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 Perth

Tessa travells from her home town by air for 5 hours, to show you the unique area of Perth to film this emmigration DVD, this one is a MUST see if you are planning to emigrate to Perth.

This fabulous city and surrounding areas area joy to watch on this 45 minute immigration DVD.

The nearest city to the UK, and where statistics show 40% of UK migrants origionally settle when they immigrate to Australia.

You will see the beautiful beaches and tranquil waters at Cottesloe, freemantle or Freeo as it is affectionatley named by the locals. The beautiful area of Mandurah.

All the cities shops including Ye London Court, and th main shopping district in the city.

 

All this information is shown visually on the Australian Immigration DVD’s available to you, with over two hour’s real life footage of Australia.  Since I completed my Australian Immigration I have been working to help people with their own Australian Immigration and gain work in Australia and then Australian Citizenship as I did, by obtaining an Australian visa using an Australian Immigration Lawyer.

I am passionate about the great lifestyle Australia has to offer, and found no visual reality information was available when we were wanting to complete our Australian Immigration, so I decided to produce six DVD’s which show you for yourself the lifestyle on offer here down under.

On this DVD you will learn all about the housing market, buying or building and living the Ozzie way.

What happens to your household rubbish and when the postie arrives.

The information is shown visually, the DVD’s available are Perth, Melbourne, Sunshine Coast , Brisbane , Gold Coast , Sydney, Perth and Melbourne . The DVDs will show you lots about the climate and how we deal with it, after your Australian immigration. You can see for yourself what people wear, how they live, how the air conditioning works, how a pool works and all about the filtration system, and creepy crawly or barracuda that goes around your pool.

These DVD’s are vital information for anyone wanting to Immigrate to Australia, or is thinking of Australian Immigration or wanting to work in Australia.

Australian Visas can be obtained from many Australian immigration lawyer, however if you have an immigration related or Australian citizenship question you can’t find the answer to, try this http://www.askamigrationexpert.com/ for a free service, to resolve your, work in Australia or visa for Australia query.

Article written by

Tessa Steven

Who completed her Australian immigration in August 2004, has worked in Australia, and gained Australian Citizenship in December 2006.

The family entered Australia on a skills Australian visa, and are loving their move and say their migration to Australia was the best thing they ever did.

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Me and my husband are planning to move to perth in mid 2009. Where is the best place to live in which area?

I live in Mt Lawley and love it. It's close to the city, has good public transport access, heaps of good restaurants and shops etc. The suburbs nearby such as North Perth and Leederville are also good.

I want to go to a skatepark, but I cant find any in Perth… I looked everywhere on the internet but i just cant find one…
Anyone knows one?

Gosnellis, SE of Perth has an outdoor concrete park.

http://www.concretedisciples.com/skateparksdb/skateparks_display.php?id=3797

1. The workplace may be somewhere along Abernethy Rd. (Western Power) Where's the best place (safest, nearest to anywhere) to reside? Cloverdale?, Rivervale? where else?
2. What nearest school can I enroll my 8 yr old girl? what grade will she then be? Which is better public or private?
3. As soon as I establish my kid's education, I intend to go to power engineering grad school myself (wishfully UWA)- Where do I start? How difficult is it going in? (I come from the Philippines). How would the financing look like? (I'd probably run at AUD$60Kplus/yr)
4. How is it like working with WP? any insider?

Thanks a lot to all respondents….

Choosing a suburb to live in Perth is important, but there is a shortage in rentals. You will have to provide a number of references to rent. You will also have to come up with two weeks' rent in advance, plus a bond of four times the week's rent. This can amount to quite a bit of money, so be prepared. You will get the bond money back after your lease is over, provided you leave the place in a satisfactory order.

Schools in Perth are good - the public schools depend on the suburb. You will find that public schools are less crowded than private Catholic schools, which are enormous. For my money, I would opt for public, because the fees are negligible and private schools do not provide that much more in value. I teach in a Catholic school, but send my children to a small local public school. But we live in an affluent area, so we are quite lucky in that respect.

