shhhhhhhhhhhh....!!!! 5 weeks in

[Guest graandjac]

Well hi guys at last we have the internet.......well not sure how but just got a shout from owen saying " dad iam on the internet " "yeh right i replied" , at that point he came running in with the laptop "here look " .........we bloody ell he's right . It looks like our laptop has picked up someone elses signal so.....shhhhhhhhhhhh.......

 

Well all is good here in Noarlunga Downs , we have been in our rentle for 3 weeks now a brand new 3 bed house on the land side of the Point development , its all a bit of a building site at the moment but we weighed that up with a older house in not so good condition and went with this .

 

The kids have been in school for 3 weeks now and are loving it , they have settled VERY well , they have loads of new buddies and love everything about their new school .

 

As for us we are finding everything very easy (not sure if somtimes a little to easy) , everyone and everything seems to be made easy to do ...ie filling in forms ....connecting to gas ...electric , everyone is very helpfull and there is no fuss:D We have met up with a few others from the forum but not loads yet as we have been to busy.

 

We are still undecided as to weather the cost of things are more than the uk overall and seeing as none of us are working yet its hard to say , yes some things are dearer but somethings are cheeper .And although many items are going up here so is the uk , so the gap between the two is still there for sure , everyone here is saying about the huge cost of fuel at $1.55 ish but hang on in the uk its £1.20 i believe..? so the gap is still there.!!.

 

We feel we have all settled in very well and as of yet have no regrets although we know its very early , forget missing marmite and helmans mayo ...get a life:p we're not comming here to be english , we're here to fit in to Australia , so the shop that sells English food ....i coulden't give a stuff where it is , and do we miss the soaps....get a life:p i dont care , we pick the kids up from school and go for a walk on the beach or in the Onkapringa river reserve before tea instead .

That might upset a few people but if you are really going to miss thoese stupid things how are you going to feel about missing the things that count.....??.

 

The city is a great place to visit and a night in the casino is something else , PLEASE ignore any talk about the suburbs you must come here and find out for yourselfves , what sutes one does not suit another, (after all i see someone said "avoid Noarlunga Downs" well we love it...!! Adelaide (Australia is not paradise) but it IS friendlier ,cleaner , safer , and a dam lot bettler than blighty .

 

All these comments are our findings so if anyone wants to sue....as they say over here.....No Worries.....Cheers Graham....its good to be back....!!!!!!

[Guest Guest75]

Welcome back online.

 

Great to hear you are settling in so well.

 

The weather is a bit up and down - but hey...it's winter.

 

As for sueing....why?

Your opinions and nothing controversial there:D:D

[Guest graandjac]

Welcome back online.

 

Great to hear you are settling in so well.

 

The weather is a bit up and down - but hey...it's winter.

 

As for sueing....why?

Your opinions and nothing controversial there:D:D

Just incase......

[Guest Guest75]

Just incase......

 

If you are happy - that's all that matters:)

 

How is the work front going??

[Guest soggy]

wecome back to the site and Adelaide,

bet the house sale is a distant memory now, enoy your new life.

 

Simon

[scooterdan]

Hey Mate,

 

Welcome back..... Some elses connection....how dare you!!!

 

We find nearly all of your points right on the mark!!!

 

See ya soon chap!

 

Dan

[Guest Django]

PLEASE ignore any talk about the suburbs you must come here and find out for yourselfves , what sutes one does not suit another, (after all i see someone said "avoid Noarlunga Downs" well we love it...!!

 

How can you say that without the anti PC brigade jumping down your throat?

 

Good on ya Graham. Hope to be joining you soon. Just gotta get rid of the house. As you know thats a doddle to do so should be with you within a few weeks.

 

Pete

[Guest Trakki]

Great post Graham thanks. Glad that yoa and your family have settled in well and that the children are settled in school.

 

Look forward to more updates and hope to be there soon

[Angela]

DITTO..........we had dial up internet as no contract, whilst renting in HC, funnily our laptop connected to an unsecure network to LOL !!

 

Great to see you online & you have settled in really well.

 

See you all soon

Angela & Co xx

[Guest Libby1971]

Nice to hear you are settling down well.

 

I think a good point is raised about reviews of suburbs being down to personal opinion. Furthermore I don't think anyone should be criticised for what they say about those suburbs, as long as in the process no rude comments are made about the residents.

 

Libby

[Guest nickey and neill]

hi grandjac!

 

nice to heat from you.....glad it is all going well ! you are not helping our decision though. there have been so many negative posts recently about adelaide we had gone off the boil a bit but now after reading yours we are positively jealous!!!!! we are def coming out for a recci first just to be sure. have our visas now so will hook up with you when we come over!

well done!!!

[Guest happy-jools]

Nice to hear from you guys.

 

cant wait to catch up with you.

 

Having a farewell BBQ at my sisters today, and already fairly drunk. haha.

 

C U in a month or so

 

Three weeks today we leave.xxxx Yipppee

 

well done on the broadband connection.x

[Guest Martin and Val]

We are still undecided as to weather the cost of things are more than the uk overall and seeing as none of us are working yet its hard to say , yes some things are dearer but somethings are cheeper .And although many items are going up here so is the uk , so the gap between the two is still there for sure , everyone here is saying about the huge cost of fuel at $1.55 ish but hang on in the uk its £1.20 i believe..? so the gap is still there.!!.quote]

 

Always great to hear people are settling in well, good luck to you all. Hope we get over soon, September is the aim, if the nice decision man pulls his finger out and we sell the house of course!

Just thought I would update you on the cost of fuel. I saw Diesel the other day at £1.35 per litre!!!!!!!!!!!

[ianb]

Great to have you back on line! Glad things going well and settled in quick. Good to hear there are some insecure wireless settings over there may come in handy one day!

 

Think that was a great post and sod the PC its your opinion that counts and no one elses!

 

ps if u want me to bring across some marmite mate just shout!

[Guest louiesmum]

Hi

Great to hear from you, glad its all going well & Holly & Owen are enjoying school, what one are they going to? Will def see you soon! Hope you get your jobs sorted soon as well, I am really pleased for you all!

 

Take care

[Guest mOZzy]

oh yeah, there you are!!

and i thought you are leading your happy dappy life now and completly forgot about us poor still left behind ones

 

and of course i will sue you!!!!

every single pence!!!

in the end what's the difference if jacqui spends it or i'll get it

 

good to have you back!

[Guest caoimhe]

Really glad to hear you have all settled so well

 

Don't forget to send a postcard to that surveyor :biglaugh: