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Forum: Australia
Oct 20th 2005, 12:58 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,430
Posted By Olive101

Re: What do you do for furniture.....

Our stuff arrives next week and we have had 4 weeks with little or nothing!

Buy a plastic (resin) table and those matching green resin garden chairs from Bunnings/Kmart or similar and you can use...
Forum: Australia
Aug 4th 2005, 2:06 pm
Replies: 43
Views: 3,081
Posted By Olive101

Re: Offer on House - Too low though! Decisions..

Exactly the same position as us - even the figures the same.

We took the £20k hit - it's upsetting but you have to accept that the market sets the price not the vendors or the estate agents.

I...
Forum: Australia
Aug 1st 2005, 12:19 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 9,720
Posted By Olive101

Re: Inland Revenue form P85 - Help !

The question is intended to detremine whether you count as non-resident for UK tax purposes - if you were leaving the UK to work abroad for say 6 months then you would continue to be classed as UK...
Forum: Australia
Jul 20th 2005, 1:07 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 435
Posted By Olive101

Re: Adelaide for the weekend- what to do?

Stroll round the Botanical Gardens

Have a picnic (with jumper on perhaps!) in one of the parks

Take a pedalo from Jolly's Boathouse on the river

Drive to Mount Lofty for great views over...
Forum: Australia
Jul 11th 2005, 8:39 am
Replies: 6
Views: 358
Posted By Olive101

Re: On Arrival Accomm. - Adelaide

I didn't like Elizabeth much when I visited - perhaps I should ask not to go there. Apologies to anyone who loves it there. Probably a case of ignorance.

I most certainly do have a choice -...
Forum: Australia
Jul 11th 2005, 7:51 am
Replies: 6
Views: 358
Posted By Olive101

Question On Arrival Accomm. - Adelaide

Just about to fill in an application for On Arrival Accommodation - the form asks if there are any areas you wish to be in.

Question is, does anyone know of any areas in Adelaide in which I DON'T...
Forum: Australia
Jun 16th 2005, 7:29 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,190
Posted By Olive101

Re: Formailities at the Airport

you need to be resident in Au to apply for a TFN number online - i.e. you need to be physically living there I think.

Anyhow - it only takes a mere speck of time to arrange and come through -...
Forum: Australia
Jun 16th 2005, 6:31 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,190
Posted By Olive101

Re: Formailities at the Airport

The 'formalities' are very informal - the customs lady just stamps your passport and... um...that's it - we very all excited and she looked at us as if we were crackers!

I had my picture took at...
Forum: Australia
Jun 16th 2005, 6:04 am
Replies: 41
Views: 2,104
Posted By Olive101

Re: Anyone else Adelaide bound?

Hello there

We shall be emigrating to Adelaide as soon as the house sells......

Two buyers pulled out thus far - one the day AFTER Crown had packed up the entire house. :mad:

Fingers...
Forum: Australia
May 18th 2005, 12:54 pm
Replies: 142
Views: 6,278
Posted By Olive101

Re: What was number one the day you were born???

David Essex - "Gonna Make You A Star"

how true.... :D

which means, potentially, I was concieved to
Paper Lace - "Billy Don't Be A Hero"

Top quality! :)
Forum: Australia
May 17th 2005, 5:55 am
Replies: 72
Views: 2,820
Posted By Olive101

Re: shippers are coming

SNAP!
Our completion date is 27th and shippers are coming 26th and 27th - I have not packed anything up yet.

Starting to panic a bit now...!

Good luck - hope it all goes smoothly.

Note to...
Forum: Australia
May 6th 2005, 6:10 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 601
Posted By Olive101

Re: Validation Trip

We opened two bank accounts with Westpac whilst on our vaildation trip - they use our UK address.

We put some funds into the deposit account there and then and this is automatically drip-fed into...
Forum: Australia
May 2nd 2005, 10:22 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 378
Posted By Olive101

Re: luggage and validating visa

In addition, you only get the migration baggage allowance of 40kgs provided you have not previously travelled on that visa.

I believe (from Singapore airlines and others) that our vaildation trip...
Forum: Australia
May 2nd 2005, 10:18 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 1,873
Posted By Olive101

Re: shipping quotes for 40ft

As I understand it - once it leaves Crown's hands (or whomever you are contracting with) it is in the hands of the captain/crew of an unknown vessel somewhere on a very large body of water out of...
Forum: Australia
May 2nd 2005, 5:12 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 1,873
Posted By Olive101

Re: shipping quotes for 40ft

Being one of life's cautious people (apart from throwing it all in to move to the other side of the world...!) I always take insurance.

The original quote was 4.2% of sum insured with GBP100...
Forum: Australia
May 2nd 2005, 5:02 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 1,873
Posted By Olive101

Re: shipping quotes for 40ft

Probably similar to my quote fro Adelaide (see above).
Whatever their first figure is though - it is worth calling them and asking if there is anything we can do to get the quote down at all....
...
Forum: Australia
May 2nd 2005, 4:53 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 562
Posted By Olive101

Re: Garden pots and ornaments

Ditto with Dettol!
Fingers crossed they pass muster at AQIS!
Forum: Australia
May 2nd 2005, 4:52 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 1,873
Posted By Olive101

Re: shipping quotes for 40ft

Our Crown quote ex. insurance is GBP3529. Insurance adds on the remainder up to GBP4800. Insurance is one of those things - don't buy it and sod's law is we'll need it. Do and chances are you...
Forum: Australia
May 1st 2005, 10:57 pm
Replies: 114
Views: 12,928
Posted By Olive101

Re: Asda's 'rules' regarding barefoot kids!

Apparently not - not in Asda at any rate... :rolleyes:
Forum: Australia
May 1st 2005, 10:55 pm
Replies: 114
Views: 12,928
Posted By Olive101

Re: Asda's 'rules' regarding barefoot kids!

.... send some Kosovans over there - they'll soon teach them how to behave in public....
Forum: Australia
May 1st 2005, 10:46 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 13,144
Posted By Olive101

Re: Brisbane Heat vs Florida Heat

:scared: :scared: :scared:
Now that is worrying!
Forum: Australia
May 1st 2005, 10:34 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 13,144
Posted By Olive101

Re: Brisbane Heat vs Florida Heat

We are interested in living in the Adelaide Hills also - however, on our visit last December - we were alarmed by the very real threat of bush fires ( some people stayed home on high risk days to...
Forum: Australia
May 1st 2005, 10:31 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 1,585
Posted By Olive101

Re: Dog Dies In Transit To Australia

Dreadful story.

I appreciate that I am completely selfish in wanting to fly our cat out to be with us (hell, if the roles were reversed I am sure she wouldn't want to fly us out). ;)

No logic...
Forum: Australia
May 1st 2005, 9:56 pm
Replies: 60
Views: 3,859
Posted By Olive101

Re: loads of people leaving UK

It already exists - although there are those who will do their level best to keep it for the 'right immigrants'.
Forum: Australia
May 1st 2005, 9:53 pm
Replies: 114
Views: 12,928
Posted By Olive101

Re: Asda's 'rules' regarding barefoot kids!

Incidentally?? (i.e. 'not of prime importance', eh?)

Seemmingly, this is what really got to you - not the whole bare feet thing. :rolleyes:
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