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The people of Western Australia have some very colourful phrases that can be very difficult to understand at first. Here we will try to explain the basics of understanding the local way of speaking. An important thing to remember when listening ...

The majority of Australians celebrate Easter even if they don’t follow the Christian traditions. Easter is a wonderful time for family and friends to get together and have fun. The celebrations start with Good Friday, which is always a public ...

You may feel you need to buy a car in order to go to the shops, explore the countryside and in most cases commute to work. Perth is a big city and the distances between places that you need to ...

On arrival in Perth, you will need to use public transport at least for the first few days. The public transport system is very good and some people choose to use it for their commute to work especially if they ...

One of the most important steps in moving to a new country is opening a bank account in that country. It can be very confusing and the system may be very different to what you are used to. Here a ...

On arrival in Perth you will obviously need somewhere to stay. There are a number of options and each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Stay with Family or Friends The cheapest option is to stay with family or friends ...

Sometimes my clients ask me” How do I bring my wife to Australia?” There are a number of places to start to answer this question. However, I have some questions that you may want to answer first. These are: Option ...

So about those school terms. What are those by the way? We head back to school in early February and the summer holidays for our family feel like they have been very short; Time has just disappeared! We have 2 ...

So my family has much to celebrate every Australia Day as one of my younger sisters is in fact born on Australia Day. So it is always a time of birthday celebrations for our family complete with ice cream birthday ...