It now seems so very real. Before it was just talk and dreams. Even with the news the visa had been granted it didn't, fo me, seem as though anything was happening. Now that has all changed and reality has hit home with a knock on the door. The postman delivered our passports back from Australia House. Not bad seeing as we only posted them off on Friday so they only had them for one working day. Its when you look at the visa stuck in the passport and it states that we are permitted to remain in Australia indefinately.

 All we need now is for someone to buy the house and thats that. We now need to look at logitics of the move. We need to start getting quotes from shipping companies and start costing tickets for the long flight. Sophie will be made up when she gets home. She is so looking forward to showing her teacher and classmates her passport with the visa attached. She has told them all about the move and where abouts in Australia we are going to.

 We now have our visa. Got the email this morning and the relief is unreal. Just need to sell the house and then we can go. Tracey is going to contact the hospitals in and around Adelaide this afternoon and let them know we have the visa and see what happens. Tracey is planning on drinking a whole bottle of bubbley stuff that has been in the fridge for this very moment. Guess I'll be getting up to Joe in the night again.

 Well, we received an email telling us that they have everything they need and the application is now ready for a decission maker. So just when you think you are at the last stage they create another last stage. Other people don't even get told they have a case officer they get an email saying the visa is theirs. We get more emails and get excited when we receieve them thinking 'this is it' then it turns out, it's not it. There can't be another stage now surely so hopefully the next thing we hear is whether we have it or not. So its back to eagerly checking the email every morning waiting and more waiting.