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Forum: Australia
Oct 14th 2011, 12:33 pm
Replies: 109
Views: 14,904
Posted By DotSpot

Re: Sydney or Brisbane. I have to decide tonight!!

We are not particularly, we just don't have particularly expensive tastes. Who wants to live in the centre of a big city on a postage stamp of land when you can get so much more for less? Living...
Forum: Australia
Oct 14th 2011, 12:06 pm
Replies: 109
Views: 14,904
Posted By DotSpot

Re: Sydney or Brisbane. I have to decide tonight!!

$700 a week :ohmy:

Not sure where you've been looking, but outside the city we're looking at the $400-450 region, which gets you a nice 3 bedder in somewhere like Mt Annan. Sure its a bit of a...
Forum: Australia
Oct 13th 2011, 2:09 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,629
Posted By DotSpot

Re: Return flights from the UK at Xmas?

Unfortunately the taxes and charges will probably be more than the cost of the flight, we looked at AirAsia and by the time you have added taxes and charges they were the same as everyone else :-(
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Oct 11th 2011, 1:15 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 2,364
Posted By DotSpot

Re: Bt engineer needs advice on jobs!

I'm in telecoms too, albeit the PBX side. You will struggle in Perth however there are some companies recruiting for the network side, also there seem to be absolutely tonnes of jobs in the radio...
Forum: Australia
Oct 10th 2011, 1:44 pm
Replies: 109
Views: 14,904
Posted By DotSpot

Re: Sydney or Brisbane. I have to decide tonight!!

Ironic that you should be posting this, I am in a very similar situation myself. 457 job in Sydney for a smaller company, visa was supposed to be going through but now has all been thrown up in the...
Forum: Australia
Oct 9th 2011, 11:14 am
Replies: 32
Views: 16,384
Posted By DotSpot

Re: New Rabies regulations from Jan 2012

Presumably then, the easiest option would be to import the dog into New Zealand first, keep it indoors for 30 days as per the NZ requirement (no quarantine), then straight onto Oz where there is no...
Forum: Australia
Oct 7th 2011, 9:39 am
Replies: 1
Views: 729
Posted By DotSpot

Riding a Moped on a UK license (NSW)

Hi all

This may be a really stupid question but I can't seem to find any information.

I have a UK car license (issued in 1998). Over here, if I wanted to ride a small moped I could do so, up...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Oct 7th 2011, 8:37 am
Replies: 35
Views: 3,519
Posted By DotSpot

Re: Same sex partner situation

Sounds harsh but :thumbs_up:
Forum: Australia
Oct 6th 2011, 11:43 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,013
Posted By DotSpot

Re: satnav maps

You can find TomTom maps for a very reasonable (lack of) price if you look around on the web, but I think Garmins are more difficult to do (in my experience at least).

You could pick up a cheap...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Oct 3rd 2011, 8:45 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 466
Posted By DotSpot

Re: how to save an online application?

Once you have done the first bit, at the bottom of each page is a "Save Application" button - you then put in a password and it gives you a reference :-)
Forum: Australia
Oct 3rd 2011, 7:19 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,915
Posted By DotSpot

Sydney - Commuting from Campbelltown to Mascot

Hi all

Visa depending, I start my new job in Mascot in November. We're just looking at places to rent, and quite like the look of Campbelltown area (yes we have heard about the bad bits and...
Forum: Australia
Oct 3rd 2011, 7:01 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 11,427
Posted By DotSpot

Re: Out to Perth on 457 visa - easy to get Aus credit card, car loan, etc.?

One of our friends moved out to Sydney on a 457 a couple of months ago, and has just got a loan for $30k for his new car, didn't have any problems. Although I wonder if his $100k salary is going for...
Forum: Australia
Sep 26th 2011, 7:41 am
Replies: 40
Views: 7,586
Posted By DotSpot

Re: Fear of flying with Garuda..... Am I being stupid?

