I'm Heather. I help families make sense of rentals, schools and the first weeks here, with practical guides you can use yourself and one-to-one help when you want another pair of eyes.
Guides you can use yourself, a written answer for your family, or time with me. Every guide is my own work, drawn from the moves I have walked families through.
How delivery works. I email the ready-made guides personally, usually the same day, to the address on your PayPal receipt. They are not an instant download. Anything written for your family takes longer, and each one shows its turnaround.
Moving to Australia guides · PDF
Guides you use yourself
Best value
Pack · 4 guides · For NSW moves$99 $146
The Complete Moving to Australia Pack
For families moving to New South Wales. The arrival checklist and flying guide work anywhere in Australia.
Every guide I hand a family before they move, in one pack. Find and secure your rental, get the children into school, sort the admin in the right order, and get everyone through the flight.
NSW Rental Toolkit 28 pages$79
NSW School Enrolment Guide 18 pages$29
Pre & Post-Arrival Checklist 15 pages$19
Flying With Children 6 pages$19
NSW School 100-Point Address Checklist printableBonus
$146 bought separately, $99 together.
Toolkit · 28pp · NSW$79
NSW Rental Toolkit
Renting in Australia as a new arrival, for New South Wales. Three guides in one 28-page PDF that you work through yourself:
Your Path to a Home in Sydney. What you need, how to lodge an application, and what to check before you sign.
NSW Ingoing Condition Report Guide. A room-by-room checklist to protect your bond.
NSW Utility Connection Guide. Water, electricity, gas and internet, in the order to set them up.
My moving to Australia checklist, the one I walk new families through. It opens with the bigger things to think about before you move: shipping, pets, schooling and budgeting, with rents for every capital city. Then it puts the admin in the order that works: visas, the Big Four banks, your mobile, Medicare, tax and super, your path to a rental home in any state, and school. 15 pages.
Moving to Australia with children
For the families with kids on the plane
Guide · 6pp · Australia-wide$19
Flying With Children — From Gate to Great
A guide to the long-haul flight with kids, for parents flying into Australia. What to pack, how to sequence sleep, what to do at each transit, and the honest version of what to expect at the far end. Written by a mother who has done four moves with children.
Guide · 18pp · NSW$29
NSW School Enrolment Guide
How to enrol your children in a NSW public school, written for families arriving from overseas. School enrolment for temporary visa holders, visa by visa, catchment logic, a tick-box 100-point address checklist, and how the school year works.
Pack · 3 guides · NSW school guide$49
Family Travel, Arrival & School Pack
Three guides for families, in one pack: Flying With Children for the flight, the Pre & Post-Arrival Checklist for before you board and your first fortnight, and the NSW School Enrolment Guide for getting the children into school. $67 bought separately, $49 together. Includes a printable NSW School 100-Point Address Checklist as a bonus. The flying guide and checklist work anywhere in Australia; the school guide is for NSW.
Tailored to you · by email
A written answer for your family
Tailored to you · by email$69
Personalised Suburb Brief
Tell me about your family and the suburbs you are weighing up, and I will write a brief that is yours alone: the schools, the commute, what your rent budget gets you, and what each suburb is like to live in day to day. Written for you by me, not a template. Email me direct to order and I will reply personally.
A personal letter from me — signed, on Get Landed letterhead — to your landlord or agent. Before I sign it, we have a 20-minute call and I sight your supporting documents. I also act as your referee on the application. If I cannot in good conscience write your letter, your money is refunded in full.
Bespoke · 7-day turnaround$750
Personalised School Brief
I shortlist the three best schools for your family, with NAPLAN, principal intel, rent in catchment, and transition support notes. Includes a personal introduction letter to the principal of your first-choice school.
Free guide
Your first fortnight in Australia, on one page.
The first getting-settled jobs, in the order I help families work through them. Tell me where to send it.
Nearly there.
Check your inbox for an email from me and confirm your address. Your guide follows straight after.
In their own words, from families Heather and Slaney have relocated across Australia.
They made the whole process feel smooth, easy, and genuinely exciting. They helped me find my dream apartment, and in less than a month of being here, I already feel completely at home. I'm so grateful for everything they did and couldn't recommend them more highly.
CarmenAustria → Sydney
Heather led the challenge to find us an amazing apartment in 4 weeks during Sydney summer leading up to Christmas. She found an off-books place, perfectly situated. Helped us with utilities, negotiated with the agent and the owners, and even met us at 7am on a Saturday morning with a smile and groceries.
ClaireLondon → Sydney
Coming from a developing country, where almost everything was unfamiliar and foreign to me, the challenge felt even greater. Their guidance made a complex and intimidating process feel manageable. Calm, responsive, and patient at every step.
