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Forum: Australia
Jul 18th 2011, 1:30 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 7,068
Posted By CarlaA

Re: Help! My son is very unsettled.....

Hi Linz,
I wanted to reply as a sometime reader of these boards who moved here many years ago now and has much older children, but can still remember the worries.
There were certainly similar ages...
Forum: Australia
Mar 4th 2010, 9:47 am
Replies: 10
Views: 2,880
Posted By CarlaA

Re: Flights from Manchester to Sydney

Hi.
If your parents do decide to go via Singapore, you might like to be aware of the option of the Changi airport hotel for a stopover:
http://athmg.com/
You don't even leave the airport (though...
Forum: Australia
Feb 18th 2010, 11:06 am
Replies: 20
Views: 3,764
Posted By CarlaA

Re: Having a baby in NSW - Any advice on pre/post maternity services?

Hi Sally.
If you want more information you might want to get in touch with your nearest branch of the Maternity Coalition - it's a bit like the NCT. They should be very clued up on what the options...
Forum: Australia
Sep 16th 2008, 10:56 am
Replies: 2
Views: 684
Posted By CarlaA

Re: schools

Hi. Here's a link with info for NSW on public selective schools:
http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/gotoschool/types/selectiveschools.php
These schools are public schools (in the Australian sense), so...
Forum: Australia
May 24th 2008, 9:52 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 2,589
Posted By CarlaA

Re: Any tips on renewing UK passport whilst in UK??

I did this recently and it worked very well for me, but then I was within an easy journey of the London office. The only issue was that I could only book an appointment within a few weeks (2 or 4? -...
Forum: The Barbie
May 11th 2008, 10:12 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 443
Posted By CarlaA

Sold a UK property since 2004?

I expect this is old news to most of you (certainly if still in the UK), but being out of the country for a few years now I'd missed the fact that the judgments about unfair UK bank fees included...
Forum: Australia
Apr 5th 2008, 1:18 am
Replies: 16
Views: 2,245
Posted By CarlaA

Re: Migraine Treatment in OZ

My GP didn't raise any issues with prescribing me Zomig in NSW - just checked my notes and took my blood pressure. I had my UK medical records that showed I had been prescribed it there. It costs me...
Forum: Australia
Feb 27th 2008, 4:11 pm
Replies: 34
Views: 3,089
Posted By CarlaA

Re: age of children starting school?

Yes. And sometime the social needs don't sit easily with the educational needs (although NSW does have provision for enrichment/extension).

Many parents here say they want their child to be...
Forum: Australia
Feb 27th 2008, 9:11 am
Replies: 34
Views: 3,089
Posted By CarlaA

Re: age of children starting school?

Hi. Just be aware before you commit to a year group that, because of parental choice within the NSW system, depending on your area, your daughter may turn out to be, relative to others, younger than...
Forum: Australia
Feb 17th 2008, 6:54 am
Replies: 160
Views: 19,151
Posted By CarlaA

Re: Sydney - Location location location!!

My kids tell me it's "Blue Water High"
http://www.abc.net.au/rollercoaster/bluewaterhigh/
I think they use various beaches round here.
Forum: Australia
Feb 16th 2008, 11:58 pm
Replies: 160
Views: 19,151
Posted By CarlaA

Re: Sydney - Location location location!!

I live in Avalon and have no direct experience of this. But there is petty vandalism/graffiti and I see the odd story in the local paper (maybe about once a year?) about police needing to reign in...
Forum: Australia
Feb 7th 2008, 1:37 pm
Replies: 41
Views: 4,225
Posted By CarlaA

Re: How heavy is your childs school bag!?

I've heard many other parents bothered by this so you're not alone. Particularly when the kids also have to carry big musical instruments or extra sports stuff too.

The more organised the kid, the...
Forum: Australia
Feb 4th 2008, 12:00 pm
Replies: 160
Views: 19,151
Posted By CarlaA

Re: Sydney - Location location location!!

