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Forum: Australia Apr 21st 2013, 5:20 am
Replies: 33
Views: 1,259
Posted By coldbeer
What bargains to buy on a USA trip?

I'm heading off to San Francisco for a work trip end of this week and staying for 3 weeks. This is the first time I've been to the USA since we moved to Australia 3 years ago and I'm wondering with...
Forum: Australia Apr 9th 2013, 10:19 pm
Replies: 93
Views: 6,506
Posted By coldbeer
Re: Where in Australia would you live if your job only required an internet connectio

P.S. Byron is lovely, we just got back from a few days there, but there's plenty of drunken trouble in town on a weekend, I was surprised to hear its right up there in the violent crime stats.
Forum: Australia Apr 9th 2013, 10:14 pm
Replies: 93
Views: 6,506
Posted By coldbeer
Re: Where in Australia would you live if your job only required an internet connectio

Agree with this, whilst I wouldn't live in Surfers (I would have 20 years ago), the greater Gold Coast offers plenty of lovely suburbs.
Forum: Europe / Cyprus Mar 20th 2013, 12:36 am
Replies: 87
Views: 8,901
Posted By coldbeer
Re: Ex-pats and money in Cyprus banks

They wouldn't by choice (unless they're crazy), but when the banks re-open chances are Capital Controls will be in place, meaning only small withdraws allowed every day, and limits imposed on...
Forum: Australia Mar 13th 2013, 7:59 am
Replies: 1,874
Views: 164,015
Posted By coldbeer
Re: Business Class Airfares to UK / Europe - approx $2700 - $2800 rtn!

Yes, understood, but I'm looking for an alterative.
Forum: Australia Mar 13th 2013, 3:21 am
Replies: 572
Views: 36,471
Posted By coldbeer
Re: $1.48 to the £ today....this is getting ridiculous

Actually Hardly Normal must be hurting (or benefiting from the strong $). We wanted to replace our over & cooktop. Chepest online was $3,500 HN was roughly the same, we offered $2,000 and they...
Forum: Australia Mar 13th 2013, 1:02 am
Replies: 13
Views: 662
Posted By coldbeer
Re: Looking to move over for work.

Sorry but :rofl:

Yes, getting a permanent visa is not an easy process, I'd guess only about 20% of people qualify for one. You need very specific skills which are assessed by an industry body, lots...
Forum: Australia Mar 12th 2013, 11:23 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 662
Posted By coldbeer
Re: Looking to move over for work.

If you're looking to come over long term the first question is do you qualify for a visa. You could get a working holiday one but it only lasts for a year.
Forum: Australia Mar 12th 2013, 4:24 am
Replies: 572
Views: 36,471
Posted By coldbeer
Re: $1.48 to the £ today....this is getting ridiculous

See http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/yes-the-dollar-is-strong-no-the-rba-wont-intervene-20130226-2f2vj.html

The RBA are well aware of the effects of the high dollar, and show no signs of...
Forum: Australia Mar 10th 2013, 8:05 am
Replies: 6
Views: 389
Posted By coldbeer
Re: gold coast info needed please

As for crime, we just caught the Sydney news & the stuff that happens there seems far worse, but then again its a much bigger town. Certainly crime seems far less than any UK city, but it the main...
Forum: Australia Mar 4th 2013, 9:25 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 703
Posted By coldbeer
Re: should i tell a smal fib for a tenancy application?

fib, its hard enough finding a place in Sydney. In some places any slight negative on your app will result in you being rejected.
Forum: Australia Mar 4th 2013, 9:21 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 676
Posted By coldbeer
Re: Dyson from uk or wait

Look at prices in both places, if you're shipping stuff in a container anyway its not going to cost you any more to ship it.

We brought heaps of new stuff and customs didn't bother to charge us, so...
Forum: Australia Feb 26th 2013, 11:10 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 308
Posted By coldbeer
Re: Monthly living bills in gold coast

We are a family of 2 in a 5 bed house, most costs would be similar everywhere in Aus however the one's I can remember (monthly)

Internet - $120 (I have a high data plan, can be as low as $60 in some...
Forum: Australia Feb 20th 2013, 9:47 pm
Replies: 92
Views: 5,491
Posted By coldbeer
Re: Move to Aus or stay put in London?

