My first week in Melbourne!
Oct 25th 2006 | 10:17 pm
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My first week in Melbourne!
Well, at last we arrived ! thanks to Sass's help and her complete Melbourne tour we're not so alone.
Briefly, looking for a house sounds a really tough task to do, if you dont have a car you should collect the key from the office and check a house far from that, come back in 1 hour (sharp!) and return the key!
Moreover, when applying for any house to rent you must fill out relevant sections to determine your current employment and if you're looking for a job you will have a remote chance to find an owner with a suitable case to lease the house to a person who's still looking for, this loop completes when for a job you need a permanent address, homephone, TFN(needs address) and previous aussie work experience.
May be the best tip discovered in these days is the effectiveness of various certifications in getting IT jobs (Microsoft-Citrix and Cisco), (though I am still looking for! but they helped me much more than anytime.
The climate does not want to follow any rule!
* Still interesting in meeting more friends over here and share more information.
Good luck,
Briefly, looking for a house sounds a really tough task to do, if you dont have a car you should collect the key from the office and check a house far from that, come back in 1 hour (sharp!) and return the key!
Moreover, when applying for any house to rent you must fill out relevant sections to determine your current employment and if you're looking for a job you will have a remote chance to find an owner with a suitable case to lease the house to a person who's still looking for, this loop completes when for a job you need a permanent address, homephone, TFN(needs address) and previous aussie work experience.
May be the best tip discovered in these days is the effectiveness of various certifications in getting IT jobs (Microsoft-Citrix and Cisco), (though I am still looking for! but they helped me much more than anytime.
The climate does not want to follow any rule!
* Still interesting in meeting more friends over here and share more information.
Good luck,
Oct 25th 2006 | 10:26 pm
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Re: My first week in Melbourne!
Originally Posted by Barbitana
Well, at last we arrived ! thanks to Sass's help and her complete Melbourne tour we're not so alone.
Briefly, looking for a house sounds a really tough task to do, if you dont have a car you should collect the key from the office and check a house far from that, come back in 1 hour (sharp!) and return the key!
Moreover, when applying for any house to rent you must fill out relevant sections to determine your current employment and if you're looking for a job you will have a remote chance to find an owner with a suitable case to lease the house to a person who's still looking for, this loop completes when for a job you need a permanent address, homephone, TFN(needs address) and previous aussie work experience.
May be the best tip discovered in these days is the effectiveness of various certifications in getting IT jobs (Microsoft-Citrix and Cisco), (though I am still looking for! but they helped me much more than anytime.
The climate does not want to follow any rule!
* Still interesting in meeting more friends over here and share more information.
Good luck,
Briefly, looking for a house sounds a really tough task to do, if you dont have a car you should collect the key from the office and check a house far from that, come back in 1 hour (sharp!) and return the key!
Moreover, when applying for any house to rent you must fill out relevant sections to determine your current employment and if you're looking for a job you will have a remote chance to find an owner with a suitable case to lease the house to a person who's still looking for, this loop completes when for a job you need a permanent address, homephone, TFN(needs address) and previous aussie work experience.
May be the best tip discovered in these days is the effectiveness of various certifications in getting IT jobs (Microsoft-Citrix and Cisco), (though I am still looking for! but they helped me much more than anytime.
The climate does not want to follow any rule!
* Still interesting in meeting more friends over here and share more information.
Good luck,
Nev.
Oct 25th 2006 | 10:41 pm
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Re: My first week in Melbourne!
Originally Posted by Barbitana
Well, at last we arrived ! thanks to Sass's help and her complete Melbourne tour we're not so alone.
Briefly, looking for a house sounds a really tough task to do, if you dont have a car you should collect the key from the office and check a house far from that, come back in 1 hour (sharp!) and return the key!
Moreover, when applying for any house to rent you must fill out relevant sections to determine your current employment and if you're looking for a job you will have a remote chance to find an owner with a suitable case to lease the house to a person who's still looking for, this loop completes when for a job you need a permanent address, homephone, TFN(needs address) and previous aussie work experience.
