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Forum: Australia
Oct 1st 2004, 9:17 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 498
Posted By bob and ginnie

Re: car hire

When you get to Hobart or Launceston airport, take a taxi into town and don't hire a car from the big rental companies with new shiny cars . . . go to the local Tasmanian Tourist Bureau and ask them...
Forum: Australia
Sep 8th 2004, 6:31 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,390
Posted By bob and ginnie

Re: Good news for families,if Mr Latham is elected.

. . . for the benefit of some members of this website who weren't fortunate enough to be in Australia, or remember the last time the Labor Party leader promised tax cuts to the man in the street.
...
Forum: Australia
Sep 8th 2004, 6:21 am
Replies: 3
Views: 558
Posted By bob and ginnie

Re: refused stni

[QUOTE=JAJ]South Australia and Tasmania are the only other states to do STNI.
log onto the AdelaideBrits website, found in British Expats somewhere for info about Adelaide and how folks...
Forum: Australia
Sep 6th 2004, 5:29 am
Replies: 41
Views: 3,102
Posted By bob and ginnie

Re: Dual citizenship?

[QUOTE=ABCDiamond]I have two nephews, both born in Australia, one is 27, the other 22. Mother is British, Father is Australian

One of them has dual citizenship, the other couldn't get it.
Now...
Forum: Australia
Sep 2nd 2004, 12:33 am
Replies: 24
Views: 1,109
Posted By bob and ginnie

Re: This site is so adictive

Just to add fuel to your addiction, have you guys logged on to the Adelaide Brits website at all????
It's just full of useful questions about getting into Australia, how to apply for Medicare,...
Forum: Australia
Aug 27th 2004, 5:48 am
Replies: 10
Views: 857
Posted By bob and ginnie

Re: Cheap Calls to the UK

If your home phone is with Telstra, and you have the "HomeLine Plus" option, you can have phone calls to the UK or NZ for $5.25 per half hour (with another half hour chucked in for free!) if you dial...
Forum: Australia
Aug 27th 2004, 5:35 am
Replies: 9
Views: 531
Posted By bob and ginnie

Re: Annual parks charge

I thought this a little unusual, as I use Victorian National Parks to holiday in a bit.
In South Australia, I can pay $125 a year to obtain an annual pass to all National Parks and Conservation...
Forum: Australia
Aug 12th 2004, 1:33 am
Replies: 10
Views: 689
Posted By bob and ginnie

Re: Friendship

just go into a "lolly" (sweets) shop and ask for some "musk sticks". You'll find them in a box alongside all the sticks of liquorice, etc. . . . about 5" or 6" long.
. . . . . been around since...
Forum: Australia
Aug 12th 2004, 1:24 am
Replies: 12
Views: 937
Posted By bob and ginnie

Re: A quick hello from sunny Melbourne

. . . . sorry!
when you said "Sunny" Melbourne, I didn't think you were talking about that place in Victoria????
I figured it was up in Queensland somewhere!
Forum: Australia
Aug 12th 2004, 1:20 am
Replies: 10
Views: 639
Posted By bob and ginnie

Re: Somewhere nice to stopover

have to agree with Jeremy.
We've pulled up our horses over the years in Singers, but didn't need jabbing . . .
Forum: Australia
Aug 11th 2004, 4:31 am
Replies: 86
Views: 5,801
Posted By bob and ginnie

Re: Whats on TV tonight

Does anyone know whether you get a programme called "McLeod's Daughters" in Britain???
. . . . filmed in South Australia (like all the good films!), is about 5 daughters, single, in the Western...
Forum: Australia
Aug 10th 2004, 4:23 am
Replies: 86
Views: 5,801
Posted By bob and ginnie

Re: Whats on TV tonight

Couldn't agree more! Why do ya think I'm on the net and not in front of the idiot box????
Fox-Tel is worth watching at times, if you're into sport or doco's, but you've got to shell out for Pay...
Forum: Australia
Aug 9th 2004, 8:41 am
Replies: 26
Views: 1,415
Posted By bob and ginnie

Re: Do PR's vote?

