Hels&Lew

Hi Jimmy Tykes house in Seaford was very well positioned for everything we needed to do when we first arrived. Within walking distance from shopping centre, beach and library. By car we were minutes away from train link to the city, Port Noarlunga, shopping centre, beach and cafe's. About ten minutes from Christies Beach for our new driving licence and with Hallett Cove close by for its shopping and bank. Although we didn't settle in Seaford the house and area allowed us to recoup after our long flight while enjoying the most amazing sunsets and sea views.

Hello Wen66 We have been here for three months now. We also stayed at Tykes beautiful house in Seaford when we first arrived. When we were due to move out our long term rental plans didn't go to plan so Tyke put us up in his Woodcroft house. We had a fantastic first few weeks there and Tyke made us feel very welcome. He really is a lovely guy. So Tyke if your out there - we miss you and your boat and fishing stories. We are now living in Glenelg and Lewis has landed a teaching position at a school in the city. We hope to catch up with you again soon. Thank you for all your help and support.

Hi Helen We have been here just over 3 weeks. Where are you staying at the moment? We are in Seacliffe but moving to Glenelg. Helen x

No Nobby we are north in sunny Mansfield!

We have just booked our flights for the 8th September. Just happens its my birthday that day! Adelaide here we come.

A quote to see you through it: You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down... Steve Jobs (who quit as CEO of Apple).

Good luck guys - we will be following you in September.

A big Thank you to the many adults & children who came to the the meet up in Sunny Mansfield yesterday. A special thank you to Rachael for making the gorgeous cup cakes, Donna for the scrumptious lemon & lime cheesecake, Julie for the cheeky bottle of wine & Sue for the nibbles. A massive Thank You to Jessica Berry & OH John for taking the time to come and share your knowledge with us. The personalised goody bags were so thoughtful. Lewis & I have spent hours reading all the information in the many newspapers & magazines. We are so grateful for your honest and thorough advise & it was great to meet you both while you were over here from Adelaide. Hope to see you all again very soon. Helen, Lewis, Olly, Morgan & Jude xxx

Hi Mandi & Leigh Great to hear your settling in. I'm so excited now with only 5 months to go. It's our get together in sunny Mansfield tomorrow afternoon so I'm sure you'll both be remembered by everyone. All the best for now. Helen x

My husband is giving his notice in today at work (primary school teacher!!! OMG

We are still coming but we won't be swimming in the sea!

Sue Your Mum & Dad should hook up with my mother-in-law for an afternoon in Nottingham. She's taken it really well and is already planning skype and a trip to see us at Christmas 2015. Helen

No worries Sue. I've got a really big island in the kitchen where we can all sit round and eat Rachael's cupcakes. I'm hoping to stick a DVD on for the 3 young children. The teenagers will have an xbox and I Pads. Helen

Hi Rachael There are 11 adults and 9 children (I've included yourself,OH and son). A reminder its 1pm on 29th March. See ya soon. Helen

By the way Jessica there's six families coming now. Helen

Hi Donna Do you want to bring a cake? Rachael's bringing cupcakes and Sue's bringing nibbles. Im really looking forward to it. Helen

CONGRATULATIONS Mandi & Leigh xxxx (Look out for the sharks ha ha).

Dear Tyke Sorry to hear about your precious little dog Billy. Thank you for sharing your lovely photographs. Helen

Hi Julie There's a group of us (who are all at different stages - including Hel&Lew and family, Rachael M Bowen & Family, Donnahinch with Matthew & Grace and Jessica Berry & her OH.) meeting in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire on Saturday 29th March at 1pm. Let me know if you would like to come along & I'll PM you all with my address and phone number. If anyone else wants to join us on the 29th your very welcome. Helen

Sounds good Rachael - are they home made cupcakes? H

Hi Craig it's Oliver, Helens older son. I'm applying to a South Australian university this year to begin in 2015. I'm currently taking A2 geography, A2 business and AS applied business with AS English language. I'm predicted and hope to get B, A, A, B retrospectively (the two AS grades working out at a B A2 grade, for arguments sake) I had a look on your ATAR conversion table and this would give me 13 GCE points and 93 ATAR points? Im thinking about doing a business degree (although not sure which as of yet) so had a look on the Adelaide university website. It said they have requirements of around 80.5 for business courses and even some courses having minimum requirements of 67. This seem unusually low, just wondering if I'm missing anything or have converted my grades incorrectly? Also, I'm on a permanent 176 visa, do you know wether this means I have to pay domestic fees upfront or will I be able to access a loan? Thanks so much both you and Howde for offering to help on this, it seems really hard to get the information over the internet so all the help is much appreciated, Ollie

Thanks Howde My 18 year old (Olly) is already looking into this himself. Thanks for the information - I'll pass it on. Im going to get him to contact Craig & hopefully register on this forum. Helen

Hi Howde Yes it could be. I picked up on this information on another forum. Ive got two sons (Morgan is one of them) who are looking at the education system in Adelaide & Ive totally confused both of them with the wrong information. So Thank you everyone for your sound advice. Helen

Thank you Craig My son is hoping to go to University in 2015 in Australia. He's just about to take his A' Levels here in the UK. Most of his friends have applied for University in the UK and start their courses in September. We are moving to Adelaide in September and we are pleased that he has agreed to come with us. We have lots of questions so Ill talk to him tonight and get back to you. Thank you Helen

By the way we are on a 176 PR Visa so our sons University fees are the same as Australian citizens pay and not that of International Students (which is about $30,000 per year without it). However, we do not qualify for a loan to pay our fees (about $9000 per year - he's picked the most expensive course going- a business degree!) I'm not sure which visa your on or what the Collages/TAFE charges are? So may be your best option is the A Level equivalent course at a school and get your PR visa to qualify for the reduced costs at university later. Helen