Moving to Australia update 🇦🇺 Visas approved!!!

[@amatwa4328]

Massive congratulations 🎉

[@oko_adventures]

Thank you we are so excited

[@julesmarwell8023]

wish you all the luck, Melb weather is, not cold not hot. we have four seasons in one day. Looking forward to your blogs when you get here. CHEERS AND TAKE CARE.

[@oko_adventures]

Thank you for watching 😀 that weather sounds perfect 👌

[@mjb7015]

Congrats, that's fantastic news. Edithvale is fantastic. If you do find a property there, I know another British family who moved there a few months ago and also have a youtube vlog. Maybe you could be friends :) Pakenham and Officer are a bit inconvenient for anyone who doesn't have a car. Public transport (trains, buses, etc.) is fantastic almost anywhere else in the suburbs _except_ for that area. If you don't like Bayswater, have a look at somewhere in the general area, like The Basin, Boronia, or Ferntree Gully. House styles can change a lot between those suburbs, even thought they're so close together.

[@tonyb2614]

Welcome to Australia, Queensland weather is tops!

[@oko_adventures]

Thank you 😀 will definitely visit Queensland

[@mjb7015]

I'm not sure which map you're looking at, but the fastest beach to drive to from Bayswater probably is Edithvale, it's a straight line down Springvale Road from Burwood Highway. Much faster than trying to get into the inner east to St Kilda, especially if you're trying to fight peak hour traffic.

[@maggief1137]

Chelsea Bonbeach great area I built my first home there coming from the uk been here 40 years, over this way is the best area the other places you mentioned although it says 30 mins it is longer with traffic and much further away. Good luck with it all 👍🤗

[@oko_adventures]

Thank you!! 😀 the workplace has actually changed so Oli will only be 20 mins away from Chelsea now so we are looking it that area for sure as so many people have said what a great area it is 😀

[@helencadwallader3796]

Wow what a lovely couple. I was on a round trip of Australia a year ago. I really loved Melbourne it seemed to have every thing. It has a massive sector which is where all the world famous sport championships are held. Not to mention cricket !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. It had free trams around the centre of Melbourne. Fantastic world famous market. Oh just so many fantastic things that are too many to put down here. People were lovely. I will follow your channel and I wish you every success as you well deserve it. One hiccup gosh am so jealous as being 71 am not wanted in OZ as they consider its too old. I loved every thing out there. We were told the traffic getting out of Melbourne can be horrendous but hey what city is any different what ever country. Well done for leaving the UK its a hell place at present.

[@oko_adventures]

Hey, thank you so much for watching and what a lovely comment 😀 made us both feel happy reading that thank you ☺️ we are looking forward to the sport for sure 🏏

[@RefurbIshment-z7l]

I had to look up those suburb's to know which city it is, Melbourne. Look forward to cold weather for the first 5 months. Its no Brisbane with sunshine all year round. But hopefully you'll enjoy it and definitely go coastal you only live once, get the best you possibly can. People enjoy Melbourne city but i will always be a Sydney Brisbane guy. I would be going for Brisbane Gold Coast or the Sunshine Coast if work permits. Good luck 🇦🇺🤙

[@oko_adventures]

We will definitely visit Brisbane and Sydney as they look amazing! We can move states with the job so will see where we end up but we want to try Melbourne first 😀

[@RefurbIshment-z7l]

@oko_adventures I'm probably harsh just for personal reasons. Who knows someone voted Melbourne city the most liveable at one point. Good luck 🤣🤙🇦🇺

[@oko_adventures]

Haha thank you 😀

[@darrelmorton8511]

Fantastic news , so exciting. It will be great to see your vlogs when you get to Melbourne xx love you ❤️

[@oko_adventures]

Will be exciting exploring Melbourne 😀 Love you x

[@miniehk]

Agree 🎉from Melbourne originally, 30 years on the Gold Coast (Queensland) now living near Brisbane. Just love the weather and this state.

[@oko_adventures]

So excited to visit both them Queensland and Brisbane 😀

[@RefurbIshment-z7l]

Everything about Melbourne sucks, but especially the people 😅

[@DavidMcGrath-mp7ne]

Melbournes beaches are on the bay so really fkat sea, not like the icean beaches. Prevailing cold wind is SW from the southern ocean, so bay beaches are exposed to the wind, but the bay area is very pretty.

[@oko_adventures]

They do look pretty from what we have seen excited to explore when we get there 😀

[@marcusversace9423]

Congratulations

[@oko_adventures]

Thank you 😀

[@ronmazuras688]

Congratulations, a very exciting time ahead for you. Be aware that the beaches around Melbourne are nothing like the beaches in Sydney that everyone talks about such as Manly and Bondi. Melbourne is at northern end of a large bay called Port Phillip Bay, there's no surf beaches in the bay. You'd need to travel more than an hour to an ocean beach if you wanted surf. And Melbourne can get cold in the winter, not as cold as the UK but pretty cold so don't sell all your warm clothes.

