lerato

Hi all,

Well, I've just moved back to my parents' for a month with all my worldy goods and trying to sort them out into various piles...to fly with, to air-freight, to ship, to ship later...charity, bin....etc...

It's a nightmare!! I don't know how you guys with whole families do it, there's just me and I only have 22 yrs of stuff I've hoarded. But it seems like an impossible task!!

Is there anything in particular you took, but wish you'd left as it was easier/cheaper to buy there? Or vice versa, couldn't find it there and wished you'd had it sent across.

I'm worrying about little things like shoes and clothes fitting nice...won't be able to just nip into Primark or New Look!!

lerato

TheDangerousQuietOne

I wish I hadn't brought my motorbike helmet and had brought 3-4 pairs of combat trousers instead as well as my steel toed boots.

carlap

I was surprised at the number of low cost department stores there are here.
OH not bothered about cheap clothes and was worried he would have to pay more than £10 for his tesco jeans! Needn't have worried.

There are stores like target and BigW that sell stuff and always have promotions on. He bought polo shorts for $10 (ie £5) and they are brighter and more 'trendy' than he wore back home. You may find a lot of clothes don't seem right over here.
Same for trainers, bought 2 pairs of New balance (not a total cheapskate) for $100. Not really bought any 'proper' shoes yet.

Also they have $2 shops that sell everything, great for those bits and pieces, electricals etc you need.

There are also a lot of the designer outlet places, always deals on.

We read before we came things were cheap and nasty and poor quaility, but not really found that yet.

spartacus

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lerato

Thanks, that sounds good...because I'm starting work in an office about 2 wks after I arrive, I need all my casual and work clothes too - been trying to get some short-sleeve work shirts here but obviously middle of winter...may have to wait for those but should have time when I get there.

Thanks for the info! Definitely like the sound of the low cost dept stores!!

lerato

lerato

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I'm worrying about little things like shoes and clothes fitting nice...won't be able to just nip into Primark or New Look!! Every cloud has a silver lining.
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yes, hopefully it will get me over my addiction to cheap clothes and pointlessly buying things! i try not to shop at primark because of the whole poorly treated workers thing, so am a lot better now anyway.

Cotton On is the new way to go.....!

lerato

carlap

Have a look at this web site. It includes the latest flyers for some of department stores. We get loads delivered and unlike in the UK we look through them as we have so much stuff to get.
http://www.lasoo.com.au/portal/
I think you can search on location, which matters as sometimes offers apply to specific stores.

We often go to Harris Scarfe
http://www.shophs.com.au/
which has a lot of everything - cheap clothes, footware, household. But there are not many stores around

pumpkin blossom

I bought too many clothes which I thought I would wear, coz it was Australia, and have not worn once. We did not ship anything over, so that took up space which loved clothes could have taken.

dave99

I regret leaving a place that had 24hour shops, somewhere i didnt need to smother myself in suntan lotion just to walk down the street, oh and for some reason clothes sizes seem smaller here so if your a bit tubby its hard to get clothes unless you go to specialist fat guy stores which charge you 4 times as much. Its a real pain, back in the UK I had no problem with clothes but here they are all made for skinny stick people

steve`o

try lowes in most malls go all ther way to 6X if that aint big enough then i`d try googling your local gyms


http://www.lowes.com.au/pages/store_listing_QLD/

spartacus

Failing that . . . BCF!

homewardbound

really regret leaving the tvs, tv stand, garden tools and lots of clothes behind esp the winter ones!

pumpkin blossom

Ohhh I do miss my dishwasher too. Ours was old, but it was a good one. Here they cost loads, and the one we bought (which in the shop they said was good) is rubbish.

bridie

i wish i'd not destroyed my record collection. OK it wasnt great but there were a lot of memories there - record players are plentiful here

hitchcock71

wished i had brought my dishwasher

my kids swing set as it is bigger than the one they have now infact all of my kids outdr stuff - as it was little tikes

my pub picnic table which i got many yrs ago

a full collection of barry m make up

my full book collection i wish i had not broken it up and kept them all instead of sending all my lovely bks to the charity shop still have a good selection but wish i had them all

my cat - i miss her the most and wish i had brought her over x miss her every day