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Forum: Australia
Dec 25th 2022, 7:05 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 3,472
Posted By BleughBleugh

Re: Dealing with Guilt of moving to Australia

Family is the hardest thing about moving 'somewhere else' -
BUT - be selfish, it's YOUR dream. For 'face to face', modern tech brings you Messenger, Whatsapp, Skype and a myriad of other ways of...
Forum: Australia
Nov 24th 2022, 7:23 am
Replies: 2
Views: 1,634
Posted By BleughBleugh

Re: Repaying UK student loan from Australia

do you still have a UK bank account?
You'll have to transfer from your AU to UK on occasion,
then pay loans from that transfer

i.e. if your loan = £200 a month, Transfer over £3k in one go, then...
Forum: Australia
Nov 22nd 2022, 10:10 am
Replies: 4
Views: 771
Posted By BleughBleugh

Re: Is there a medical in the PR to citizenship application?

Never used to be. from memory it's just 20 questions on a computer for the citizenship test, took about 6 minutes back a decade ago when i did mine
Forum: Australia
Oct 20th 2022, 7:53 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,226
Posted By BleughBleugh

Re: Current Luggage allowances for 1 way to AU

Not the best of advice really -
we're a family of 4, moving into a large house....
we'll NEED 'stuff' immediatley!

obs we'll buy 'stuff' there - but that first week's gonna be painful with no...
Forum: Australia
Oct 19th 2022, 8:18 am
Replies: 5
Views: 1,157
Posted By BleughBleugh

Re: Letting property in Aus whilst resident UK

it's the 'after expenses' thing that's vague - UK no longer allows mortgage relief - whereas AU does....
i.e. in Oz, if your rental is $1000 a week, and mortgage is $1000 a week, you have no...
Forum: Australia
Oct 17th 2022, 9:59 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,395
Posted By BleughBleugh

Re: Primary Schools - What's the go? - two kids

thankyou :-)
Forum: Australia
Oct 14th 2022, 2:52 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,157
Posted By BleughBleugh

Re: Letting property in Aus whilst resident UK

Have a nose at the below, I asked a similar question
https://britishexpats.com/forum/australia-54/property-taxes-au-uk-945750/

To add extra information,
AU and UK have a bilateral tax...
Forum: Australia
Oct 14th 2022, 10:48 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,395
Posted By BleughBleugh

Re: Primary Schools - What's the go? - two kids

Thankyou - How well do the year levels align?
how old are the kids in the years?

One kid - Year 6 UK (he'll be 11 in April) - He's not particularly academic
One kid - Year 3 UK (she'll be 8 in...
Forum: Australia
Oct 13th 2022, 5:09 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,226
Posted By BleughBleugh

Re: Current Luggage allowances for 1 way to AU

not really too fussed really RE airports,
so we’re looking really where the best combo of airline / convenience is
Forum: Australia
Oct 12th 2022, 12:22 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,226
Posted By BleughBleugh

Re: Current Luggage allowances for 1 way to AU

Just to help, have googled it a bit,
long process now to decide which airport to fly from (i'm in Manchester, there's 4 of us), where to stop over at, and for how long!
Singapore Air – standard is...
Forum: Australia
Oct 12th 2022, 10:54 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,226
Posted By BleughBleugh

Current Luggage allowances for 1 way to AU

Hi All,
Back in 2006 when I first moved down under for a decade, some airlines offered double luggage allowance for 1 way / emmigratoin tickets (singapore air i think was the one I used)
are any...
Forum: Australia
Oct 12th 2022, 9:12 am
Replies: 11
Views: 3,304
Posted By BleughBleugh

Re: Uk to oz shipping container cost ATM

Closer to £10k for a 20 foot
closer to £20k for a 40 foot

that's a generic google search average and a few phone calls
from AU to UK, it was about $25K AUD for a 40ft 6 years ago
Forum: Australia
Oct 12th 2022, 9:04 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,395
Posted By BleughBleugh

Re: Primary Schools - What's the go? - two kids

NSW!, thanks for that, forgot to add it. We own a property there that we'll be moving back into (rented it out for 6 years whilst we came to the UK) so we can hit the floor running...
Forum: Australia
Oct 11th 2022, 3:21 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 730
Posted By BleughBleugh

Re: Property Taxes - From AU to UK

THANKYOU for your reply...

it won't be taxed in AU as it's less than the AU threshold anyway
from what I can make out t's being directly assesed as UK income it seems
i.e. if we have $10,000 AUD...
Forum: Australia
Oct 11th 2022, 3:08 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 2,913
Posted By BleughBleugh

Re: Family of 5 with a 4 year plan :)

can't help you with current costs, but when I moved 16 years ago, I just took suitcases and rented part furnished!.
Lived there for 10 years, moved to UK 6 years ago, now moving back to central...
Forum: Australia
Oct 11th 2022, 2:51 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 2,771
Posted By BleughBleugh

Re: Selling property in Australia whilst living in the UK

it's even worse, Mortgage rate relief ends in April, meaning UK gov needs ALL income declared , and taxable. Currently going through the ringer with them RE allowable expenses, etc,
but, it's...
Forum: Australia
Oct 11th 2022, 2:49 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 2,723
Posted By BleughBleugh

Re: Bring TV to Australia

I bought a 12 year old UA55C7000 samsung from AU to UK,,,,
some freeview channels work, BUT, time zone couldn't be set properly meaning most wont...

BUT, don't really worry about Free to air,...
Forum: Australia
Oct 11th 2022, 2:47 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 730
Posted By BleughBleugh

Property Taxes - From AU to UK

Hi All,
bit of a complex one - I own property in AU,
currently live in UK
BUT , come april, Mortgage relief is fully removed...

who's in a similar situation RE tax? -
simplistically, it looks...
Forum: Australia
Oct 11th 2022, 2:43 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,395
Posted By BleughBleugh

Primary Schools - What's the go? - two kids

Hi All,
Moving back to Australia, will have two primary schoolers moving with me,
has anyone registered their kids into AU school from the UK?
what's the process?
Forum: Australia
Oct 11th 2022, 2:42 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 3,304
Posted By BleughBleugh

Re: Uk to oz shipping container cost ATM

Cost is between £10-19K for a 20-40foot container.
Most UK peeps would fit in a 20ft

When i first moved downunder 16 years ago, (for 10 years) I sold everything - took nothing
moving back, we...
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