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Forum: The Barbie
Jun 22nd 2016, 1:41 pm
Replies: 422
Views: 27,198
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: In, or out

I see that at least one poster here had returned their voting papers by 31st May.
My old local authority did not even send out overseas postal voting papers until 3rd June and mine reached me...
Forum: Australia
Mar 21st 2011, 6:30 pm
Replies: 188
Views: 40,508
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: Favorite mail order website from The UK?

I paid $118 for 2 pairs of 501s including delivery but in my neck of the woods they're around $99 to $109 a pair.
Forum: Australia
Mar 21st 2011, 11:50 am
Replies: 188
Views: 40,508
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: Favorite mail order website from The UK?

www.americanjeans.com has Levis at around half the Oz price delivered.
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 17th 2010, 10:06 am
Replies: 56
Views: 2,967
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: How many have you owned............

40 years driving

1936 Lanchester 14 Roadrider (cost £6!)
1947 Bedford JC van
1948 Lanchester LD10
1971 Ford Escort MkI 1100
1973 Ford Escort MkI 1300 GT
1976 Mitsubishi Galant 2000SL...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Sep 12th 2009, 12:14 pm
Replies: 43
Views: 4,031
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: defacto resident visa - follow up letter after 2 years

Reading others' experiences, I think I've been pretty lucky with DIAC.

I sent them a change of address form in February then a few months later, phoned the DIAC helpline and asked if they had my...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Sep 4th 2009, 6:58 pm
Replies: 1,545
Views: 206,476
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: Spouse Visa Circle

Good luck!
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Sep 4th 2009, 5:47 pm
Replies: 1,545
Views: 206,476
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: Spouse Visa Circle

In case anyone is interested in current timelines for processing 2nd stage spouse visas, here are those for mine:

I received a letter from DIAC Melbourne in mid May to say that mine was due for...
Forum: Australia
Sep 4th 2009, 5:25 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 2,250
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: EXPAT PENSION CHALLENGE

UK pensioners living in the Philippines get their pension increases too, as of course do those living in EU countries (presumably because EU law says they have to).

I'm told Aussie pensioners...
Forum: Australia
Sep 4th 2009, 5:18 pm
Replies: 82
Views: 36,901
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: Aussie Chocolate.. yuk!

I really, really love Whittakers chocolate, made in New Zealand, sold in Woollies.
Forum: Australia
Aug 28th 2009, 9:29 pm
Replies: 2,577
Views: 391,183
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

I tick this as I still own a house in the UK but it's never resulted in any further questions from the ATO.
Forum: Australia
Aug 28th 2009, 8:58 pm
Replies: 2,577
Views: 391,183
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

I was not trying to make any point other than that I and people in a similar position pay more tax here than in the UK. Perhaps I should also have added that I am charged the Medicare levy here but...
Forum: Australia
Aug 28th 2009, 12:31 pm
Replies: 2,577
Views: 391,183
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: 1.93's A$ to the Pound!!!

Well I pay much more tax here too, and I'm just an individual whose sole income happens ro derive from a UK occupational pension and a frozen UK state pension. This month my money came in at $1.92 to...
Forum: The Barbie
Aug 17th 2009, 3:33 pm
Replies: 95
Views: 5,824
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: Things I would be happy to wave goodbye to

Yep. Or my old home: Hickling
Forum: The Barbie
Aug 17th 2009, 2:59 pm
Replies: 95
Views: 5,824
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: Things I would be happy to wave goodbye to

True. How about Yarmouth? That's definitely Norfolk and good.
Forum: The Barbie
Aug 17th 2009, 12:34 pm
Replies: 95
Views: 5,824
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: Things I would be happy to wave goodbye to

Except that Lowestoft is in Suffolk.
Forum: Australia
Aug 3rd 2009, 1:06 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 3,057
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: VB TV advert - discuss

I happened to be in Ballarat on the day the ad was filmed. I was on the pavement in Lydiard Street only a few yards away from the marching groups.

I remember the 'guys punching above their...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Aug 1st 2009, 12:39 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 520
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: Spouse visa onshore

It saves time if you get it done before you lodge. I did it that way around a month before I lodged my visa application. Booked and paid for it online with HSA (cost was $245). They give you an...
Forum: Australia
Jun 29th 2009, 2:45 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 4,319
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: Drawing UK pension in Oz - any retirees already doing this?

I'm in a similar position to Wol, in that I have a UK company pension and a UK State Pension. My state pension has always been paid direct to my Australian bank account but my company one was...
Forum: Australia
Jun 13th 2009, 3:11 pm
Replies: 166
Views: 12,302
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: Why Did you move to Australia?

I moved because I married an Aussie and she wanted to come home.
Forum: The Barbie
May 29th 2009, 12:18 pm
Replies: 77
Views: 4,735
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: Pronunciation Part II

Okay, I can see (or should that be hear?)what you mean. 'Fronce' or close to it, is pretty akin to what I mean by 'Frahnce'. Gee, spelling phonetically is so difficult and I can never understand what...
Forum: The Barbie
May 29th 2009, 10:06 am
Replies: 77
Views: 4,735
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: Pronunciation Part II

I did classical latin for 6 years to A level standard. I don't know how French schools are taught to pronounce it but we were also taught that all Cs and Gs were 'hard', unlike the ecclesiastical...
Forum: The Barbie
May 28th 2009, 11:26 pm
Replies: 77
Views: 4,735
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: Pronunciation Part II

Well, I studied classical latin at an English public school and 'darta' is the way we were taught to pronounce 'data', a past participle of the verb dare.
Forum: The Barbie
May 28th 2009, 8:37 pm
Replies: 77
Views: 4,735
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: Pronunciation Part II

The only person I have ever heard using the meemo pronunciation was a colleague back in England 15 years ago, and he was a Londoner.
Forum: The Barbie
May 28th 2009, 8:34 pm
Replies: 77
Views: 4,735
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: Pronunciation Part II

Although as an Englishman I prounce data the English way, my Australian wife of course pronounces it 'darta'.

However as data is a direct lift from Latin, I would say the Aussie pronunciation is...
Forum: Australia
May 6th 2009, 8:47 pm
Replies: 714
Views: 84,998
Posted By hawkshaw

Re: FX £ - $ AUD This week

Sigh from me too. I'm in the same situation as you!
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