iainpat

Would be interested in going to show and meeting others who are in the processof visa application! We(wife and myself, friends) went to 2003 show and enjoyed it, seems like yesterday and i'm still umming and arring and trying to convince my oldest daughter that Adelaide is the place for us! It's this year or not at all we've decided. Looking at regional visa to Adelaide and desperately trying to pull money together for the venture! Can anyone explain why it's $16000 a year to go to university in Adelaide? And i thought the UK was expensive!

thpinkpussycat

I have found two hotel within 3 miles of Sandown, both Travel Inn's which means they are well priced and have pub/restaurants next to them.

http://www.travelinn.co.uk/TI/index.jsp?page=inn&id=426
http://www.travelinn.co.uk/TI/index.jsp?page=inn&id=41

Hope this helps evryone

Sam

pike

Im a bit behind with a lot of these things could some kind person explaine this to me and would it be of any interest to me and my beloverd to go the thing being SANDOWN is this just a get together for the expats in the east or is it a show for future migrants and if it is what will be there any info gratefully received.

thpinkpussycat

Emigrate 2005 is a emigration fair that will be held at Sandown Park 18-20 March.
Here is a link:
http://www.outboundpublishing.com/cg...howitem=000001
This one at Sandown is the world's biggest of its kind!
It will be a good place to pick up information from agents, house movers, pets movers etc. Also a good chance for lots of us to meet, chat and have some beers

pike

Sounds interesting i will have a word with my beloverd and see if she would will go and may be the girls it should get stop them fighting to get on the computer.

Smiffy's Lot

[QUOTE=worzel]Has anyone had any luck finding a location for the meet, preferably near the Exhibtion Centre but definitely somewhere we can stay overnight so we can both have a few . Something for the kids to do like a Wacky Warehouse is highly desirable too.

There are loads of Premier Travel Inns in the area (they did the trick in Leeds). All of these Premier Travel Inns seem alright and not to expensive in my experience but the ones that used to be Premier seem a bit better than the ones that used to be Travel Inns. It also needs to be quite large if there are going to be loads of us staying over. Does anyone know the area?
/QUOTE]

Hi Worzel,
We're not too far from Sandown, nearest town would be Esher,
Just checked out Esher on Yell.com - the only B&B is the Bear Inn
71 Esher High Street, tel 01372 469786 - shows a map and Sandown Park looks only a stones throw
away from there??? Maybe worth giving it a ring. I went to the pub years ago - it was a nice pub but thats about all I can remember!!!

We'll also be going to the Exhibition, not sure what day yet either!

Pike2

Yep I would like to go there please, get us some tickets!!

pike

Is this a conspiris y

scissors

look forward to meeting every one for a drink afterwards

tracey.

redlion

Hiya all. Theresa and i will be down that way on that weekend as we are going to see Anastasia on the sunday evening, so we are going to try and sort out getting to sandown on the saturday, it would be great to see you all again.

Nev.

bert-doozer

We will be there on the Saturday, got someone to look after the kids, we took them last year, what a nightmare! This year we can relax & enjoy.

Stu

snappy

Stu

I'll be there this year in fact I'm helping out on one of the stands so you better come and say hello to me I'll be on stand 312 Thinking Australia.

Can't wait to finally put a face to the name.

Sasha

scissors

hiya everyone, a suggestion for the meet,how about.

The Fairmile Millers Kitchen,resturant and pub,at Cobham,about 3 miles away from sandown,it has a travel inn next to it if anyone wants to stop over.

What about 4pm on saturday the 19th, i thought that would be a good time for people who are not stopping over to still have time to get home

here are the directions from the m25,take juction 10,and then the A3 towards london,leave the A3 at the first junction turning right at the roundabout towards the A245 to cobham,follow the road straight over the next roundabout and turn left at the 2nd rounabout in front of the cobham exchange diner,onto the A307 portsmouth road the premier travel inn is approx one and a half miles down the road.Ill see if i can find a map,giving directions from sandown.

Please let me know what you think,or if you have ant other ideas

looking forward to meeting everyone

tracey.

Alan Collett

If anyone's interested ... Go Matilda will be on stand 308 on the top floor (the Australian Village) ...

Best regards.

Professional Princess

Hi Tracey, I was thinking about going on the Saturday if I can get out of the 'works do'.

Wonder how much accommodation would cost?