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Christmas in Australia

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. In the HTWA household, we had a lovely time with friends and family. We are well aware it may be the last ever, or at least for a good while. Christmas in Australia is something I’ve pondered many times. A short while ago I would have shuddered […]

Thinking About the Move to Australia – 3 Ongoing Concerns

On the odd occasion that I allowed myself to imagine what it would be like to be in our current position – check the timeline if you aren’t up to date. I’d think that now, with visas obtained, we’d be full of excitement. Organising farewell meetups and spending evenings picking out rental accommodation by the […]

Telling Family and Friends about our Visa Grant

Moving from the UK to Australia Just five days after our medicals in London and only 42 days after lodging our 190 PR visas, they were granted. Checking my emails for any medical updates, I really didn’t expect to see the line ‘Congratulations! You have been granted permanent residency to Australia’ from our migration agents. […]

When Routine Bites Hard… Get me to Australia Quick!

Has anyone else found the last few weeks a real struggle? I have been trying to sit and reflect on what exactly has made them feel so difficult for me and it always helps for me to write these feelings down. So here it goes! The summer months in the UK (despite the lack of […]

How Much Money Does it Cost to Move From the UK to Australia? Part 1

A Quick Recap If you are coming to this blog post without knowing our backstory I’ll quickly update you on what stage we are at in our migration journey. We are a family of 4 from Coventry, UK who aspire to move to Australia and start a new life in the Sun. We are applying […]

We Lodged our Visa Application for Australia!

We took another big step towards moving to Australia this week by lodging our visa application. Where are we Going? We were fortunate enough to be nominated by South Australia for a visa, after initially wanting to move to Perth in Western Australia. As a family, I think we’re now settled on the idea of […]

How to Watch the NFL in Australia

September is approaching and for me, that means only one thing. NFL Football is returning. As a relatively new convert to the sport, I have found the time difference between the UK and the US relatively easy to conquer. I’m a Seattle Seahawks fan and I like to watch all of my team’s games live. […]

Received – South Australia State Nomination

Opening my emails in the middle of Marks and Spencer’s to get my ‘click and collect’ code for my daughter’s lunchbox was not the place I thought I would be when I found out that we had been invited by South Australia for state nomination! Still feeling a bit ill and discombobulated from our recent […]

Expression of Interest Submitted, Then What?

So you have submitted your expression of interest for a visa to move to Australia. Then what? That is the current position we are currently in. We submitted an EOI for a 190 visa for South Australia on the 14th of June 2024. Now I’m wondering what we can do next for the sake of […]

When you forget that you are planning to move to Australia…

The last few weeks have been absolutely ridiculous…in a good but extremely busy way! Summer term at school is always chaotic. There is so much going on and so much to remember, both as a parent and as a school leader. I tell myself each year that it gets even more hectic and wonder how […]