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Forum: Australia
Apr 8th 2009, 11:26 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 1,457
Posted By happy chappy

Re: OZ post lost our passports-help!!

We did actually ring the passport dept yesterday and are awaiting an outcome to see if they can find them. It's just not knowing that's the frustrating part, after all that's why we paid for...
Forum: Australia
Apr 8th 2009, 12:24 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 1,457
Posted By happy chappy

Re: OZ post lost our passports-help!!

Well with hindsight I would have traveled to the UK and taken a day out of my holiday and sorted the passport there as apparently it's cheaper and you don't have to post it.

My two daughters red...
Forum: Australia
Apr 8th 2009, 12:15 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 1,457
Posted By happy chappy

Re: OZ post lost our passports-help!!

Thanks for the confidence boost, I hope they are just in the system somewhere and not totally lost,I get a headache just thinking about the hassle to sort out new ones. I don't even know how I would...
Forum: Australia
Apr 8th 2009, 3:58 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,457
Posted By happy chappy

Re: OZ post lost our passports-help!!

Thanks for the reply-I am watching my account as you suggest to see if payment is processed-you are right that is one way of knowing. When I rang them though they told me they had not received them,...
Forum: Australia
Apr 8th 2009, 3:43 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,457
Posted By happy chappy

Re: OZ post lost our passports-help!!

Well I am glad you got them in the end. I think in my case when they got to Canberra they were in a bag with a load of other deliveries and never got scanned so they now don't know if it even got...
Forum: Australia
Apr 8th 2009, 3:08 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,457
Posted By happy chappy

OZ post lost our passports-help!!

I am not a very happy chappy now. We are travelling back to the uk end of June so sent off passports for the kids which needed renewing with plenty of time. We sent them with super dooper express...
Forum: Australia
Jan 23rd 2008, 10:43 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,293
Posted By happy chappy

Re: Anyone used or using PSS?

We used PSS to move to the Sunshine Coast Sep 06 and found them to be exellent. All our stuff got here without a thing being broken, my wife even commented on the amount of paper they had used to...
Forum: Australia
Oct 24th 2007, 9:34 am
Replies: 5
Views: 548
Posted By happy chappy

Re: Conveyancing Solictor needed-Sunshine coast

We used conveyancing works in Maroochydore/Cotton Tree when we bought. Cant comment on selling but they were very efficient for buying.
Hope that helps
Dave
Forum: Australia
Jul 4th 2007, 9:32 am
Replies: 54
Views: 3,350
Posted By happy chappy

Re: Sunshine Coast meet up

You can count us in Dave,Helen,Charlotte and Stephanie. Will be nice to catch up.
Dave
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 24th 2007, 11:18 am
Replies: 195
Views: 7,917
Posted By happy chappy

Re: Name one positive thing about your life in Oz you couldn't have in the UK.

Lamingtons:) Mind you, you can probably get something similar in the UK so that doesn't count. I would say to see the Sun and the sea on my daily commute to work. They didn't have that in Stoke...
Forum: Australia
Dec 17th 2006, 10:21 am
Replies: 30
Views: 1,728
Posted By happy chappy

Re: Vernons now in Sunshine coast with a house and a job!!!

We landed on the 7th September and I remember the weather was pretty lousy at that time. We went to Australia zoo and it bucketed down and was cold, but since then I have not worn a jumper or...
Forum: Australia
Dec 5th 2006, 9:51 am
Replies: 85
Views: 6,347
Posted By happy chappy

Re: Sunshine Coast is Fantastic!

We are in Mountain Creek by the school(very handy). We love the Mountain Creek area but you you do pay more because of the school. Not sure what is happening with the prices as we put an offer in on...
Forum: Australia
Dec 5th 2006, 9:17 am
Replies: 85
Views: 6,347
Posted By happy chappy

Re: Sunshine Coast is Fantastic!

