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Forum: The Barbie
Feb 11th 2007, 11:08 pm
Replies: 2,593
Views: 150,420
Posted By ClareW

Re: Spouse Visa Circle - join here!

Hi. I'm Clare. English married to an Aussie with two dual citizenship kids. We've been in Australia for 16 months - living in Sandgate, north Brisbane - loving it, loving it, loving it.
Forum: Australia
Oct 21st 2006, 8:01 pm
Replies: 119
Views: 25,452
Posted By ClareW

Re: Update - New Citizenship Residence Requirement

I would like to be able to vote so that I can have some say in how my tax dollars are spent, on issues that will affect my kids as they grow etc etc etc. Social responsibility innit. Should be...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 4th 2006, 3:12 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 646
Posted By ClareW

Re: QLD ladies please help

It can be really cold first thing in the morning in the winter and some evenings can be a bit chill. Remember the houses here are built to keep cool, not to stay warm and you'll find that it's...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 2nd 2006, 11:53 pm
Replies: 59
Views: 2,819
Posted By ClareW

Re: Which route did you fly to Oz and did you stopover?

We came via the states. Flew London to New York, spent a couple of days with mates in Manhattan then took the train up the Hudson Valley and across to Niagara for a couple of days then hired a car...
Forum: Australia
Aug 26th 2006, 11:21 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 2,417
Posted By ClareW

Re: crunch time !! Sydney or Brisbane

Again, a biased response but Brissie Brissie Brissie.

Don't get me wrong, Sydney is fantastic - beautiful, busy, cosmopolitan etc etc etc. but a bit like living in London. And house prices are...
Forum: The Barbie
Aug 14th 2006, 10:42 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 1,470
Posted By ClareW

Re: Trampolines for the kids in Brisbane?

You can order them through K Mart (they don't have them in the shop but you can get them there) or Toys R Us and probably Big W.

:)
Forum: Australia
Aug 14th 2006, 10:23 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 1,422
Posted By ClareW

Re: question for those with 'Wiggles' fans....

I think it's called the Quack Quack song (quack quack quack quack quack cockadoodle doo!!).

Nothing wrong with the Wiggles.
Forum: Australia
Jul 29th 2006, 10:44 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,651
Posted By ClareW

Re: Married an ozzie girl, anyone else or is it just me?

I was given a permanent resident visa straight away. Probably because I'd been with my aussie for 10 years when the application went in, married for 7 and have two kids, who we'd already registered...
Forum: The Barbie
Jun 15th 2006, 11:17 am
Replies: 21
Views: 1,287
Posted By ClareW

Re: Cultcha?

All of the Australian Capitals have active arts scenes - you can't move for Festivals of this that and the other in Brisbane!!

Check out the Aussie goverment's cultural and recreation website for...
Forum: Australia
Jun 15th 2006, 11:06 am
Replies: 142
Views: 11,776
Posted By ClareW

Re: My children's education.....will it suffer

We have so much more involvement in the school here than in the UK. Going into the classrooms is actively encouraged - either just to drop them off in the morning, to see work, to chat with the...
Forum: The Barbie
Jun 9th 2006, 11:10 pm
Replies: 71
Views: 3,767
Posted By ClareW

Re: Just so thick!

And there are no idiots in the UK, or anywhere else in the world, I guess. People's the same all over the world, mate. Good & bad. Educated, uneducated. Naturally gifted, sadly lacking. I'm...
Forum: The Barbie
Jun 8th 2006, 12:01 pm
Replies: 218
Views: 50,563
Posted By ClareW

Re: how do you kill a cane toad??

A cricket bat works well. My other half and his family used to compete to see how far they could hit them off the side of a hill (on a farm). A car is also effective. :)
Forum: The Barbie
May 25th 2006, 9:11 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 1,246
Posted By ClareW

Re: How Did They Get Away With Murder?

Am I missing the point here? Was Tony Blair wielding the knife? Surely the blame lies with a zillion other people before you get to the Prime Minister.......
Forum: The Barbie
May 25th 2006, 9:09 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 1,331
Posted By ClareW

Re: Acclimatising to Australia....

So? Different country, different style.
Forum: The Barbie
May 16th 2006, 4:20 pm
Replies: 65
Views: 4,661
Posted By ClareW

Re: Australian bands of merit worth a mention?

Rogue Traders - not too bad (lots & lots of punky/New Wave influences).

The Cockroaches - from whose ashes The Wiggles rose.........
Forum: Australia
May 12th 2006, 11:18 am
Replies: 24
Views: 1,847
Posted By ClareW

Re: Fridges and freezers

I rang the manufacturers of my fridge and asked them to send a letter confirming the CFC status on headed paper which I copied, stuck a copy on the fridge and kept a copy for the Aussie authorities...
Forum: Australia
May 9th 2006, 3:59 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 4,434
Posted By ClareW

Re: Moving to Brisbane - where is the best place to be?

Maybe not Aspley....... :p
Forum: Australia
May 7th 2006, 11:21 am
Replies: 8
Views: 683
Posted By ClareW

Re: Travel Inurance for visit to Uk

Sorry...... forgot the link!!

https://www.travelinsuranceaustralia.com.au/travel/
Forum: Australia
May 7th 2006, 11:20 am
Replies: 8
Views: 683
Posted By ClareW

Re: Travel Inurance for visit to Uk

Try this link. Some reasonable prices but check the small print for what's covered. Some of the budget ones cover practically nothing.......!
Forum: Australia
Apr 27th 2006, 11:13 am
Replies: 165
Views: 14,034
Posted By ClareW

Re: Would you give up being an British Citizen to become Australian Citizen

Likewise. Still love England, never going to stop being English but I'll happily take dual nationality once I've done enough time here. The only time I'd be concerned about it would be for my...
Forum: The Barbie
Apr 26th 2006, 12:28 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,031
Posted By ClareW

Re: DVD player in car for kids

One of the best things for travelling with kids ever. We drove across the States on our way to Aus. The kids had music in the mornings and a film in the afternoons. Fantastic. Ours was just a...
Forum: The Barbie
Apr 6th 2006, 3:02 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 782
Posted By ClareW

Re: 40th Birthday - present ideas please

My husband found me a place where I could hand feed a tiger (in the UK but there may be similar things here).

A fab experience that will never be forgotten.

He also made me a photo montage of...
Forum: Australia
Apr 6th 2006, 12:14 am
Replies: 53
Views: 4,724
Posted By ClareW

Re: Spiders aarghhh!

Friend was telling me of a cockroach coming up into the bath through the plug so I decided not to take any chances.
Forum: Australia
Apr 4th 2006, 7:27 pm
Replies: 53
Views: 4,724
Posted By ClareW

Re: Spiders aarghhh!

Get a good pest company in to treat your house regularly (spraying round skirting boards, doorways, under cupboards etc etc) and you shouldn't have too much problem indoors. This should keep away...
Forum: Australia
Mar 22nd 2006, 10:15 am
Replies: 26
Views: 1,927
Posted By ClareW

Re: taking tv to oz

If your tvs are digital, you can buy a set top box (about $100 to about $500). Aus is due to go digital soonish so would be worth taking digital tvs.....
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