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Forum: Australia
Dec 23rd 2014, 10:14 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,044
Posted By Budgie

Re: Technology Project / Programme Manager - Moving to Melbourne

Hi Peter,

You sound exactly like me 10 years ago when I moved over. I had the same skills and experience as you, I'd even worked on Interactive TV projects for the BBC as well. Small world :cool:...
Forum: Australia
Mar 18th 2009, 8:15 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 3,890
Posted By Budgie

Re: Australia heading for recession

"Wow, seems like finally we should get ready to pay the price for sending our troops to far off lands without any considerable reason. I hope someone learns a lesson from this recession."

Sorry,...
Forum: Australia
Jan 15th 2009, 2:11 am
Replies: 27
Views: 1,865
Posted By Budgie

Re: Buying/building a house - Brisbane

Yes, I would say around $350000 will get you something like you've asked for in a whole swathe of suburbs - certainly in the northern suburbs within a range of 8K or so and a 30 to 40 min bus trip in...
Forum: Australia
Jan 15th 2009, 1:52 am
Replies: 68
Views: 4,620
Posted By Budgie

Re: The Gold Coast - Work - Admin - Happy

I totally agree with the previous post - 37.5 hour jobs with no overtime are a thing of the past (with the possible exception of some government jobs ;-) ). Australia does have a different work...
Forum: Australia
Oct 29th 2008, 12:59 am
Replies: 10
Views: 984
Posted By Budgie

Re: credit cards in oz?

Virgin did a credit card over here which was free and also has a long payback period. Unfortunately, they stopped doing them for new customers earlier this year - guess they couldn't have been making...
Forum: Australia
Oct 29th 2008, 12:54 am
Replies: 81
Views: 9,489
Posted By Budgie

Re: BIG SPIDER – anybody know what type?

It's in the papers over here

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24540271-5013016,00.html

The bird is a chestnut breasted mannikin. We get orb spiders in our garden - totally...
Forum: Australia
Oct 28th 2008, 3:46 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,964
Posted By Budgie

Re: Job Prospects in Sydney?

Hello,

With your skills and your sector experience, you'd be a perfect fit for the company I used to work for. They regularly employ people through 457 visas, and they also advertise directly...
Forum: Australia
Oct 28th 2008, 3:38 am
Replies: 12
Views: 9,155
Posted By Budgie

Re: Anyone bought a house with an "easement" on the property?

We also brought a house that had a stormwater easement along the side of the block.

When we wanted to build a deck on the side of the house that went over the easement, this wasn't a problem as...
Forum: Australia
Oct 28th 2008, 3:32 am
Replies: 16
Views: 26,898
Posted By Budgie

Re: Pro's and con's of Brisbane???

Having lived in Sydney Melbourne and now living in Brisbane, I'd say the pro's and cons of Brisbane are:

Pros

1. GREAT WEATHER!

2. Cheaper housing, certainly when buying property.

3. The...
Forum: Australia
Sep 17th 2008, 7:12 am
Replies: 5
Views: 693
Posted By Budgie

Re: Day trip to Moreton Island

You don't have to stay overnight to feed the dolphins. You can do it as part of a day trip and catch the evening boat back. It's definitely recommended - one of the best day trips I've done, lovely...
Forum: Australia
May 12th 2008, 11:25 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 2,422
Posted By Budgie

Re: IKea??

Just go to the website - ikea.com.au. It has all the prices and locations so you can work out if you think it's cheaper. It's the same stuff as you can get in the UK anyway, pretty much.
Forum: Australia
Jan 7th 2008, 11:26 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,101
Posted By Budgie

Re: WA - is it humid today?

