Thanks guys, not too sure about the utilities bill to be honest as we will be stopping with relatives but i'm sure i'll work it out somehow, it was more the written tests and stopping distances in KM's that i was worried about

Thanks again for all your advice

That is more convenient but a JP copied Visa stamped passport is ok which most poeple have sent as part of a 457 visa.
To the OP, if your OH has only passed his test in the last year then your options have changed. Please refer to the link posted earlier.

I am going for an Oz license as well, but, some colleagues have mentioned that by taking an Oz license you have to surrender your UK one. This is merely hearsay but there is no bloody way I am going to give my UK license to any bugger!!! I may or may not have a future fight on my hands!!! lol

I didn't have to here in WA. I don't know if the rules are different in NSW. If you have to surrender it you can always apply for another one from the DVLA saying you have lost it. It doesn't stop your entitlement to a UK licence.

Yes NB, understand all that, just paying for one here and then having to pay for another replacement UK one when back in UK was the bit that aggrieved me. But, at the moment its just hearsay so I will keep my antagonism in check....just for now!! lol

I didn't even think of the cost aspect.

We would have been lost with out our Australian DL......used for most forms of ID with everything, even for collecting post at the depot

Absolutely. If you are entitled to one I can't see any reason why you wouldn't get one.

We didn't surrender ours either

Got to say out of all that we have paid out for these last few months. The Australian DL is worth its weight in gold ......oh and foxtell .....and the internet

Don't forget brekkie at the fig, worth its weight in gold that too

often my UK licence was not accepted as ID when entering licensed premises.

so i got a Vic one.

In my wallet i have my UK license, my Vic Motorcycle License and my Vic Car License....

OMG yes !!!! ......we still go there TOO often Especially when we didn't have the internet because you could use it free in there

Wont be too long before our little treat is due either C

lol.....I ALWAYS think of the cost aspect!!! Tight git that I am!!

Well as its only 17 quid, it is almost negligible really.