aurorin
apt in the city? which part of the city is that? The childcare that my fren is running now is in Carlton area, v near Melbourne Museum. I've not visited other oz chilcares yet but i like what i saw in hers. Some asian teachers, v happy kids & teachers, lots of fun messy things for kids to engage in, new centre & environment. Saw the kids having their lunch too. Healthy & good portions. R u PR? If you r, the $90 daily rate doesn't apply to you lah. Hee at $90 for us, we can only afford to send her twice a week. Good too, then the rest of the time, i can 'teach' her at home myself or just bring her out for playdates/outings.
re shipping
yah, we oso might not hv that much to ship over cos most of our furniture in the SG flat is either built in or to be left for the tenant. So mostly just clothes, toys, books perhaps. But we're thinking abt our king size mattress though. We bot a Simmons one & it's firm enough for our backs so not sure if we wanna spend another few thousands to buy a mattress in Oz.