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Forum: Australia
Aug 30th 2008, 8:10 pm
Replies: 116
Views: 15,908
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Re: Boring Canberra

Hi Coppa,

All jokes aside thinking Canberra is for us. Any advise on good suburbs/bad suburbs? Couple (no kids and no plans for) and 2 (indoor) cats. Like QUIET, and nice restaurants.

Stella
Forum: The Barbie
Aug 30th 2008, 8:05 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 499
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Ellos Canberra

Hiya all,

It's been a while. Dare i say a year or more. Bert and I have been in Hervey Bay for coming up 2 years. We moved here from Mackay in October 06, and since then have bought a house (07)...
Forum: Australia
Sep 2nd 2007, 3:07 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,690
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Re: PC In garage? too hot, too many crawlies?

Well its a risk anywhere, but I repaired a friends PC the other day. The symptoms were crashing frequently, the cause a dead fan in the power supply. The reason, yup one very fried and crispy gecko.
Forum: Australia
Aug 29th 2007, 1:33 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,013
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Re: Does anyone ever get the ADSL speed that they pay for?

You need to check that its not anything to do with your wiring in your house. ADSL2 is very sensitive to bad wiring, and it could be something as simple as a poor connection in one of the phone...
Forum: The Barbie
Aug 23rd 2007, 7:15 pm
Replies: 70
Views: 5,041
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Re: Anyone else in the middle of a friggin cyclone???

Hervey Bay got an absolute smashing late this morning, never seen wind and rain like it. Only just got power back, lots of trees and power lines down. One of the local delivery guys got a wheelie bin...
Forum: Australia
Aug 22nd 2007, 10:59 am
Replies: 45
Views: 5,965
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Re: Hervey Bay

Mackay is a funny town due to the mining boom, the accommodation shortage and high prices are a massive issue and anyone heading there needs to be fully aware of just how bad it is. When we arrived...
Forum: Australia
Aug 20th 2007, 1:15 pm
Replies: 47
Views: 4,618
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Re: Making the move without being ther before

We moved without Bert ever having been here, but then we cheated a bit as Stella is from Sydney. That said best decision we ever made, after dodging the bombings in London, a great job and career was...
Forum: Australia
Aug 20th 2007, 1:01 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 5,965
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Re: Hervey Bay

Maryborough is about 25-30 minutes drive from Hervey Bay, about 40km,and there is no way you would want to cycle there. The road out from Hervey Bay to the main road is pretty rural and is 100km...
Forum: The Barbie
Aug 14th 2007, 8:00 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 775
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Re: Hervey Bay - reminder of how lucky we are!

I'm looking forward to that too! I've heard it's good so off to check it out ourselves on the weekend. I'm a taurus so anything food related I'm there!
Forum: The Barbie
Aug 14th 2007, 7:59 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 775
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Re: Hervey Bay - reminder of how lucky we are!

Yes it was the Blessing of the Fleet on Sunday. We were lucky to be on one of the boats so we came in after the watch, one boat at a time and each did a 360 turn in front of the minister who blesses...
Forum: The Barbie
Aug 13th 2007, 9:37 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 775
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Thumbs up Hervey Bay - reminder of how lucky we are!

Hi All,

As some of you know we've lived in Hervey Bay now for almost a year (in 2 more months!). It's a beautiful place to live, but especially at the moment as it's whale watching season. We've...
Forum: Australia
Aug 13th 2007, 6:43 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 680
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Re: partner becoming PR

Erm if you are on the defacto temp perm visa, then your processing office in Australia should get in touch with you, that is if you have kept them up to date on your address. I have been here since...
Forum: Australia
Aug 7th 2007, 5:14 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 3,361
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Re: How do we connect our UK phones to Aus phone sockets?

Our UK BT cordless phone didnt work at all over here, even after adapter changes. Dont ask why, same as why I had bother with my UK ADSL modem too.
Forum: The Barbie
Aug 1st 2007, 7:36 pm
Replies: 126
Views: 6,135
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Re: Post a photo of your Cat(s)

Here is our new kitten Mojo - he's 12 weeks old and a bit cheeky as you can see :D
Forum: The Barbie
Jun 15th 2007, 6:54 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 658
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Re: jupiters

It's quite nice to stay, once you get in. We stayed 12 months ago and bkd a package with 11am checkin. At 2.30 had a lovely discussion with the Manager who couldnt understand why we were unhappy that...
Forum: Australia
Jun 14th 2007, 3:52 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 564
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Re: Workers compensation claims

As far as i know he shouldn't have to answer those questions on future applications. Ie the company can't ask you if you've had claims before as it could be interpreted as discrimination if you say...
Forum: The Barbie
Jun 14th 2007, 3:42 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,045
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Re: Anyone been in this position....?

Is there not the option to have everything picked up as expected and then stored in UK shipping hall before being sent? I know it means surviving without anything, but if it's only for a week or so?
Forum: Australia
Jun 11th 2007, 11:41 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,766
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Re: moving to mackay

Hi Liz,

I guess i would say if you have the opportunity to visit both areas then do just that. They have a very different feel about them - as we drove into Hervey Bay it just felt right and we...
Forum: The Barbie
Jun 11th 2007, 11:24 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 567
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Re: Putty Tatts

Hi,

We went to the refuge on the weekend but the cat's didn't look well. There was one cat we liked, but it seemed to 'rock' when it sat and Bert thinks it's breathing wasn't very good. We since...
Forum: The Barbie
Jun 11th 2007, 11:22 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 567
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Re: Putty Tatts

I've not heard of Heinz - need to go and google it! The burmese are very pretty, but we do need a cat that won't 'renovate' while we're at work :-)
Forum: The Barbie
Jun 11th 2007, 11:05 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 567
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Talking Putty Tatts

Hi All,

Well, we always said that once we bought our own house and no longer rented we would get a cat. Any recommendations for breed etc? We both work during the day and have no kids or other...
Forum: Australia
Jun 11th 2007, 11:01 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 633
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Re: Hervey Bay Area Brisbane

Thats herveybaygossip, not sure why the stars came up - mebe we're not supposed to post links anymore!
Forum: Australia
Jun 11th 2007, 11:00 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 633
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Re: Hervey Bay Area Brisbane

It's a 3 to 3.5 hour drive from Brissy, depending on traffic and roadworks. We've been in the Bay since October and also just bought a 5 bed house less than a k from the beach. try...
Forum: Australia
Jun 11th 2007, 10:58 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,766
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Re: moving to mackay

Sorry, but we agree with Tpister. We lived in Mackay for just under 12 months and just never settled. Socially we felt there were a lot of issues (most miners are not allowed to drink at the mines,...
Forum: Australia
May 23rd 2007, 11:45 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 959
Posted By Bert'n'Stella

Re: Blue Mountains on holiday

Blue Mtns is great - am going next weekend to visit friends (I now live in Qld but used to live there). They own Lurline House which is a b+b in Katoomba, close to everything. oh, they are from the...
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