Mark & Alice's information website: things you should consider, or wanted to know about emigrating to Australia

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"In January 2003, my wife and I left the safety of Johannesburg (South Africa) behind and took a big step through the looking glass into the land of Oz. We have settled in the lower North shore of Sydney, New South Wales.

Although it was the right decision for many reasons, it has not been easy. Although we did a fair bit of research before our move, we have still managed to make a couple of "mistakes" that we could have avoided - IF (the big if) we had had just a little better insight into the unknown.

Each person's experience of the great trek is different, but we believe that we have some clues to making your transition and assimilation a little easier. That is the main reason for this website - to provide you with information we wished we had access to when first arriving in Oz." - Mark

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recent updates to the site

section updated	with what	when
Articles	Employment tips	19 Sep 2007
Articles	Best Employer 2006/7, Unemployment figures, The strong $	22 Apr 2007
Family Matters	A look at all things related to raising a family in Australia: Pregnancy, child care, etc.	03 Jan 2006

A quick index into the info
main section	some of the Content
The Basics	Before you leave home, Checklists, As you arrive, Renting, Buying property, Services, Career, Transport, Finance, What things cost, Legal, Salary expectations, Useful links,
Articles	Finance, Property, Franchising, Business, Employment
Australia	Animals, States &Territories, Sydney, Citizenship, Humour, Tax, Education, Pre-School, Visas, Photos, New South Wales, Property, Songs, Slang
Newsletters	Migration Series
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If you are a first time visitor to the site, understanding the navigation and structure of the site's information will improve both your experience and access to the information. Navigation: MAIN: The website is divided into 5 main areas of interest which can be navigated to by the main menu across the top and bottom of each page: The basics: this covers most of the information you should require to successfully move to Oz. Australia: from the general need to know info, to the specifics of each state and major towns. About us: gives you an idea of who we are and what we do for a living. Our Community: this section aims to give expat-owned businesses and regular contributors some exposure. Home: this page which will always highlight the recent changes to the website SUB-SECTION: Each main section is further indexed by the menus on the left of the screen. The "BACK" option will always take you back to where you have last clicked from - like the back function of your internet browser (eg. IE or Netscape). Different colour hyperlinks differentiate between: Internal links: jumps to information in another section of this website. External links: usually opens another website in a new window. Header links: jumps to information below the heading. The and buttons will take you to the top of the current page or back to where you have clicked from. The will take you to the search section.
Information Structure In most cases it will be in the structure seen below:
our thoughts	what are your options	further info
This is purely our own take on reality. Remember that this may vary from yours (and it should), but can form the basis for some understanding of your future down under...	Here we try to provide you with some of the options we considered. Again, this is not an all-inclusive list, but merely a starting point in your research.	A list of websites normally gives you the freedom to do some research for yourself. Just a word of warning: don't trust everything you read as gospel. Take a healthy bite of common sense before tucking into this information feast.

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