Originally Posted by Dreamy (Post 8937374)

We were in Qld :D

Originally Posted by Alfresco (Post 8937377)

How many demerit points do you have? ;)

Originally Posted by Dreamy (Post 8937380)

None - I tend to find that if you don't speed, you don't get demerit points (well, not ones for speeding anyway)

Controversial, I know

Originally Posted by Iando (Post 8937384)

1) Make sure you get a driving licence - you use it everywhere as id
2) SAT NAV - invaluable when you 1st arrive
3) TFN - as already mentioned on thread
4) Medicare cards
5) Try and do some fun things

Originally Posted by Bermudashorts (Post 8937213)

We bought a car despite only having UK licences, so it is possible in NSW.

Still it is something that will need doing so might as well get it out of the way.

Originally Posted by Hebe (Post 8938167)

Not is you are on a temp visa.

Originally Posted by Bermudashorts (Post 8938184)

Not what if you are on a temporary visa? Buy a car or change the driving licence? :confused:

I don't remember the car dealer asking to see my visa if the former.

Originally Posted by RachH (Post 8937258)

for us, the first thing was picking up a hire car that we had organised for the first two weeks...then drove it through the local BWS drive through bottle shop (new experience for us that!) for some beer and champagne, then visited the local IGA - didn't realise that there were other supermarkets in the area - was horrified until we discovered Coles and Woolworths - and bought a few lovely seafoody things for dinner. then straight back to the holiday rental and chilled out with wine and food whilst trying to stay awake for the rest of the day and evening!

the next few days like jet-lagged zombies we activated our bank accounts, got our Queensland drivers licences, signed on with telstra for mobile phones and a mobile broadband dongle thingie as we had our laptop with us(not alot of choice for decent coverage in our area unfortunately - we are still with them 2 years later so not all bad). Once we'd done that we went online and got our tax file numbers, signed on with medicare and started looking at permanent rental.

good luck with everything. its a shame you have to start work so quickly...

Originally Posted by AndrewMarilyn (Post 8946322)

Mobile dongle thingy? Is this a kind of wireless modem? We have just bought a new lap top for Oz.......what is the quickest/best way to connect when we arrive at our temporary address?

A and M

Originally Posted by AndrewMarilyn (Post 8936587)

We arrive early morning Thursday 6 Jan in Sydney and I start work there Monday 10th.

Thursday we will be knackered, but what are the things we must sort on the Friday?

By then we will already have a Oz bank account and temporary accommodation.......looking back on your move, what did you do/meed to do immediately?

Ta

Originally Posted by Smudger82 (Post 8946807)

Whilst it is important to get an Oz licence, you can get away with using a British one. I used my British one for over a year even though you are meant to exchange it for an Oz one after 3 months. I used the British licence for ID everywhere, including buying a car from a dealer and opening a Westpac account.

I even got stopped for a random breath test by the cops and they checked my licence and gave me the green light.

Originally Posted by Alfresco (Post 8947136)

:lol: That's thoroughness for you!