10 weeks on

(Still not seen a wild snake, but a lot of worryingly large spiders)

This is the first post about our new life in Australia, its now 10 weeks since we first arrived and we are starting to settle into our long term accomodation after 2 months of short term holiday letts.

We moved from a small village outside Perth Scotland to Brisbane Australia on a 457 visa (a 457 visa is a working permit organised by an employer before you arrive in Australia). Theres 7 of us, Mike and Alison (the grown ups) and 5 children, J aged 15, K aged 12, R aged 9, B aged 7 and M aged 5.

We have learnt a lot over the last 10 weeks. Things that went right, things that we could have done better, and lots of suprises about Australia.

Arriving off the plane from singapore was the first time any of us had set foot in the country! So we were bound to have a few suprises along the way.