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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jul 5th 2013, 10:23 am
Replies: 11
Views: 2,176
Posted By JustBecause

Re: How long to re establish credit history before you can get a mortgage?

We've just bought a property after being back a year & our mortgage advisor told us three years was the magic number. Only a handful of mortgage lenders will consider us out of the scores of...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 18th 2012, 10:32 am
Replies: 28
Views: 2,477
Posted By JustBecause

Re: ok so tell me what we should not miss in the UK for Christmas trip...

Lots of places have Victorian-themed christmas celebrations but if it is definitely Dickens-related you are after it might be worth checking out Dicken's world in Kent, not too far from Essex.
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Forum: The Rovers Return
Oct 14th 2012, 9:14 pm
Replies: 145
Views: 24,762
Posted By JustBecause

Re: Very pleasantly surprised.

I'm a bit late to contribute to the discussion on views but here's my twopenneth anyway. We had a fabulous view in Sydney, our house looked down into the a bush valley with a river snaking away into...
Forum: The Rovers Return
Aug 19th 2012, 10:16 am
Replies: 145
Views: 24,762
Posted By JustBecause

Re: Very pleasantly surprised.

We have been back for about 3mths now and one month in our own place with our own furniture & belongings in it, & despite some negative points like not knowing ones way around yet properly, still...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 1st 2012, 9:31 am
Replies: 107
Views: 15,755
Posted By JustBecause

Re: An update.....

We arrived back on the 24th too, via Etihad. Been staying with my parents in Whitstable & I've been getting high on the British way on life - I'm really enjoying it before it gets to be everyday...
Forum: Australia
Dec 14th 2011, 12:22 pm
Replies: 152
Views: 15,788
Posted By JustBecause

Re: Aussie drivers

Only if the roundabouts come with clear instructions! Here it seems to be whoever who is driving fastest towards the roundabout has right of way regardless of what direction they are coming from &...
Forum: The Rovers Return
Nov 11th 2011, 7:56 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 2,152
Posted By JustBecause

Re: Words/expressions glad to leave behind

I hate "shop" being used as a verb, as in something like "last chance to shop the clearance sale".
Forum: Australia
Nov 7th 2011, 10:07 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,523
Posted By JustBecause

Re: Jervis Bay, NSW

Go for a self-catering place in Huskisson in walking distance of the main street/sea front - most places will be. There are two parks on the sea front, reasonable beaches & the bakery has an...
Forum: Australia
Nov 1st 2011, 6:16 pm
Replies: 101
Views: 14,668
Posted By JustBecause

Re: This article should be compulsory reading for anyone planning to emigrate

Horses for courses & all that, but we quite often went on weekend breaks to Birmingham esp when they had cheap accomodation at Travelodge type places. Loved the Electric independent cinema there.
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Forum: Australia
Oct 31st 2011, 10:17 pm
Replies: 101
Views: 14,668
Posted By JustBecause

Re: This article should be compulsory reading for anyone planning to emigrate

This is similar to how I view the "no culture in Australia" point - in the UK I found the type of culture I enjoyed much easier to access through decent newspapers, radio, TV, pubs, restaurants and...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 30th 2011, 10:39 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 6,385
Posted By JustBecause

Re: Why do people get more colds chest infections in Oz

I thought Australia would be better for asthma cos less damp & cold & less furnishings like curtains & carpets in the houses to trap dust, but now I've been here I've learnt it's apparently worse due...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 28th 2011, 2:11 pm
Replies: 51
Views: 4,384
Posted By JustBecause

Re: What "Aussie" things wind you up but makes you smile.....

