It’s happened, we finally own our own bricks and mortar here in Australia.
We got the call from our conveyancers that the settlement had been completed just after lunchtime yesterday. What a relief that was!
We picked …

Well, the last 6 weeks of stress and form filling should culminate today in the settlement on our new home.
I know it should be a relatively straight forward process but it’ll still be really great …

Once you finally made it down under the next thing that many folks will want to do is gain their Australian Citizenship so that they can become a ‘real aussie’
Getting Australian citizenship has recently got …

Well, it’s been a while since I last wrote about the new house we are buying up in Quinns Rocks.
Despite being a little busy recently having a baby, things have been progressing well in the …

The towns and cities in Australia by UK standards are pretty spotless.
Rubbish is kept to a minimum and there seems to be quite a large army of street cleaners that help keep the places looking …

Well, its been 5 days now since Junior number 2 and the missus came home.
Although the missus had a cesarean section, she was thankfully able to come home after only two days.
Although Joondalup Hospital …

Ok, so it’s not quite like a book review but I thought I should write down a few first impressions following the birth of our beautiful, gorgeous, gushingly perfect daughter yesterday
Two words :- …

Well folks, since my last post I’m am ecstatically happy to announce that junior number two turned out to be a girl (we have one of each now)
Baby daughter (hee hee) and mum …

OK, 6 days ago we thought that it was time for baby to make an appearance but nothing ever happened.
This time I can say with all certainty that this time tomorrow junior number two will …

I’m really not sure how current this news is (it was passed on by a friend of mine) but it transpires that the BBC are going to be doing a second series of Wanted Down …

Well, after the events of last Friday it looks like junior number 2 has attached crampons to its hands and feet and is well and truly hanging on in there.
The missus recons it ‘feels a …

Although I’ve not able to post any pictures of our new house in Quinns Rocks yet (by virtue of the fact that we still haven’t paid for it) I thought I’d post a picture of …

Wow, well that’s winter out of the way. September brings with it the first day of Spring and it certainly seems like spring is well and truly here.
We had a great day at …

Well, its the first of September and the changes to the General Skilled Migration Program become effective today. (Note: applications lodged on or before 31 August 2007 will not be affected by these changes).
It looks …

Well, I can’t believe that it’s September all ready!
If you want to know what the current processing timelines are looking like then have a quick look at the information below. No real improvement or catch …

Its been a while since I last updated the look of the site and to be honest I was getting a little vexed by the busyness of the old template and after the stresses of …