Top Tips for would be Migrants!!!
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thought i would write this as a ping pong pom,
Top tips to new migrants and would be migrants, as there is a few people I know gone over and totally ignored some of my experiences that I found out at my PERIL......might be got the t-shirt syndrome but also good points to consider on your move.....
Number 1, DO NOT BUY A HOUSE WHILE YOU ARE RENTING AND ALSO HAVE SOME MONTHS OUTSTANDING ON YOUR RENT!!! IT COSTS YOU MONEY!!!!!!!and the real estate co's will do jack shit to help you.
Number 2, UNLESS YOU ARE FOR SURE DO NOT PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET WITH AN EMPLOYER.. you will probably want to change your job or location when you get there
Number 3, Dont start comparing prices and comparing like for like, it isnt, some minor things are but just enjoy the new stuff and get ust to it... its your nwew life.
Number 4, Dont worry Tesco will be on its way to Aus sooner than you think!
Top tips to new migrants and would be migrants, as there is a few people I know gone over and totally ignored some of my experiences that I found out at my PERIL......might be got the t-shirt syndrome but also good points to consider on your move.....
Number 1, DO NOT BUY A HOUSE WHILE YOU ARE RENTING AND ALSO HAVE SOME MONTHS OUTSTANDING ON YOUR RENT!!! IT COSTS YOU MONEY!!!!!!!and the real estate co's will do jack shit to help you.
Number 2, UNLESS YOU ARE FOR SURE DO NOT PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET WITH AN EMPLOYER.. you will probably want to change your job or location when you get there
Number 3, Dont start comparing prices and comparing like for like, it isnt, some minor things are but just enjoy the new stuff and get ust to it... its your nwew life.
Number 4, Dont worry Tesco will be on its way to Aus sooner than you think!
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8. All departure and arrival times quoted on domestic airline schedules are purely advisory
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9. save money on buying new soap by collecting all the bits left over from old bars and creating a new one
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Get ready for your flight to OZ by pushing a hard chair against the wall and sitting on it for 24 hours while asking your wife to jab you with her elbows every 10 minutes.
Prepare for a QLD summer by turning you central heating up to full and spraying yourself with water.
Prepare for a QLD summer by turning you central heating up to full and spraying yourself with water.
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They also moan about the state of the healthcare here as much as poms moan about the NHS
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A friend of mine told me to apply the 3 ''C'' rule when moving downunder
Make No Comparison (lifestyle)
Make No Conversion of (money)
Make No Conclusion (All).
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Make No Comparison (lifestyle)
Make No Conversion of (money)
Make No Conclusion (All).
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I'm an NHS nurse and the staffing levels in the UK are awful. My friend works in Oz and the staffing levels are much better. I know that I am safer with nurses who have time to care for me. I'm 100% supportive of nurses in NHS as the vast majority do their absolute best in very difficult circumstances. I'll take my chances with Oz health system both as employee and patient.
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