Originally Posted by Jumbo_Celcius (Post 6117064)

Wait an hour for 3 suitcases, non of which arrive, arrive at serviced apartments to find they're over priced crap, go to bottle-O and buy vast amounts of beer/red wine, try/fail to get food at 10pm at night, go back to crap apartments and drink all of the above mentioned alcohol.
One thing I would have done different was kick the customs officer in the crotch and shout BOMB ensuring I would never be able to return to Perth again.

Originally Posted by GinaUK (Post 6116443)

Don't know what the best thing is, but here is what we did:

We arranged a furnished rental online/by phone before we arrived. However for one night we stayed in a hotel in central Perth.

Then the next morning we trotted off to the bank (Westpac) round the corner to collect cheque book, debit cards, and banker's draft to pay for car.

We then walked to the insurance company's office and paid our premiums for home contents, car, and ambulance insurance.

Then went back to the hotel and had our car delivered there and handed over the banker's draft. We then drove to the estate agent's office and signed the lease for the furnsihed rental and picked up the keys.

The hotel in central Perth was expensive but it was only for one night and it was worth it as it meant we could do all of the above very easily.

Good luck with the move.

Gina

Originally Posted by SW3105 (Post 6115790)

So you've just been on a long flight and landed in Australia. You're tired, jet lagged and just want to relax, so you have all your suitcases, hand luggage, baby on your hip. You're standing outside the airport and ....

What happens next?