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Forum: Australia
May 22nd 2005, 9:50 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,182
Posted By asfry

Re: Brisbane hit by Icy Deluge on 19 May 2005

I'm in Chermside and was hit pretty bad by it, Kedron took the worst of it though. It hailed for a good 20mins and it was if it'd snowed afterwards there was that much hail. Kids next door were doing...
Forum: Australia
May 11th 2005, 10:37 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 4,048
Posted By asfry

Re: Just some info about migrant luggage allowance!

Just be careful that you don't go over the migrant allowed baggage allowance. We did and were told it would cost 20 pounds per kilo per leg of the trip. It would have cost 1200 pounds extra. So we...
Forum: Australia
May 11th 2005, 10:17 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 984
Posted By asfry

Re: whats the weather like in Brisbane ?

I'll second that, got absolutely soaked walking to bus stop this morning!! I really need to invest in a decent brolly!
Forum: Australia
May 11th 2005, 10:12 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,482
Posted By asfry

Re: Any negatives on John Mason, Crown or PSS?

Just be careful with what John Mason say about when the goods will ship out of the UK. We were promised they'd be shipped within two weeks of them taking it away from our house, we arrive in Oz 6...
Forum: Australia
May 11th 2005, 10:05 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 602
Posted By asfry

Re: Driving License

The QLD test is exceptionally easy. Just get the highway book (cannot remeber what it's called) from any newsagent or book shop, read through it and take the test. I passed 1st time, only takes about...
Forum: Australia
Apr 12th 2005, 10:37 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 625
Posted By asfry

Re: Renting - do we need references?

We supplied, bank statements from uk, passports, uk driving licences, uk credit history reports from experian and equifax, letter from commonwealth confirming the ammount we had transferred to their...
Forum: Australia
Apr 12th 2005, 3:35 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,070
Posted By asfry

Re: Buying fridge-freezers in Bris?

We looked at buying from Good Guys but then Harvey Norman in Aspley had a sale on and found a better deal in their sale so chose to buy there aswell. Good guys prices didn't seem to bad, I was even...
Forum: Australia
Jan 25th 2005, 9:57 am
Replies: 10
Views: 808
Posted By asfry

Re: Medical records - Can you transfer them to Oz

Aww, bless the good ol BBC

Have a look at the attatched file.


It tells you all about how to get your medical records.

"The advantage of applying in writing is that you are entitled by law...
Forum: Australia
Jan 25th 2005, 9:37 am
Replies: 10
Views: 808
Posted By asfry

Re: Medical records - Can you transfer them to Oz

I think the time frame might be 40 days for medical records. I know that when I applied for my credit history from Experian and Equifax they advised that they had to supply the information within 7...
Forum: Australia
Jan 20th 2005, 1:49 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 2,202
Posted By asfry

Re: Real Estate Query

I had problems with the website, turned out that a lot of the functionality on the site is java script which my firewall was blocking. I had to put an exception the my firewall software to allow...
Forum: Australia
Jan 19th 2005, 3:55 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,254
Posted By asfry

Re: One-way insurance... again

I could only find cover for upto £300 per single item too.
Forum: Australia
Jan 19th 2005, 3:23 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,254
Posted By asfry

Re: One-way insurance... again

We rang insureandgo but they would only insure until we landed in Australia. Bit daft seeing as they claim they specialise in Expat insurance. We're going with Direct Travel as they will insure for...
Forum: Australia
Jan 18th 2005, 1:21 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,254
Posted By asfry

Re: One-way insurance... again

Have you tried Direct Travel InsuranceDirect Travel Insurance (http://www.direct-travel.co.uk)? You'll need to phone them up as they don't quote one way insurance on their website. Don't know what...
Forum: Australia
Dec 17th 2004, 2:36 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 722
Posted By asfry

Re: Can pop ups "invade"??

Firefox rocks, I've been using for almost 5 months now and not one popup at all.

I use Adaware, Spybot Search & Destroy and Spyware Blaster (Javacool). I've not had any spyware items for months...
Forum: Australia
Dec 9th 2004, 7:49 am
Replies: 35
Views: 2,028
Posted By asfry

Re: Driving Theory Test

Thank god for that!!
Thanks for the reply ABC...
Forum: Australia
Dec 9th 2004, 7:23 am
Replies: 35
Views: 2,028
Posted By asfry

Re: Driving Theory Test

Does this mean that if my Visa was issued in August, but I'm not arriving in Oz until Middle of Feb that I'll have to do the full lot of tests again??
Forum: Australia
Nov 29th 2004, 7:16 am
Replies: 9
Views: 697
Posted By asfry

Re: Flights - Singapore direct or Travel Agent?

We used Travelbag for our flights next Feb. Extremely helpful and friendly. They were the cheapest arround and by far cheaper than direct with the airline.
Forum: Australia
Nov 27th 2004, 10:34 am
Replies: 9
Views: 697
Posted By asfry

Re: Flights - Singapore direct or Travel Agent?

Best thing to do is to ring round to be honnest. Some travel agents we spoke to came up with better deals than we could find on net. In general we found the agents to be cheaper than going with the...
Forum: Australia
Nov 27th 2004, 10:30 am
Replies: 5
Views: 513
Posted By asfry

Re: Teaching in Brisbane?

Hi Vikk, I'm sure you'll be fine. My wife and I are leaving for Brissie in February and she'll be teaching infants too. If you wanna pm me I can pass her a message to get in touch, it'd be good for...
Forum: Australia
Nov 23rd 2004, 2:03 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 442
Posted By asfry

Re: hotels in singapore

The stamford is lovely. We stayed there last year and are staying there again this time in February when we set sail for pastures new in Brissie. it has it's own shopping centre attatched and has...
Forum: Australia
Aug 24th 2004, 2:20 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,198
Posted By asfry

Re: Singapore Airlines 777 fleet

Singapore Airlines Rock as do their 777's.

We've just booked out flights for February with SIA and actually changed the date we flew as the outgoing flight was a 747. They are old, uncomfortable,...
Forum: Australia
Aug 24th 2004, 12:34 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,364
Posted By asfry

Re: Problems with shippers?

We've had similar problems with movers. Our estimates have varied from 150 cubic feet to 300 cubic feet, twice as much!!

So far John Mason are looking the best, they are almost £300 cheaper than...
Forum: Australia
Aug 11th 2004, 9:03 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,053
Posted By asfry

Re: PSS can PSS off in our opinion.

We have called PSS 3 times now and got same response every time. Oh well, their loss!

We've been quoted very differing ammounts of space.
Britannia quoted 181 cubic feet, Intl. Moving Co. quoted...
Forum: Australia
Aug 11th 2004, 8:39 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,053
Posted By asfry

Re: PSS can PSS off in our opinion.

Hi Hels,

That makes our experiences so far sound ok in that case. How much cubic footage did you use and waht were you quoted if you don't mind my asking?

So far we've had John Mason,...
Forum: Australia
Aug 11th 2004, 8:10 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,053
Posted By asfry

Angry PSS can PSS off in our opinion.

We are in the middle of getting removals quotes in and have contacted several movers to get quotes.

PSS have rudely refused to send someone out to give us a quote as we are not doing a full...
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