It was pretty humid last night over here in Brissie as well... 90% humidity and an apparent temperature of 28 for most of the night. A ceiling fan just doesn't cut it!
Forum: Australia
Jan 4th 2008, 1:19 am
Replies: 9
Views: 773
Posted By Budgie

Re: Shipping of collectible airguns

Ahh yes, the crows. Regular as clockwork right outside the bedroom windows at 4am every morning. Let me know if you figure out a way to shut them up! I was contemplating a catapult as well, but not...
Forum: Australia
Jan 4th 2008, 1:03 am
Replies: 10
Views: 774
Posted By Budgie

Re: Can anyone recommend a super fund??

I definitely recommend the Virgin Super fund. Nice and simple, and appears to have good returns compared to my previous Super fund!
Forum: Australia
Dec 20th 2007, 3:11 am
Replies: 39
Views: 2,306
Posted By Budgie

Re: Please somebody remind me what use Ants have...

Heh Heh. I'm with you on this one. I'm just praying we don't get the big biting black ones in the house, so far it's the small ones that don't bite.

I've found those little white traps you get...
Forum: Australia
Dec 20th 2007, 2:30 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,003
Posted By Budgie

Re: Flies and stuff

The flies in Brissie seem worse than they were last year - current theory is because of early spring storms that blew a lot of them in from the interior.

I was in Melbourne last week, though, and...
Forum: Australia
Dec 9th 2007, 11:53 pm
Replies: 34
Views: 2,243
Posted By Budgie

Re: The price of a kitchen-Australia...

If it's a new house, then seems a shame to rip out the 'old' kitchen if it just has a few cupboard problems. You could always just replace the door fronts with ones that fit. If you go to a company...
Forum: Australia
Dec 9th 2007, 10:41 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 1,527
Posted By Budgie

Re: Who do you use to end flowers back to the UK?

I've used fineflora.com for years. I think they're good value, very reliable and my mother always says they're lovely! The freesia stems are particularly good...
Forum: Australia
Oct 4th 2007, 6:12 am
Replies: 49
Views: 2,568
Posted By Budgie

Re: The chickens have won the day again ......

But the contrary argument to those that say you'd get an hours more UV in the afternoon would be that you would get an hours LESS in the morning, which balances it out - so why is it a problem?
Forum: Australia
Sep 4th 2007, 3:26 am
Replies: 29
Views: 7,424
Posted By Budgie

Re: Medibank any good?

Hi,

Am with Medibank Private but (touch wood) haven't had to use them yet.

I have found their premium increases a bit steep lately though - had a 10% increase earlier this year from them...
Forum: Australia
Aug 27th 2007, 12:22 am
Replies: 14
Views: 984
Posted By Budgie

Re: Roof tiles, what's supposed to be under?

What sort of tiles do you have? Sounds like exactly the same setup to my roof - I've got concrete roof tiles on the battens and the house was built 10 years ago, so I'd guess it's nothing to worry...
Forum: Australia
Aug 22nd 2007, 3:04 am
Replies: 11
Views: 5,017
Posted By Budgie

Re: Lota - mosquitos/flies?

Heavy seas on the Granite Belt? Didn't realise the weather was THAT bad! :eek:
Forum: Australia
Aug 20th 2007, 8:06 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,451
Posted By Budgie

Re: Does anyone work in the Oz TV industry?

Gaz,

I also used to work in TV in IT. Sydney is your best bet, but it is a MUCH smaller market than the UK. If you PM me, I can give you the names of the companies it's worth sending your CV to.
Forum: Australia
Aug 14th 2007, 12:25 am
Replies: 3
Views: 562
Posted By Budgie

Re: DONT NOT USE - Moves R Us - Gold Coast

Likewise, don't use Backloads in Sydney. They were pretty cheap - but on the day of our move up to Brisbane they were due to turn up at 9am. From 10am to 2pm I made several calls to their office only...
Forum: Australia
Aug 14th 2007, 12:04 am
Replies: 5
Views: 966
Posted By Budgie

Re: Caloundra versus Mooloolaba

A day and night are definitely enough time to check both of them out, as they are so close together (a 10 min drive away out of peak time).

Mooloolaba has more of a night life than Caloundra, but...
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