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Forum: Australia
Oct 15th 2008, 4:48 am
Replies: 21
Views: 1,320
Posted By theelliotts

Re: They will be charging admission fees next!

I gather you mean you paid Au$ into your Westpac account. We're with Westpac and don't pay any charges/the monthly package fee. The couple of times they did charge us, I spoke to them and said that...
Forum: Australia
Oct 9th 2008, 11:13 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 679
Posted By theelliotts

Re: leetons insurance

To be honest, we have had no problems with Letton Percival and I don't think we set up anything different. We had some damage to our table and a unit which has all been repaired by a French Polisher...
Forum: Australia
Oct 9th 2008, 8:56 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 679
Posted By theelliotts

Re: leetons insurance

Do you mean Letton (Letton Percival) insurance? A lot of people on here have used Letton Percival - we did and with no problems - some damage and breakages found upon unpacking which has been sorted...
Forum: Australia
Oct 9th 2008, 1:28 am
Replies: 98
Views: 8,440
Posted By theelliotts

Re: £1 = $2.40 Fantastic

We exchanged as we had limit orders set up and was by no means expecting it to go up to 2.70 (had only spoken to OzForex that morning!) - that difference for us was a brand new sparkly BMW...
Forum: Australia
Oct 8th 2008, 9:46 am
Replies: 98
Views: 8,440
Posted By theelliotts

Re: £1 = $2.40 Fantastic

Join the club - we've been waiting for a year and just changed our house monies - some at 2.48 and then the rest at 2.55. Can't believe it is 2.70 now and rising!!!!
Forum: Australia
Oct 7th 2008, 9:00 am
Replies: 13
Views: 985
Posted By theelliotts

Re: Are there any banks with low fees??

Hi - We are with Westpac and do not incur any charges. At the end of the day, if they want to retain your custom, you just need to negotiate with them. Anytime we have had a charge, they have...
Forum: Australia
Oct 7th 2008, 3:52 am
Replies: 24
Views: 2,159
Posted By theelliotts

Re: Oz Interest Rate Cut 1% - Here we go...

I think we all know that - maybe someone should have told Kevin Rudd and that Australia is not going to be immune to what is and has been happening worldwide.
Forum: Australia
Oct 7th 2008, 3:42 am
Replies: 24
Views: 2,159
Posted By theelliotts

Re: Oz Interest Rate Cut 1% - Here we go...

Agree with you in certain respects - was not expecting it to be a 1% cut - I don't think that anyone was. However it should aide those of us that need to exchange our £Stg and should still be a...
Forum: Australia
Oct 7th 2008, 3:34 am
Replies: 24
Views: 2,159
Posted By theelliotts

Smile Oz Interest Rate Cut 1% - Here we go...

Watch the exchange rate!!
Forum: Australia
Oct 7th 2008, 3:14 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,480
Posted By theelliotts

Re: Anyone near Bribie / Caboolture / Morayfield areas???

No problems at all - you are very welcome. Some of the other locals that post on here may also be able to offer some advice/assistance on any locality type queries etc. Hope that your move process...
Forum: Australia
Oct 7th 2008, 1:48 am
Replies: 98
Views: 8,440
Posted By theelliotts

Re: £1 = $2.40 Fantastic

We decided to use OzForex - had opened a couple of accounts including HIFX. To date, OzForex have been good - no problems at all. If I remember correctly, account opening was same day/instant. ...
Forum: Australia
Oct 6th 2008, 9:38 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,480
Posted By theelliotts

Smile Anyone near Bribie / Caboolture / Morayfield areas???

Not sure if there have been any meet ups but if anyone fancies a meet up - lets see if we can get the first one organised.

Hope there are a few of you out there. If you add your name/s down -...
Forum: Australia
Oct 6th 2008, 7:22 am
Replies: 6
Views: 683
Posted By theelliotts

Thumbs up Re: Tax Return Advice Please!!

Thanks for the advice. It seems best to use a tax accountant and then reclaim this cost next year!

