OriginalSunshine

by the way - can you get non-biological washing powder in aus?

TillyG

Nope

BUT, you can get "sensitive" washing powder/liquid and fabric softener - I get the ones with pics of a baby on and had no problems so far with DH's sensitive skin and DD (28mths) either

Vash the Stampede

It's probably the presence of meat that's confusing you.

Replace it with water, fat, sawdust and preservatives, and you'd have a typical English sausage.

CasG

Nothing

herrchook

I just kow I'm going to struggle with that one. My Dad's a butcher and his own pork sausages are just the business. Even here, I can't eat any other sausage. Will need to prise the recipe from my Dad and sell it to a butcher in Oz

gavstrad

How cool is that... I love gadgets!

Gav

paulf

very cool indeed, and such a simple idea

chris and farideh

the only thing i think, i will miss when we move over is, not being able to go to Cost Co , I guess it will save me £100's pound, every month and very happy hubby.
I went to check some of the white goods they do, and with £1500, I can buy all the top of the range white goods. thats side by side fridge freezer, only £610 inc vat, I think we are going to buy all our white goods from there just before the removel men come and pick up our stuff.
I wonder if we have to pay tax on brand new things.

farideh

Wendy

Yes I believe you have to pay tax on anything under 12 months old. Someone will correct me if i am wrong tho'

TillyG

UK fridges & freezers won't work well in Oz. Because it's so much warmer over here, Aussie fridges/freezers have higher powered compressor-things so a UK one just wouldn't be able to keep the contents as cold as they need to be... if you see what I mean

Can get plenty of white goods cheap over here - The Good Guys is pretty cheap

iPom

The butcher I visit when in Aus has no problem producing fabulous sausages. I seem to recall we had macadamia and pork sausages last time for a BBQ and they were sensational.
Of course there are other types - just find a good butcher. Can recommend Springwood in the Blue mountains if you need a good one.

iPom

Don't take white goods with you ... much better in Aus, esp washing machines. Fridges much better there too, designed to cope with the heat. A UK fridge would burn out in a matter of days from exhaustion!

Yes you'd have to pay tax.... It's not worth your while.

chris and farideh

How about American brand, cause most their stuff is American, would fridge freezer, which is an American brand, would it work down under, they do things like up loading washing machine, like in Australia, but are made in USA.
should we not bother with white goods at all.

farideh

moneypenny20

We brought our front loader and dishwasher with us. They were only a year old and Bosch. Work brilliantly (why wouldn't they ) If our fridge had been relatively new would have bought that out as a beer fridge. It was very very old so didn't bother but lots do and have no problem with them. Have to make sure they don't have CFC's in them because you can't bring them in if they have.

We bought a brand new microwave a day before the packers came because we were leaving our old one with the house and had checked Aus prices against UK and for the same spec it proved to be a couple of hundred dollars cheaper to get there and bring over.

Front loaders becoming as popular here now as top loaders but anyway (whatever anyone else says) the top loader we used when we first got here worked a treat, had no problem with it.

iPom

Yes, if mine were a year old I'd think seriously about it but the dishwasher is 6 years and the washing machine is less than a year but a really cheep model we picked up to last us until we left. Neither are worth bringing.
I like the toploaders ... they're nicer to load and unload than the 'bend down and reach to the back of the drum' ones...