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Forum: Australia
Sep 8th 2007, 7:00 pm
Replies: 60
Views: 6,183
Posted By sunshinesarah

Re: Dental charges

My friend has booked some major dental treatment in Thailand for about 6 weeks time. What would cost about $17k in Oz is costin around $5 in Thailand. She's having a holiday out of it - just did...
Forum: Australia
Aug 18th 2007, 7:13 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 3,289
Posted By sunshinesarah

Re: Singapore or Malaysia Airlines

Haven't flown Malaysian but have flwon with Singapore on many occasions - cannot fault.

Also, there's a free massage lounge at Singapore terminal ( there are signs around the building). It's a...
Forum: Australia
Aug 18th 2007, 6:36 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 2,599
Posted By sunshinesarah

Things I do differently here

I got in my car the other day and it occurred to me that I no longer put the locks down as soon as I'm in. My job repping in London involved a lot of driving and I had made it my business to be safe....
Forum: Australia
Aug 6th 2007, 1:17 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 2,355
Posted By sunshinesarah

Re: Spanish Speakers

Hi Karen
Sorry for the delay in replying.
I have no idea if you need to register to teach privately - I haven't. I don't have a teaching qualification but my degree is in Business Studies with...
Forum: Australia
Jul 26th 2007, 8:44 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 2,355
Posted By sunshinesarah

Re: Spanish Speakers

Bit of a diversion on the thread but I give French lessons. Thought there would be no demand for it here on the Sunshine Coast as it's only really taught in the private schools. Put a little notice...
Forum: Australia
Jul 20th 2007, 6:53 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 3,386
Posted By sunshinesarah

Re: What made you decide to move to Oz???

Great thread - have loved reading people's replies.

We did a round the world trip in 2001 and travelled for a year,covering around 15 countries - Oz being one of them. Whilst we had a great life...
Forum: Australia
Jul 20th 2007, 6:14 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 732
Posted By sunshinesarah

Re: Tax on Savings

What ever interest you earn is added to your income and taxed within the relevant bracket.
Sunshin Sarah
Forum: Australia
Jun 22nd 2007, 7:19 pm
Replies: 42
Views: 4,532
Posted By sunshinesarah

Re: Sunshine Coast - Work

Sorry it's taken so long to reply first of all.

Regarding door knocking, I hear teh best way is to walk in off the street with your CV (aka resume here) - no appointment or advance phone call - ...
Forum: Australia
Jun 14th 2007, 12:32 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 2,852
Posted By sunshinesarah

Re: A single phrase to sum up where you live

Buderim (Sunshine Coast) - always reminded me of a kind of alpine village-like place but in the sun. Just lovely
Forum: Australia
May 19th 2007, 7:22 pm
Replies: 42
Views: 3,184
Posted By sunshinesarah

Re: Queenslanders, How Much Is Your Electricity Bill?

Wow - all these are high. I feel lucky

Ours are always around $140 per quarter - may be $180 in summer with fans on.

Only 2 of us - no solar yet but no pool or air con, or dryer but use fans a...
Forum: Australia
May 12th 2007, 6:23 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,492
Posted By sunshinesarah

Re: Brussel sprouts

Yes - plus the ones I have seen and eaten seem to be HUGE over here.

Sunshine Sarah
Forum: Australia
May 12th 2007, 6:20 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 3,422
Posted By sunshinesarah

Re: sunshine vs gold

Interesting thread. We tossed up between Mudgereeba on GC and Buderim on SC for ages and drove back and forth between the two for days on end. We finally settled on SC. I think we would have been...
Forum: Australia
May 12th 2007, 5:53 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 4,015
Posted By sunshinesarah

Re: Building A House - Which Builder

Hi
We built with Coral first time around and were generally very happy. The sales girls said from teh start they Coral are slow at the paperwork stage but quick to build and this was spot on. Paper...
Forum: Australia
Apr 14th 2007, 11:35 am
Replies: 65
Views: 4,553
Posted By sunshinesarah

Re: What age were you when you immigrated?

Me 32, OH 35. Have never had the "wish I'd done it sooner" thought as our life to that point in the Uk has enabled us to have an excellent life here. However, we were very ready to leave the Uk...
Forum: Australia
Apr 7th 2007, 11:00 am
Replies: 42
Views: 4,532
Posted By sunshinesarah

Re: Sunshine Coast - Work

Having read everyone's replies I kind of feel lucky in that my partner and I both found work within a couple of weeks of being here. We both found our jobs by door knocking and handing our CV's. ...
Forum: Australia
Apr 6th 2007, 1:01 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 747
Posted By sunshinesarah

Re: Getting it right!

We flew in to Sydney and drove and looked for 3 months solid before finding somewhere that ticked ALL the boxes. We were all set to go to Melbourne but somehow drove North and ended up in Queensland....
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 6th 2007, 12:52 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 1,972
Posted By sunshinesarah

Re: No transcripts for degree?? Advice please

Hi there

I feel for you. We emmigrated almost 3 years ago. My partner and I were both was at Humberside (now Lincolc Uni) (did my degree approx 10 years ago). I would have another go. I just...
Forum: Australia
Feb 10th 2007, 5:03 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 1,591
Posted By sunshinesarah

Re: World Trip "Adventure" with Kids

DO IT! My partner and I (no kids) did it in the year 2000 and travelled for 12 months.
Whilst in Oz we met loads of parents who had taken their kids out of school for a year or so and were...
Forum: Australia
Feb 3rd 2007, 9:44 am
Replies: 7
Views: 792
Posted By sunshinesarah

Re: Any Indian Restaurants / take-aways in Caloundra??

Have heard The Curry Bowk is by far the best

Sunshine Sarah
Forum: Australia
Nov 25th 2006, 5:37 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 402
Posted By sunshinesarah

Any advice on getting resort cleaning work? - Sunshine Coast

Can anyone give me advice / info on how to get resort cleaning work on the Sunshine Coast (Maroochydore/Caloundra preferable)?

- What's the average sort of pay?
- Do you provide own cleaning...
Forum: Australia
Nov 18th 2006, 10:25 am
Replies: 31
Views: 2,434
Posted By sunshinesarah

Re: What is the first thing you are going to do when you go to oz?

When I first arrived 2 1/2 years ago, we stepped off the plane and were going through customs. The customs officer engaged in a nice chat with us and when we told him we were here to live and how...
Forum: Australia
Nov 11th 2006, 11:09 am
Replies: 2
Views: 494
Posted By sunshinesarah

I had my first Twiglets in two and a half years...

Now I came to Oz with the attitute that I wouldn't be a "The chocolate's not the same here / I miss marmite / I miss Tesco, Asda or wherever" type of person. Being the foodie that I am I knew there...
Forum: Australia
Nov 3rd 2006, 5:20 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 2,724
Posted By sunshinesarah

Re: Just how bad would the Gold Coast be during Schoolies week?

Maybe a slightly tamed down version of "Ibiza/Greece Uncovered" ???
Forum: Australia
Nov 3rd 2006, 5:13 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 775
Posted By sunshinesarah

Re: Rentals Sunshine Coast

HI just got a rental myself and, yes it was a bit of a nightmare. The trick is to look on realestate.com EVERY day and get in with any real estate agents and tell them to give you the nod on anything...
Forum: Australia
Nov 3rd 2006, 4:59 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 626
Posted By sunshinesarah

For those looking for a rental on Sunshine Coast - DON'T use this company........

We recently sold our house and were looking for a rental property. We found one through a company in Maroochydore on Aerodrome Rd called '<snip>'. They accepted our application on a property and so...
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