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Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 17th 2007, 11:30 am
Replies: 3
Views: 632
Posted By rossfive5

Re: can you buy your way in?

Thanks George, will do. Might get them to have a word with you next month while they are here on hols.
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 17th 2007, 11:24 am
Replies: 3
Views: 632
Posted By rossfive5

can you buy your way in?

Can my parents, aged 60 and 62, with only 1 out of 4 children living in Aus, get any kind of temporary 2 year or more retirement visa by investing in Australia until such time as 2 of their kids have...
Forum: Australia
Apr 5th 2007, 4:59 am
Replies: 37
Views: 3,567
Posted By rossfive5

Re: easiest way to settle in australia

It is easier to settle if you dont think everything British is better, especially if you dont make the mistake of saying it. Alot of Brits we have come across here seem to have the attitude that they...
Forum: Australia
Apr 5th 2007, 4:46 am
Replies: 29
Views: 1,928
Posted By rossfive5

Re: MUST do's in Perth

My kids love feeding the parrots in Neil Hawkins park, Joondalup. Take some wild bird seed, they seem to prefer the black seeds. Go in the morning, by midday the birds are full and not interested....
Forum: Australia
Oct 15th 2006, 6:20 am
Replies: 5
Views: 517
Posted By rossfive5

Re: Need addresses please.

1. We applied online www.ato.gov.au
2. Department of Transport Licensing Services you will have to look in the white pages
Forum: Australia
Oct 15th 2006, 6:16 am
Replies: 46
Views: 3,832
Posted By rossfive5

Re: How long before you bought a house?

We bought after 3 months. We had to wait until my OH started work before we could get a mortgage.
Forum: Australia
Oct 14th 2006, 12:37 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 916
Posted By rossfive5

Re: Changing plugs

Bunnings is where we got ours from, they have a few different types and colours.
Forum: Australia
Oct 14th 2006, 12:33 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 803
Posted By rossfive5

Re: Help - toilets blocked

Seems ok for now, not sure if it is a quick fix and will block up again when we use the showers though. The toilets are fine. He used drain rods. He has not charged us yet as he is going to get a...
Forum: Australia
Oct 14th 2006, 5:34 am
Replies: 12
Views: 803
Posted By rossfive5

Re: Help - toilets blocked

Got a plumber round. Turns out we have to have 6 palm trees and a conifer cut down around the pool if we want to avoid future problems. He reckons one of the palms has cracked the main sewerage pipe...
Forum: Australia
Oct 14th 2006, 3:31 am
Replies: 12
Views: 803
Posted By rossfive5

Re: Help - toilets blocked

What a nightmare. Cant use the toilets, sinks, showers, basically can't use anything with water. Water corp says we need to ring a plumber. Rang about 20, most not answering, a few too busy, one can...
Forum: Australia
Oct 13th 2006, 1:41 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 803
Posted By rossfive5

Re: Help - toilets blocked

Thanks for all the advice. Bloody typical, it would happen on a Friday night when it's pitch black outside and all the shops are closed. :( It was probably caused by the kids using half a toilet...
Forum: Australia
Oct 13th 2006, 11:47 am
Replies: 12
Views: 803
Posted By rossfive5

Re: Help - toilets blocked

Thanks. We have found the inspection plate which is full of water, is that normal? We will have to go to Bunnings in the morning and buy something to unblock it.
Forum: Australia
Oct 13th 2006, 11:30 am
Replies: 12
Views: 803
Posted By rossfive5

Help - toilets blocked

:scared: Anyone know how the sewerage pipes run in this country. In the UK we had a drain outside the back door which we could stick drain rods down. The toilets bubble when we are having a shower...
Forum: Australia
Oct 5th 2006, 5:45 am
Replies: 93
Views: 5,018
Posted By rossfive5

Re: Do they give the MMR in Oz?

It was in South Africa, not the UK. He was very young so I guess it must have been in the late 60s or early 70s. I have no idea whether it was wild or vaccine derived. His mother is still anti...
Forum: Australia
Oct 4th 2006, 11:41 am
Replies: 93
Views: 5,018
Posted By rossfive5

Re: Do they give the MMR in Oz?

All my kids have had the MMR jabs and none of them have any problems. I know someone who's son got polio. She is very anti immunisations. Fortunately, he now only has one leg longer than the other...
Forum: Australia
Oct 4th 2006, 5:23 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,081
Posted By rossfive5

Re: Very funny diary from Alice Springs

Isn't it Prisoner of His Majesty from the convict days. So that would mean the Aussies are the poms not us :D
Forum: Australia
Oct 3rd 2006, 12:47 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,215
Posted By rossfive5

Re: Chicken or Egg - Good Public Schools (Free!) in Perth Western Suburbs

Ok, I'm not too concerned about the work being too easy (my daughter has said that too) as I believe they concentrate on social behaviour at this young stage and I know from my teenager that they...
Forum: Australia
Oct 3rd 2006, 5:01 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,215
Posted By rossfive5

Re: Chicken or Egg - Good Public Schools (Free!) in Perth Western Suburbs

I'm surprised. What have you heard? I've only heard good things. My kids are at school there at the moment but I am moving them to a junior school closer to home next year to cut down on all the...
Forum: Australia
Oct 2nd 2006, 11:55 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,081
Posted By rossfive5

Very funny diary from Alice Springs

August 31st

Just got transferred with work into our new home in Alice Springs!! Now this is a city that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy evenings. What a place! I watched...
Forum: Australia
Oct 2nd 2006, 5:26 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,215
Posted By rossfive5

Re: Chicken or Egg - Good Public Schools (Free!) in Perth Western Suburbs

Carine Junior and High schools have an excellent reputation for achieving better than some private schools. Carine is a lovely suburb but houses for rent and sale are in high demand because of the...
Forum: Australia
Sep 29th 2006, 6:28 am
Replies: 13
Views: 871
Posted By rossfive5

Re: Faith restored... Perths still a bargain!

I don't think 3 months is a long winter! It was not really cold before June and now we are in Sept and we have already had quite a few warm days. I would say 9 months of cold UK weather is a long...
Forum: Australia
Sep 29th 2006, 6:21 am
Replies: 13
Views: 871
Posted By rossfive5

Re: Faith restored... Perths still a bargain!

Glorious weather. Great start to the school hols, will definitely have a dip after I pick up the kids.
Forum: Australia
Sep 28th 2006, 2:20 am
Replies: 9
Views: 614
Posted By rossfive5

Re: solar heating for pool

sorry, our heating was already in place when we moved in. But it is definitely worth it, we are already using the pool.
Forum: The Barbie
Sep 22nd 2006, 1:46 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,060
Posted By rossfive5

Re: UK kids immunisations not up to date

Aah. My kids dont go to any daycare, I stay at home and look after them myself.
Forum: The Barbie
Sep 22nd 2006, 1:43 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,060
Posted By rossfive5

Re: UK kids immunisations not up to date

I took a cup-cake to cheer her up and the doc gave her a couple of jelly snakes. Poor thing got a needle in both arms.
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