Can I join in?

This is what I've done so far;

Got Valuations on house, house goes up for sale next tuesday..lets hope it sells quick!
booked appoiment for shippers to come around and get quotes not taking everything so hoping won't need whole container!!!

Got my son a place in the same school as my nephew.

Registered with doctors in oz.

Oh and the all important thing sent passports off to aussie house for stamps they have arrived so hopefully will be back this week!

Oh and trying to pluck up the courage to tell boss I won't be back next term!!!

That's it so far..not much I can do until the house sells

hi buddy
Just walk into a bank with your passports when you get there and they will do it there and then. We used commonwealth bank when we were out there brilliant and they even let you use the main post office in perth for your current address until you settle into somwhere.
good luck

Get this in writing although our ticket said we and additional allowance but we also emailed the airline and just got them to conform in writing (email) that its okay for the 40kg.
We needed it in singapore because we stopped over, when we checked in again with all our cases there was a lot of fuss because we were over but once we showed them our email all was okay.

Also remember if you have already validated your visa you may not be allowed the bigger luggage allowance so you will need to check.

WOOHOO !!!!
I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING ON THIS THREAD SO FAR !!!
How organised am I???
Except credit reference from the bank, I went to my beloved hsbc branch last week and requested said item, and after much deliberating was told that it doesn't exist & I couldn't have one, but if any specific institutions in Oz felt like writing to them and paying £8 they would do it on an individual basis!!!
ACE, any ideas?

We're off to the Gold Coast I'm afraid Ast, meet up in Alice, then?


Sambo

Oh yeah & no Oz bank account yet, time ran away with us & haven't finished sorting this one, but last time we were in Oz (2002) on working hol visa we walked into Commonwealth & opened one there & then, so plan to do the same this time... Laid back, Me? Never!

Looking through this thread a few things have popped into my mind.....you should get a tax rebate cos you haven't used all your allowances for this tax year, so make sure you claim......phone line rental is paid in advance so you should be able to claim this and also council tax rebate...
Also just a little tip......you know all those little nick nacks, kids toys that aren't boxed and items in the loft/garage/shed that have not been used for years and left.....well bag them up and sell them in your local paper as bags of car boot sale items (unless you want to try the boot sale yourself).....you should get something and at least your not throwing them away.

Pam x

Sold my house, it completes on the 16th, move into outlaws for 2 weeks.
Shipped all my stuff yesterday, arriving Brissie late June,.
Quitting my job tomorrow, well handing in my notice
Cancelled some direct debits.
Bought new luggage, tis nice.... Mrs picked it of course.
Got copies of medical records. etc
Got me new Australian bank account open, made my first deposit.


Still loads to do, book flights transfer money etc, but hey I have a month or so, would like to be in Brissie mid June at the latest...

Here is to everyone trying to get a million things done in a short space of time and I know something will be forgotten, but hey thats life.

Good luck all

I set up our bank account over the phone, took about 30 mins, forms are being sent to us here in the UK.......easy peasy!!!! C x

Tip for you:

If you are going to direct mail or get it sent to a relative sign up for MPS which is the Mailing Preference Service. It stops most junk mail from being delivered in the post.

Just think how much crap you can accumilate over a few months which could be avoided. Please note that it takes about 3 mths to take effect so get and do it now.

We didn't do it last time and the amount of crap that was still delivered to the house.

www.mpsonline.org.uk

Just a thought...

Mandy

Can't they charge you the £8 and give you one?

Fantastic tip Mandy, just done it

We're doing pretty well. Here's what we've done so far.......

House is sold
belongings in storage to be shipped later this month
Council tax paid up to the date we leave
mortgage cleared
"some" direct debits cancelled (inc Sky )
trading account opened
flights booked and extra baggage allowance confirmed
airport hotel booked for night before flight
stopover accom booked
on arrival accom booked in Melbourne for 3 weeks
Some cc's cancelled
resigned
pet shippers and quarantine booked
some luggage bought, need to get more though
bought new prescription sunnies
started planning goodbye get togethers
have bought tom tom, just need to get Aus maps

We've still for loads more to do, but we're getting there, I think

ive just looked on the tomtom website and you can buy one with the oz map on...199 euro

Was planning on downloading it for 0 euros, if I can ever figure out which files I need

no sorry ,thats with the tomtom