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200bhp
Original Poster
4,821 posts
88 months
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We're now all packed and ready to head off to London tomorrow afternoon ahead of our flight on Friday morning.
We land Saturday afternoon to start our lives down under.
Hoo Roo!
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WeirdNeville
4,142 posts
84 months
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Cacatous
2,906 posts
142 months
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Where did you land? What do you do?
Best of luck!
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Baron Greenback
1,283 posts
19 months
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Open some tinnies for us pommes! Hope the beer is drinkable 
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Bob the Planner
4,580 posts
138 months
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Welcome to Aus. Hope the journey went well and you arrived safely.
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200bhp
Original Poster
4,821 posts
88 months
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We arrived safe and well and having spent a week without internet and email down in Shoalwater, we've moved north to "little britian" - Mindarie.
I dont start work until next week so this week will be spent driving around other areas to try and find something which feels a little less new and where the houses have more than 4 foot between them.
Went to Coles in Mindarie at the weekend and we may as well have been in ASDA back in the UK.
Made the first sensible car choice of my life during a trip to John Hughes - I bought a Mazda 6 wagon.
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WeirdNeville
4,142 posts
84 months
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Good to hear you're there safe and sound.
We're just sorting out our.... everything.
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Cacatous
2,906 posts
142 months
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Well done  What made you choose Mindarie?
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justnotsure
400 posts
86 months
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Nice place for a day out near you is Hilllary's Boat Yard
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200bhp
Original Poster
4,821 posts
88 months
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Cacatous said: Well done What made you choose Mindarie? My new MD lives in Mindarie so he sorted the place for us. We've been looking at more permanent rentals this week and the northern suburbs are a lot cheaper - $395 a week here gets a 2 bed bungalow on a good plot just 10 mins from the sea. Down in hilarys or sorrento you'd pay 500+ for the same house but further from the sea. Those costs are per week so over a year that's a big difference.
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Bibbs
1,887 posts
79 months
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Mindarie is miles away. We were up there the other week for a beer in the Whale and Ale.
It's more "Southern Gero" than "Northern Perth".
Where is your work based?
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200bhp
Original Poster
4,821 posts
88 months
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Ill be working in Landsdale.
We viewed a property in Hillarys yesterday which is a classic example of the worst house in the best street. Short walk to the beach and just round the corner from the shopping centre.
620 a week for a small 3 bed with a patio and no garden.
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Bibbs
1,887 posts
79 months
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200bhp said: Ill be working in Landsdale.
We viewed a property in Hillarys yesterday which is a classic example of the worst house in the best street. Short walk to the beach and just round the corner from the shopping centre.
620 a week for a small 3 bed with a patio and no garden. Sounds about right. I'm 600 a week (and that's the lowest in our building) for a 2 bed apartment.
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minimax
11,934 posts
125 months
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justnotsure said: Nice place for a day out near you is Hilllary's Boat Yard Oh yes, Breakwater is a fantastic bar..even if it is $17 for a Hoegaarden
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