Schooling is quite good, but do not expect old-fashioned rigour - the main thrust is discovery learning. You will find though that the preparation for Australian high school is the aim, and it is quite adequate.

Children are tested for literacy and numeracy in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9, to make sure they have reached the minimum benchmark. The best thing about Australian schools is the atmosphere of inclusion.

The cost of living is rising in Perth since petrol went up and the utilities will all rise after July 1. Expect to pay a lot for power and water consumption, which are generally not included in your rent. Petrol is about $1.30 a litre, which is still cheaper than milk, but not by much.

Depending on how frugal you are as a family, $60,000 is great - you will be able to do a lot if you budget well. I would invest in private health insurance, which is expensive but worth it with a child - I do not think you will be covered by Medicare immediately on your arrival. You need to check all these things - a visit to Centrelink (the social security office) as soon as you can is essential. They will tell you all your entitlements.

Public transport is not bad and not that expensive if you compare it to running a car. We are a one-car family - I drive everyone to school and railway station in the morning, and pick up in reverse at night. It is too expensive to run two cars on your salary. Besides, it is not wise for global warming. We have Smart-Card, which is a system where you buy a card that tops itself up at the rate of about $30-40 a week from your account automatically, which you use to get onto all forms of public transport (bus, train, ferry). The cost depends on where you live in relation to distance from the CBD.

The climate in Perth is great if you like nice warm days full of sunshine. It can get quite humid in the late summer. You will need a jacket and jumper for the winter. Winter nights can get quite cold, but we never have snow, of course. We do not have as much rain as we would like.

Food shopping is great because there are quite a few choices to make - if you are a frugal family that cooks for itself and eats mainly home cooked meals you will manage quite well. We pride ourselves on our fruit and vegetables - you can find some very nice greengroceries here. Meat is getting more expensive but it is excellent. You will find that in specialty shops there are all the things you are used to buying where you are from.

You will be able to join the local library which is free. Weekend entertainment is easy because the beaches are great all the year round, the river is gorgeous and because it is not industrialised, there are beautiful picnic spots all along its banks.

School fees for public are about $70 a year per child, but there are various incursions, excursions, swimming, dancing and so on that you must pay for - in a year, expect to pay about $300 for your daughter's school stuff, in total.

I spend about $180.00 a week on groceries for a family of two adults and two primary school children, and that includes cleaning products, alcoholic drinks, paper for the computer, the occasional medicine apart from things to eat. I always provide school lunches made from home - it is expensive to send your child to the canteen every single day. Besides, most school only run a canteen three days a week. Giving your child a lunch makes good sense.

This goes for you too - it makes no sense to buy lunch at double the price when you can take it from home.

Clothing is expensive unless you are careful and shop at the big department stores such as Target or KMart. You will find that your daughter will want to fit in as much as possible, so a couple of outfits will not break the bank there. You will also find that uniforms at school are the norm here, so you will have to pay for that as well - school clothing is expensive but of good durable quality that washes well. The school will have a uniform shop and they will have some secondhand items that are good value.

To help re-use and re-cycle, my children use secondhand school uniforms and they feel they are helping against global warming. It makes no real difference to the way they look - everything looks washed and worn after two weeks anyway.

Tertiary education is very expensive. Talk to a careers counsellor to research your best avenue. All universities are excellent here - Curtin and Murdoch as well as ECU will provide career advice and they have convenient campuses. Their degrees are well regarded all over SEA.

You have not mentioned a partner. If there is a wife, you will find she may enjoy part time employment, or even some voluntary work because it can be quite lonely in the suburbs at first. Until you make friends, she will only have you for company.

If you would like to, your local church will provide a good weekend break, social support and lots more. This is one place to make friends.

I hope you will feel welcome in our great city.

Pls explain how much i have to pay for taxes?
What will be rent?
How much does it cost indian grocery?

You'll be very comfortable on 125k and should be able to accumulate some good savings. After tax, you'll take home around 87k though that will change (for the better) next financial year.
Rent will be around $250/$300 pw - less if you share
Say another $100 for Indian groceries.

I'm wondering what's it like to live at Perth. Because so many people said that Perth is a very quiet place and many of my friends have many difficulties to live at there and they had to move out from there.

