Sydney Settlers

This week has seen the 'soft launch' of Sue's new business venture - Sydney Settlers - which will provide new migrants with information on the Northern Beaches region to help them decide on which might be the best areas to settle, depending on things such as schools, travel to the city, beach locations and so on.

Sue's done a lot of research for each of the main suburbs and knows the areas really well now! She's selling a range of different services to new migrants and we'll be marketing the business in the UK and possibly South Africa, as the Northern Beaches area is very popular with migrants from both countries. This type of information was also something that would have given us a head-start before arriving and other migrants here say they would have found this useful, so hopefully it will attract some good interest.

Yesterday also saw our first dip in the sea for the season. The temperatures reached over 30 degrees during the day although the house remained quite cool. However, at the end of the day Sue and I took Rebecca and a friend down to Curl Curl for a quick swim in the sea before the sun went down. It was a bit bracing to start with but refreshing and we'll probably do this more often this summer as we don't have a pool with the house now (and we're living closer to the beach).