Quang MinhVietnam → Sydney
We couldn’t recommend Heather and Slaney highly enough. They made our move from New Zealand to Sydney incredibly smooth, taking so much of the stress out of finding a place to live and getting settled.
Max · New Zealand → Sydney
Moving across the world is incredibly stressful, but their guidance, responsiveness, and constant reassurance made us feel completely supported. They handled our questions with so much patience and professionalism.
Esha · USA → Australia
Within just a week of arriving in Sydney, they had helped us secure our long-term housing… just 15 mins from my office. They were very patient with all our questions and queries, which is a must-have if you’re new to how rentals work in Australia.
Alex · UK → Sydney
Given my situation and the sanctions around my home country, I expected relocating to Australia to be a disaster. In reality, it was incredibly fast and comfortable… They helped me find an apartment very quickly and sorted out everything else I needed to get settled.
Pavel · 14,000 km → Australia
I was worried about the stress of finding a place remotely… Heather was an absolute saviour throughout: knowledgeable, responsive, and genuinely invested in helping me find the right home.
Maria · Relocated to Sydney
They were also highly responsive, even on weekends… I was able to find a long-term apartment within a week of arriving in Sydney, which made the transition incredibly smooth.
Fauzan · Germany → Sydney
Slaney and Heather were enthusiastic, helpful, and incredibly generous with their time and resources. We were truly grateful to have an extra pair of hands and eyes while navigating important tasks such as arranging healthcare, banking, and accommodation.
VK · Singapore → Melbourne
Moving to another country comes with many complexities, but Slaney and Heather’s communication, hospitality, and warmth made us feel supported every step of the way.
Arveen · Philippines → Sydney
Heather and Slaney… created a personalised experience tailored to my needs and preferences. They ensured I had everything I needed every step of the way and did so with enthusiasm and empathy.
Maisie · First-time expat → Australia
Thanks Slaney O (my relocation coach), Heather F (Destination consultant) for all the help and patience for answering my questions. Without their help, I definitely would have spent much more time and money getting through all of this.
Jade · Overseas → Australia
Families relocating from the US, UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Germany, Austria, Singapore, the Philippines, Japan, India, Vietnam, South Africa and beyond. Every one of them landed by Heather and Slaney on the ground in Australia.
Time with me
When you want me on the phone, not a PDF.
For the moves that are too big, too fast, or too important to do alone.
1:1 with Heather
01$295
The Landing Session
A one-to-one session with Heather. No documents, no deliverables — just her attention, honest advice, and a lifetime of lived expat life turned toward your family's move. Bring the questions keeping you up at 2am — the suburb you cannot decide on, the school you are worried about, the child who is not coping, the partner who is quietly homesick, the loneliness week you feel coming.
90-minute video call — all questions on the table
Coach, not therapist — but has lived every version of this move
You leave with clear next steps, not homework
Booked within 5 business days
02$330
Done-For-You Lease Review
You send me the lease, I read every clause, call the agent, and send you back a marked-up PDF with everything to negotiate before you sign. Once you have signed, I prepare your ingoing condition report and my utility recommendations for your new home.
Full clause-by-clause review
Phone call with the leasing agent
Marked-up PDF with negotiation notes
Ingoing condition report for your property
Utility recommendations for your address
Lease review back within 48 hours
Limited availability
03$495
Orientation Day Plan
A bespoke day-by-day itinerary for your first week in Sydney or Melbourne. Where to eat, where to buy school uniforms, which beaches, which playgrounds, which markets. Based on YOUR family.
Hour-by-hour first week schedule
Tailored to your kids' ages and your interests
Restaurant, café, market and playground picks
Delivered as a printable PDF + Google Map
04By arrangement
A personal move, tailored to you
If you would like me alongside you for the move itself, I can do that. We arrange a call first, so I can tailor the help to what your family needs.
Rough starting figures to help you plan, not a quote. Run yours, then check them against your own rent and habits.
Tool 01
Cost of Living Calculator
A rough weekly budget for your new city. All eight capital cities.
Estimated weekly total$0
Annual: $0 · For 2 adults in Sydney
That's worth knowing before you sign your lease.
Rough guide only. Groceries use Canstar's shopper surveys: about $245 a week for a household of four in 2026, with other household sizes estimated from its 2025 figures. Most children on temporary visas pay tuition fees at NSW public schools, which are not included here.
Want it on paper? Rents for every capital city and a guide to everyday costs are in the Pre & Post-Arrival Checklist — $19
Tell me what matters and see three suburbs from my list of ten to start your research.
Your top three matches
A starting point, not advice. Rents and commute times are rough, and school catchments depend on your exact address.
Want me to look at your actual shortlist? The Landing Session — $295
The Get Landed difference
What makes Get Landed different.
