Have you settled in OK then? We are hoping to go to Mandurah. Do you know much about the place (good or bad - it all helps)!!!!!

Hayley
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We have settled fine. We needed to be close to Perth as my husbands work is in the City so we didn't even look at Mandurah so can't help I am afraid. Anyway Hayley I am off to my bed now. Bye for now.

Sorry to bear bad-tidings and all that.........Just had a personal message from someone on the dog export thread I mentioned earlier. They've been told today by JAL, that snub-nosed breeds will not be carried any more - with immediate effect. I hope your staffie gets away with it, 'cause our bully won't! Not sure what we're going to do now.......have to root out an alternative if one exists.

cheers

That is a bloody nighmare, my girlfriends mum and partner are half way through visa application and will not go if the dogs cant go. They have a pedigree stafy and a westy, do you know if they fall in that bracket???

Stu

Stu....I can't help you mate. Maybe have a look at the other thread I mentioned earlier ("This little terror may stop us going" or something like that). Tehe person who started the thread seemed to know the finite details.

I know that PUGS & English Bulldogs are a complete no-no...not sure about the others.

May be worth speaking to a shipping company.

Catherine at Airpets told us this-morning that this 'ban' may be imminent and that it definately applied to Bullies......she may have the full list of breeds affected.

Cheers

We'll eventually move back to Melbourne and might even move backwards and forwards between the 2 countries because we really like both and have friends and family in both.

OzTennis

Thanks for that, i was watching that thread the other day. Will hunt it out now. They wont be happy when i tell them, there stressed up with the TRA as it is. Will let you guys carry on talking about Cumbria, im a kendal lad and i dont think id want to live anywhere else if i was staying in the uk.

Stu

Yep, KL has a nice range of olde worlde shops and a walk through the church yard and to Ruskin's View can't be missed. The Lunesdale Bakery for 'grub' and the Sorrel and Thyme tearoom for a meal are both recommended (we like Booth's as a welcome change from Tesco, Asda etc too). The Devil's Bridge is 14th century so to someone from 'established 1835 Melbourne' that's mind blowing!

I'll post some piccies tomorrow.

OzTennis

Hello all you Cumbrians!!!

Iam to from Cumbria, Barrow-in-Furness to be exact.

We have sold our house and i am currently waiting to go in 6 weeks to Brisbane.
I´m living with my mum with my little boy at the moment as hubby is working in Bermuda on a 8 weeks on 8 weeks off basis so just waiting for him to get home, so at this moment im in Benidorm trying to find a bit of heat and get away from the rain in Barrow!!!

Flights are all booked dog is getting sorted (Boxer) just waiting to find out when he will go as sent my cheque off for the permit. Its so expensive its costing us 2400.00 to send him out to Sydney!!!!

Didn´t realise there was so many Cumbrians on here i thought silly me that there was just me and Hilary!!!

Well good luck to you all

Sarah

P.S Hi Hilary noticed you had posted on this thread. As you can tell i found an internet cafe!!!

I willl send you a IM xx

That'll be O.K. if the main applicant for the subclass 136 (skilled independant) is aged under 45. As a spouse your mother is allowed to be as old as she wants. ;-)

Cheers,

Morko

Barrow is 20mins from me, its a really small world
Hope all goes well with your move

Can't you get a new dog when you get here?

We have to find new owners for our dog and cat, I am so freaked out that I won't be able to get accomodation in the UK unless we have jobs immediately let alone having animals to house as well.

I am not one to anthropomorphise have lost too many cats and dogs to the main road or other disasters. But I do understand that people get very attached to their pets but it wouldn't stop me from this huge adventure!

It sure is - we're on the Gold Coast and my hubbie's from Ambleside. I lived there myself for ten years - lovely place to live - shame about the weather

My sister-in-law lives in Dendron, near Dalton! Michelle x

Thanks, that will put her mind at rest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Til she thinks of something else to worry about!!

Spoke to Airpets today and they said that there were no plans to ban staffies thank god!!!!!!!!!

Has anyone applied using the SIR 495? There doesnt seem to be many using this and i'm starting to panic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hayley
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