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466 days ago
We have now decided to rent out our house and go instead of trying to get a reasonable sale. As Jack and Sophie have already said their goodbyes and the upset that caused, we didn't really want to send them back after the school holidays only for them to go through it all again. We have therefore booked our flights for the 17th Sepember so the next time they go to school will be in Australia so in a few months they will be on their summer holidays once again. We will fly be flying with Singapore Airlines as we have heard nothing but good things about them. We will have eight hours or so in Singapore before boarding the second flight to Adelaide. We have also booked PSS to transport all our belongings by sea. They will pack everything this end and unpack everything the other end so it should be nice and easy for us So now the next few weeks are going to be manic. We have a house to get ready to rent out. Belongings to be sorted into container, hand ...
525 days ago
This Morning Tracey had a telephone interview with the Women and Children's Hospital in Adelaide. After being on the phone with them for 40 minutes or so they offered her a job. So we have the visas Tracey has a job. All we need now is to sell the house and go. We have been getting quotes to ship all our belongings over but can't afford to book them or buy airplane tickets until we get money from the house sale. During the week we met up with a couple of investors that seem keen to take the house off of our hands to rent out. The plan is they will give us money upfront to pay for the move for us and our stuff and it will also give us cash to survive for a few months so we can get settled. They will take on the mortgage and rent the house out. In 3 to 4 years time when the house market improves they will buy the house off of us at the sum agreed today. They will pay the balance of the mortgage and forward us the remainder minus the initial advance. Its not ideal but with the ...
554 days ago
It now seems so very real. Before it was just talk and dreams. Even with the news the visa had been granted it didn't, fo me, seem as though anything was happening. Now that has all changed and reality has hit home with a knock on the door. The postman delivered our passports back from Australia House. Not bad seeing as we only posted them off on Friday so they only had them for one working day. Its when you look at the visa stuck in the passport and it states that we are permitted to remain in Australia indefinately. All we need now is for someone to buy the house and thats that. We now need to look at logitics of the move. We need to start getting quotes from shipping companies and start costing tickets for the long flight. Sophie will be made up when she gets home. She is so looking forward to showing her teacher and classmates her passport with the visa attached. She has told them all about the move and where abouts in Australia we are going to.
