In the twenty-some years that I have my drivers licence this is my first red light traffic fine. NOT HAPPY! There are some intriguing findings about it though. Continue reading “This is the envelop you do not want to receive”
Author: Willemijn
Mother, wife, explorer and loving the outdoors. We recently moved to Australia, so lots to explore here. We are keeping a blog about our experiences of moving and living on a different continent as a family.
Tips and practical questions – moving to Australia
When we were in the process of weighing the pro’s and con’s of moving to Australia and after we made the decision to follow our dream a lot of practical questions came into our mind.
We have answered questions from our personal experience:
- Where to live with children in Melbourne?
- How do you find and rent a house in Australia?
- To ship or not to ship our belongings?
- How do you transport as much luggage as possible in the airplane?
- What does it cost to start completely new in Australia?
- What is the cost of living in Melbourne?
- What are the monthly fixed costs for telephone, internet, phone, gas, water, electricity ?
- What are the things to know about buying a car?
- What health insurance do you need?
- What other insurances do you need?
I think many of these questions will be questions that most expats will have before they move or right after they have moved. We found rather little answers to/experiences about these questions. Maybe because you sort these things out once and then forget about it as quickly as possible. Or they end up at the bottom of a blog, where they can hardly be found.
You can google just about anything, but we were looking for practical experience from other people. You do find a lot on forums, but you have to go through so many pages. One of the goals we have with our blog is to inspire or help others with the same dreams or plans.That is why we made the plan to include as many tips and practicalities on our blog and keep them accessible. They are all based purely our personal experience.
If you have any more questions about moving to Australia , feel free to leave a comment or send us an e-mail and I will try to answer them and add them to this list.
School Athletics
Today was school carneval athletics day for grades 3-6 of the Essex Heights Primary School, the last four classes of primary school. I volunteered, so a good chance for me to observe and experience everything from up close. And I made some discoveries. Continue reading “School Athletics”
Misconceptions
Here we are now, all wrapped up in our sleeping bags, holding a cup of tea in order to get warm hands. Not quite the picture we had in mind when moving to Melbourne, Australia. Continue reading “Misconceptions”
Winter in Melbourne
If you ask any local person what the weather is like in Melbourne today you will get the reply: “it’s freezing out there”. As you can see from the above picture it is an unpleasant forecast, yes that is true. And the wind does not help. Is it freezing? No it is not. Continue reading “Winter in Melbourne”
The day after the off day at school
After an off day there is always the next day. Luckily everything seems a lot brighter today and that is not only because of the pleasant sunshine outside. Continue reading “The day after the off day at school”
Off day at school
I should have known it. After writing a positive post this weekend about the school experience so far it was bound to happen. The off day. Continue reading “Off day at school”
An impression of the first two school weeks
On Monday I had two singing children in the back of my car while we were driving to the Dutch language school. I am used to hearing Luka sing, but it was actually the first time that I heard Kai singing out loud. Apparently they like the emphasis that is put on music and singing here. It also gives me good vibes about the way the are cooping at their new school. Continue reading “An impression of the first two school weeks”
Adding a bit of Color
Who gets the chance to refurnish and redecorate their entire home? We do, an opportunity of a lifetime! Continue reading “Adding a bit of Color”
Video tour of our house through kids eyes
For those of you that are curious about our new living situation, Kai and Luka are taking you on a tour through our new Australian house, sorry no subtitles yet:
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