Do you love listening to podcasts and are planning a move overseas? Then this is the perfect blog for you. I’ve put together a list of the best expat podcasts you need to listen to. There are so many expat…
Do you love listening to podcasts and are planning a move overseas? Then this is the perfect blog for you. I’ve put together a list of the best expat podcasts you need to listen to. There are so many expat…
Do you feel like the hardest part about moving to Australia is how you’re going to actually pay for everything? Visas, flights, shipping, and setting up a new life in a completely new country doesn’t come cheap, that’s for sure.…
To help you decide whether you are ready to make the move down under, here are 5 things that inspired me to move to Australia. Deciding to move to Australia is not a simple thing to do. There are so…
Once you’ve decided to move overseas, you’ll probably start thinking about what belongings you might want to take with you and what items you might prefer to leave behind. Ensuring that you declutter before you move overseas means that you…
So you’ve decided to make the big move – congrats! And no doubt you’ve got a million things on your emigration to do list. One of the first things you need to start working on are all the essential documents…
One of the trickiest things you may do as part of your Aussie emigration journey, is choose a school before you emigrate to Australia. There are so many things you need to get your head around when you emigrate, from…
If you’re planning your move down under, you might be wondering ‘can you ship wooden items to Australia?’. It’s a question often asked on emigration forums and Facebook groups so here’s what you need to know about shipping wooden items…
When you make a big decision in your life, it often happens that you start seeing little signs of inspiration for your journey in everyday life. And your migration journey is no different. I remember meeting a friend in Oxford…
Whether you are a holidaymaker heading off for a much needed break or an expat moving abroad longer term for work or personal reasons, you need to make preparations for how you will be looked after if you require medical…
Even though we live in a time where information is so readily available, there can still be some things that you just can’t research before you move to Australia. So here are 8 things that might surprise you about living…
Moving to an overseas country can be a trying time for you and your family, especially when leaving your family, friends and familiar surroundings. The last thing you want to think about are the shipping requirements when sending your unaccompanied…
Everyone experiences migration differently. That’s why I’m starting a new series that features stories from you – my readers. This month, I’m sharing Neels’ migration journey, who met his Australian wife Rachael while working in Zambia. If you’d like to…
One of the most common questions I get asked relates to shipping household goods to Australia – what should you bring and what should you ditch? Everyone seems to have their own opinions on this, and let’s face it, it’s…
How to choose where to live in Australia can feel like the first big decision you make after actually deciding to move to Australia. Given Australia is such a big country, doing a ‘look see decide’ trip (often called an…
Because of the huge demand from potential migrants to know exactly how much life in Australia will cost them, I’m continuing with this series of posts on the cost of living around Australia. This post focuses on the cost of…
You might dream of moving to Australia and living a life filled with sunshine, beach days, and barbeques, but what will it really be like? Let’s take a look at what you can really expect when you’re living in Australia.…
The Trades Recognition Service (TRS) is a domestic skills assessment service offered by Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) for tradesmen actively engaged in various engineering trades. For many years prior to October 2013 thousands of tradesmen migrated to Australia and underwent…
When it comes to migrating to Australia, if you do the research, you’ll know exactly what you need to budget for. Usually it’s the big ticket items – visas, medicals, English tests, skills assessments, agent fees, flights, and shipping are…
If you’re just starting to investigate the process of moving to Australia, you’re probably just as overwhelmed as I was at the number of hoops you need to jump through in order to get here. From medical tests, English exams,…