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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 18th 2025, 12:42 pm
Replies: 54
Views: 13,641
Posted By neil248

Re: Uk holiday after 6 years away

My favourite place on our travels was Bath, but Shrewsbury, York and Chester would all be good places to live
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 15th 2025, 2:51 pm
Replies: 54
Views: 13,641
Posted By neil248

Re: Uk holiday after 6 years away

We are now back from Christmas and new year visiting family and a tour of England and Wales. My original post implied that mainly due to news media and various YouTube channels that I was genuinely...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Dec 20th 2024, 7:33 am
Replies: 54
Views: 13,641
Posted By neil248

Re: Uk holiday after 6 years away

Hi, thank you for the link, some interesting posts although the whole subject is a little daunting. HMRC estimate a reply around 30th Dec as to whether I can make up lost years. That will make nice...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 15th 2024, 6:31 pm
Replies: 54
Views: 13,641
Posted By neil248

Re: Uk holiday after 6 years away

Hello,
Not long until our trip back home. Does anybody have experience of the journey from Bath to Tremadog /Porthmadog using mainly the A40 and A470 through wales. Should be around 4.5 hrs, would...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 5th 2024, 5:47 pm
Replies: 54
Views: 13,641
Posted By neil248

Re: Uk holiday after 6 years away

Thank you for the suggestion but the prime motive for visiting is to see family and also take my partner on a chocolate box tour of England and wales. I am pretty sure there will be no issues in the...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 3rd 2024, 1:52 pm
Replies: 54
Views: 13,641
Posted By neil248

Re: Uk holiday after 6 years away

Years and years ago I ferried a few prisoners from Shrewsbury prison to various magistrates courts and generally back again. Scouse criminals would travel from Liverpool to North Wales in order to...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 3rd 2024, 1:27 pm
Replies: 54
Views: 13,641
Posted By neil248

Re: Uk holiday after 6 years away

LOL we had many family holidays as a child in North Wales and still remember an instance of this in a shop in Harlech. It is only partly true though because if Bed and Breakfast is mentioned then...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 3rd 2024, 1:14 pm
Replies: 54
Views: 13,641
Posted By neil248

Re: Uk holiday after 6 years away

You are correct, I don’t know those particular people but do watch Honest Places in which a young guy visits rough areas finding pubs for a pint of Guinness complete with prices, quality etc which...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 3rd 2024, 12:08 pm
Replies: 54
Views: 13,641
Posted By neil248

Re: Uk holiday after 6 years away

Apologies for my lazy writing in the original post compared to the effort put into some of the replies. North Wales is definitely not in England and I have tongue in cheek primed my Australian...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 2nd 2024, 7:42 pm
Replies: 54
Views: 13,641
Posted By neil248

Uk holiday after 6 years away

We are visiting the uk this Christmas and new year from Australia. Unfortunately many of my you tube and news feeds paint a fairly grim picture of the country at present. Will England be roughly the...
Forum: Australia
Mar 19th 2017, 10:45 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 1,883
Posted By neil248

Re: Can Anyone Reccomend An Internet Provider For Varsity Lakes - Gold Coast

My ex wife had exactly the same problem in Varsity. Telstra may be your only option, she joined the queue until a port was available. Once you have that you may find the internet is still extremely...
Forum: Australia
Jun 2nd 2015, 8:15 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 4,010
Posted By neil248

Re: Speeding tickets in QLD - car owner in NSW (and away for looong time)

Hope the rego does not expire while they are away, the courts love that one.
Forum: Australia
May 30th 2015, 9:47 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 3,079
Posted By neil248

Re: Somerset College: feedback wanted

Hi, I am not politically correct so please take what I write with a pinch of salt and can only give our experience as I see it. We are working class and had no intention of private schools etc when...
Forum: Australia
May 30th 2015, 6:34 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 3,079
Posted By neil248

Re: Somerset College: feedback wanted

Where the rich kids go so good for your children's social networking and great facilities on a large campus. My own daughter goes to QAHS sister school to QASMT which definitely captures private...
Forum: Australia
Feb 24th 2014, 6:55 pm
Replies: 88
Views: 11,161
Posted By neil248

Re: UK High Schools or Australian High Schools

Very interesting, I would have thought it better to have you child in a class of like minded peers and have a quality experience at school rather than be a so called big fish amongst a bunch of...
Forum: Australia
Feb 23rd 2014, 6:58 am
Replies: 88
Views: 11,161
Posted By neil248

Re: UK High Schools or Australian High Schools

As someone else has said if your child is above average ability or in qld you just want them to read and write you will certainly be considering private education which knocks quite a hole in your...
Forum: Australia
Feb 22nd 2014, 2:42 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 3,724
Posted By neil248

Re: Public Education, Healthcare, and Safety

Find out how many teachers at your local state school send their own children to private schools. That may give you an idea of the state system.
Forum: Australia
Jan 24th 2014, 10:02 am
Replies: 9
Views: 14,956
Posted By neil248

Re: moving to australia as a driving instructor

LOL had to laugh, driving instructors, there can't be any here.

Seriously it would save lives if Australia imported a few UK driving instructors.
Forum: Australia
Jan 24th 2014, 9:55 am
Replies: 23
Views: 2,630
Posted By neil248

Re: Medic on the Gold Coast -HELP!!!

Do a physical job in 35 degrees on a humid day without issues. Apart from hail wrecking your car the climate is perfect for humans.

The Gold Coast is so diverse it can be as boisterous as you want...
Forum: Australia
Dec 1st 2013, 7:18 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 2,900
Posted By neil248

Re: Schooling in QLD.

But Hey this is QLD, always with a surprise and the government provides The Queensland Academies, state schools but not quite as you know it so there is hope if your kid wants to learn.
Forum: Australia
Nov 30th 2013, 11:12 am
Replies: 15
Views: 2,983
Posted By neil248

Re: families splitting up in oz

what a thread, this has happened to us after being here 7 years. Still think moving here was the best thing we did. We are citizens and this is now home and being in Australia has not had anything to...
Forum: Australia
Nov 27th 2013, 8:44 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 2,900
Posted By neil248

Re: Schooling in QLD.

Why would 35% of children end up in private education, actually it's not rocket science to work out why.

The head teacher and governors can control what goes on in their school and the parents...
Forum: Australia
Nov 27th 2013, 7:07 am
Replies: 15
Views: 2,900
Posted By neil248

Re: Schooling in QLD.

It will be luck of the draw, don't be surprised if you find an overwhelming desire to get your child out of the state system.
Forum: Australia
Aug 12th 2013, 7:41 pm
Replies: 55
Views: 9,121
Posted By neil248

Re: Goldcoast!!

My thoughts exactly as I pressed the submit reply button :)
Forum: Australia
Aug 12th 2013, 8:14 am
Replies: 55
Views: 9,121
Posted By neil248

Re: Goldcoast!!

What locals, the type who have nothing better to do than write to the Bulletin!

The bulletin features the same tattooed idiots making their court appearances over and over.

What stats, the...
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