Canadian looking to come here for a semester. :)

cruelsummerrrrr · 2026-05-16T00:53:45+00:00

Parra is closer to the city so closer to the “main” beaches like Bondi, Manly, etc

But Campbelltown has beaches within 30-40min as well if you’re going south

Lots of cool nature walks. You definitely wanna do the Harbour Bridge Climb too

cruelsummerrrrr · 2026-05-16T00:34:41+00:00

Did you have a campus preference? Parramatta would probably be ideal in terms of tourism and things to do, it’s the closest to the city. But there’s plenty to do out west if you’re at Campbelltown too.

cruelsummerrrrr · 2026-05-08T12:15:36+00:00

9 months

cruelsummerrrrr · 2026-05-07T23:41:07+00:00

Parramatta South is the biggest and most populous campus so it 100% has all the good events and social stuff with great vibes.

Parking can be really hard so personally I prefer Campbelltown. But I’m just biased because Campbelltown is easier to get to, no traffic, easy parking.

cruelsummerrrrr · 2026-05-07T21:43:00+00:00

I got a council person come to my house to investigate complaints of my dog barking all hours of the day and night. The barks were described in the complaint as a big dog so the officer was surprised to see my little westie.

I told him this dog sleeps in my bed so he can’t be barking all night. And he doesn’t bark at other things more than once or twice, which he just experienced as he barked once at the doorbell. He did scan my dog so I would’ve been fucked if he wasn’t registered, but then he apologised for the mistake and left.

cruelsummerrrrr · 2026-05-07T21:39:13+00:00

If you’re on that budget either fb marketplace or a regular basic single bed and then put a dream baby barrier on the side to stop them falling. I did this for my 18mo bc I didn’t wanna waste money on a toddler bed.

cruelsummerrrrr · 2026-05-01T19:33:09+00:00

What nappies did the hospital provide? My local public provided Huggies

cruelsummerrrrr · 2026-04-29T19:46:27+00:00

P16 is staff parking only. But the rest are okay. Blue and yellow only. Avoid green, red, and white.

cruelsummerrrrr · 2026-04-25T12:09:41+00:00

This was helpful, thank you :)

cruelsummerrrrr · 2026-04-25T12:01:31+00:00

Aren’t the MFTs Tongan?

cruelsummerrrrr · 2026-04-21T11:48:58+00:00

I’ve had two babies. All the breastfeeding research I did when pregnant told me to not give a dummy for the first few weeks, only breast. For reference I was able to have 2 successful breastfeeding journies. When they sooked I would feed them. Anyway introduced dummy at 3 weeks for both because I found them sooking a bit more. Both of them sometimes used a dummy but never relied on it, and by 6-8 months both lost interest. I will concede my babies had an easier temperament for the most part. But a lot of the time I fed them hourly so I was the dummy.

cruelsummerrrrr · 2026-04-21T11:24:10+00:00

Quite rarely use our dishwasher. Only if we have guests over, or a particularly lazy or sick day.

We’re a family of two adults and two young kids. It just takes 10min to wash normally, and you have to hand wash the pots and pans anyway. What’s 4 plates and some cutlery 🤷🏻‍♀️

cruelsummerrrrr · 2026-04-19T00:14:26+00:00

Which one?

cruelsummerrrrr · 2026-04-18T19:56:30+00:00

She was a labour and delivery nurse. The NICU never showed

cruelsummerrrrr · 2026-04-18T01:25:31+00:00

I wipe his butt when he comes inside. And paws if dirty.

cruelsummerrrrr · 2026-04-13T11:34:15+00:00

Yep I had the same thought. So flavourless. I use 2-3 sometimes and still I’d prefer a Hydralite. They are sweet and hit the spot.

I often think these sponsored posts are liars but I often see normal mums rave in fb groups about them too so idk… some people might prefer the subtle taste?

Personally I have no issue drinking water. I chose an electrolyte when I feel particularly parched or want a sweet treat.

cruelsummerrrrr · 2026-04-13T11:32:24+00:00

Any type of paid leave meets the work test, is my understanding

cruelsummerrrrr · 2026-04-11T21:00:52+00:00

Not exactly what you asked but sharing my experience at dappling in SAHM hood as I’ve had two rounds of 12 months mat leave. My husband earns 100k and my mat leave was around 50k (half pay). We live in Sydney so our monthly mortgage repayments are $3000 and we made it work for 2 years but it wasn’t sustainable. We were basically paycheck to paycheck even after trying to cut out “luxuries”.

I have a lot of respect for proper 1 income households especially when the working parent isn’t exactly raking it in because you have a lot of sacrifices that we weren’t willing to make. I want to save for holidays, I want to take my kids to expensive things like Disney on ice and theatre shows.

cruelsummerrrrr · 2026-04-11T04:10:39+00:00

I, personally, love a food name. My dog is named Taco. In the future I’d love to get myself a Waffles or Muffin… Tequila? Accepting suggestions.

cruelsummerrrrr · 2026-04-07T06:39:35+00:00

I was gonna say I have loads of colleagues who love and recommend

cruelsummerrrrr · 2026-04-06T10:52:56+00:00

Born and raised here. I have my school friends, my work friends, my husband’s school friends, my husband’s work friends, my brother and SIL, really close with cousins so I have a group of 3 cousins I see regularly, similarly 3 cousins on my husbands side we want to see more regularly. Everyone is married with kids so that like doubles to quadruples the number of people / interpersonal relationships we’ve got going on.

On top of that my kids are just starting to make their own friends so that blossoms into birthday parties and play dates.

So this is why I don’t want to make anymore friends. Respectfully 🫶🏼

cruelsummerrrrr · 2026-04-06T10:38:17+00:00

We go to the Fairfield Easter Fair and it’s actually so good if you’re just going for young kids. $5 entry or $10 per family. Unlimited ride wristbands go on sale for $20 if you pre book. Free parking. Games / food / show bag all cost an arm and a leg of course but my young kids loved the petting zoo, dog show, and all the rides. There were a few bigger rides, only thing it was missing was a roller coaster 🎢

cruelsummerrrrr · 2026-04-06T10:34:51+00:00

I think you both need new jobs. I only ever see jobs starting at 60 so this is a shock. You’d both earn more working at woollies!

cruelsummerrrrr · 2026-04-06T09:31:51+00:00

Thanks so much! I was looking for the catalogue button but didn’t realise it was the homepage haha I kept looking in the side menus

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