[@oko_adventures]

Thank you 😀 that’s all so helpful especially about winter clothes. We plan on visiting Sydney and other states as much as we can while we are there 🌅

[@seanatkins1971]

Good luck will miss having a laugh with Olly but you have to do what’s best for you for your family

[@oko_adventures]

You will have to come visit us 😀

[@danielodonoghue3529]

Congratulations! Melbourne is my favourite city to live in. Endless things to do and places to eat, sports, theatre, shopping, art galleries et cetera. The Bayswater area is a bit "light industrial" (I used to manage a factory there). Not great for public transport (no trams, only buses). Living somewhere nearby like Vermont/Vermont South or Blackburn or Nunawading might be better...

[@oko_adventures]

Thank you 😀 sounds like an amazing place with so much much to do! Will also look at them places you mentioned ☺️

[@michaelmayo9048]

@@oko_adventures l live in a western suberb called (taylors Lakes) easy to drive around 80klmph roads 2 lanes each side no traffic jams and everything you need .check out on maps. taylors Lakes hotel and (watergardens shopping centre) 224 shops and services .

[@davidhedgcock8690]

As a person who lives in Melbourne, I can honestly say that your chances of homesickness are lessened as Melbourne is a very European style city. Ther lifestyle is great here.

[@oko_adventures]

From what we have seen on KZbin it looks a lot like the UK very green and lots of parks and gardens which look amazing! Excited to enjoy the lifestyle 😀 thanks for commenting nice to hear that from someone who lives in Melbourne

[@leo206x]

Can't wait for the Melbourne vlogs

[@oko_adventures]

Hopefully not too long now 😀🇦🇺

[@michaelmayo9048]

The great ocean road for the best beaches and then Phillip Island..Melbourne beaches are in a bay which isn't really that good ...

[@oko_adventures]

The great ocean road looks amazing! Excited to explore the beaches

[@geoffmaloney2717]

Hey welcome to Melbourne. A couple of suggestions 1. Football in Melbourne is AFL not soccer. 😉😊 2. Dont limit yourself to the east of the city to live. The west of the city is much cheaper and fast growing. I live in Altona, a bayside suburb about 20 klm south west of the CBD. Much cheaper, less crowded, a great cafe and resturant precint, a nice beach and has got great transport options 3, Despite what some say here, Melbourne is safe, prosperous and is just completing some huge transport infrastructure projects that will alleviate many of the traffic and public transport issues. 4. Embrace the culture and lifestyle and take the mostly good with some of the bad.

[@oko_adventures]

Hey, thank you so much for all that information 😀 we haven’t looked into the west of the city yet but will check it out and add it to our list of possible suburbs. We need to remember that about football as our son wants to join a soccer team not football 😅 thank you for watching and commenting we are getting to know so much more about Melbourne and where to go etc 😀

[@geoffmaloney2717]

@@oko_adventures oh don't get me wrong, football (soccer) is extremely popular as a participation sport, it is just that we have a fairly weak national competition, that can't compete with AFL or Rugby League in the Northern states. He will have no trouble finding a team to play with. I only mentioned the west, as it has been a bit maligned for years but a bit further west than we are, is the fastest growing area in Australia. Where I live we are on the largest coastal wetland on the bay that stretches for about 50 k south to Geelong and the housing is about 200k less than the same type of suburb in the east on the bay. Also the roads are much less crowded. Anyway will watch your channel with interest. We were all migrants to Australia once and for you guys to move halfway around the world is to be admired. Good luck with the adventure.

[@oko_adventures]

@geoffmaloney2717 We never thought about that area of Melbourne before as we don’t know much about it but will check it out for sure 😀 thank you that’s so nice of you to say we really want to make this work wether it’s a temporary move or permanent 🇦🇺

[@arfyseal]

The only problem with the west is going to be getting to Bayswater for work i lived in Werribee about 10 minutes south of Altona and I worked in Altona , during peak hours it would take me anything between 45 minutes to 1 hour to get to work considering you would still then have to negotiate the traffic over the westgate bridge and out the other side i wouldnt recommend the west for your current situation .Nothing wrong with the west just the traffic can be horrendous particularly trying to get to the other side of Melbourne . A couple of spots that might be worth a look would be Frankston 49 minutes to Bayswater and right on the beach . Or another approach would be Rowville a lot closer to Bayswater not so close to the beach but has cycle paths everywhere even up into ferntree gully and puffing billy ect .Also as someone said the beaches in the bay are i guess what you would call almost safety beaches no surf just small waves in most cases a gentle slope into the water ect very good for young kids but not for surfers lol .Hope things work out and im a new sub so looking forward to following what you get up to .

[@geoffmaloney2717]

@@arfyseal oh didn't realise the work was in Bayswater, you are correct, would be too far.

[@rychappy]

Anywhere from Mordialloc down to Seaford is a great choice. Suburbs between the coast and the Eastlink Freeway. Once you get further east to Pakenham, Berwick, Clyde/Clyde North these areas have been developed so much by housing estates and the government have fallen behind in making them accessible. They are cheaper but I would recommend paying a little more for the bayside suburbs!