That seems to be a uniquely American thing, Pete. It doesn't work that way in Australia, or Britain, or New Zealand. Only "British subjects" were liable for service during the Wars. Aliens got out of...
Forum: Australia
Aug 9th 2004, 5:09 am
Replies: 26
Views: 1,415
Posted By bob and ginnie

Re: British subjects voting in Australia

Pete!
I happen to disagree that Australia owes nothing to Britain.
Australia is one of the most tolerant nations on Earth, giving others a "fair go" . . . British legal system and...
Forum: Australia
Aug 9th 2004, 4:52 am
Replies: 26
Views: 1,415
Posted By bob and ginnie

Re: British subjects having none of the privileges of citizenship

In reply to JAJ's comments:
Ireland is not a British Commonwealth country.
It used to be called the "Irish Free State" up until April 1949, when it became a republic outside the Commonwealth....
Forum: Australia
Aug 6th 2004, 11:22 pm
Replies: 85
Views: 6,646
Posted By bob and ginnie

Darwin

Having been to Darwin . . . . unlike the majority who talk about the place . . . I found it one of the most dynamic places to live and work in Australia.
If I were young and had a young family,...
Forum: Australia
Aug 6th 2004, 11:14 pm
Replies: 85
Views: 6,646
Posted By bob and ginnie

not thinking like an Australian

John Howard represents the Sydney seat of Benelong.
What is the bloke supposed to do after a day's sitting in the Houses of Parliament? Hop in his car and drive back to Sydney for a sleep?
Do...
Forum: Australia
Aug 6th 2004, 10:51 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 1,117
Posted By bob and ginnie

Cheers to JTL

See ya over on the other side, no doubt, when you pop up online.
If you're ever in South Australia, mate, give me a ring for a stay over.
Bob and Ginnie
Forum: Australia
Aug 6th 2004, 10:39 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 1,415
Posted By bob and ginnie

British subjects voting in Australia

Since Australia Day (26th Jan) 1984, you've had to be an Australian citizen to vote in Australian federal ("Commonwealth") elections and any State election, thanks to the Hawke Labor Gov't which has...
Forum: Australia
Aug 6th 2004, 2:21 am
Replies: 3
Views: 444
Posted By bob and ginnie

White tail spiders and bites

About 20 years ago, it was thought that "White tail" spiders, common in most parts of Australia and in your home, were responsible for an ulcer that wouldn't heal for months, if bitten. This has...
Forum: Australia
Aug 6th 2004, 2:13 am
Replies: 6
Views: 483
Posted By bob and ginnie

Karcher pwer washer

Karchers are sold in Australia. You can bring your pwer washer here if you want, but you'll need a damn long hose to use it!!!!!
Forum: Australia
Aug 6th 2004, 2:05 am
Replies: 27
Views: 1,466
Posted By bob and ginnie

Member's Equity

Since 1989, all employees in Australia have had a percentage of their wage / salary set aside, by the company, into a Superannuation account for the employee's retirement. Now, in 2004, the...
Forum: Australia
Aug 5th 2004, 2:19 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,168
Posted By bob and ginnie

Re: What I learnt today - Medicare & Bank a/c

depends how old the passport is. Before 1985, they were pretty easy to forge, but now they are harder and count for more positive ID I beleive.
Forum: Australia
Aug 5th 2004, 2:14 am
Replies: 34
Views: 2,037
Posted By bob and ginnie

I do that already, mate. I live in the bush, half...

I do that already, mate. I live in the bush, half an hour's drive from the city centre of Adelaide.
Forum: Australia
Aug 5th 2004, 2:08 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,100
Posted By bob and ginnie

MoT and road tax

Most States don't have an MoT.
NSW has, from what I hear.
If you take a car interstate and want to "register" the vehicle there, they will do a vehicle saftey check over the pits and also check...
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