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Forum: Australia
Sep 14th 2010, 10:24 pm
Replies: 558
Views: 60,264
Posted By Nurse-Tom

Re: The Motorbike Thread

Change of subject........ I've got a Trumpy Street Triple. Needs new tyres front and rear but I really don't wanna go back to Triumph as they are under the hilarious impression that no one has...
Forum: Australia
Sep 10th 2010, 9:21 am
Replies: 5
Views: 959
Posted By Nurse-Tom

Re: Exchange Rate

Oh my god.... shut up.... I'm gonna spew! I changed £100k at $1.72/£1. Gotta get on the bus with everyone else at some point though eh! New house will be ready in May 2011! :thumbsup:
Forum: Australia
Aug 26th 2010, 10:15 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,130
Posted By Nurse-Tom

Re: What's that... OMG, LOOK OUT!!

I'm hoping that in the event I do fail to negotiate a garden rake or spade I might be lucky enough to be launched off the bike and onto one of the mattresses you've seen :thumbsup:
Forum: Australia
Aug 26th 2010, 8:28 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,130
Posted By Nurse-Tom

Exclamation What's that... OMG, LOOK OUT!!

I've been in Aus now for 10 months and I have encountered a bewildering array of road bound obstacles during my travels to and from work each day. I ride a motorcycle :cool: and in most cases the...
Forum: Teaching
Aug 20th 2010, 11:25 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 1,152
Posted By Nurse-Tom

Question Advice for my teacher friend!

Hi folks,
Need some guidance for a friend of mine. She has a degree in Art and design and is currently working towards completing her PGCE so that she can work as a teacher (I'm a nurse so apologies...
Forum: Nurses, Doctors, and other Medical/Healthcare occupations
Aug 3rd 2010, 8:38 am
Replies: 1
Views: 676
Posted By Nurse-Tom

BN,R.N or something else?

Hi folks,
This is horrendously boring, but I need some advice please. I'm a registered nurse with a bachelor degree in nursing from the UK. I live and work in Aus and I'm branching out into a new...
Forum: Spain
Jul 7th 2010, 10:34 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 2,529
Posted By Nurse-Tom

Mum & Dad are in trouble.... advice pls!

Hi Folks,
Need some help here. My folks have lived in Australia for the last 11 years (they retired here). Unfortunately, rediculous UK legislation means their pensions were frozen when they left...
Forum: Australia
Jul 1st 2010, 11:05 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 651
Posted By Nurse-Tom

Re: Rough idea of costs to take 3 cats to Oz

Hiya, we brought our 2 maincoons to Aus last November. We used Airpets (not the cheapest - £1763 for everthing (incl flights!) - but we felt good about them and they were brilliant). The cats flew to...
Forum: Australia
Jun 29th 2010, 7:41 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,634
Posted By Nurse-Tom

Re: Boarding Kennels and Cattery - Redlands area

Alright Madster,
I've sent you an email with the contact details. ;)
Tom.
Forum: Australia
Jun 19th 2010, 3:14 am
Replies: 9
Views: 3,914
Posted By Nurse-Tom

Re: Pets ashes ????

Hiya,
We brought our lovely moggies to Oz in November. They coped far better than we could have hoped and now they have settled into their new home brilliantly. Best money we spent.

We also...
Forum: Australia
Jun 16th 2010, 7:44 am
Replies: 19
Views: 6,158
Posted By Nurse-Tom

Re: UK Driving Licence Renewal

Jen - you have to let it lapse I'm afraid. My OHs ran out in January already! To renew you have to sign saying that you are resident in the UK! We changed our addresses to in-laws and hoped to...
Forum: Australia
Jun 15th 2010, 11:00 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,634
Posted By Nurse-Tom

Re: Boarding Kennels and Cattery - Redlands area

All done, emailed you the details just now. :)
Forum: Australia
Jun 15th 2010, 7:56 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,634
Posted By Nurse-Tom

Re: Boarding Kennels and Cattery - Redlands area

Hey Rudi,
I've sent you a private message with contact details. Enjoy ya holiday! :thumbup:
Forum: Australia
Jun 14th 2010, 7:38 am
Replies: 20
Views: 6,585
Posted By Nurse-Tom

Re: Unlocked UK Iphone not working in Oz - Any Ideas/Recommendations??