May be the best tip discovered in these days is the effectiveness of various certifications in getting IT jobs (Microsoft-Citrix and Cisco), (though I am still looking for! but they helped me much more than anytime.
The climate does not want to follow any rule!
* Still interesting in meeting more friends over here and share more information.
Good luck,
Briefly, looking for a house sounds a really tough task to do, if you dont have a car you should collect the key from the office and check a house far from that, come back in 1 hour (sharp!) and return the key!
Moreover, when applying for any house to rent you must fill out relevant sections to determine your current employment and if you're looking for a job you will have a remote chance to find an owner with a suitable case to lease the house to a person who's still looking for, this loop completes when for a job you need a permanent address, homephone, TFN(needs address) and previous aussie work experience.
May be the best tip discovered in these days is the effectiveness of various certifications in getting IT jobs (Microsoft-Citrix and Cisco), (though I am still looking for! but they helped me much more than anytime.
The climate does not want to follow any rule!
* Still interesting in meeting more friends over here and share more information.
Good luck,
In case it helps I started a thread called "IT Recruitment in Melbourne " (url is below)and there were some helpful responses (particularly from Flip) with lists of agencies.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=404249
Anyway, good luck with the job and house hunting - I'm sure you'll be fine given your skill set.
Cheers!
Matt
Last edited by MattnSue; Oct 25th 2006 at 10:44 pm.
Oct 25th 2006 | 10:45 pm
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Re: My first week in Melbourne!
Glad to hear you arrived safely, let me know if you have a few mins for coffee I'll try fit you in 
Oct 25th 2006 | 10:55 pm
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Re: My first week in Melbourne!
Glad you arrived safely. Good luck with the job and house hunting.
Oct 26th 2006 | 7:27 am
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Re: My first week in Melbourne!
hi
all sounds good.
i move to melbourne in a few weeks so will be starting the house hunting then
I will be working in the Inner East area (Kew), any opinions on where is good place to live? (or bad place that i should stay away from?)
cheers
all sounds good.
i move to melbourne in a few weeks so will be starting the house hunting then
I will be working in the Inner East area (Kew), any opinions on where is good place to live? (or bad place that i should stay away from?)
cheers
Oct 26th 2006 | 1:11 pm
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Re: My first week in Melbourne!
Originally Posted by rebecca73
hi
all sounds good.
i move to melbourne in a few weeks so will be starting the house hunting then
I will be working in the Inner East area (Kew), any opinions on where is good place to live? (or bad place that i should stay away from?)
cheers
all sounds good.
i move to melbourne in a few weeks so will be starting the house hunting then
I will be working in the Inner East area (Kew), any opinions on where is good place to live? (or bad place that i should stay away from?)
cheers
Oct 26th 2006 | 11:23 pm
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Re: My first week in Melbourne!
Originally Posted by Barbitana
Well, at last we arrived ! thanks to Sass's help and her complete Melbourne tour we're not so alone.
Briefly, looking for a house sounds a really tough task to do, if you dont have a car you should collect the key from the office and check a house far from that, come back in 1 hour (sharp!) and return the key!
Moreover, when applying for any house to rent you must fill out relevant sections to determine your current employment and if you're looking for a job you will have a remote chance to find an owner with a suitable case to lease the house to a person who's still looking for, this loop completes when for a job you need a permanent address, homephone, TFN(needs address) and previous aussie work experience.
May be the best tip discovered in these days is the effectiveness of various certifications in getting IT jobs (Microsoft-Citrix and Cisco), (though I am still looking for! but they helped me much more than anytime.
The climate does not want to follow any rule!
* Still interesting in meeting more friends over here and share more information.
Good luck,
Briefly, looking for a house sounds a really tough task to do, if you dont have a car you should collect the key from the office and check a house far from that, come back in 1 hour (sharp!) and return the key!
