Moving from Sydney to Brisbane

[mummartbe]

Hi there



I live in inner city Sydney and will soon be relocating to Brisbane. I will sadly be saying goodbye to my mothers group and local playgroup.



What i'm finding from my research so far is that things seem to work differently in Bris.

When I had my daughter the hospital automatically put me in touch with my early childhood centre who got me onto a mothers group straight away and its just the norm around here to do that.



There are also playgroups everywhere, very easy going informal gatherings that cost $2 a visit and are run from a local community centre or school and you just bring a piece of fruit along.



I can't seem to find much around like this in Brisbane. I don't want to officially sign my daughter up and be on waiting lists and set terms etc. I'm not religious either and it seems the only ones I can find in Brisbane are church run things? Does this mean you have to be a member of the church?



Hope anyone out there can shed some light on this. It seems a bit trickier in Brisbane to get set up with all of this. I'll be living as close to the city as possible, somewhere around Paddington or New Farm.



Thanks!!

[christy]

mummartbe, it will be more difficult now that bubs is a bit older.

There are heaps of playgroups around. I used to go to one in Woolloongabba, but thats around 20 minutes from New Farm. Its run by a church but you don't have to go to church or be a member... just means the people running it may be Ours was at the Princess Theatre called "Mini Mozarts" and we played music and had morning tea together. It was a nice group of girls I met there.

You can find a local MCHN... generally through QLD health.

There is a Brisbane Baby just like a Sydney baby that has playgroup listings.

HTH!