Sat 28th June

Well another week has flown by and not a lot has really happened in the emigration process. There have been allot of web rumours that the visa processing offices in Australia have met their 07/08 quota and the new tax year 08/09 doesn't start till July the first, that is when it is expected that a flurry of visas will be issued. Although we don't expect to see ours issued until late August.

We expect to see that our medicals are finalised over the coming week so that will be another tick in the box. Talking of ticking boxes the RFJO court case looms nearer and the absent parents still have not attempted to make contact with the children, that makes me so angry, its costing us thousands of pounds to go to court because of them yet they aren't interested. There should be something that could be done about this, instead of basically taking money away from the kids this money could have been used on a final family holiday in the UK but instead it will go into the pockets of solicitors.

On a lighter note I found a video tape this week of a band I used to be in a band called Uncle Fester. We did punk covers and just had alot of fun. Anyway this video consisted of two gigs of which I have digitised and I am now in the process of uploading them to YouTube they came be seen here.

I will also embed one of the videos here just incase you can't be bothered to pop over to YouTube

Well what else has happened in this last week? not alot I suppose but we are off to a bar b que this afternoon, I just hope the weather will brighten up, its been pretty crap for a while now. Oh and I waved goodbye to my Gpz600R last night I can't take it to Oz, so I decided to give it to my good friend Russell I know he will keep it and just use it on sunny days. Yeh I know I could have sold it and got money but sometimes you just have todo what you think is right.

Sat 21st June

I guess I have been a little quite just lately. Not alot really going on to tell the truth, oh we have all passed our medicals I must say that is a relief you always worry in the back of your mind you might have something found thats wrong with you.

We have sent off for our police checks too, but their is nothing to worry about their as I am CRB checked already and I believe thats a tougher check.

Seems like its been raining for ages but its probably only the last 5 or 6 days can't wait until are on our way. We are going to spend about 4 -6 weeks in Bali on the way just to chill out after all the stress that is going on around this move what with the court case and all. It will be my 5th time in Bali and I just can't wait, the warm sunny rays from the sun are enough to make you feel 10 years younger and within a week every ach and pain has disappeared. We wil be spending many nights on Kuta beach watching the sun go down while the kids enjoy playing in the surf and we enjoy a cold bintang (beer if you have never been to Bali)



Looking a that picture just makes me feel chilled. BTW if you like this photo I have loads more on my flickr site just click on the photo.

Looks like we might be exchanging contracts on the house mid July, so that means we will be living at the outlaws for a few weeks while we wait for the visa. A small price to pay I guess. Thinking of which I supose I sould really tell my mum she knows we are going but I don't think she realises just how soon it will be, she doesn't even know we have sold tyhe house yet (i had better phone her this afternoon just incase any of you know her), anyone live in France?

Thurday 12th June

We had our medicals done On Tuesday at Tavistock Devon. All went really well considering there were 7 of us to go through, eve myself and children 18, 14, 12, 10, 7.

After hearing all the horror stories about medicals it was fine, we were asked general health history questions, then had our weight and heights taken, blood pressure for all over 11, reflexes, bending and stretching, eye sight, hearing, listening to chest and back, checking around the waist area for hernias, examined teeth and gums, looked into eyes, urine test, blood test for all over 16, waist measurement (I think that was all).

Then we went on to the Nuffield hospital in Plymouth to have our Xrays they took less than 5 Min's each so all in all not a bad experience.

Then yesterday we got a letter for ex's solicitor, she has been given another £8,000 of public money to continue her court case. That's £8,000 of mine and your money (if you work in the UK) and she knows that the recommendation is for the RFJO by no less than CAF CASS, not only that my son whats nothing to do with her. She seems to forget on the last visit he paid to her (over two and a half years ago now) he was told she never wanted to see him again because of the lies that he had told, what is this woman on does she not realise he IS going to Australia, and she would stand a far better chance of achieving some sort of relationship with him if she would agree to him going........ not let a judge take her decision away. Still that's her choice....stupid is as stupid does.

This a make you laugh ..... I got a phone call from the hospital this morning, yes I know I was thinking exactly the same as you are now.....whats wrong with me? am I going to die? well I signed the wrong form I signed the one to say I'm pregnant....... Doh

Tuesday 3rd June

We went to see a solicitor today, we have taken the the RFJO case as far as we dare on our own, but I feel really cheated to be honest my son has not seen his mum in over two years now and the last time she saw him he was told that she never wanted to see him again!!!!

Well how would you feel? he was devastated and very very angry. Yet now because we have decided to Emigrate to Australia she thinks she would like to see him. She should have thought about that when she was letting that twat of a husband knock my son around!!! and to top it off she gets legal aid because they don't work ....or at least that's what the system thinks, we have seen him working.

Anyway we hired a solicitor today the RFJO goes to a final hearing soon and she thinks that we will be representing ourselves hahahahah what a shock she is going to have and she has to take the stand. The solicitor is confident that we will win our case what with her not bothering for over two years.

Stay tuned I'm sure more wil happen before we get to the hearing.

Sunday 1st June

What a crap weekend weather wise.... we thought we would have a barby with some friend. When we got up on saturday the weather was glorious phone some friends organised them to come around for about 1:30pm and by midday it was raining really heavy.

Went out in the evening with the lads, it was Math's 40th there was quite a few people out and I start getting all the same comments "when you off to Oz then" well at least this time I was able to tell them yeh we have sold the house and have booked our medicals for two weeks time. YEH

Alot of the lads wanted to head into town to go clubbing, but a couple of us decided just to carry on drinking local and then go for a curry.

Sunday today again it started really glorious but by midday the weather was crap again whichput an end to the barby this weekend .

Oh well time to chill out and wait to go back to work, now there going to be some choices to make there this week I got offered a new job, but doI take it that the question.... cos all going well we should have our visa by the end of August. So what do I do?