My 3 yr old "correcting" my pronunication of yoghurt to "yo-gurt" and "melon" to "rockmelon". Can't wait until we get to football/soccer.
Forum: Australia
Oct 26th 2011, 2:41 pm
Replies: 161
Views: 21,141
Posted By JustBecause

Re: Coles vs Tesco - I have done online shops

Well, there aren't any farms. I think the retailers come up from the coast or down from the mountains but it's not on the farm itself, with a nice tea room as well!! I was probably a bit spoilt at...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 26th 2011, 2:31 pm
Replies: 44
Views: 3,826
Posted By JustBecause

Re: Australian hospitality

I really don't get the convention of taking your own food/nibbles & drink to a gathering or even to a BYO restaurant & sticking to it, not sharing. I found this at mothers' group & children's...
Forum: Australia
Oct 26th 2011, 2:25 pm
Replies: 161
Views: 21,141
Posted By JustBecause

Re: Coles vs Tesco - I have done online shops

If you have the time & inclination here you can deffo get better deals by going to several different places to get your groceries, esp with the help of the avalanche of junk mail from the retailers...
Forum: Australia
Oct 26th 2011, 2:13 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 5,275
Posted By JustBecause

Re: Here comes summer in the Gong...

Our neighbour hand feeds kookaburras (raw meat, yuk), lorikeets & king parrots which we get in the garden but it does have the drawback of also attracting the cockies which just attack anything they...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Oct 25th 2011, 10:28 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 9,487
Posted By JustBecause

Re: Pumpkin Pie

You can get frozen pastry sheets, just cut into shape of your dish. Making a pie from a hollowed out pumpkin is good fun at Halloween. Once you've got the pumpkin flesh it's pretty easy to mix up...
Forum: Australia
Oct 25th 2011, 10:21 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 5,275
Posted By JustBecause

Re: Here comes summer in the Gong...

I live just up from you in the Shire (not in a tent!) & in the summer we see a snake in our garden at least once a fortnight. Once even had one slither along the kitchen windowsill, outside...
Forum: Australia
Oct 22nd 2011, 11:37 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,881
Posted By JustBecause

Re: SUTHERLAND SHIRE or KELLYVILLE/ HILLS For family of 5

Engadine is one of the better suburbs in the Shire for groceries cos it has 4 supermarkets all in the centre (which is actually good when you get used to Aussie supermarkets!). Also it is on the...
Forum: Australia
Oct 20th 2011, 4:20 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,881
Posted By JustBecause

Re: SUTHERLAND SHIRE or KELLYVILLE/ HILLS For family of 5

The Shire is very good for family life but it is very quiet, almost a separate part of Sydney cos it's southernmost & separated by a river. Do you mean you are not used to a quiet life as in a quiet...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 17th 2011, 12:13 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 4,961
Posted By JustBecause

Re: No one to talk to.

I do know what you mean, but gosh you are in Las Vegas! I would glady swap with you, not for Las Vegas itself (altho it has fun bits) but the amazing landscapes around you, the canyons & deserts, it...
Forum: Australia
Oct 17th 2011, 11:58 am
Replies: 28
Views: 16,808
Posted By JustBecause

Re: Cost of giving birth in Oz?!

You are probably better off with a private obs for the reassurance factor if you have a known risk factor. I was told I was high risk for the second & have had to go to a different public hospital...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 6th 2011, 4:41 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,511
Posted By JustBecause

Re: Bath/Bristol...or Oxfordshire?

Both are generally fantastic areas, but it depends on whether you would want to live centrally, in outskirts or in satellite villages & the type of lifestyle you want (city centre vs semi-rural vs...
Forum: The Barbie
Sep 8th 2011, 12:50 am
Replies: 24
Views: 2,300
Posted By JustBecause

Re: Curious.... 2-3 year blues?

In my experience it has got worse as my son has got older because there are so many changes in the early years that family are missing out on, even if they do visit it's not the same as being able to...
Forum: Back Home
Sep 3rd 2011, 6:43 pm
Replies: 55
Views: 13,081
Posted By JustBecause

Re: The first week back

Have you seen the People of Walmart website? You couldn't make it up!

Bramley apples are definitely one of the first things I would have on return to the UK, can't wait...
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