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Forum: Australia
Feb 4th 2006, 9:12 am
Replies: 25
Views: 1,377
Posted By TheRossers

Unhappy Re: Anyone put house on the market before got visa?!????

Hi
We put our house on the market 5 months before we got our visa.
We have now been in Australia for 6 months and our house is still not sold!
It is standing empty, but have wonderful neighbours...
Forum: Australia
Feb 3rd 2006, 9:39 pm
Replies: 197
Views: 8,133
Posted By TheRossers

Re: Friday the 13th!! Unlucky for some???

OMG, Rooksie mate so glad I found this post!!!!!!
Excellent news, just sorry it's taken me so long to get back on the forum and find out. I'm so pleased for you mate especially after all you've been...
Forum: Australia
Dec 28th 2005, 1:11 am
Replies: 4
Views: 529
Posted By TheRossers

First Christmas in Oz

Hello, just had our first Xmas in Oz. Totally different, really good and a bit sad.
Woke up to bright sunshine, and after opening prezzies went down to the beach for our lunch. Packed a picnic, lots...
Forum: Australia
Dec 16th 2005, 11:21 am
Replies: 222
Views: 9,109
Posted By TheRossers

Re: Oh great - NOT

Coffs is great, a little hard to find work but someone was smiling on me that day, started off as a casual sales on the Monday and ended up as manager of a computer store by Wednesday. That was about...
Forum: Australia
Dec 16th 2005, 11:02 am
Replies: 222
Views: 9,109
Posted By TheRossers

Re: Oh great - NOT

Hi Rooksie, really sorry to see this thread. I haven't been on for ages (it happens when you start working again) and thought I'd just check up to see if you'd got your visa yet. I hope it all goes...
Forum: Australia
Oct 14th 2005, 6:24 am
Replies: 21
Views: 1,503
Posted By TheRossers

Re: Our first 5 weeks in Oz....

Well done guys, glad to hear it's all going along nicely. I think the best bit is when little Miss R comes home from school and talks to me and is already picking up the accent.
I started with the...
Forum: Australia
Oct 14th 2005, 6:15 am
Replies: 7
Views: 664
Posted By TheRossers

Re: Trying to get broadband.

F.W.I.W. I switched us from Bigpond (should really be 'Big waste of time/rip off pond') to Exetel. With Bigpond we had 512/64 with a 500MB download limit (which we had used within 2 weeks), for...
Forum: Australia
Oct 14th 2005, 5:58 am
Replies: 63
Views: 3,831
Posted By TheRossers

Re: we're here!

Hey hey, welcome to Oz Bridiej. So glad that you finally made it. Makes all that stressing seem worthwhile doesn't it?
Here's hoping it's all you want it to be. We are still loving it 8 weeks on!...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Oct 9th 2005, 10:40 am
Replies: 2
Views: 397
Posted By TheRossers

Re: IT Outsourcing

Hi Alok, so long as you are prepared to be based in one of the major cities (Sydney, Brisbane, Perth etc) you'll probably be OK. Outside of that forget it. I'm finding it very dificult to get an IT...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Oct 9th 2005, 10:33 am
Replies: 18
Views: 838
Posted By TheRossers

Re: Australian citizenship as an adult via parent?

I may be wrong on this but when I looked into it, citizenship by descent has to be at birth (ie the parent(s) have to be Australian citizens when the child is born). One of the mods (JAJ etc) may be...
Forum: Australia
Oct 9th 2005, 10:10 am
Replies: 10
Views: 802
Posted By TheRossers

Re: Been here 1 month today

Good on yer Marie, glad to hear it's going OK. We've been here nearly 8 weeks now and love it just as much as day one. Good luck with the work, if I remember rightly your a scissor jockey just like...
Forum: Australia
Oct 9th 2005, 10:00 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,088
Posted By TheRossers

Re: First Interview!!!

