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Forum: The Barbie
Jun 1st 2015, 7:31 am
Replies: 3
Views: 561
Posted By ScouseMan

Re: How much should I haggle off this car?

Brilliant, thanks for the link :goodpost:
Forum: The Barbie
May 30th 2015, 8:25 am
Replies: 3
Views: 561
Posted By ScouseMan

How much should I haggle off this car?

So, we're looking for an SUV for camping and ScouseLady likes the Mitsubishi Outlander. We viewed this car and liked it, but what's a reasonable amount to try and haggle off a used car?

I...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Dec 28th 2014, 1:54 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,705
Posted By ScouseMan

Re: De facto relationship but not living together?

I have done this with my partner, she was living in Leicester and I was living in Cambridge. Sometimes it is necessary to live apart and we wrote a brief statement explaining the reasons for why we...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Oct 23rd 2014, 9:34 am
Replies: 2
Views: 1,006
Posted By ScouseMan

Question about Vetassess for masters or PhD degree

Hi,

I am applying for a skills assessment in Physics (ANZSCO 234914) for Vic state sponsored 190 visa. I finished my Masters in 2008, a PhD 2008 – 2012 and worked from 2012 – 2014. However, I was...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 16th 2013, 8:40 am
Replies: 34
Views: 5,029
Posted By ScouseMan

Re: Strangers recently registered for council tax and utility bills at grandfather’s

Morning all,

A big thank you for your replies, in particular some of the lengthy ones with some good info and links to follow up with. I took a trip down to Scouseland over the weekend to get all...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 13th 2013, 8:57 am
Replies: 34
Views: 5,029
Posted By ScouseMan

Re: Strangers recently registered for council tax and utility bills at grandfather’s

Doh, yes it is in the UK and I should have thought about putting it in there. Thank you ;)
Forum: Australia
Dec 13th 2013, 8:54 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,431
Posted By ScouseMan

Re: Moving to Brisbane for 1 year

Hi Katy,

My partner and I recently returned from a one year stint in Brisbane where I worked as a postdoc in UQ, St Lucia. We have no kids and so just the two of us, and going for a year is...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 13th 2013, 8:23 am
Replies: 34
Views: 5,029
Posted By ScouseMan

Strangers recently registered for council tax and utility bills at grandfather’s hous

Morning all,

Something fishy may be going on, but I don’t quite understand what, how or why! :unsure:

My grandfather owns his own house but recently received a letter in a strangers name...
Forum: Australia
Sep 23rd 2013, 9:41 am
Replies: 18
Views: 15,053
Posted By ScouseMan

Re: Brisbane - Good/Bad/Ugly, suburbs and commute to CBD?

We've just spent a year living in Nundah, in fact within a 2min walk of Toombul train station. The train journey to central station is 14 mins and I never had to wait more than 5 – 10 mins for a...
Forum: Australia
Sep 18th 2013, 9:49 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,508
Posted By ScouseMan

Re: Cost of a second checked bag with airline is astronomical!

I will call BA to confirm later but they state on their website "If your journey includes connecting flights with more than one airline, the checked baggage policy of the airline that operates the...
Forum: Australia
Sep 17th 2013, 12:42 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,508
Posted By ScouseMan

Cost of a second checked bag with airline is astronomical!

Unless I’m missing something airlines now charge a fortune to check a second bag. I plan on returning to the UK with two cases of about 20kg each

Qantas – 23kg single bag allowance and then any...
Forum: Australia
Sep 12th 2013, 8:07 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,321
Posted By ScouseMan

Re: Returning 457 - Use Aus super for UK house deposit?

[QUOTE=quoll;10896109]Very sensible of you to be questioning and even contemplating pensions!!

Ha, I'm glad you didn't overhear our original conversations about buying a car with it :lol:...
Forum: Australia
Sep 12th 2013, 8:05 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,321
Posted By ScouseMan

Re: Returning 457 - Use Aus super for UK house deposit?

Thanks for the timeline Tramps-mate, I had hoped to have things in order in less time than that so its good to know. Crazy, my visa was granted in 6 days in 2012, now 2.5 months to cancel it :)
Forum: Australia
Sep 12th 2013, 8:01 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,321
Posted By ScouseMan

Re: Returning 457 - Use Aus super for UK house deposit?

Thanks all, I appreciate the feedback.

The general consensus is to put the pension payout it into a property, rather than buy extra time in a UK pension. That is my feeling also, I did a quick...
Forum: Australia
Sep 11th 2013, 11:26 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,321
Posted By ScouseMan

Returning 457 - Use Aus super for UK house deposit?

Hi all,

after 15 months in Brisbane on a 457 we are returning to the UK. As temporary residents we have to take our super with us (minus tax), and considering using the money to either:
(A) -...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 15th 2012, 9:00 am
Replies: 5
Views: 2,416
Posted By ScouseMan

Re: $10 Cinema Tickets with Optus

Great, thanks for the tip.

Our first trip to the cinema in Aus was at the Myer centre, two adults and a drink for $44!
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 14th 2012, 7:07 am
Replies: 5
Views: 2,416
Posted By ScouseMan

$10 Cinema Tickets with Optus

https://www.yestickets.com.au/movierewards/

This offer could have been around for a while, but in the 10 weeks we have been in Brisbane we have used it regularly and save between $8 - $10 a ticket...
Forum: Australia
Oct 5th 2012, 1:22 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 18,897
Posted By ScouseMan

Re: Council Tax in Australia

We rent an apartment in Brisbane; no council tax, no water and gas paid quarterly at $10 a quarter (gas hob only, cooker and water are electric). Of course we have to pay for council tax and water,...
Forum: The Barbie
Jun 13th 2012, 3:48 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,850
Posted By ScouseMan

Re: ...and we wonder why...

A A A ... You fighting ....
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
May 22nd 2012, 9:17 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,247
Posted By ScouseMan

Re: some questions about 457 and occupation list

Sorry to confuse you, I was pondering rather than offering any constructive advice.
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
May 22nd 2012, 8:33 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,247
Posted By ScouseMan

Re: some questions about 457 and occupation list

Someone will probably come along shortly to tell me why this won’t work, but why can you not count grad school as work experience?

If you have an undergraduate degree relevant to an occupation on...
Forum: Australia
May 22nd 2012, 9:28 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,623
Posted By ScouseMan

Re: Applying for jobs from the UK...

No Probs,

I was fortunate in that I landed the first job I applied for; I interviewed two weeks after the application (skype) and was offered the job a week later. This will be my first job post...
Forum: Australia
May 21st 2012, 1:55 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,623
Posted By ScouseMan

Re: Applying for jobs from the UK...

Hey,

Universities are massive employers who routinely employ international candidates and so the lack of a visa should not be a problem. I would imagine (happy to be corrected) that most...
Forum: Australia
May 15th 2012, 4:58 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 2,484
Posted By ScouseMan

Re: Rent or Sell?

Hey BonnieH,

I have no experience or renting a property and so I can’t help you there.

If you rent your home in the UK would you then be excluded from buying a home in Aus? How would this...
Forum: The Barbie
May 11th 2012, 12:20 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 278
Posted By ScouseMan

Total solar eclipse November 2012 - Cairns/Port Douglas

A friend of mine in Cairns told me about this and so I thought I would share.

Starts just outside of Darwin at sunrise but if you want to see totality your best bet is North Queensland, or the...
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