SteveDW

By sparkling wit do you mean all the bs about vegemite? I think its much better now; a thread for information without having to wade through pages of nonsense.

charlie5

The thread is alive and living somewhere else!!

Charlie

framboy

Only problem is, hardly any one posting on here, if you look at dates of posts no one asking for info

SteveDW

So if someone does need advice I suppose you won't reply because they're asking on the wrong forum?

framboy

I would help IF people were asking, trouble is, the lights are on but there is no one at home, they are all at a different happy house!!!

SteveDW

Thanks in advance. At least I know that help is available if needed and I don't have to read all the vegemite nonsense, wherever that is.

pemajoka

Trouble is all the people that wrote about veg**** etc had all the answers you may need. The font of knowledge has dried up!

framboy

Thats fine, when we were going through the process, we got a lot of help and encouragment from some very nice people on here, we had a lot of laughs to keep us going through a very stressful time, and made friends with people who we will be meeting up with in Perth, PIPS. We have Visa and despite exchange rate will leave these shores as soon as house is sold.

SteveDW

So they're not reading this anymore then? And if they are, declining to help? Shame the rest of us on here don't know where they are to offer help. All because they don't want to put the chat on one thread and visa information on another?

Pollyana

Not sure if any of you that are on this side of the world are Brisbane/Gold Coast? I'm sure there were a couple somewhere.....anyway this is a shameless plug and an invite for anyone who is interested, Soapy is organising this years Christmas in July meet, which is a football match, Scotland v England, and a meet that goes on all afternoon and late into the evening. Its always a good laugh and we usually have 100 or more people turning out. So if anyone fancies a great day out, keep an eye on this thread for the exact date when the club confirm it.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=711028
The venue is a really friendly football club with a huge function room near Ashmore, north end of the Gold Coast

Barbaran

Yes they are still popping in occasionally, even tho they have reached their destinations and willing to help anyone who needs to do the same. The point is you need to have the light banter Veg versus Marmite debate to fill in the gaps whilst nothing is happening which happens often. The waiting room is a long one and needs a light approach and a sense of humour. We had a happy thread here full of characters until the separation, then we chose to move where we weren't so "moderated". People in Oz are still available for advice as well as a sense of humour and are very knowledgeable. We have the right to choose who we keep company with and we have!

charlie5

Well said.

Charlie

framboy

Agree with Charlie, well said, exactly to the point

moneypenny20

Good to know that you all know enough people who know everything you need to know and don't need to find any more. I've never met someone who can teach me everything, I prefer to 'type chat' to as many people as possible. However we're all different so no matter.

Pollyana

......and thats what the rest of the forum helps with - what do you think everyone else does while they are waiting for their visas? They join in with the hundreds of thousands of other threads running on BE, and in that way make an even larger circle of friends and learn even more about life this side of the worlds We have a happy forum here full of characters who are all struggling to keep a sense of humour while they wait for their visas - and some who are struggling to keep one after they've got the visa and emigrated