....especially as parents are finding our decision pretty tough going at the moment.:sad: We are hoping to move to Berwick. Have no family out there at all so i am petrified! After reading this whole thread i couldn't help but think how lovely everyone was so thought i'd come and say hi. We are also looking to meet new people and make loads of new friends.:biggrin: Abi.xxx Hi Abi, welcome! My Dh is already out there on a 457, still lots to do here to get ready to go, 4.5 weeks and counting... Sarah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GordandAbi Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Hi Abi, welcome!My Dh is already out there on a 457, still lots to do here to get ready to go, 4.5 weeks and counting... Sarah Hi there. You must be getting so excited!:biggrin: When did it all start happening for you guys? Whereabouts are you thinking of living? Thankyou for the warm welcome.:hug: Abi.xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluePoppy Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Good luck Maddie and everyone else who's on their way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Ray Family Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Hello everyone, flying out on 31st Oct with Singapore Airlines at 22.05 Heathrow to Melbourne. Anyone on the same flight? I'm sooooo excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hi there, We are flying out to Melbourne on the 31st October as well but from Manchester. Really excited too where you staying? Were staying in Pakenham. Thanks Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelleyrad Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Hi all were hoping to move to melbourne 2012 just got state nomination so in the process of applying for the 176 visa. Theres been a few areas suggested on here that ill look into but anyone got any idea on rental charges? we have no jobs to come too so trying to estimate how much captail we need to sustain ourselves intially! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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