are there primary schools in marino / kingston park ....name down to start schools?

[Ryan T. Lion]

Hi Ryan, thankyou so much for info. I also have printed your fabulous post in the 'how long does it take to find a renat'. ! How are you guys settling in over there? Luckily it's my last day in work Friday so I can focus on 'The Move'. I am still not 100 percent on an area but I do seem to be narrowing it down. We are hopeing to fly over mid november, I want to arrive in time to register my daughter in school to start in the January term in reception. We didn't want to leave until 2nd week of december but I am guessing that I can't register my daughter if I'm not in Adelaide.

We haven't got jobs yet, or temp accomm for when we arrive, and obviously have to find a place to live, so it's gonna be a busy few weeks, don't know where to start.
As you probably know with having a 5 year old, she is our main concern. How is she settling into life there. We had pickfords out today to give a quote and Alexis was starting to ask lots of questions, so we are slowly introducing the concept of going to live in Australia to her. ( feel so guilty we are taking her away from family firends!) do you and your partner work in the city? My husband is hopeing to secure a job with a firm in the city, is it far to drive from seacliffe? or it seems alot of people catch the train

Hi

We're settling in great, thanks. We have girls aged 2 and 5 and they're loving it. They just see it as one huge adventure at this age. We worried about them lots at first - but then we figured we were just "worrying on their behalf" and their child-like attitude to everything actually becomes a source of strength!

Don't worry too much about getting here 'in time to register' - in our experience things can be pretty informal school-wise (and why not I say!) and you might find Principals quite happily saying "she can start next week", really - it's that simple.

You will need an address to enrol a child though - some schools we toured asked for a rental agreement as proof we were in their zone, others didn't seem too fussed - but you won't know that until crunch time.

As for Seacliff/Brighton/Kingston/Marino - I can't imagine driving into the city. Parking is fantastically expensive and the roads can get snarled up in rush hour - like anywhere. However, the train takes 21 minutes (26 minutes if it isn't an express service) and costs $3.09 each way (a 10 trip pass costs $30.90 and you stamp it each time you travel). Trains are frequent and (so far) pretty reliable. There are level crossings everywhere though (hardly any bridges) which is great for trains but bad for cars.

Any other help/advice needed just let me know.

Cheers

Ry.

[Diane]

Trains are frequent and (so far) pretty reliable.

LOL Just you wait till mid summer when the temps hit 40 and the tracks start to buckle.....

[Ryan T. Lion]

LOL Just you wait till mid summer when the temps hit 40 and the tracks start to buckle.....

Don't worry - a reasonably competent track engineer was on the same flight as me - my wife is very close to him

They might call it "Design Neutral Temperature" over here, whereas we'd call it "Stress Free Temperature" but y'know - potato/p'tahto. At the end of the day it's all about introducing the correct forces into the rail so that it expands "into itself".

Actually, there's more risk of curves flattening in cold weather than there is straights buckling in warm weather. Not a lot of people know that. Fewer people actually care - ask my wife (!)

Ryan

[ras]

Hi,

Well we still need to pinch ourselves but we are actually..... Can't beleive it and it all feels a bit strange.
We only arrived today hence why we are still up at this time, took a nap and woke up 8 hours later, so Alexis is currently playing with her dolls and bouncing around like tigger !!!
Whilst she fell asleep in the car this afternoon we took a drive down to Seacliff and it looked lovely, we loved the green/ park area on the front and the beach was lovely, we seemed to have an instant feel for it, weve been looking for rentals but dont seem to be any, so if you are aware of any current or future ones just let us know.
I have my daughter enrolled to start in January in the hope we are living there. I was hopeing to take Alexis in for a quick visit this week, but dont want to get her hopes up and introduce her to the school when we havent signed on a dotted line.
Are there any nicer or not so nicer streets around there? there was a house we spotted on myhome.com which looked lovely but said seacliffe park.

(sorry for all the questions - had alot of coffee..... and eager to get family settled in).
I was wondering your views on a house with a pool as you have young children, alexis is 5 and wanted a pool for her but doesnt seem to be many or any, as seacliffe close to beach wondered if you use it much as a family.


Well best not bombard you any more, if you and your family are free to meet up some time our treat on the coffees and lollies.......... would be great for Alexis to have a little play. As not been here 24 hours and shes already asking for her cousin-best friend and her nanny...... lol oh the joys

[Ryan T. Lion]

I'm on the train at the mo but try these

http://m.realestate.com.au/listsearc...ParkingSpaces=

Will write more a little later - I'll PM you my mobile if it helps - have you got Aussie SIMs yet?

Ry.

[Ryan T. Lion]

Hi - we don't have a pool - plenty of people do - we're pretty close to the sea so we're not too fussed.

I don't have any streets or roads in particular to either recommend or avoid, and we've lived in Seacliff since early September. Houses closer to Brighton seem to be considered more 'exclusive' hence expensive because there's a lot that goes on at Jetty Road. However, we know people that live in Brighton that come to the park in Seacliff for a bit more peace and quiet.

Take a drive out to Henley and round there too - also very nice.