Writing

  • The Financial and Emotional Cost of Moving to Australia with Kids

    In which we broach that delicate, some would even say taboo, subject of money....Read More

  • Culture Shock for New Immigrants to Australia

    After some serious procrastination I am starting work only two and a half hours after getting home from dropping the kids off at school and childcare. Plenty of room for improvement there so that's good....Read More

  • Moving abroad to Australia via New Zealand and Costa Rica

    As I looked through my passport for my exit visa from Costa Rica I did get a bit distracted. There are so many bureaucratic stamps in there and they serve as poignant reminders of our travels from New Zealand, which we left in May 2007, through Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and back to Costa Rica....Read More