Best of luck to him. If it's anything like my interview last Tuesday, the guy read a load of questions off 3 sheets of A4 (some he skipped) and rigidly stuck to his 30 minute slot. No discussions on...
Forum: Australia
Oct 8th 2005, 12:48 pm
Replies: 34
Views: 1,639
Posted By TheRossers

Re: I got my first parking ticket $63........

We have it completely different (in Woolgoolga/Coffs Harbour, anyway) the closer you get to the street cafe's then you have to park nose in (something to do with petrol fumes and latte's not mixing),...
Forum: Australia
Oct 8th 2005, 12:37 pm
Replies: 59
Views: 3,563
Posted By TheRossers

Re: The Mozzies Are Back !!!!!!

I wouldn't know, I gave up tasting old ladies when I got over my mature woman fetish :D :D :D :D
Forum: Australia
Oct 8th 2005, 11:48 am
Replies: 59
Views: 3,563
Posted By TheRossers

Re: The Mozzies Are Back !!!!!!

It's great when you drink it 'cos your breath smells of lavender so nobody knows you're a drunk....... except for when you fall down :D
Forum: Australia
Oct 8th 2005, 11:44 am
Replies: 1
Views: 415
Posted By TheRossers

We just bought our first car

Yep, The Rossers will be mobile as of Tuesday next week (saves us having to use Dads car all the time).
As we haven't sold our house in the UK yet we have had to go for the cheaper option, we will...
Forum: Australia
Oct 8th 2005, 11:07 am
Replies: 59
Views: 3,563
Posted By TheRossers

Re: The Mozzies Are Back !!!!!!

Mrs R suffers from all things 'bitey' and has now discovered the cure. It was in a local paper,
1 cup (measure) of water
1 tablespoon of Vodka (can use meths as an alternative)
10 - 15 drops of...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Sep 22nd 2005, 9:03 am
Replies: 19
Views: 1,697
Posted By TheRossers

Re: More on Citizenship Reforms

But why 3 years????

To us moving out here (admittedly we have only been here 5 weeks) was the start of our new life. We are 100% comitted to becoming Australians and were counting down the weeks...
Forum: Australia
Sep 21st 2005, 1:26 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 2,535
Posted By TheRossers

Re: Before you leave the UK, get your teeth fixed...

As far as I'm aware you can't claim it back on Medicare, but I've kept the reciept if somebody can prove me wrong. The dentist was fine, it just seems bloody expensive to me, especially when you...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Sep 21st 2005, 1:19 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 1,722
Posted By TheRossers

Re: Zippede do dah, zippede ah....We Got It!!!!!

Many Congrats mate, what a great feeling eh. Second only to landing in Oz and stepping out of the airport into the sunshine. Enjoy the celebrations
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Sep 21st 2005, 1:12 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 811
Posted By TheRossers

Re: Agents rip off costs......arghhhh

Postage for a standard letter to the UK is $1.80.
Welcome to the Australian way (it's not just agents, but thay are a bunch of b@$!ards anyway) it seems over here everybody is out to make as much...
Forum: Australia
Sep 21st 2005, 1:06 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 681
Posted By TheRossers

Re: Points reduced ??

She'll be right (translated - You should be OK), best of luck.
Forum: Australia
Sep 21st 2005, 1:00 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 681
Posted By TheRossers

Re: Points reduced ??

How many points do you have Jane? 'Cos it wouldn't matter if you have 150, so long as you've got the 120 that's all that matters, the extra 30 points would count for nothing.
Forum: Australia
Sep 21st 2005, 12:53 pm
Replies: 262
Views: 18,915
Posted By TheRossers

Re: How is your house sale going??

We have been on the market since Feb 2005. Had 3 viewings and dropped the price 3 times. We are now at the 'will consider reasonable offers' stage. We are now living in Oz and granting power of...
Forum: Australia
Sep 21st 2005, 12:49 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 2,535
Posted By TheRossers

Unhappy Before you leave the UK, get your teeth fixed...

Not such a good day today.

The Rosser family went to register with a dentist today (we always used to go every 6 months in the UK). We are now $300.00 lighter!!

I haven't had anything done on...
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