They are both members of global airline alliances, with modern fleets, excellent customer service and are award-winning airlines ("Best Airline in Europe" award, "Best Airline in Eastern Europe" for...
Forum: Australia
Sep 25th 2011, 8:46 pm
Replies: 40
Views: 7,586
Posted By DotSpot

Re: Fear of flying with Garuda..... Am I being stupid?

They used to have a bad safety reputation, but then again so did Korean Air, Turkish and Aeroflot. They now some of the world's most respected airlines.

I've heard good things about them since...
Forum: Australia
Sep 24th 2011, 8:15 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 7,455
Posted By DotSpot

Re: Banksia Grove Perth - any info

We've found a great website for looking at areas - http://localvoices.realestate.com.au. Quite handy for looking at what areas are like by people who actually live there.
...
Forum: The Barbie
Sep 24th 2011, 3:06 pm
Replies: 40
Views: 3,804
Posted By DotSpot

Re: The onslaught of winter.....and Summer.....

Well done :-)

We will hopefully be following soon, hopefully our visa will be ready in a couple of weeks :)

They have forecast snow from October, but hopefully we won't have to deal with that...
Forum: Australia
Sep 22nd 2011, 3:45 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 2,896
Posted By DotSpot

Re: Dual-nationality (moving to Oz)

You don't even need to be living in Oz to open a bank account, at least not with ANZ. We opened our first account in NZ when we visited 6 years ago, with a UK address. They gave us an EFTPOS card...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Sep 21st 2011, 9:56 am
Replies: 7
Views: 661
Posted By DotSpot

Re: For whom the bell tolls.

Congratulations Chris!

Well done, whereabouts in QLD are you heading?
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Sep 21st 2011, 9:52 am
Replies: 2
Views: 467
Posted By DotSpot

Re: Parramatta 457 timescales?

Thanks for the input, I know the timescales are somewhat capricious to say the least, was just wondering if anyone had any recent experience though to at least give us some sort of idea if they are...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Sep 21st 2011, 8:56 am
Replies: 2
Views: 467
Posted By DotSpot

Parramatta 457 timescales?

Hi all

I appreciate this is probably one of the most common posts on here, but does anyone have any recent experience of 457 timescales through the Sydney/Parramatta office?

Nomination went in...
Forum: Australia
Sep 20th 2011, 8:32 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,508
Posted By DotSpot

Re: HELP! Freaking out! Sydney... 6 weeks

Lol I think we just have to accept it that its only going to happen this way, take every day as it comes. I can't hand in my notice until the visa comes through, which may only be a week or so...
Forum: Australia
Sep 20th 2011, 8:24 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,508
Posted By DotSpot

Re: HELP! Freaking out! Sydney... 6 weeks

Hiya

We are in the same boat - 457 pending, I start my new job in Sydney on November 14 and like you am struggling to find somewhere short term. We're planning to go out a week before, staying in...
Forum: Australia
Sep 20th 2011, 11:45 am
Replies: 74
Views: 10,690
Posted By DotSpot

Re: Racism in Sydney and the East Coast??

I had to chuckle yesterday talking to my friend who moved out to Sydney a few months ago, complaining about how racist the Ozzies are.

"This woman told me to 'F off home you pommy b*****d!' "
...
Forum: Australia
Sep 16th 2011, 10:17 am
Replies: 14
Views: 3,511
Posted By DotSpot

Re: Tsanton Inc - Has anyone heard of this company ?

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

All that is missing is the exiled Nigerian Princess :D

Take some inspiration from 419eater.com, would be a laugh to have some fun with this one :)
Forum: Australia
Sep 16th 2011, 9:15 am
Replies: 31
Views: 4,741
Posted By DotSpot

Re: best and worst airlines to flight with?

You are correct, I was thinking of when we flew into AKL, was about 11-12 hours from SIN and HKG then. We flew over BNE about half way through.
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