Just to say... having lived here a couple of years, we too think Avalon is a great place for a family. We really like the primary school - yet to try the high school. It's a good spot for the kids to...
Forum: Australia
Jan 30th 2008, 11:24 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,980
Posted By CarlaA

Re: Primary School

Hi.
A child can start school in Kindy in NSW if they turn 5 on or before 31 July in that coming school year.

But be aware that in some suburbs many parents keep their kids off school by a year if...
Forum: Australia
Nov 9th 2007, 10:24 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,236
Posted By CarlaA

Re: Northern Beaches - Dee Why is not des res

I go through Dee Why regularly. The part these articles refer to is on two very busy roads. If you walk round that area, it feels very busy/urban/traffic ridden. These pavements don't feel to me like...
Forum: Australia
Nov 6th 2007, 8:07 am
Replies: 23
Views: 3,681
Posted By CarlaA

Re: Sydney Suburbs - Where's Best??

This should help:
http://www.131500.info/realtime/newjourney.asp
You could enter a destination such as Wynyard, Town Hall, or the QVB (Queen Victoria Building) if you don't have an actual...
Forum: Australia
Oct 25th 2007, 10:10 am
Replies: 21
Views: 2,220
Posted By CarlaA

Re: Advice on current exchange rate please?

I expect by now the market will already have factored in a rise. It seems to be the unexpected things that make sudden movements. Northern Rock seemed to damage the pound - as did the London...
Forum: Australia
Oct 25th 2007, 9:15 am
Replies: 9
Views: 950
Posted By CarlaA

Re: Blue Mountains - am I mad?

Hi. You might be interested in this:
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/encounter/stories/2007/2059911.htm#transcript
You can listen to it by clicking the link here:...
Forum: Australia
Oct 23rd 2007, 12:23 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 2,253
Posted By CarlaA

Re: Hello, we are new and moving to Sydney

This site is helpful (if you haven't already used it). The nearer the city you get on in the morning, the fuller a bus is likely to be. It also makes quite a difference whether you can easily walk to...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 29th 2007, 9:22 am
Replies: 27
Views: 3,758
Posted By CarlaA

Re: Chances of upgrade??

I do see your point, but to be fair to the OP, it was her *doctor* who suggested the idea. She could be forgiven for imagining an upgrade when pregnant is a common event on a long-haul flight. Her...
Forum: Australia
Aug 22nd 2007, 11:42 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 2,268
Posted By CarlaA

Re: Australian tablespoon measure (for cooks)

Well thanks for trying (to make things clearer), but my two Uk measuring tablespoons that I still use are clearly marked 15ml (3 teaspoons) and that's the figure Wikipedia quotes too. A UK dessert...
Forum: Australia
Aug 22nd 2007, 9:48 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 2,268
Posted By CarlaA

Australian tablespoon measure (for cooks)

I just discovered that the Australian standard for a tablespoon is 20ml, instead of the 15ml that is used in the UK.

So now I just need to remember whether I'm using a UK recipe or an Australian...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 20th 2007, 2:47 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 3,758
Posted By CarlaA

Re: Chances of upgrade??

Hi Nic.
I have flown often with Singapore. They will sometimes do 'operational upgrades' when the flight is very full and moving people to the front frees up seats they can sell at the back. But...
Forum: Australia
Aug 7th 2007, 7:49 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 13,678
Posted By CarlaA

Re: What's the best OTC medicine for migraine in Aus?

[I have two tablets left (use by date long gone) of the prescription tablets I had in the UK for really bad ones. They don't have anything similar over here so if or when I have a blinder after...
Forum: Australia
Aug 6th 2007, 1:07 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 2,549
Posted By CarlaA

Re: Sydney or Brisbane - Help?!

Hi. Is this your first baby? Probably obvious, but, if it were me, I would be very keen to have my husband as near as possible for the first year/six months! Otherwise your separate weekday lives...
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