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Forum: Australia
Sep 5th 2004, 1:49 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 624
Posted By mrttennis

anyone else bought land at warner lakes estate?

Bought a block of land at the Warner Lakes Estate last Saturday as tired of looking at unsuitable houses and dealing with pushy real estate agents.
Any other expats buying here?
The plans look...
Forum: Australia
Sep 5th 2004, 1:40 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 960
Posted By mrttennis

Re: how long till we get family tax credit?

yes, applied for it around 4 weeks ago.
Forum: Australia
Sep 4th 2004, 10:32 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 960
Posted By mrttennis

how long till we get family tax credit?

Been living in Brissy now for 5 weeks - having a gr8 time - both working already. Got medicare cards but no family tax credits yet? How long does it normally take? :confused:
ps - not missing UK...
Forum: Australia
Aug 11th 2004, 10:44 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 2,967
Posted By mrttennis

Re: What Car you Got/Getting ?

Went to the Brisbane EKKA yesterday and got a Toyota Rav4 and Corrolla brand new for $50K!!
Bigger engines than the the UK versions and both with A/C and loads cheaper!! :D
Forum: Australia
Aug 10th 2004, 8:27 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 558
Posted By mrttennis

Talking brisbane meet

Hi, we have just moved to brisbane( 2 weeks ago) and are renting a place in eatons hill - near albany creek - north brisbane. Would like to hear from any other families that have settled in this area...
Forum: Australia
Jul 16th 2004, 10:46 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 698
Posted By mrttennis

tried this and still no sound now downloaded...

tried this and still no sound
now downloaded yahoo and as a few others have found it worked fine although not as good as msn, but we do have sound.
Anyone know why sound works on yahoo and not...
Forum: Australia
Jul 14th 2004, 8:05 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 698
Posted By mrttennis

also having the same problem, got piccy but...

also having the same problem, got piccy but cannot hear sound either end even after running the audio video wizard and the pc making a sound.
I'll bet there is a computer expert out there somewhere...
Forum: Australia
Jul 11th 2004, 8:45 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,962
Posted By mrttennis

Tried that alrerady - still double the price!! ...

Tried that alrerady - still double the price!! Any other ideas? - Open return maybe?
Forum: Australia
Jul 11th 2004, 8:44 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 2,167
Posted By mrttennis

Thanks for the positive info Catrina - What...

Thanks for the positive info Catrina - What suburb in Brissy are you? We're heading for Albany Creek / Eatons Hill. $240 a week sounds excellent price for what you got.:cool:

Thanks to everyone...
Forum: Australia
Jul 10th 2004, 10:12 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 2,167
Posted By mrttennis

Re: how long did it take you to get into rented?

We can always extend the Kangaroo Point apartment but will be looking at rentals on the web a couple of days before we go so can then view them as soon as we arrive. Really just wondering what the...
Forum: Australia
Jul 10th 2004, 9:33 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 2,167
Posted By mrttennis

how long did it take you to get into rented?

Not long to go now - 10 days!!!
Would anyone like to share their experiences of renting a house in Brisbane suburbs after arrival. We have never rented before and have 7 days furnished house in...
Forum: Australia
Jul 9th 2004, 6:49 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,962
Posted By mrttennis

does an Oz to Uk flight really cost loads more than Uk to OZ??

Looking forward to flying on a one way PR visa 21st July!
Might exchange on the house sale on Monday (started process in Feb - 3rd time lucky we hope).
Anyway - last night was checking out flight...
Forum: Australia
Jul 9th 2004, 6:26 am
Replies: 10
Views: 846
Posted By mrttennis

Re: Cheap travel insurance??

Lloydstsb include annual travel insurance when you run either their Gold or Platinum account - the gold account only costs around £8 per month I think.
Otherwise for insurance I have always found...
Forum: Australia
Jun 14th 2004, 3:02 am
Replies: 7
Views: 597
Posted By mrttennis

Re: Lets have a whip round...

Put me down for 10!! - can't help thinking we've seen it all before - What about Gerrard!?
Today Beckams was taking penalty lessons from Zidane.:beer:
Forum: Australia
May 29th 2004, 4:59 am
Replies: 23
Views: 1,628
Posted By mrttennis

Re: Selling the house is worse than the visa wait

Hi ya!!
Guess what. Were in the exact same position - got the visas couple of weeks ago - thought we'd sold it then it fell through then sold it again and it fell through again now got loads of...
Forum: Australia
May 25th 2004, 3:09 am
Replies: 31
Views: 2,655
Posted By mrttennis

Never dealt with travel agents however...

Never dealt with travel agents however austravel.com seem quite competitive. The Royal Brunei business class price was via their own website (in Brunei) - awaiting confirmation of the price as it...
Forum: Australia
May 25th 2004, 2:38 am
Replies: 31
Views: 2,655
Posted By mrttennis

Re: flights - stopovers or not??

Yeah - difference of £1500..... I guess that could very well go a long way re stopovers. £3500 seemed really cheap for 4 x business class - all the others quoted £6K upwards.
My wife...
Forum: Australia
May 25th 2004, 2:27 am
Replies: 31
Views: 2,655
Posted By mrttennis

Re: flights - stopovers or not??

Cheers Oztennis - Are you a tennis fan or in the tennis business? I'm a coach on the south coast who's happy at our house sale falling through and then going again (yesterday) as it means I can use...
Forum: Australia
May 25th 2004, 2:23 am
Replies: 31
Views: 2,655
Posted By mrttennis

Re: flights - stopovers or not??

What about if we went business class all the way? I've just seen Royal Brunei offer 4 tickets all Business class for £3500.
Ohhh decisions decisions.
Just asked the kids what they think and...
Forum: Australia
May 25th 2004, 1:29 am
Replies: 31
Views: 2,655
Posted By mrttennis

flights - stopovers or not??

Looking for advice / other people's experiences of the really exciting 1 way ticket to Brisbane.
We are a family of 4 - 2 kids aged 6 and 11, the 11 year old rarely sleeps on planes (convinces...
Forum: Nurses, Doctors, and other Medical/Healthcare occupations
May 24th 2004, 4:48 am
Replies: 27
Views: 2,088
Posted By mrttennis

Hi, I'm Ruth and we finally got our visa's after...

Hi, I'm Ruth and we finally got our visa's after 8 months of waiting, mind you DIMIA in Adelaide did loose the application and we did'nt realise that till 3 months after the application went in, so...
Forum: Australia
May 23rd 2004, 8:10 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 446
Posted By mrttennis

Re: Shipping Insurance by someone else?

Like a lot of others out there we are reluctant to pay Crown's 3.5%
1.53% available from Letton Percival tel 01512364568
Forum: Australia
May 22nd 2004, 8:45 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 692
Posted By mrttennis

Certainly isn't easy. We also have an agent who...

Certainly isn't easy. We also have an agent who says they could rent it and market it at the same time which would leave us around £250 per month left over that may be quite significant but as...
Forum: Australia
May 22nd 2004, 8:36 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 385
Posted By mrttennis

anyone gone Brisbane to NY

Will soon be living in Brisbane.
Group of friends in the UK want to meet up in Feb 2005 in New York USA.
Sounds great! Then I start looking at possible routes / flights and think it may not be...
Forum: Australia
May 22nd 2004, 8:30 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 692
Posted By mrttennis

Thanks for the reply. After reading your...

Thanks for the reply.
After reading your response I just had to tell you a bit more re house sale that fell through. We actually spent 3 weeks recently in Brissy without the kids looking at areas...
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