Well hello, Charles
We've been looking into things for Oz pretty constantly for months as you can imagine, and one of the biggest things is where to live. We want to be in a good suburb, reasonably close to the hospital and for between $250-$400 a week. It's hard to budget before we get there and start living, but that's what we're thinking.
Psychokitten put us in touch with one of her friends (thanks!), Norm, who lives in Newcastle, and he was very helpful. With his suggestions, and the comments of British ex-pats on a forum we've found helpful, we think we're going to aim to find somewhere in or around Charlestown. It's technically in Lake Macquarie I think, rather than Newcastle, but it appears to have all the amenities we'd need, it's easy commute distance into Newcastle, rentals are reasonable, so it has a lot of pluses.
I've been thinking about what i'd like to do to take advantage of our newfound location. Sarah's done a couple of skydives before and she'd like to join a skydive club and qualify properly. That's cool for her, but i'm not a thrillseeker at all and have no desire to do that.
However, I think i'd like to try scuba diving. Which is handy, cos Charlestown has a diving academy. I've never done anything remotely like it before, so once we've finished in Tamworth and got set up in Newcastle, I think that's worth trying.
Psychokitten put us in touch with one of her friends (thanks!), Norm, who lives in Newcastle, and he was very helpful. With his suggestions, and the comments of British ex-pats on a forum we've found helpful, we think we're going to aim to find somewhere in or around Charlestown. It's technically in Lake Macquarie I think, rather than Newcastle, but it appears to have all the amenities we'd need, it's easy commute distance into Newcastle, rentals are reasonable, so it has a lot of pluses.
I've been thinking about what i'd like to do to take advantage of our newfound location. Sarah's done a couple of skydives before and she'd like to join a skydive club and qualify properly. That's cool for her, but i'm not a thrillseeker at all and have no desire to do that.
However, I think i'd like to try scuba diving. Which is handy, cos Charlestown has a diving academy. I've never done anything remotely like it before, so once we've finished in Tamworth and got set up in Newcastle, I think that's worth trying.