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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Sep 20th 2005, 7:24 am
Replies: 28
Views: 3,206
Posted By Storini

Re: Is there anyone that DOES NOT want to come back to the UK?

bobbydavro1, if you have technical skills of some sort, then you could look at Sofia Antipolis in the South of France, just outside Nice. It's a kind of giant science park where many multinationals...
Forum: Australia
Sep 18th 2005, 9:59 am
Replies: 7
Views: 635
Posted By Storini

Re: Unoccupied UK property Insurance

This outfit has access to specialist underwriters for this sort of case: http://www.adrianflux.co.uk/household-detail.php
Forum: Australia
Sep 17th 2005, 10:29 am
Replies: 14
Views: 679
Posted By Storini

Re: Stop over - Where do you recommend?

Nothing wrong with Singers I reckon :) .

Inexpensive, polite, warm, not too polluted, efficient, interesting colonial legacy - Raffles etc
Forum: Australia
Sep 17th 2005, 4:29 am
Replies: 158
Views: 9,492
Posted By Storini

Re: What’s so negative about not liking Australia?

Hmmm, do you really want to do that? In a small town, it's not a good idea to make enemies of all your neighbours. Don't imagine that they're too hick to read the web...
Forum: Australia
Sep 17th 2005, 12:56 am
Replies: 4
Views: 497
Posted By Storini

New movie set in Oz outback - Wolf Creek

Just to put you off Oz even more, a new movie has been released in the UK called Wolf Creek. It's a horror shocker about two English backpackers and their Ozzie friend who drive off into the outback....
Forum: Australia
Sep 16th 2005, 11:14 am
Replies: 18
Views: 2,077
Posted By Storini

Re: What a RIP off

I think in Oz that the yearly vehicle registration fee includes compulsory third-party only insurance. I guess this is for vehicles driven with the owners consent by anyone with a valid driving...
Forum: Australia
Sep 16th 2005, 8:12 am
Replies: 13
Views: 818
Posted By Storini

Re: Dpes Your Home Have To Look Like Something Off The Tv?

If you've got a garden, don't have it looking like a tip, even if it could be tidied up easily by a buyer. It helps if they can see themselves sitting in it of a summer evening with a glass of wine.
Forum: Australia
Sep 16th 2005, 12:44 am
Replies: 6
Views: 522
Posted By Storini

Re: No pics please! (Spiders)

For the bigger ones you could try:
http://video.gprime.net/media/video/supersoakerflamethrower.wmv (also at http://gprime.net/video.php/supersoakerflamethrower )
Forum: Australia
Sep 16th 2005, 12:05 am
Replies: 6
Views: 522
Posted By Storini

Re: No pics please! (Spiders)

http://www.spidercatcher.com.au/
Forum: Australia
Sep 15th 2005, 10:54 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 807
Posted By Storini

Re: House Buying UK

http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/
House Price Crash.co.uk - Will there be a House Price Crash?
Forum: Australia
Sep 15th 2005, 9:39 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 684
Posted By Storini

Re: I know but?

http://www.karmanshipping.com/australia/australia.html
Car Shipping to Australia
http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=4371
Customs: importing a motor vehicle...
Forum: Australia
Sep 15th 2005, 11:01 am
Replies: 52
Views: 4,391
Posted By Storini

Re: can you post the best things about oz and living there

No Inheritance Tax in Oz. In the UK, when you die your assets are raped by the grasping state.
Forum: Australia
Sep 15th 2005, 8:21 am
Replies: 52
Views: 4,391
Posted By Storini

Re: can you post the best things about oz and living there

I also like the fact that every Oz townscape is distinctly different, quite unlike the corporatised "clone town centres" as is found all-too-frequently in the UK, where it's...
Forum: Australia
Sep 15th 2005, 5:59 am
Replies: 52
Views: 4,391
Posted By Storini

Re: can you post the best things about oz and living there

I do like the open-air swimming pools, nearly all 50m Olympic size, which are common in most Australian cities. You can see where the gold medals come from. In the whole of England there's only about...
Forum: Australia
Sep 14th 2005, 4:53 am
Replies: 23
Views: 1,579
Posted By Storini

Re: There is no wrong or 'right attitude'

Well said janeyray! I also saw the original discussion which triggered your post, and also found the comments in it really thoughtless and insensitive.
Forum: Australia
Sep 13th 2005, 11:41 am
Replies: 33
Views: 2,914
Posted By Storini

Re: If you go down to the beach today your in for a big surprise

Never seen one of these before: http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Creature-from-the-deep/2005/02/06/1107625063911.html
Forum: Australia
Sep 13th 2005, 10:06 am
Replies: 51
Views: 3,635
Posted By Storini

Re: What's the worst thing that can happen?

I suggest you read this post 325619 and the others in that forum ( http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=61 ) to get a bit of background.
Forum: Australia
Sep 13th 2005, 9:45 am
Replies: 8
Views: 911
Posted By Storini

Re: Nationwide Credit Card fraud

I hope you get support from the financial organisation over this matter. It seems that some banks basically put the onus on you to prove that you didn't act irresponsibly (which is effectively...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Sep 12th 2005, 9:21 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 457
Posted By Storini

Re: European light bulbs?

Yes, should be fine. Try a lighting store if no luck in supermarkets.
Forum: Australia
Sep 12th 2005, 9:12 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,457
Posted By Storini

Re: should we give up

Yes, definitely give it a go, it's worth it, Oz is a great country.

The key point I'd make is to ensure you pick the right place to move to in Oz, as the consequences of a wrong call on that...
Forum: Australia
Sep 12th 2005, 8:53 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,528
Posted By Storini

Re: Im not gonna KISS ass ! But...

Respect!
Forum: Australia
Sep 11th 2005, 9:55 am
Replies: 206
Views: 16,264
Posted By Storini

Re: see'ing the uk in a different light

Oh no. In the slippery sliminess stakes, UK wins hands down. Now, who could vote for:
John "Two Jags" Prescott: Deputy Prime Minister !!! Jeez !!!
"Buff" Hoon: the Defence Minister who "doesn't do...
Forum: Australia
Sep 11th 2005, 5:47 am
Replies: 85
Views: 6,940
Posted By Storini

Re: Well it's goodnight from me

Welcome back.

The man of few words.

But well-chosen ones.

:D
Forum: Australia
Sep 11th 2005, 5:42 am
Replies: 129
Views: 10,291
Posted By Storini

Re: Missing Tesco's ...

Yep, Iolair, that's globalisation for you, combined with a crazy EU food policy, and significant supermarket monopoly purchasing leverage. What you need to look out for are farmers' markets which are...
Forum: Australia
Sep 11th 2005, 4:17 am
Replies: 128
Views: 12,204
Posted By Storini

Re: Perth a personal view

The "other board" I referred to is this one: http://s3.invisionfree.com/ABCDiamond/index.php?act=idx , registration required.

It was set up after the last major flame war here claimed several...
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