Most relocation agents
"Other relocation agents send you links."
Forward a domain.com.au search
Email a generic suburb PDF
Refer you to a real-estate friend
Disappear when you sign
Get Landed
"I call the agent. I read every clause. I speak to the principal. I cross-check everything to protect you."
Call the leasing agent — and their boss
Read every clause; flag every gotcha
Speak to the school principal directly
Cross-check rents, NAPLAN scores, commute claims
That's how I help families avoid losing their bond, choosing the wrong school, or signing a lease they regret.
Heather and the boys.
The people behind Get Landed
Hi, I'm Heather. I've landed in a new country more times than most people change cars.
My dad worked for Qantas, so I grew up between America, England and Sydney — new school, new accent, new bedroom, on repeat. By the time I was an adult I thought I'd done my share of moving. Then I packed up my two kids and the dog and spent the next seventeen years living across four countries.
I know the 3am panic of a school waitlist email. I know what it's like to sign a lease in a suburb you've never seen. I know the small, expensive mistakes nobody warns you about — and the ones that quietly cost you a year of feeling settled.
That's why I built Get Landed — with my colleague Slaney O'Toole. Between us we have handled the whole journey: temporary accommodation, flights and pets, suburb research, schools, rentals, lease support and the first 90 days on the ground. I lead on home-finding, schools and orientation. Slaney's side is temporary accommodation, settling-in, utilities and the practical logistics that quietly make or break the first month. Slaney is on maternity leave at the moment, so right now it is me you will deal with. She will be working with me again when she is back.
Between us we've personally lived across nine countries on three continents — the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Switzerland, Portugal, Singapore, Malaysia and Australia — and supported corporate and family landings across Australia.
"Get Landed is everything we wish someone had handed us on every one of our own landings. Not a PDF and a kettle — two people who have done this, who pick up the phone."
Leads on home-finding, school placement, suburb research, orientation and lease support. Eight years inside corporate relocation; lived expat across six countries.
Slaney O'Toole
Global Mobility & Transition Coach · On maternity leave
Leads on temporary accommodation, settling-in, utilities, banking and Medicare set-up, and operational coordination. 14+ years in client success; lived expat across five countries.
Slaney's newest arrival, Lachie, born 6 November 2026.
For families flying in
Travelling to Australia with kids.
Long-haul flights with little humans are their own kind of relocation. Here's what we tell every family we land.
Pre-order the kids' meal. Confirm 48 hours before departure. Pre-ordered meals are usually served first — less waiting, happier kids.
Don't board early. Use the terminal play area until the last possible minute. An extra hour on the plane helps no-one.
Surprises per segment. One small new toy, snack or activity per flight leg. Revealed only at take-off. Buys you hours.
In-flight entertainment first. Novelty value of seat-back screens is huge. Save your downloaded shows for hour eight.
Pyjamas and white noise. Change into PJs to signal bedtime. White-noise app + child-sized headphones = the closest you'll get to a sleeping baby at 38,000 feet.
Adjust schedules early. Shift bedtime by 15–30 minutes a day for a week before departure. Sunlight on arrival does the rest.
I email every PDF to you personally after payment, usually the same day. PDFs you can keep forever — no app, no login, no expiry.
Can I get a refund if I don't use it?
I don't give refunds for a change of mind, because a digital guide can't be handed back once it has been sent. If something is wrong with a guide, or it isn't what I described, email heather@getlanded.com.au and I will put it right with a replacement or a refund. I'd much rather fix it than keep your money. The full details are in my Terms.
Do you cover all of Australia, or just Sydney?
The Pre & Post-Arrival Checklist and Flying With Children work anywhere in Australia. The Rental Toolkit and School Enrolment Guide are written for New South Wales, because tenancy and school rules differ from state to state. For premium services (suburb briefs, school research, lease reviews, viewings) I work directly in Sydney. If you're moving somewhere else in Australia, get in touch — I'll either help you myself or refer you to someone I trust.
How fast is a bespoke brief turned around?
Suburb Briefs in 48 hours, School Briefs in 7 days, Lease Reviews in 48 hours.
Do you work with corporate mobility teams?
Yes. I work with corporate clients on individual employee landings. Email heather@getlanded.com.au to discuss volume rates and white-label briefs.
Are you affiliated with any large relocation company?
No. Get Landed is my independent practice. All the guides and methods are my own work, drawn from eight years of helping families settle in Australia.
Heather, landed.
Ready to land?
Start where you are. If you know what you need, the shop has the toolkits. If you want me on the phone with your family, book The Landing Session and bring the questions keeping you up at 2am.
Not sure what you need? Email heather@getlanded.com.au and I will point you at the right product — including the possibility that you don't need me at all.