Moreover, when applying for any house to rent you must fill out relevant sections to determine your current employment and if you're looking for a job you will have a remote chance to find an owner with a suitable case to lease the house to a person who's still looking for, this loop completes when for a job you need a permanent address, homephone, TFN(needs address) and previous aussie work experience.
May be the best tip discovered in these days is the effectiveness of various certifications in getting IT jobs (Microsoft-Citrix and Cisco), (though I am still looking for! but they helped me much more than anytime.
The climate does not want to follow any rule!
* Still interesting in meeting more friends over here and share more information.
Good luck,
We have been here 2 Weeks!!!! (so are 1 week more experinced than you in Melbourne!!)
So here's our story if it helps anyone:
Checked into a hotel in the CBD...and the rush was onto find a rental asap. We rested for the 1st day as it was 37 degrees and blowing a gale!!!!!
On day 2 we took a train to a Honda dealer and bought a new Honda Jazz. As the car wasn't in the showroom, they've given us a loan Honda CRV for a few weeks FOC
.As we then had transport, we could start looking for accomodation. We put in mulitiple applications with different agents, and were accepted for all...even for those with multiple application pending.
TIP: The deciding factor must that we offered the full 12 months rent in advance. It wasn't accepted (and don't think agents are allowed to take it), but it shows that you have some financial clout, which then puts you at the top of the pile
Getting net access is crucial for job searching etc. However, what I can say is that the librairies here are numerous and really useful for net access.
Also, when buying stuff...make sure you arrange that you new bank account card has an increased limit than the set $1000.
FoxHell & Hellstra are mucking us around with our cable tv connection. We don't really mind, and some of you may think us weird, but we really like the standard channels here....lots of films
...and everyone is so damn helpful here in Melbourne!!!!!!
Tomorrow we're off to the mountains....life is good here....so far
Oct 26th 2006 | 11:29 pm
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Re: My first week in Melbourne!
Originally Posted by Pommie Granite
Glad to hear you've arrived and nice to see others going thru the same as us!!
We have been here 2 Weeks!!!! (so are 1 week more experinced than you in Melbourne!!)
So here's our story if it helps anyone:
Checked into a hotel in the CBD...and the rush was onto find a rental asap. We rested for the 1st day as it was 37 degrees and blowing a gale!!!!!
On day 2 we took a train to a Honda dealer and bought a new Honda Jazz. As the car wasn't in the showroom, they've given us a loan Honda CRV for a few weeks FOC .
As we then had transport, we could start looking for accomodation. We put in mulitiple applications with different agents, and were accepted for all...even for those with multiple application pending.
TIP: The deciding factor must that we offered the full 12 months rent in advance. It wasn't accepted (and don't think agents are allowed to take it), but it shows that you have some financial clout, which then puts you at the top of the pile
Getting net access is crucial for job searching etc. However, what I can say is that the librairies here are numerous and really useful for net access.
Also, when buying stuff...make sure you arrange that you new bank account card has an increased limit than the set $1000.
FoxHell & Hellstra are mucking us around with our cable tv connection. We don't really mind, and some of you may think us weird, but we really like the standard channels here....lots of films .
..and everyone is so damn helpful here in Melbourne!!!!!!
Tomorrow we're off to the mountains....life is good here....so far
We have been here 2 Weeks!!!! (so are 1 week more experinced than you in Melbourne!!)
So here's our story if it helps anyone:
Checked into a hotel in the CBD...and the rush was onto find a rental asap. We rested for the 1st day as it was 37 degrees and blowing a gale!!!!!
On day 2 we took a train to a Honda dealer and bought a new Honda Jazz. As the car wasn't in the showroom, they've given us a loan Honda CRV for a few weeks FOC
.As we then had transport, we could start looking for accomodation. We put in mulitiple applications with different agents, and were accepted for all...even for those with multiple application pending.
