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lyndhurst Jun 13th 2009 11:10 pm

motor bike licence in Qld
 
Hi all

my OH is wanting to take his bike licence and we are hoping to move to Qld Oct- Nov time this year.

should he do it in the UK and is it transferable to his licence in Oz, or should he wait until he gets there.

thanks all

cheryl :wub:

sigourner Jun 13th 2009 11:43 pm

Re: motor bike licence in Qld
 
From my understanding you have to resit your test once you are in Australia, I think it is after six months but I could be wrong there. My brother resat his car test and said it wasn't too bad, he didn't think it was as bad as a test would be if you didn't have a license or as bad as the test was that he did in the UK. I've got exactly the same things (both car and bike) to look forward to in the next six months too, oooh the joys!! :D

LM109 Jun 14th 2009 12:11 am

Re: motor bike licence in Qld
 

Originally Posted by lyndhurst (Post 7663297)
Hi all

my OH is wanting to take his bike licence and we are hoping to move to Qld Oct- Nov time this year.

should he do it in the UK and is it transferable to his licence in Oz, or should he wait until he gets there.

thanks all

cheryl :wub:

Hi Cheryl
My OH already had his car and bike licence from the UK and it was a straight swap for a Qld one but he had to remind them it was for both car and bike
Lisa

sigourner Jun 14th 2009 12:17 am

Re: motor bike licence in Qld
 
I wonder if that means it is a state thing, my brother lives in NSW, anyone know?

LM109 Jun 14th 2009 12:21 am

Re: motor bike licence in Qld
 

Originally Posted by sigourner (Post 7663434)
I wonder if that means it is a state thing, my brother lives in NSW, anyone know?

Maybe it is a state thing but when we went to get our qld licence we just filled in the form, showed them UK licence and paid for a 5 yr licence. Had to have photos done as well and that was it new licence handed over straight away. As I said before we did need to remind and insist that it was for both car and bike
Lisa

Pollyana Jun 14th 2009 3:32 am

Re: motor bike licence in Qld
 

Originally Posted by sigourner (Post 7663361)
From my understanding you have to resit your test once you are in Australia, I think it is after six months but I could be wrong there. My brother resat his car test and said it wasn't too bad, he didn't think it was as bad as a test would be if you didn't have a license or as bad as the test was that he did in the UK. I've got exactly the same things (both car and bike) to look forward to in the next six months too, oooh the joys!! :D

Up until the last couple of years you had to take a test in Qld, though now you can just "trade in" your licence.


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