[@oko_adventures]

Thank you so much! That’s so helpful 😀

[@jeanvonbarberode2377]

I am an European who lived in Mordialloc, Chelsea, Carrum Downs 15 years long, when I came in 2005 it was very nice area to live, after Covid this area become to overcrowded, expensive and with the expensive and terrible overcrowded trains was not nice to commute from CBD every day anymore. The ocean is always cold so it is good just for walk around but not really to swim there. In 2022 I was so frustrated from Melbourne and its wokeness that I sold everything and moved to Brisbane and I like it here! Melbourne became a place not to be, full of 3rd world immigrants, expensive, homelessness, corrupted government, terrible traffic, changeable weather all the times, you need to heat your place at least 6 months, huge tax and diying CBD. I do not suggest to you to move to City of Casey, Western Suburbs as you will live in little India, the Bayside is most likely the best, however the best is not even be in Melbourne! This city is done, however good luck! This is my view as an European not as an Australian as Australians might be not able to see many things as people from Europe. Good Luck in Melbourne ! I warned you!

[@rychappy]

@@oko_adventures no problem! I currently live in Frankston South so familiar with the areas along the bay :-) Goodluck!

[@rychappy]

@@jeanvonbarberode2377 great to hear from a Europeans prospective. I’ve lived in variety of suburbs in Perth, Sydney and down on the Mornington Peninsula / South East of Melbourne. Maybe I should try out Brisbane 😎

[@helencadwallader3796]

@@jeanvonbarberode2377 I loved Cairns even though every thing eats you alive we were told!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@angusfalconer8754]

Have a look what’s happening in Melbourne news wise. So there are no shocks.

[@lookingoverhell3448]

what are they going to show you , some sheep in a paddock .

[@angusfalconer8754]

@ Bad behaviour

[@hyacinthperalta8349]

Welcome to Australia🇦🇺

[@oko_adventures]

@hyacinthperalta8349 thank you 😀

[@oko_adventures]

@hyacinthperalta8349 thank you ☺️

[@RJS4287]

Good luck - if you've sold your house great but might be worth renting it out as on a 482 visa you are subject to Foreign Investment Review Board restrictions if you want to buy rather than rent here unlike citizens and permanent residents. But in moving to Victoria you are in a State that does not charge fees for any kids attending a public, state school. But private and Catholic Schools (who often accepy non Catholics) are far cheaper than private schools in UK. Sorry if you know all this. Dollar is very weak at present but I would not bet on pound or UK economy.

[@oko_adventures]

Thank you for all that information 😀 it really helps. We have sold our house now as really don’t want the hassle of renting 🏡

[@RJS4287]

@@oko_adventures Just to be a bit nerdy as someone who travels several times a year to Europe when you book your flights try and get an A380 on all legs - Singapore, Qatar, Emirates, Qantas and Asiana all use them for some, not all, legs here. Qatar, BA and Emirates squash an extra economy seat in their B777s (3,4.3) unlike Singapore (3,3,3). Check seat maps on Aerolopa. BA only fly to Sydney. Join Qantas or Velocity (Virgin Australia) frequent flyer programs. You get Velocity points on Singapore and Qatar; Qantas points on Emirates, BA, Qantas and Qatar. If you sign up for a Woolworths rewards card Qantas FF is free. Velocity free any way. You might get enough points for a cheap eastern Australia flight. I always break my journey in Singapore -bit expensive but most organised, cleanest and safer countries in world. Great, cheap food in hawker centres & great public transport. Breaking it in Dubai for me is too close to Europe. Just an opinion.

[@oko_adventures]

@RJS4287 thank you so much this is so helpful! We were looking at where to stop whether we stay in Singapore or Dubai for a couple of nights also we having been looking for flights with extra leg room so that really helps us 😀

[@RJS4287]

@@oko_adventures If legroom is critical & you are feeling adventurous I always fly to Europe via Singapore. I use Singapore Airlines budget subsidiary Scoot from/to Oz to Singapore. Their Scoot Plus seat is same size as a Premium Economy (38 inch legroom) but for an economy price. But v average food and byo video. Then book a fare onwards from Singapore but always leave minimum of days break plus pay for $40 flexibility option. Economy fares to Europe on full service airlines have come down but you pay at least twice for Premium and 3 to 4 times for business. KZbin has an experience video on every airline and plane..

[@oko_adventures]

@RJS4287 thank you we will look into that 😀 we definitely want extra leg room with it being such a long flight. What do you think go Scoot?

[@angusfalconer8754]

Welcome to Australia. You’ll enjoy the where. Then maybe move to Queensland like a lot of Victorians have done. 😅

[@oko_adventures]

Thank you ☺️ will definitely visit Queensland it looks stunning there

[@RefurbIshment-z7l]

1 million apparently left due to dictator Dan and COVID Nazis 😅

[@MyCroatianHomestead]

Good luck. Not a good time to move to Australia. We left 2 years ago after living there for 23 years

[@oko_adventures]

Thank you, where did you move to? Not a good time to be in Uk at the moment either

[@MyCroatianHomestead]

@ i am in Croatia now. Good time to start any business here at the moment. Labour shortage in all sectors. No competition.

[@ParadigmShifta]

Avoid St Kilda.

[@RefurbIshment-z7l]

Avoid Melbourne entirely 😅