I thought the name rang a bell! My kids are 10 and 7 and we have been here since September. Glad you like your new surroundings. Have you got everything sorted now?
Forum: Australia
Dec 5th 2006, 8:47 am
Replies: 85
Views: 6,347
Posted By happy chappy

Re: Sunshine Coast is Fantastic!

I regularly cycle to Mooloolaba with my daughter, as it's only 10 mins by bike away, and like you it still brings a smile to my face at what a fantastic place it is.

The only downside is the wages...
Forum: Australia
Dec 5th 2006, 8:33 am
Replies: 24
Views: 2,483
Posted By happy chappy

Re: Nearly 3 Months in Aussie

you do have to watch out there but where we go there is a sheltered bay surrounded by rocks so the kids can snorkel without the danger of being caught in a rip. When we first came I didn't realise...
Forum: Australia
Dec 4th 2006, 9:29 am
Replies: 35
Views: 2,544
Posted By happy chappy

Re: Exchange rate on the rise............

If you go to Moneycorp's website http://www.moneycorp.com they have a live price graph so you can sit there watching the price change by the second. Be careful though as when you have a large amount...
Forum: Australia
Dec 4th 2006, 9:15 am
Replies: 24
Views: 2,483
Posted By happy chappy

Re: Nearly 3 Months in Aussie

I work just down the road from you at an air conditioning place behind super A Mart. Getting a job here isn't too easy as they all seem to want Aussie experience. I think the only way to get good...
Forum: Australia
Dec 1st 2006, 8:59 am
Replies: 25
Views: 1,878
Posted By happy chappy

Re: Queensland driving licence road rules test

You won't have to do the test now. I did it last week and passed on the third attempt(mainly because I was cocky and didn't revise :rolleyes: ). My wife went in today and just transfered her old UK...
Forum: Australia
Nov 24th 2006, 10:52 am
Replies: 37
Views: 3,351
Posted By happy chappy

Re: Stopping UK Child Benefit

Like yourself we phoned and asked for payments to be stopped and asked if anything else needed to be done and were told no. We are still receiving payments nearly three months later. They are...
Forum: Australia
Nov 7th 2006, 11:05 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,581
Posted By happy chappy

Re: Sunshine Coast - 1st report

I agree the teacher they have is very good and she doesn't take any nonsense from the kids. Helen does know James and yes we were there last Saturday, what a fantastic day, beats any school fete I...
Forum: Australia
Nov 7th 2006, 10:54 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,581
Posted By happy chappy

Re: Sunshine Coast - 1st report

Very nice. I like Glenfields it's one of the areas we are looking to buy in. It's hard to find anywhere around that whole area that isn't nice. There doesn't seem to be many dodgy estates as far as I...
Forum: Australia
Nov 7th 2006, 10:30 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,581
Posted By happy chappy

Re: Sunshine Coast - 1st report

Yes that probably is my daughter Stephanie, people do tend to remember her when they meet her-let's just say she has personality.

My wife Helen sometimes helps in the class so she would probably...
Forum: Australia
Nov 7th 2006, 8:14 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,581
Posted By happy chappy

Re: Sunshine Coast - 1st report

Hi Kev
We are not far from you in Mountain creek, we are living in Satinay Street right opposite the school gates. Glad you are getting on Ok, we came out here in September and love the area, even...
Forum: Australia
Oct 16th 2006, 7:42 am
Replies: 8
Views: 738
Posted By happy chappy

Re: Question about what documents to take to Oz?

We bought loads of paperwork like bank statments,Insurance details,mortgage details. We found it helped when we rented as loads of people were after the rental we went for but because we had all the...
Forum: Australia
Sep 18th 2006, 2:17 am
Replies: 53
Views: 2,911
Posted By happy chappy

Re: sunshine coast meet up

I second that, thanks Selina for organising it, we had a great time and the venue was a good choice too.

Hope to meet up again sometime soon.
Dave,Helen,Chalotte and Stephanie
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