Many thanks
Nina :thumbsup:
Forum: Australia
Oct 6th 2008, 3:36 am
Replies: 6
Views: 683
Posted By theelliotts

Question Tax Return Advice Please!!

Hi

Need to decide on best route for doing first tax return which is for part of the year (husband only working as from end Jan this year). Someone had mentioned that if you have an accountant do...
Forum: The Barbie
Sep 24th 2008, 4:21 am
Replies: 7
Views: 958
Posted By theelliotts

Re: Caboolture Hospital Where to Live?

Hi. Bribie ticked a lot of our boxes - it is certainly not the retirement/quiet island that was and is sometimes portrayed!! You have a good selection of beaches - Woorim is great if your kids...
Forum: The Barbie
Sep 24th 2008, 3:34 am
Replies: 7
Views: 958
Posted By theelliotts

Re: Caboolture Hospital Where to Live?

Hi

If you are initially going to need a furnished/holiday type rental, I would opt for Bribie as there are a number of holiday houses available (have a look at realestate.com.au holidays). We did...
Forum: Australia
Sep 2nd 2008, 10:04 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,904
Posted By theelliotts

Re: Where to buy a kayak in Queensland?

Mate, go for a sit on, if you fall off it wont sink, if the sit in doesnt sink it will be a real pig to get back into anyway/ you will need to beach it first.also the sit on's are easier to set up...
Forum: Australia
Aug 10th 2008, 4:52 am
Replies: 8
Views: 774
Posted By theelliotts

Re: Nursery for 3 yr old in gold coast

Hi

If you go on yellow pages Australia and type in childcare with the appropriate suburb (town) with a kms distance, you should then get a good listing with the different types of childcare (eg...
Forum: Australia
Aug 10th 2008, 4:46 am
Replies: 8
Views: 774
Posted By theelliotts

Re: Nursery for 3 yr old in gold coast

Hi Lindsay

This is the listing of vaccinations my 4 year old has had to have in Australia(for both Centrelink and kindergarten). She was up to date when we left the UK in October:-

Hepatitis B...
Forum: Australia
Aug 7th 2008, 2:26 am
Replies: 8
Views: 774
Posted By theelliotts

Re: Nursery for 3 yr old in gold coast

Hi - I would suggest doing a search on childcare centres that will be local to you and contacting them to check on vacancies. When we arrived in October, I couldn't get any places locally for my 3...
Forum: Australia
Aug 6th 2008, 9:20 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,904
Posted By theelliotts

Re: Where to buy a kayak in Queensland?

We live on Bribie and there is Aquarius Kayaks on the island (not sure if they have a website but they do list some of their items on ebay.com.au), various outdoor type shops nearby in Morayfield. ...
Forum: Australia
Aug 6th 2008, 9:14 am
Replies: 10
Views: 882
Posted By theelliotts

Re: Anyone hired a Motor Home?

Where are you looking to stay when you arrive?

We hired a motorhome when we travelled around for a couple of months (Auto Sleepers) but sorted out furnished houses when we arrived to live via...
Forum: Australia
Aug 4th 2008, 6:06 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,101
Posted By theelliotts

Re: Qld Schools - Anyone Applied for Early Entry?

Hi - Understand your query but she is only missing the Qld official cut off by 6 days so it not really a case of starting her 'early' (still can't work out why different states have different cut off...
Forum: Australia
Aug 2nd 2008, 4:57 am
Replies: 7
Views: 763
Posted By theelliotts

Re: Holiday Accommodation

It may also be worth trying local real estate agents that do holiday rentals or look at realholidays.com.au or http://holiday.domain.com.au.

Hope that helps and good luck!

Nina
Forum: Australia
Aug 2nd 2008, 4:51 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,101
Posted By theelliotts

Re: Qld Schools - Anyone Applied for Early Entry?

We have contacted both the school and Queensland Education - it was the A/Regional Executive Director (Sunshine Coast Region) that initially advised us that Education Queensland's policy on early...
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