TIP: The deciding factor must that we offered the full 12 months rent in advance. It wasn't accepted (and don't think agents are allowed to take it), but it shows that you have some financial clout, which then puts you at the top of the pile
Getting net access is crucial for job searching etc. However, what I can say is that the librairies here are numerous and really useful for net access.
Also, when buying stuff...make sure you arrange that you new bank account card has an increased limit than the set $1000.
FoxHell & Hellstra are mucking us around with our cable tv connection. We don't really mind, and some of you may think us weird, but we really like the standard channels here....lots of films
...and everyone is so damn helpful here in Melbourne!!!!!!
Tomorrow we're off to the mountains....life is good here....so far
Oct 26th 2006 | 11:32 pm
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Re: My first week in Melbourne!
Originally Posted by Teliko21
Heading off to the Alps to do some skiing?
Oct 26th 2006 | 11:35 pm
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Re: My first week in Melbourne!
Originally Posted by Pommie Granite
Nahh...but those hills in the East look like mountains to me
Mt. Dandenong is a rip off now, they charge you to get up the top there. Wave to the TV Antenna up there tho as without them you wouldn't get the TV you are so impressed by
Oct 27th 2006 | 6:45 pm
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Re: My first week in Melbourne!
Hi Pommie,
Happy to hear from you and would like to meet you up over here!
Good luck,
Happy to hear from you and would like to meet you up over here!
Good luck,
Originally Posted by Pommie Granite
Nahh...but those hills in the East look like mountains to me
Oct 27th 2006 | 7:00 pm
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Re: My first week in Melbourne!
We'll hopefully be joining you next July ish so it's great to read these posts. Some really useful information in this thread ao thanks guys.
Good luck getting more settled.
Gill
Good luck getting more settled.
Gill
Oct 28th 2006 | 2:41 pm
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Re: My first week in Melbourne!
See You!
Originally Posted by herrchook
We'll hopefully be joining you next July ish so it's great to read these posts. Some really useful information in this thread ao thanks guys.
Good luck getting more settled.
Gill
Good luck getting more settled.
Gill
Oct 28th 2006 | 2:45 pm
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Re: My first week in Melbourne!
Originally Posted by Barbitana
Well, at last we arrived ! thanks to Sass's help and her complete Melbourne tour we're not so alone.
Briefly, looking for a house sounds a really tough task to do, if you dont have a car you should collect the key from the office and check a house far from that, come back in 1 hour (sharp!) and return the key!
Moreover, when applying for any house to rent you must fill out relevant sections to determine your current employment and if you're looking for a job you will have a remote chance to find an owner with a suitable case to lease the house to a person who's still looking for, this loop completes when for a job you need a permanent address, homephone, TFN(needs address) and previous aussie work experience.
May be the best tip discovered in these days is the effectiveness of various certifications in getting IT jobs (Microsoft-Citrix and Cisco), (though I am still looking for! but they helped me much more than anytime.
The climate does not want to follow any rule!
* Still interesting in meeting more friends over here and share more information.
Good luck,
Briefly, looking for a house sounds a really tough task to do, if you dont have a car you should collect the key from the office and check a house far from that, come back in 1 hour (sharp!) and return the key!
Moreover, when applying for any house to rent you must fill out relevant sections to determine your current employment and if you're looking for a job you will have a remote chance to find an owner with a suitable case to lease the house to a person who's still looking for, this loop completes when for a job you need a permanent address, homephone, TFN(needs address) and previous aussie work experience.
May be the best tip discovered in these days is the effectiveness of various certifications in getting IT jobs (Microsoft-Citrix and Cisco), (though I am still looking for! but they helped me much more than anytime.
The climate does not want to follow any rule!
* Still interesting in meeting more friends over here and share more information.
Good luck,
We have a meal planned for next Saturday...see 'meet-ups' forum ....it's booked, but we can ft in a couple more !
Cas
