charlie5

Hi

Thanks. I will look out for the purple pre-pay flag.

Charlie

peewit

Hi Charlie
I get my seniors excursion tickets from a local newsagents. I usually buy ten at a time. I find when using them at unmanned but automatic barriers at stations or ferry terminals that the barrier must mark the card magnetically with the date and sometimes it prints it on the back of the card.
My longest trip so far on one card was from Sydney to the Blue Mountains and back. They work on buses as well.
They gave me a new freedom once I had that Seniors card.

Peewit

Les Avalook

Looks like you will soon be 'toastie' Matt, good luck.

Chris-Rob-PTK

Hi to all who remember us ,and all you new folks too. We sold our house back in mid July to a cash buyer who wanted to move in within 4 weeks. As you can imagine it was panic and all systems go but we made it here by 30th Aug.We stayed with our son for a few weeks and having bought a small car as soon as we arrived,we searched for some where to call home . We are now settled on Bribie Island on the Sunshine Coast QLD and love every minute .Our son and Daughter-in-law and 2 grown up Grandchildren are only half an hour away , so for all you folk still waiting,time will pass and it is worth the long wait. Good Luck to all of you.

Chris and Rob

sirmatt101

Hi there, good to here from you and that you are settling in. Have heard a lot about Bribie Island as my Oz brother in law did a lot of the canal works up there. Sounds like a great place. Were there any problems you encountered in these months that you can share with us?

All the best

Matt

peewit

Hi Matt
That is good that you are heading out to Oz soon.
As you are looking at airfares I thought that I would give you my views on one airline I flew with a few years ago. It was Emirates flying to Sydney via Dubai. I found that two cultural issues affected me. One was that it seems that often some asian women fly without there husband but with their children. I found that some young boys on the flights were very poorly behaved and their mothers made no attempt to discipline them. I know this also happens in UK families but it just seemed more common on these aircraft.
Secondly, well I know that Australians are known to say about England "It has to much water (rain) and not enough soap" but on these flights there was a distinct prevelance of b.o. Maybe I was unlucky and others here seem happy with Emirates but I avoid them.
I am heading back to Sydney shortly on a Cathay Pacific flight for the second year running. Some people call it Crappy Pathetic !

Regards Peewit

sirmatt101

Hi, there is quite a choice of airlines to chose from for sure. We have used Singapore twice, JAL, Cathay P & Royal Brunei and I think the best experience was with Cathay, which was back in 1993 I think. But Singapore comes a good 2nd & will definitely be travelling with them & having a 2 night stop over on the way. Going the Dubai route with Royal Brunei we didn't like Dubai airport, very over crowded!

Cheers

Matt

peewit

I should have said that you probably get a much better experience outside of economy class and for those travelling on a one way trip it could make sense. I have not experienced it.
Sounds like you have plenty of experience to draw on. I liked Singapore Airlines too. I found it quite exciting booking the tickets.
Peewit

Les Avalook

Hi Guys,

A question that some of you may be able to answer.

If we were granted a visa next year and we then validated it but returned to the UK to work , have we at that stage become resident and therefore our UK earnings have to be declared in Oz or does that start from when we go to Oz to live?

sirmatt101

Hi Les

That is exactly what we did at the beginning of this year, but we didn't declare our UK earnings in Oz, not sure if that was right or not, so if someone answers who knows, it will answer us as well.

I suppose the question is even though we have permanent residence, are we actually resident?

Cheers

Matt

sirmatt101

From the lack of postings by Steve, I am presuming he has left our fair shores and is somewhere in Oz? If you are out there Steve, make a sign

Matt

peewit

At the risk of boring you, I have just made a short video about how I chose which airline to use for long haul flights to Australia.
You can see it here :-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbEteYkmN3A
It is just that I have been asked about this on several occasions by people not using this forum (yet). These are just my personal views. I am not involved with any airline. I'm just a pensioner looking for a comfortable flight.

Regards
Peewit

Katie1955

Just sold the RV today and we are looking at airfares, one way at the end of January when we finish our winter contract, so things are looking up!

Hi Matt,

Just wanted to say good luck to you for January, it will come sooooooooo quickly - have you much more to do. It doesn't seem very long since you said that you would have to wait a little longer & now you are off & Steve has gone to.

I've just had my medical yesterday & waiting for police checks to come through. This time last year I was working hard preparing all the info for my application & here I am nearly 12 months later steadily moving up the queue.

Katie

DaveandLinda

Hi mavinaus

I also wanted to welcome you to this brilliant thread. I was just about to reply but MikeandSue beat me to it. I have just got in after making a start on the Xmas shopping today! Anyway, you will find that there is a mine of information on here to help you and if you can't find what you are looking for just shout. I am sure one of the knowledgeable people on here can help. We are also headed to Perth to join our daughter.

Pollyana

Guys, its really not good "netiquette" to keep plugging another forum in this way. We don't expect to find other forums full of references to BE and it works both ways.
Also please remember that most moderators are not agents and any migration knowledge that a moderator has, either on here or on another forum, should not be taken as gospel and acted on unless that moderator has the relevant professional qualifications, or the information can be confirmed by talking to a registered agent. Acting on unsubstantiated information may lead to a lot of problems in the immigration maze.