Moving With Kids

This post is going to help you, whether you’re moving with kids or without! Moving is hard. Moving with kids can be even harder! In this post I’m going to touch on a few things that will help you in the preparation stages but I’m also going to focus on what you can do on […]

3 years in Australia

3 Years in Australia I have debated writing about our 3 years in Australia. The day came and went and I didn’t even notice. My husband may have noticed but it wasn’t something that we discussed or analysed. The 3 year anniversary of being here was just another day in our Australian life. With this […]

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Helpful links and information if you’re moving to Sydney

Helpful links if you’re moving to Sydney Moving to Sydney or Australia or interested in getting a feel for what its like… Moving to Sydney or Australia, interested in making the move, just thinking about the move? Here is some information and a list of links that will help give you an introduction to Australian […]

2 years in australia

2 Years in Australia

Today marks 2 years in Australia We’ve been in Australia 2 years today. Two years.   In some ways it feels like the time has flown and its been easy. In other ways it feels like its been made up of 731 long days.    I had completely forgotten that today marks the day until […]

Immigrating Part 4: Settling in Australia 

Immigrating Part 4: Settling in Australia  The context of this post  Settling in Australia is the third part of a four part series describing my thoughts and feelings about immigrating from South Africa to Australia. If you’re in the process of making this move yourself I would suggest that you start from Part 1 and move […]

Immigrating Part 2: Deciding on Australia 

Deciding on Australia  Deciding on Australia is the Second Part in a four part Series. The Series details how we came to be living in Sydney, Australia. In Part 1 Part 1 I talked about deciding on leaving South Africa and the difficulty we faced in making that decision.  In this Part I talk about […]

Immigrating. Part 1: Deciding to leave South Africa 

Deciding to Leave South Africa Deciding to leave South Africa when life in South Africa can be so good  Life was good in South Africa. We had a big home complete with 6 day a week nanny to look after the kids, gardener to tend the garden and look after the pool, smart cars, well […]