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Anyone heading to Perth in the middle of September?? We have booked our flights for the 10th September, me, my partner and my 7 month old baby and planning to stay in Butler!

Have soooooo much to do before we go but can't wait!!

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Oh what a shame, we could have had a meet up over here!! Will get the beers in and the barbie on for when you're over in October!!:thumbsup:
Lolylew is also over in October so we could all get together!!:thumbsup:

Will keep in touch through here or are you on facebook?xx

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Hiya :) Good luck for your big move!! We're moving to Butler too but not till this time next year! We stayed there in 2006 and absolutely love the place :)

I cant wait till I can say weve got our flights booked..Im so excited! lol

Paula xx:wub:

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hi mottie

Not on face book, but will be on here, i feel excited for you, sent off enquirey about accomadation. we are getting there, just need a house buyer!! beer and barbie sound fab!! just in time for the summer!!!
All the best guys.
speak soon
karen:thumbup:

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hi mary

am in process of getting a pet permit, and i have been told October, with air pets.
Goodluck
karen

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We leave the day before you but don't get to perth until the 8th Oct, staying with family in Butler initially so give us a shout.

Claire xx

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We arrive in Waikiki 15th August, am so excited - have been in Melbourne for about 3 weeks & its been so cold - need some warm weather now!!

Flo.X

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Hi mary

we had a phone call this morning, now saying all the places for Oct quaratine have gone, am gutted, have now been told November, we fly Oct 15 th, it will be december before we get our dog home with us!!
hope things work out for you.
karen

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You could send your dog to Sydney any time (no waiting time) and then fly it down after quarantine.

More expensive but - just a thought!!

Jan

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Hi jan

Do you Know how much more exspensive?? will have to look into that !!
Thanks
Karen

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It sounds great and any other time i'd be made up, but because we've no family to stay with we'll probably have to pay for a holiday home until we go. Sounds great on paper, but it means boarding the dog and cat's for nearly a month before we go :( Now i'm stressing that the dog may not pass her tests and what do we do then?


That's what we were told but because we've not yet got our import permit, they can't book a quarantine space, so it could be late November:eek:


Now there's a thought:blink: It may be worth considering if we come really unstuck.

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[QUOTE=mary1967;6656394]It sounds great and any other time i'd be made up, but because we've no family to stay with we'll probably have to pay for a holiday home until we go. Sounds great on paper, but it means boarding the dog and cat's for nearly a month before we go :( Now i'm stressing that the dog may not pass her tests and what do we do then?


i don't know much about bringing pets over but i presume you can't send them over before you leave? or is that because there is no space over there for them?
didn't mean to be flippant :o differenrt things are holding different people back and adding to the stress. we would have booked flights the day we got the visa if we could have. frustrating beyond belief all round

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I think I was quoted about $600 to fly my german shepherd down from Sydney to Perth. A lot depends on the size of your dog though. You may find the pet shippers who gave you the quote are cheaper to fly to Sydney than Perth - again it depends where you are flying from in UK.

We were quoted over £3000 to fly her from London to Sydney (and that was transporting her from Aberdeen to London ourselves).

Just one word of advice though - when you apply for the import permit you have to state which quarantine station your pet is going to and if you need to amend it - they charge you. If I remember rightly the import permit took about 3 weeks to come through.

You can send your pet in front of you as long as you have an Australian address (or someone willing to let you use theirs) and all your paperwork is done.

Hope this helps.

Jan

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[QUOTE=The Clarkeys;6656608]The stress is never ending, as you knock one thing on the head, up pops another:mad: If it weren't for the animals we could probably go as soon as the house goes through (that's if it does:blink:), but we've had our pets for 7 years and couldn't imagine leaving them here.

At the moment i'm stressing over the house sale, the animals, rentals, air fares and jobs. No doubt when i get there it'll be rentals, rentals, rentals, schools, jobs, cars, shopping, furniture shipping and spiders:rofl:............have i forgotten anything?

Thanks for that:thumbsup:

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Hi all,

Haven't been posting on this thread lately but have been keeping up to date with all the goings on.

We're still waiting for our house to sell (:sneaky: there's a running theme here). Once we've sold we'll be off.

We'll also be staying with some friends in Butler then will try and find a rental somewhere.

Then we can start building our house in Jindalee.:thumbsup:

I just hope it can all start happening soon.