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Forum: Australia
Dec 1st 2006, 2:04 am
Replies: 57
Views: 2,773
Posted By kaiajo

Re: No Foxtel in the whole of Australia right now

My hubby can't cope without it either. Golf, golf and more golf! And then he has the cheek to make comments about me always being on my laptop :confused:
Nov 2nd 2006, 10:03 am
Replies: 52
Views: 3,594
Posted By kaiajo

Re: Well Uk beckons and its goodbye time

I wish you loads of luck on your return to the UK. I'm sure that you do great - please come back on when you get back home and keep us posted on how you are doing over there. :) Enjoy the curry on...
Forum: Australia
Oct 29th 2006, 2:23 am
Replies: 21
Views: 2,159
Posted By kaiajo

Re: plumbing in Brisbane

Well done on getting work so quickly - am really chuffed for you.

But why say that what you read is crap. Do you really think that people come on here and just fabricate stories for the sheer...
Forum: Australia
Oct 28th 2006, 10:21 am
Replies: 414
Views: 23,292
Posted By kaiajo

Re: The OFFICIAL what I don't like about Oz thread

Good post and I agree with you entirely - and it isn't always it's the Australian's who jump down your throat the minute you dare say anything negative. There are some British expats on here too who...
Forum: Australia
Oct 24th 2006, 11:57 am
Replies: 414
Views: 23,292
Posted By kaiajo

Re: The OFFICIAL what I don't like about Oz thread

Havent replied to this earlier as I haven't been on here much over the past few days, but thought that I should respond as I'm being told I talk tosh....

I suppose that the Bicycle Victoria...
Forum: Australia
Oct 23rd 2006, 7:44 am
Forum: Australia
Oct 23rd 2006, 7:16 am
Replies: 126
Views: 6,231
Posted By kaiajo

Re: Negativeness.....

Agreed. I can't understand why people become so personal and nasty at such minor issues either. And when the title of the thread is "What you don't like about Oz" what are we expected to write - a...
Forum: Australia
Oct 22nd 2006, 9:35 pm
Replies: 414
Views: 23,292
Posted By kaiajo

Re: The OFFICIAL what I don't like about Oz thread

And if I lived in the city/St Kilda, Chapel, Street, Brunswick Street, Docklands Prahran that would be lovely wouldn't it???????????

But unfortunately I dont so I have to make a long journey to...
Forum: Australia
Oct 22nd 2006, 9:10 pm
Replies: 414
Views: 23,292
Posted By kaiajo

Re: The OFFICIAL what I don't like about Oz thread

Spot on. The city is great - so vibrant with loads to do - if I could afford to live in/nearer to the city I wouldn't complain at all as it has everything, it's a lovely city with lots of shops,...
Oct 21st 2006, 10:56 am
Replies: 19
Views: 3,389
Posted By kaiajo

Re: another one going home

Hi there - I don't know you, but wish you lots of luck. We too haven't really settled here so are seriously considering going back soon. Let us all know how you get on.
Forum: Australia
Oct 21st 2006, 10:13 am
Replies: 414
Views: 23,292
Posted By kaiajo

Re: The OFFICIAL what I don't like about Oz thread

I think where I come from, they must all be lazy buggers cos I've never seen as many cyclists in my life. I drive down the beach Rd to Melbourne each morning and there are zillions of them - horrible...
Forum: Australia
Oct 21st 2006, 1:53 am
Replies: 108
Views: 6,732
Posted By kaiajo

Re: The OFFICIAL what I do like about Oz thread

The weather
Pleasant people

Sorry can't think of anything else
Forum: Australia
Oct 21st 2006, 1:47 am
Replies: 414
Views: 23,292
Posted By kaiajo

Re: The OFFICIAL what I don't like about Oz thread

Blokes with silly partial beards
People going shopping in bare feet - why?????
Obsession with coffee
Crap supermarkets
Cyclists - I'm sick of looking at lycra arses
Australia is the best place...
Oct 18th 2006, 10:57 am
Replies: 178
Views: 10,544
Posted By kaiajo

Re: Why would you move back to the UK?

For us it's the crap wages and high cost of living here compared to what we had in the UK. It's a nice enough place even if it is a bit behind the times, but nice don't pay our bills. Glad you are...
Oct 18th 2006, 10:51 am
Replies: 375
Views: 21,877
Posted By kaiajo

Re: What was the final straw for you?

When I checked my bank balance !!!!!!!!!!!!! :scared:
Forum: Australia
Oct 16th 2006, 12:00 pm
Replies: 111
Views: 7,037
Posted By kaiajo

Re: reasons for leaving the uk

So because none of your friends do it, it doesn't exist. Wake up for goodness sakes, Australia has a massive drugs problem - same as the rest of the world. I was only reading in the Herald the other...
Sep 20th 2006, 9:04 am
Replies: 2
Views: 371
Posted By kaiajo

Re: Question about Parent Visa

Thanks for the information Jim and I'll certainly check out the thread.
Sep 20th 2006, 2:30 am
Replies: 2
Views: 371
Posted By kaiajo

Question about Parent Visa

I would be really grateful if anyone could please advise me on the requirements of the Contributory Parent Visa.

I've been onto the immi website and found that the balance of family test is...
Sep 12th 2006, 10:08 am
Replies: 36
Views: 4,708
Posted By kaiajo

Re: Been back 8 weeks

Great post and so reassuring - we are considering leaving Oz and returning to the UK after just 10 months here and it's more daunting than moving out here was. It's great to know that you feel so...
Forum: Australia
Aug 19th 2006, 11:32 am
Replies: 46
Views: 3,076
Posted By kaiajo

Re: Why isn't England Enough

You also need to be careful about moving to the other side of the world with an older teenager. Our 17 year old had just started A levels when we came out here - she stuck it out for six weeks before...
Forum: Australia
Aug 17th 2006, 12:27 pm
Replies: 110
Views: 6,735
Posted By kaiajo

Re: how many brickies are on here.

I've just shown your post to my hubbie as it is virtually word for word what he has told me about the sites that he's worked on down here in Melbourne - long hours, poor pay, health & safety a joke -...
Forum: Australia
Aug 17th 2006, 5:49 am
Replies: 110
Views: 6,735
Posted By kaiajo

Re: how many brickies are on here.

Think I may have to try plying a new trade around St Kilda in the evenings maybe ;)
Forum: Australia
Aug 17th 2006, 1:50 am
Replies: 110
Views: 6,735
Posted By kaiajo

Re: how many brickies are on here.

We stopped converting the minute we started earning here. Simple fact is in real terms that before we came, we had several holidays every year at least one of which was always to Florida, we enjoyed...
Forum: Australia
Aug 16th 2006, 9:41 pm
Replies: 110
Views: 6,735
Posted By kaiajo

Re: how many brickies are on here.

My hubbie has been a brickie for 20+ years and has worked in both UK and Australia. He says that there is only one incentive to spending your days working like a dog. Money. Unfortunately you can't...
Forum: Australia
Aug 16th 2006, 4:46 am
Replies: 110
Views: 6,735
Posted By kaiajo

Re: how many brickies are on here.

We certainly wish that we had known exactly how it is. Only then can you make an informed decision. It's really difficult though to find acurate information as in the building industry everything is...
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