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Forum: Australia
Jun 9th 2007, 6:14 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 822
Posted By dhw210770

Smile Re: Getting a Credit Card

Website address is www.wizard.com.au. Personally, I don't think credit cards give you the added protection, just more debt. If you use your VISA debit card as a credit card when making purchases,...
Forum: Australia
Jun 9th 2007, 6:09 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 828
Posted By dhw210770

Re: Doing your own tax return!!!!

Totally agree with Ozzieeagle. You are better off going to a tax agent who will be able to claim as much back as possible. I used to do my own tax return many years ago but since returning from UK,...
Forum: Australia
Jun 9th 2007, 6:04 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 822
Posted By dhw210770

Re: Getting a Credit Card

Why don't you try and get a VISA debit card? ANZ do them but you will have to open a bank account with them, and also St George have VISA debit. So much better than a credit card which only gets...
Forum: Australia
May 23rd 2007, 7:57 am
Replies: 11
Views: 662
Posted By dhw210770

Re: City working - dress code?

Brisbane doe's not have rush hour then? Yes the trains are slow and crampt, oh and their run buy connex, just like London. But can you live 9km's out of cbd in a 3 bedroomed detached house with a...
Forum: Australia
May 23rd 2007, 7:28 am
Replies: 11
Views: 662
Posted By dhw210770

Re: City working - dress code?

Hi that's half true the men are as bad as the women, but there are a lot of relaxed dress codes. my wife is a executive assistant with IBM and is in the minority wearing a suit, and they have casual...
Forum: Electricians
May 23rd 2007, 7:15 am
Replies: 55
Views: 5,720
Posted By dhw210770

Re: Uk Electrician needing help in oz!!!

Hi you don't need help. If you want to work you will find it. Cash work is always out there believe me. I listened to all the sh.. you get on this forum. Every state is differen't. Best to get your...
Forum: Australia
May 23rd 2007, 6:57 am
Replies: 10
Views: 662
Posted By dhw210770

Re: Any one here in Tasmania.

Hi As far as the average Ozzie is concerned Tasmania is a bit like Wales. Not really part of the mother land. Ie when you get back. They welcome you back to Australia. Many think of them as inbred...
Forum: Australia
Dec 19th 2006, 10:35 pm
Replies: 85
Views: 17,545
Posted By dhw210770

Re: Where do all the Poms live in Melbourne?

No need to apologise Buzzy, it's not your fault that it happened. And it wasn't last year, it was this year, just after we moved to Melbourne, I think it was mid-February. We thought we would go...
Forum: Australia
Dec 19th 2006, 10:09 pm
Replies: 85
Views: 17,545
Posted By dhw210770

Re: Where do all the Poms live in Melbourne?

[/QUOTE] how would you feel moving to a strange country where the only thing you really have in common to start with is that we all speak English (sort of :D )

I often have my doubts about these...
Forum: Australia
Dec 19th 2006, 8:28 am
Replies: 85
Views: 17,545
Posted By dhw210770

Smile Re: Where do all the Poms live in Melbourne?

We currently live in Montmorency, which is the next suburb in from Eltham. It's nice, quiet, green and leafy. The locals are friendly and the community shops are ample. We have lived here for...
Forum: Australia
Sep 9th 2006, 6:47 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 476
Posted By dhw210770

Moto GP - Phillip Island

Just interested to know if anyone is heading down to Phillip Island this coming weekend for the Moto GP?

Cheers,
D & D
Forum: Australia
Apr 22nd 2006, 7:48 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 996
Posted By dhw210770

Smile Re: How strange is this!!!!

Fraser,

Thank God you don't live in Coolangatta, as it is a much better place without you. I'm sure you would be better suited in Sanctuary Cove, living with Gold Coaster. But then again, Point...
Forum: Australia
Feb 8th 2006, 4:18 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 1,905
Posted By dhw210770

Smile Re: My shipping is being delivered - BUT!!!

Hi Stella,

No, I just told them our name and that our agents were Chess. Customs then went onto their computer system, looked up our name and then called me back telling us that our belongings...
Forum: Australia
Feb 8th 2006, 3:36 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 453
Posted By dhw210770

Smile Re: Sending stuff by plane

We sent 100kg with Excess Baggage at Gatwick Airport. It costs us £535 which included insurance, handling fees etc. It took a week to get here and then we had to customs & quarantine clearance fee...
Forum: Australia
Feb 8th 2006, 3:32 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 1,905
Posted By dhw210770

Smile Re: My shipping is being delivered - BUT!!!

People, this charge is a load of old bollocks. We used PSS to ship our things from the UK to Brisbane on 21st October. We were told that we would get them 1st week of January. The agent is Oz was...
Forum: Australia
Feb 8th 2006, 3:10 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 5,690
Posted By dhw210770

Smile Re: Melbourne commuting

We used to drive through Pratts Bottom every 2nd weekend going up to Norfolk. We lived in Addiscombe, Surrey. :)
Forum: Australia
Feb 1st 2006, 7:45 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 2,814
Posted By dhw210770

Smile Re: Any Expats in Melbourne?

Yes, hubby and I live in Montmorency. Been here just over 2 weeks now.

:) :) :)
Forum: Australia
Jan 29th 2006, 2:54 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 825
Posted By dhw210770

Smile Re: moto GP at phillip island

Hi Julie,

My hubby & I will be attending this year. We haven't been before so really looking forward to it. You can purchase tickets online via ticketmaster but they are not on sale yet. They...
Forum: Australia
Jan 10th 2006, 11:27 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 2,523
Posted By dhw210770

Smile Re: Melbourne Girls Night Out 20th Jan

Would love to join in but hubby and I will have arrived 3 days earlier and and we've already organised to be at the cricket that night. Definitely next time though. And I don't mind whether it is a...
Forum: Australia
Jan 7th 2006, 11:16 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 2,326
Posted By dhw210770

Smile Re: The best place to live in Melbourne for late 20s (no kids)

Hi Laura,

My husband & I are in our mid-30's with no kids and we will be in Melbourne from 17th Jan. We were in the same position as you in respect of trying to decide where we would settle once...
Forum: Australia
Jan 2nd 2006, 9:50 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 842
Posted By dhw210770

Smile Re: Unaccompanied luggage

Hi Matt,

We were in the same predicament as you. We ended up having 100kg go excess baggage with "Excess Baggage" at Gatwick Airport. They are also located at Heathrow too. The charge was 4.85p...
Forum: Australia
Dec 27th 2005, 3:17 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 2,001
Posted By dhw210770

Smile Re: I got a fine

Hubby got one when we were here visiting in April and the police told him not to pay as he showed his UK licence and they weren't going to chase him all the way to the UK for a lousy $200 fine.

I...
Forum: Australia
Dec 3rd 2005, 10:52 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,141
Posted By dhw210770

Re: melbourne here we come

Hi,

We will be in Melbourne mid-January and will be in the same position as you. Would be interested in getting to know people also. We will be settling in Bundoora (north of Melb) and looking...
Forum: Australia
Dec 3rd 2005, 10:42 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 636
Posted By dhw210770

Re: UK Carpenters coming to/living in Victoria

Hi Andy,

My husband is a UK chippie. We will be in Melbourne from 17th January and hubby will definitely be looking for work from then on. We are currently staying on the Gold Coast with my mum...
Forum: Australia
Oct 12th 2005, 11:54 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,380
Posted By dhw210770

Re: Setting up a building firm in Melbourne

No, he doesn't know what is a square is in Aussie parlance, and neither do I and I'm an Aussie. I have always talked about the size of houses in squares but I don't know what they are in real...
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