There are still so many people who insist that sunbathing is OK.

I never want to have this worry again.

Bloody ell and I moaned about the health costs over here in Canada We are pretty fortunate compared to you guys in Oz

Good news....a very worrying time for you....glad you got the all clear

Its very itchy though, must be healing up. I cannot wait to get my dressing off in a weeks time

got a quote to have 6 teeth put on a bridge(top front) nearly had to scrape me off the f floor! $15,750. ok teeth are in dire need of straightening but going to wait until i get back to uk or maybe budapest as they are cheap for cosmetic dentistry.had tooth out at new year due to abcess, was going to have it seen to and capped. cost for removal and a plastic denture $2,159 but refused to pay $159 due to the price of bill and quote given (written one).live in rural wa so dentist comes 2 days a week up from perth.

Backwards, Australia, never.

They wouldn't know good service if it bit them on the bum.

When we moved into our present house, a unit we arranged for the electrical supplier (AGL) to connect us on the Friday we moved in they told us not to switch on till 6pm which we did, or at least we tried. Now bearing in mind that they had the house number and the number on the metre we didn't think there was a problem. When we switched on nothing happened. When we rang up it appeared that the person had been to connect us had been but reported that the power was already connected (yes, the other unit :curse::curse, we asked to be connected but they refused saying that they don't connect on a weekend. It was winter, our heating and cooking in this house is electric we have children but still no, had to wait till Monday.
We have had one bill from them the first quarter then nothing despite ringing and enquiring only to be told not to worry they were posting one soon. Long story short, 11 months on we receive our second bill, huge bill. Posted out to the householder, we have given them our name on several occasions.
So it seems that it was too much to expect good service, since they cannot even do their jobs right. My Aussie workmates when I told them of this srugged their shoulders and said what can you do?
Btw I have no problems naming and shaming bad service or naming and recommending good service.

On another matter, just got the fees for the kids STATE school next year $650 EACH , I wouldn't mind but for the amount of times they have come home and told me they had a sub teacher who told them to read a chapter and answer the questions at the end, and they were allowed to wear ipods , not so much teaching as babysitting. Then there are books and stationary on top of that.
Good service I don't think I have had any since I came here, unless the young man that followed me round BevMarks bedshop is classed as good service but I thought he was just making sure I didn't shove a queen divan up my jumper and walk out .

"I'll g' t' foot of our stairs" is another great one from Yorkshire.

I don't know which state you're in but in Victoria there are free skin cancer clinics that bulk bill. Hope everything is ok.

We have them here in Qld but the one I go to only bulk bills kids and not adults. You have to pay and claim a % back through medicare.

You could've piggy backed him from your house love!

Rob dogs

In the UK you can be charged for the ambulance service if your trip to hospital is as a result of a road traffic accident......not a lot of people know that

Did you know that the Aus have a scheme where you can visit the dentist under medicare your GP can arrange this. cheers

meljor;

the best rd in Yorkshire is the one Out to Lancashire, Blackburn.????

Is that a typo or a joke?

I wish it was a joke.

The system is a joke