The iPhone sold in Australia is a 2100MHz handset and will provide you with access to 3G services only on a 3G 2100MHz Network e.g Optus. Outside these areas, you will fall back to a GSM/GPRS...
Forum: Australia
Jun 13th 2010, 9:31 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,634
Posted By Nurse-Tom

Re: Boarding Kennels and Cattery - Redlands area

Hi, we live in Redland Bay and we actually found a lovely lady who came into our house twice a day to feed our moggies. She emptied their litter tray, gave them a bit of a fuss, collected the mail...
Forum: Australia
Jun 11th 2010, 8:43 am
Replies: 0
Views: 455
Posted By Nurse-Tom

Question Brentwood Rise.... do you live there?

OK, so by now everyone knows how expensive established housing is around Brisbane.... so, how about building? We can build a brand new 250sqm lowset plantation home on a flat elevated 800sqm block...
Forum: Australia
Jun 7th 2010, 7:57 am
Replies: 214
Views: 27,829
Posted By Nurse-Tom

Re: photo`s of life in Au

Whoop de whoop, still can't believe we're actually here! Gotta love it, right?!? :thumbup:
Forum: Australia
Jun 2nd 2010, 8:12 am
Replies: 23
Views: 2,364
Posted By Nurse-Tom

Question Pleeeeeaaaaase.... stop calling me!

I am writing this post during a rare break in telemarketing activity in my house-hold! Does anyone know how I get these infuriating calls to my home stopped? I'm not interested in a water filter,...
Forum: Australia
May 28th 2010, 11:13 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,082
Posted By Nurse-Tom

Re: Dog passport

Not £..... $! Still not much better but hey, who else can you rely on to wreck the furniture and carpets while you're at work?
Forum: Australia
May 28th 2010, 10:51 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,082
Posted By Nurse-Tom

Re: Dog passport

Hi Bonnie,
We migrated from the UK to Oz in November last year. We have no children but 2 very large maincoon cats (10.5Kgs each) who are essentially our family! We used Airpets to organise the...
Forum: Australia
Oct 21st 2009, 10:44 am
Replies: 11
Views: 982
Posted By Nurse-Tom

Re: UK £ - Oz $ tax question (sorry!)

Tip top! Thanks very much. That's kinda what I thought.... same as in the UK, e.g. you don't pay tax on capital earned from your property as long as you've been living in it. Good tip on the interest...
Forum: Australia
Oct 21st 2009, 8:44 am
Replies: 11
Views: 982
Posted By Nurse-Tom

Question UK £ - Oz $ tax question (sorry!)

Hi folks,
I've tried searching for info on this but don't seem to be able to find the answers.

We've sold our house, we have £100k banked in the UK, we move to Oz next week (28/10), we don't want...
Forum: Nurses, Doctors, and other Medical/Healthcare occupations
Oct 15th 2009, 6:09 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 632
Posted By Nurse-Tom

Re: Urgent Help pliz??

Yup, I second that. I qualified with an advanced diploma, had my skills assessed and applied for our 175 visas. While they were being processed though I did the 'top-up' module and converted to a...
Forum: Nurses, Doctors, and other Medical/Healthcare occupations
Oct 14th 2009, 11:32 am
Replies: 16
Views: 2,693
Posted By Nurse-Tom

Re: OMG!! Is that really going to be my salary?

Well, we've already got friends and family in the Alexandra Hills area which is a suburb of Redland City, south-east of Brisbane. I kinda makes sense to start close to them where someone at least...
Forum: Nurses, Doctors, and other Medical/Healthcare occupations
Oct 14th 2009, 11:18 am
Replies: 16
Views: 2,693
Posted By Nurse-Tom

Re: OMG!! Is that really going to be my salary?

Ha ha. yeah.... not a peep I promise!
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