I'm going to study abroad at Australia. But I still haven't decided yet whether I'm going to study at Melbourne or Perth. So does anyone can help me?

G'day,

I am not going to persuade you to go to one city or another. I am living in Melbourne and arrived as an international student. This is what I find abt Melbourne:
1. First of all… some people do not like the weather in Melbourne (you can have 4 seasons in one day). However, if you read the first article from The Age newspaper, you will find out that the weather is still more preferable than the other cities. Sure you can have 42C day like last month, but almost immediately you'll get a much cooler weather pretty soon afterwards. It is very rarely that you got 2 or 3 consecutive days of hot weathers (unlike Sydney, Brisbane or Perth).
2. Melbourne is a city of diversity. If you are a newcomer, and you do not look 'Anglo-Saxon', you do not feel like an 'alien', since you can find almost every race in the world walking in the city. They are both immigrants and overseas students.
3. THE FOOD!! Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Thai, All-you-can-eat, African, Lebanese, Mexican, Sea Food… anything else? All available and lots of them in a very-very-very affordable price
4. Pretty good public transport system. With one ticket, you can switch from train, tram and bus. They do not always come on-time, but still reliable and improving (www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au). Good for students, as not every student can afford a car.
5. SHOPPING!!! Original branded clothing sold very cheap. There are even shopping tour, where the participants are taken to retails outlets just for shopping. Big temptations for ladies.
6. Crime rates… just read the second article on the bottom.
7. Cost of Living… I'll say it's second most expensive city after Sydney. Altho I have to say that some cities in Queensland can be more expensive to live. Perth is slightly cheaper
8. Night Life… hmmmm… I'll say the centre of nite activities will be Crown Casino and Docklands. Altho there are still plenty of cafe's and clubs scattered around the suburbs as well.
9. Tourist attraction. This is the area that I think Sydney is better than Melbourne, since it has most of it's attraction within its suburbs. Most Melbourne attraction are pretty much out of Melbourne, such as the gold mines in the cities of Bendigo and Ballarat, The Great Ocean Road, Lakes Entrance, Grampians, skiing in Mt. Buller etc.

Running out of ideas, but I hope that I can at least give you some more informations that have been provided by the answerers before me.

Good luck for your study. I've been living in Melbourne for 16 years, visited some other capital cities in Australia and still giving Melbourne 10/10 for the best city. E-mail me at mikegun@studentfirst.com.au if you still have questions abt studying in Australia. Welcome to Australia

I just got offering to work at Darwin or Perth in aviation industries, but my salary will be around 1500Aus$ but that after tax and etc, so I have to live with 1500aus$. Is it enough for me?cause I have to rent an apartment,meals,transport and everything with that number. How about hopsital /medicare is it free there?

I don't think so, it would be cutting it a bit fine.

Also what was it like compared to Brisbane or Melbourne?

perth is amazing if your looking for the quiet life, amazing beaches, and very laid back life style. but if your used to the city life its a big change if you move there. Melbourne is amazing for that. But beautiful clean city, and its slowly developing itself, but no-ones in a rush there!

i am living in sydney,but planning to move to perth.how is perth in comparision to money wise ,socially ,property (buying a house),life style,jobs than sydney.all relevant answers are invited.

Perth

I am relocating myself to Perth from India and will spend rest of my life there with my family. I want to know as much as about this city in Australia. I have been to Melbourne for almost two weeks, so if the comparison is made with Melbourne, it will be good for me to understand

Try having a look at this site http://www.perthtouristcentre.com.au
It's a little difficult to make comparisons as both cities are very different. Two big differences is that Perth is a very relaxed lifestyle compared to Melbourne and I find the people from WA friendlier than people from Melbourne (only going by past trips to Melbourne and people I have encountered on my travels). I was born in WA and moved to another state when I was 25 so I believe you have made a wonderful decision to move there. As to where is the best part of Perth to live, well that depends on how much money you have. The public transport system is fantastic, wherever you may need to go you can always count that a bus or train will take you there.
I hope you and your family enjoy living in Perth as much as I did (it's a fantastic city).