As Paulry said, the cost of living is Sydney beggars belief.

Speaking as an IT contractor on similar money to yourself, who moved to Sydney I think you will have much lower purchasing power in...
Forum: Australia / The Barbie Feb 1st 2013, 12:35 am
Replies: 120
Views: 4,515
Posted By coldbeer
Re: Story from the UK "I feel like a stranger where I live"

*sigh* you misunderstood what I was saying.

Migration has been based on skills and education (recently). before that migrants came from a similar culture (not recently).

Anyway, seems I'm in the...
Forum: Australia / The Barbie Feb 1st 2013, 12:31 am
Replies: 120
Views: 4,515
Posted By coldbeer
Re: Story from the UK "I feel like a stranger where I live"

I did used to live near Chiswick in the 90's and it wasn't somewhere I'd hold up as the other extreme either! Maybe somewhere like Richmond would be a better example ;)
Forum: Australia / The Barbie Feb 1st 2013, 12:24 am
Replies: 120
Views: 4,515
Posted By coldbeer
Re: Story from the UK "I feel like a stranger where I live"

Go back 200 years and everyone who's non-aboriginal is an immigrant.

Point is those immigrants have largely been selected by Aus immigration for their skills and education (at least recently) or...
Forum: Australia / The Barbie Feb 1st 2013, 12:14 am
Replies: 120
Views: 4,515
Posted By coldbeer
Re: Story from the UK "I feel like a stranger where I live"

Yes, my thoughts are its a cautionary tale and I hope it never happens in Australia.

This may sound hypocritical coming from a migrant, but I don't believe in uncontrolled mass migration such as...
Forum: Australia / The Barbie Jan 31st 2013, 10:16 pm
Replies: 120
Views: 4,515
Posted By coldbeer
Story from the UK "I feel like a stranger where I live"

Surprised to see this in a mainstream paper

I feel like a stranger where I live (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/9831912/I-feel-like-a-stranger-where-I-live.html)
Forum: Australia Jan 24th 2013, 3:24 am
Replies: 1
Views: 259
Posted By coldbeer
Re: Returning an item to Amazon Global/Cheapest parcel service?

Update - I emailed Amazon and quoted £30 from Aus post and they agreed to pay.
Forum: Australia Jan 24th 2013, 12:21 am
Replies: 1
Views: 259
Posted By coldbeer
Returning an item to Amazon Global/Cheapest parcel service?

Hi,
I recently bought some stuff from Amazon Global for the first time, seems a great service as they'll ship a wide range of things and even charge in Aus $.

However, one of the items (a posh...
Forum: Australia Jan 16th 2013, 12:47 am
Replies: 10
Views: 755
Posted By coldbeer
Re: Regional NSW state sponsorship - software engineer opportunities

Any IT roles beyond PC and hardware support are pretty rare in regional areas, and if you could find one would pay a lot less than in the cities.
Forum: Australia Jan 10th 2013, 11:55 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 587
Posted By coldbeer
Re: Brisbane - living info

Brisbane is a very spread out place, there are literally dozens of suburbs which have a combination of those factors, start by determining how much you're willing to spend, then look at the real...
Forum: Australia Jan 8th 2013, 11:33 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,011
Posted By coldbeer
Re: Lived in Perth - now considering Brisbane

Just for what its worth, re: weather.

The last 3-4 years Brisbane has had unusually wet summers, earlier in the year I read it was caused by La Nina, which has now moved on and true to form, this...
Forum: Australia Jan 4th 2013, 4:25 am
Replies: 31
Views: 1,423
Posted By coldbeer
Re: Cheapest way to call England from Australian mobile?

Fair enough, but no cable or Naked DSL is available for us, in fact I was very lucky to snag a port when we bought the house. We're not exactly rural either AFAIK getting naked is down to the...
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