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Forum: Australia
Jun 11th 2008, 7:37 pm
Replies: 212
Views: 26,446
Posted By kelbelinoz

Re: Not welcome / Not belonging feeling

surely as a brit yourself you could be a bit kinder on the generalisations badge??

I have read your post and cant work out where we would fit in?! could you add another couple of catagories...
Forum: Australia
Jun 11th 2008, 7:29 pm
Replies: 212
Views: 26,446
Posted By kelbelinoz

Re: Not welcome / Not belonging feeling

If the oz get along better is only NATURAL: they understand fully their culture whereas you don't. You may get some of the culture but not everything!!

Culture??
Sorry have I missed...
Jun 11th 2008, 7:15 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 946
Posted By kelbelinoz

Re: passport validity for customs

I guess they must have been circulating wanted posters of me then!! I had to provided them to and from oz!!!
Jun 11th 2008, 5:43 pm
Replies: 109
Views: 7,319
Posted By kelbelinoz

Re: OMG!!! What a balls up

not mad at all......better to have tried than to be left wondering!! if it makes you feel any better we only lasted for 7 months in oz and I have wanted to go since i was 5 years old!!! I spent...
Jun 11th 2008, 5:26 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 674
Posted By kelbelinoz

Re: Schools & Admissions Dept....

I have had no problem with schools in norfolk either. I found them to be extremely helpful. we arrived back in uk from oz and both boys 5 and 11 were given a place in the local primary. The 11 year...
Jun 11th 2008, 5:17 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 12,980
Posted By kelbelinoz

Re: Cheap shipping company from Oz to UK?

try excessbaggage.com they send it to uk airport then you pick it up on the way through if you send it before you leave, they alos pick stuff up for a small fee. very cheap, about $280 for a...
Jun 11th 2008, 5:14 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 946
Posted By kelbelinoz

Re: passport validity for customs

shipping companies need your passport to clear customs for you, they are only agents working on your behalf. As long as your passport is valid on that day it should be fine....anyway dont your...
Jun 11th 2008, 5:09 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 531
Posted By kelbelinoz

Re: Has any one used Air Freight before?

only me again.......just reread your post, i noticed you said about kids stuff......let them bring a couple of bits and ship the rest......you could always borrow a couple of bits and rent dvds and...
Jun 11th 2008, 5:01 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 531
Posted By kelbelinoz

Re: Has any one used Air Freight before?

try excess baggage.com we used them for some stuff to go to oz, i found them to be reasonable and a good overall service. dont use shipping companies to quote you though as most of their stuff is...
Jun 11th 2008, 4:56 pm
Replies: 40
Views: 3,330
Posted By kelbelinoz

Re: Anyone else bored?

fairplay for sticking it out that long!! We went through the boredom thing too as we weren't working.....not through choice......i was so down I felt as though id died or something!! What really...
Jun 11th 2008, 4:44 pm
Replies: 40
Views: 3,330
Posted By kelbelinoz

Re: Anyone else bored?

exactly!!! And you can afford a holiday to another country and take in a bit of culture!!!
Forum: Back Home
Jun 11th 2008, 4:40 pm
Replies: 258
Views: 31,709
Posted By kelbelinoz

Re: One Year back in the UK: My Reflections

we may contribute to our nhs but it is there for all. in oz for example you pay a medicare levy and then you still pay towards it! No free dentist for kids or prescriptions, no discount, nada!
...
Forum: Australia
Jun 10th 2008, 6:57 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,640
Posted By kelbelinoz

Re: When does it start to get easier?

from someone who has been there and now back within 8 months!! Go for it, yes it is scary, but its an adventure!!! We have returned as my hubby couldn't get enough work, and didn't particularly...
Jun 2nd 2008, 2:29 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,613
Posted By kelbelinoz

Re: home now!!!

thanks everyone. lovely to hear your comments. I'm still feeling like a fish out of water. Not sure where I might feel sane again?!!

I am making the most of what we have right now, and keeping...
May 22nd 2008, 3:14 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,613
Posted By kelbelinoz

home now!!!

Dear All on the mbtuk forum!!!

I hope that everyone is well and coping with their individual situations?! Some of you are aware of the situation we as a family found ourself in whilst getting a...
Mar 29th 2008, 12:31 am
Replies: 96
Views: 8,846
Posted By kelbelinoz

Re: good grief - property

absolutely!!!! Also the idiots at the big banks that lent to people that could quite cleary not keep up repayments are the ones thast should be penalised, not the innocent trying to get a foot...
Mar 29th 2008, 12:28 am
Replies: 28
Views: 2,588
Posted By kelbelinoz

Re: Moving back to UK! Am I being selfish?

because im A MUPPET and clicked on wrong box!!! forgive me?!!
:)
Mar 29th 2008, 12:25 am
Replies: 88
Views: 7,876
Posted By kelbelinoz

Re: Heading Home

glad to hear you have no regrets!! I must admit, I'm already worrying about missing oz......stupid really as I feel like a round peg in a square hole out here.
Did it take you long to fit back in...
Forum: Plumbers
Mar 28th 2008, 11:30 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 2,319
Posted By kelbelinoz

Re: work available for plumbers in oz

hi paul,

long time no hear! How are you doing, are you still here or are you back now?

we are travelling back 3rd april.......:thumbup:
Mar 28th 2008, 4:18 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,260
Posted By kelbelinoz

Re: Shipping goods back to UK - what is checked?

Not sure? any smart dude out there to help? Anyone else been in the same situation? I might get onto crown and check with them.
Mar 28th 2008, 4:15 am
Replies: 88
Views: 7,876
Posted By kelbelinoz

Re: Heading Home

been off BE for ages, sorry not replied before. UK custom forms tell you about vaT ETC. if you are returning within a year or if stuff is less than 6 months old....got us over a bloody barrel. Do...
Mar 28th 2008, 3:51 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,194
Posted By kelbelinoz

Re: feeling low

hasn't it?! I wondered who had pressed the fast forward button!!! Actually trying to drag the time out now!!! Do you think I may be a ping pom in the future?! We have already discussed going back...
Mar 28th 2008, 3:41 am
Replies: 48
Views: 4,187
Posted By kelbelinoz

Re: Am I going Mad!!!

Hi doll, sounds like you are in a right two and eight!!!

I sympathise fully with you, we have had similar experience, but have not been back to the uk in 7 months. We moved here august 07 and we...
Mar 28th 2008, 3:07 am
Replies: 86
Views: 7,963
Posted By kelbelinoz

Re: UK's great property crash

have you got a date sorted now?? We are leaving here next thurs and we can't wait, although not looking forward to how cold it is!!! My sis in law sent pictures of 4 " of snow!!!! Brrrrr!!!!:eek:
Mar 28th 2008, 3:05 am
Replies: 86
Views: 7,963
Posted By kelbelinoz

Re: UK's great property crash

reckon you need a new pc!! I read it fine!!:rofl:
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