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Forum: Australia
Oct 2nd 2008, 11:27 am
Replies: 6
Views: 731
Posted By MenAtWork

Re: Good restaurants-Sunshine Coast

Aerodrome Road between fourth and fifth Avenue if my memory serves me right.
Forum: Australia
Oct 1st 2008, 7:50 am
Replies: 6
Views: 731
Posted By MenAtWork

Re: Good restaurants-Sunshine Coast

Also, forgot to mention the best fish and chip shop on the coast... still do their own chips none of this frozen nonsense, you get malt vinegar on them and they have mushy peas! (the owner comes...
Forum: Australia
Oct 1st 2008, 7:46 am
Replies: 6
Views: 731
Posted By MenAtWork

Re: Good restaurants-Sunshine Coast

Here are a few...

Lyles, Montville and King Ludwigs, Maleny both about the same price around $28 main course.

For something a bit more expensive, The French Room, Woombye they also keep...
Forum: Australia
Aug 18th 2008, 1:00 pm
Replies: 55
Views: 3,464
Posted By MenAtWork

Re: Recruitment agencies are pants.........

I managed to find a good IT recruitment consultant in Brisbane. She was very helpful and knew her stuff. She arranged 2 interviews for me pretty quickly, and I got offered both jobs.

I also know...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Jan 10th 2008, 8:19 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 463
Posted By MenAtWork

Re: Citizenship Qution

Thanks for the replies guys.

It will probably be about 2 months in total.

MenAtWork
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Jan 10th 2008, 9:59 am
Replies: 7
Views: 613
Posted By MenAtWork

Re: ACS Assessment

I found the ACS assessment to be pretty difficult.

I bought a sample report from http://www.rplhelp.co.uk and it gave me a good idea of what to expect and put the requirements in simpler terms.
...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Jan 10th 2008, 9:43 am
Replies: 4
Views: 463
Posted By MenAtWork

Citizenship Qution

Hi Guys,

I have a question about citizenship that I can't find the answer to and wondered if anyone had any idea.

I arrived in oz in March 07 so I can apply after 2 years for citizenship. I...
Forum: Australia
Oct 13th 2007, 12:14 am
Replies: 7
Views: 682
Posted By MenAtWork

Re: Cleaning for Customs

We Brought our Dyson. We took it to a local Dyson service centre and just had a standard Dyson service. It cost £25 and passed the inspection.

All our garden tools passed too, I scrubbed...
Forum: Australia
Oct 1st 2007, 11:07 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,075
Posted By MenAtWork

Re: Hervey Bay questions

I visited Hervey Bay for the first time a on Saturday. Looks a great place.

Hers a few pics of some other visitors.
Forum: Australia
Oct 1st 2007, 10:44 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 745
Posted By MenAtWork

Re: Tax: Working for a UK company from Australia

I work for 3 UK companies that I worked for in the UK. I set up an Aussie Company and invoice the UK Companies.

It may be different in your case. If your moving anywhere near the sunshine coast...
Forum: The Barbie
Sep 30th 2007, 9:15 am
Replies: 49
Views: 4,025
Posted By MenAtWork

Re: Installing a new Pool

Foxtail Palms. We got the from a place in Chevallum (Sunny Coast Hinterland)
Forum: The Barbie
Sep 30th 2007, 9:13 am
Replies: 49
Views: 4,025
Posted By MenAtWork

Re: Installing a new Pool

I used a small company called Getaway Pools based in Yandina. Les the owner is a great guy, very friendly and takes a lot of pride in his work.

pm me if you want contact details, I think he...
Forum: Australia
Sep 28th 2007, 10:52 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,697
Posted By MenAtWork

Re: Broadband AGAIN... Sunshine Coast

No probs in Caloundra or Maroochydore and available in plenty of other places too. I'm in Palmwoods which is a pretty small town in comparison and have 8mb.
Forum: The Barbie
Sep 28th 2007, 10:04 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 4,025
Posted By MenAtWork

Re: Installing a new Pool

I wasn't sure anyone was still reading this.

The pool was delayed by a couple of weeks by bad weather and another couple of weeks by a highly unreliable electrician.

It's pretty much done now...
Forum: The Barbie
Aug 28th 2007, 9:27 am
Replies: 49
Views: 4,025
Posted By MenAtWork

Re: Installing a new Pool

We bought the house. We planned on buying a house with a pool but really liked this house so thought we'd build our own.

I think the sunshine coast is officially subtropical in winter most days...
Forum: The Barbie
Aug 28th 2007, 8:11 am
Replies: 49
Views: 4,025
Posted By MenAtWork

Re: Installing a new Pool

Hi Floss,

I think it depends where you live but here on the sunshine coast we are not that short of water. We had 400mm of rain last week and our local dam is pretty full (80% + )

Some places...
Forum: The Barbie
Aug 28th 2007, 7:24 am
Replies: 49
Views: 4,025
Posted By MenAtWork

Re: Installing a new Pool

Hi OH

We are having glass pool fencing across the patio and the deck infront of the bedrooom. aross the lawn and down the side of the house it will be Aluminium. I'll post a piccy with the...
Forum: The Barbie
Aug 28th 2007, 5:03 am
Replies: 49
Views: 4,025
Posted By MenAtWork

Re: Installing a new Pool

Hi OH,

The Pool is out of the ground by 8-18" on one side. You cant do that with fibreglass.

We could have raised / lowered the ground to accomodate a fibre glass pool but we wanted to tie...
Forum: The Barbie
Aug 28th 2007, 3:49 am
Replies: 49
Views: 4,025
Posted By MenAtWork

Re: Installing a new Pool

Not a lot has happened lately, partly down to the lovely sunshine coast weather we have had lately and partly just waiting for the concrete to cure. It was about 700mm deep on monday from the rain.
...
Forum: Australia
Jul 31st 2007, 3:05 am
Replies: 0
Views: 344
Posted By MenAtWork

Cisco Networkers 2007

Any techie Poms heading to Cisco Networkers in Brisbane in September.

I'm going but currently I won't know a soul there.

Steve
Forum: Australia
Jul 30th 2007, 9:17 am
Replies: 48
Views: 7,396
Posted By MenAtWork

Re: How Much Extra to Fly Business Class?

We flew business class when we emigrated ( march this year ) we flew with EVA Air and it cost £1024 / per person including taxes

Considering we had a almost flat bed whenever we wanted to sleep...
Forum: Australia
Jul 30th 2007, 9:08 am
Replies: 25
Views: 1,865
Posted By MenAtWork

Dangerous Creatures in Australia

I promised myself I'd try and live a bit healthier when I came to Oz, so on Sunday morning I cycled the 5K round trip to the paper shop.

I was chased by 2 different birds ( big black and white...
Forum: Australia
Jul 30th 2007, 8:59 am
Replies: 12
Views: 736
Posted By MenAtWork

Re: Job in Australian Customs.........

Based on how long it took to process our shipment there must be endless vacancies.

It took less time to get from uk to brisbane than it did getting from Brisbane to the Sunshine coast.:curse:
Forum: The Barbie
Jul 17th 2007, 11:33 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 4,025
Posted By MenAtWork

Re: Installing a new Pool

We are just using solar water heating for the pool it's basically a series of black tubes that sit on the roof with a temperature sensor in the pool. If it's not warm enough water is directed...
Forum: The Barbie
Jul 17th 2007, 9:31 am
Replies: 49
Views: 4,025
Posted By MenAtWork

Re: Installing a new Pool

The Shuttering is off and the the steps to the patio are being laid. The patio steps have to be poured separately from the pool so that a expantion join can be inserted between the two concrete...
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