Australian dream has turned into nightmare
Oct 12th 2005, 8:10 pm
#76
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Re: Australian dream has turned into nightmare
Originally Posted by tracey.d
I thought you were hoping to migrate to Australia. Why, if you think it a third world country? 
I have family there and I have a visa so why not give it a go.
I would rather live in Siberia than NZ though :scared:
G
Oct 12th 2005, 8:29 pm
#77
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Re: Australian dream has turned into nightmare
Originally Posted by tracey.d
I thought you were hoping to migrate to Australia. Why, if you think it a third world country?
with a touch of irony.
Oct 12th 2005, 8:41 pm
#78
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Re: Australian dream has turned into nightmare
Originally Posted by Grayling
I would rather live in Siberia than NZ though :scared:
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Oh no you wouldn't
Oct 12th 2005, 8:44 pm
#79
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Re: Australian dream has turned into nightmare
Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
Oh no you wouldn't
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Oct 12th 2005, 9:07 pm
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Re: Australian dream has turned into nightmare
Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
Thanks to Pollyana and moneypen20 for the advice on prescriptions; I was hoping there'd be some way of getting a repeat prescription that would allow me to obtain another batch of medication without having to re-visit the doctor/medical centre, but apparently not.
Back home, prescriptions for ongoing medical conditions usually come with five repeats, so you simply fill up at the local pharmacy whenever you run out and don't go back to the doctor until all your spares are used up.
Back home, prescriptions for ongoing medical conditions usually come with five repeats, so you simply fill up at the local pharmacy whenever you run out and don't go back to the doctor until all your spares are used up.
Oct 12th 2005, 9:54 pm
#81
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Re: Australian dream has turned into nightmare
Originally Posted by spottydog
Check out your local Boots and supermarkets with a pharmacy. I signed a form in our Safeway enabling them to pick up my prescription and now I fax my request to the surgery and ask for it to go in the Safeway bag then Safeway pick up the prescription and process it and I go in a few days after ordering it from the doctor (when I next do my shopping) and its sitting waiting for me.
Oct 12th 2005, 9:57 pm
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Re: Australian dream has turned into nightmare
Originally Posted by Princess Leia
Hey Vash we went to Ireland for our honeymoon for one week too! We flew from Brum and picked up a rental car. People thought we were so unromantic going to Ireland instead of our 2nd choice Paris but it was absolutely beautiful. The B&Bs were top class and the roads so quiet.
Princess Leia (R2D2 on BTDF)
Princess Leia (R2D2 on BTDF)
We're flying from Brum and picking up a rental car too!
Oct 12th 2005, 9:57 pm
#83
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Re: Australian dream has turned into nightmare
Originally Posted by melibeam
Vash, hope you have a great wedding day and enjoy the honeymoon!
Irishbloo - My parents live in Limerick too!!!!!!
Mel
Irishbloo - My parents live in Limerick too!!!!!!
Mel
Oct 13th 2005, 8:24 am
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Re: Australian dream has turned into nightmare
Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
Thanks mate!
Oct 13th 2005, 9:34 am
#85
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Re: Australian dream has turned into nightmare
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Also (unless that's changed) if you work in the UK (for a while) you pay taxes and therefore qualify for unemployment benefits...not so in Oz...
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Apparently not if you were born and raised in the country though. I paid taxes for years but because I had been out of the country for a year I was entitled to nothing, in fact, the woman at the centre told me the only way I would get any benefits was to get pregnant and then I would get them straight away plus get a house!!
Also (unless that's changed) if you work in the UK (for a while) you pay taxes and therefore qualify for unemployment benefits...not so in Oz...
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Apparently not if you were born and raised in the country though. I paid taxes for years but because I had been out of the country for a year I was entitled to nothing, in fact, the woman at the centre told me the only way I would get any benefits was to get pregnant and then I would get them straight away plus get a house!!
Last edited by Carkedit; Oct 13th 2005 at 9:37 am.
Oct 13th 2005, 9:37 am
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Re: Australian dream has turned into nightmare
Originally Posted by irishbloo
what a small world it is ,my parents live in ballyneety.co.limerick.am going there for afew days with kids b4 Christmas and for st Patrick's day,all part of my list before i go to perth.also my husband is from tipton and of course is a big west brom fan.as for me i am havind a glass of wine to commiserate Ireland getting knocked out last night.where do your parents live? xx sandra
I'm an Aussie myself, and have been living here in the UK on an ancestry visa since January 2004.
I'll be going back home in a couple of years.
Last edited by Vash the Stampede; Oct 13th 2005 at 9:39 am.
Oct 13th 2005, 9:55 am
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Re: Australian dream has turned into nightmare
Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
Um, my father died when I was 16 years old and my mother lives in Australia. Dad was a German-born Brit/German (British father; German mother) who emigrated to Oz when he was 19; Mum is an Aussie born and bred, who's only ever lived in Australia but visited the UK many times.
I'm an Aussie myself, and have been living here in the UK on an ancestry visa since January 2004.
I'll be going back home in a couple of years.
I'm an Aussie myself, and have been living here in the UK on an ancestry visa since January 2004.
I'll be going back home in a couple of years.
Oct 13th 2005, 9:57 am
#88
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Re: Australian dream has turned into nightmare
Originally Posted by Grayling
It was a response to Vor as that is what he/she was looking for
I have family there and I have a visa so why not give it a go.
I would rather live in Siberia than NZ though :scared:
G
I have family there and I have a visa so why not give it a go.
I would rather live in Siberia than NZ though :scared:
G
We go to OZ on our hols as well. Though I think we are exploring more of europe next year, buying an old VW capervan.
Oct 13th 2005, 10:00 am
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Re: Australian dream has turned into nightmare
Originally Posted by russmcp
Well there goes all my respect for you sir! Whats wrong with NZ? We love it.
It's not the place
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Oct 13th 2005, 10:03 am
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Re: Australian dream has turned into nightmare
Originally Posted by Grayling
It's a long Story :scared:
It's not the place
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It's not the place
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