Seeing as I’ve just launched my new migration website, Smart Steps to Australia, I’m reminiscing about the experience of moving to Australia from the UK. Can you believe we’ve lived here for almost two years already?!At the time it all felt like a huge challenge. Taking three kids away from their grandparents. Saying goodbye to our parents and not knowing when we’d get to see them again. Selling the house we’d lived in for ten years. Leaving all of our friends behind. There were so many . . . Keep Reading
Smart Steps to Australia has launched (with a sneaky peek backstage at the set up + costs)
I've been a little bit quiet on here and social media for the last few weeks. I can finally show you the reason why: Smart Steps to Australia has now launched! . . . Keep Reading
Moving to Australia: There’s no place like home
Moving to Australia was the scariest thing I’ve ever done. It’s also something that I look back on with a huge sense of achievement – we felt the fear and did it anyway – and now we’re living a life we love. . . . Keep Reading
Do you lead an inspiring life?
Recently I’ve had three different people say something to me that I wasn’t expecting. They told me that I was inspiring. I laughed it off each time and couldn’t take the compliment seriously. But it did get me thinking. . . . Keep Reading
Waving goodbye to 2015 and getting excited about the New Year
I hope you've all had a wonderful Christmas. We did apart from the kids taking turns to come down with severe tonsillitis, plus hubby working nights for the whole time. It feels great to have spent it in our new home though with (mostly) lots of sunshine.The last twelve months have been pretty insane. This time last year we were settling down for our first Christmas in Brisbane. Our container had just arrived, and we were still busy unpacking. I was a mum to three pre-schoolers (as the . . . Keep Reading