Mum's gone 2 Aus

Essential support, advice and information for your family relocation to Australia.

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We launched our third Australian relocation ebook this week: The ABC of Australian Schooling, aimed at students (children), parents and teachers.

Our third ebook provides over 100 terms used in everyday school life in Australia; the simple, visual format make it perfect for children of any age. It will help you feel confident and excited about your move to Australia.

Best time to move to Australia

Our other ebooks are essential reading for parents… Read more

Is Surry Hills on your shortlist of Sydney suburbs to explore during a visit or relocation to Australia? Are you moving to Sydney and hoping to call Surry Hills home?

We’ve lived in Sydney for over two years and although we have heard a lot about Surry Hills – it has good bars and restaurants and is known as a fashionable suburb; we had never walked the streets and taken a look for ourselves, until recently.… Read more

We started Mum’s gone 2 Aus five months after relocating to Australia. One of the reasons we started the blog was because we found our first months here very overwhelming, and before and after our arrival we spent a huge amount of time searching the Internet for information that just wasn’t there.

At the time, we didn’t know much about the services of relocation consultants. Using a relocation consultant didn’t occur to us when planning our… Read more

Last week’s relocation dilemma: Should we go on a reccy? received lots of discussion and great tips over on the Mum’s gone 2 Aus Facebook page and here on the blog. A different but related dilemma is how long to stay in short term accommodation i.e. when you first arrive in Australia before securing a long term rental property or buying a house.

What type of short term accommodation?

Before discussing the length of time families… Read more

A common dilemma for families considering emigration is “Should we go on a reconnaissance trip?” also called a reccy and spelt in a number of different ways (recci, reccie, recce). If you’re South African you will be wondering whether to take an L.S.D trip…Look See and Discover before you start getting ideas about those crazy South Africans!

To recci or not? What did we do?

When we applied for Australian Permanent Residency we hadn’t set foot… Read more

When we planned our relocation to Australia we wanted to move to a big city; like many people we chose between Sydney and Melbourne. However, during our final weeks in the UK I recall watching a TV show about emigration to Australia and the family being featured relocated to Hobart in Tasmania. Their lifestyle and the benefits of living in Australia’s often forgotten state seemed very good. Since then I’ve held onto a positive impression of what it… Read more

We frequently comment that choosing where to live is one of the hardest tasks for families moving to Australia.

In our Where to live section we have written about; Sydney vs Melbourne – fast factsAustralian suburb profiles – where to go to get the low downWhich is Australia’s most liveable city?, and The best Sydney suburbs for families.

The best and worst of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane

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It’s been a busy week at Mum’s gone 2 Aus and it’s Photo Friday, but Mum has barely been out of the house due to the rain, sick children and work on the launch of our latest printable action plan (or e-book) called Choosing Schools and Suburbs in Australia.

Today’s Photo Friday isn’t quite as colourful as Sydney in technicolour, or as quirky as Guess the object; but we hope you’ll forgive us a little (more)… Read more

A quick post to announce a special offer relating to our printable action plans. For a limited time only, you can download A Smooth Switch to Australian Schooling and Choosing Schools and Suburbs in Australia for $AU30. These printable action plans (or Australian relocation e-books) usually cost $20 each.

Read more about the content of our printables here…

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