17 Jul, 2017 | New Life Maker
When you’re moving to Australia with kids, you want to do everything you can to help them settle in. The last thing you want is for them to feel left out at school because they don’t understand something. We moved over with very young kids (our twin boys... Read More
7 Jul, 2017 | Decision Maker
If you couldn’t tell already, I LOVE Australia. Moving to Australia was the best thing we’ve ever done. There are so many reasons we love it here – big and small. Here are just a few of them. Before we get started, make sure you’re following me... Read More
30 Jun, 2017 | New Life Maker
So you’re moving to Australia from the UK. Is there really any need for travel insurance when the two countries have a reciprocal agreement on health? And if you do need emigration travel insurance, should you just take out insurance to cover the journey over... Read More
20 Jun, 2017 | Decision Maker
The main reason I set up Smart Steps to Australia was to provide emotional support to people who were trying to move their family to the other side of the world (and to inspire people who were on the fence about whether to make the move so they didn’t live a... Read More
14 Jun, 2017 | New Life Maker
While I love the Internet and blogging, I’m also a total book addict. I love real books when it comes to travel planning. I LOVE to turn over the corner of pages and scribble notes in the margins (sorry to those of you who hate the idea of defacing books –... Read More
2 Jun, 2017 | New Life Maker
The chances are, when you’re moving to Australia you’ll go through your house and have a big declutter ready for your move abroad. You’ll end up with a huge pile of things that you don’t want to take to your new life in Australia. Sites like... Read More
26 May, 2017 | Uncategorized
Anish Prasad of i Lend Finance Solutions – the mortgage broker who gives my readers mortgage advice about buying houses in Australia – is going to be doing a live web chat about real estate in Australia and how to finance your first Australia property. You... Read More
22 May, 2017 | New Life Maker
I knew when we moved to Australia that we’d get better weather, a bigger house, more beach days and all the usual stuff. I love to travel and I’ve always known that travel experiences are an important part of my life, not just because I’m a travel writer... Read More
25 Apr, 2017 | Action Taker, Decision Maker, New Life Maker
I’m going to try something a bit different with my website’s Facebook page and I need YOUR help! I receive a lot of emails and messages each day asking questions about moving to Australia and some of them are really difficult for me to answer as I don’t have... Read More
