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Forum: Australia
Jan 28th 2011, 2:37 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 613
Posted By geelong

Digital TV's - Aus/UK

Does anyone know if Australian digital tv's will work with the UK digital tv system?

We are trying to decide whether to take ours and hard disc recorder back with us.
Forum: Australia
Jul 10th 2010, 12:20 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 2,000
Posted By geelong

Re: Children booster seats

We live in Victoria and here the road guidelines are set out by Vicroads so I presume other states must have a similar association. The guidelines set out rules for different ages, heights and...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
May 11th 2010, 7:06 pm
Replies: 43
Views: 3,740
Posted By geelong

Re: Victoria Refusal

I was refused by Victoria for State sponsorship, despite 15 years of experience and positive IELTS and vetassess etc and couldn't understand why. Now we are out here, it is obvious, as Primary...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
May 3rd 2010, 9:36 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 1,920
Posted By geelong

Re: Pre-Primary Teacher Training in Australia

Look up the Early Childhood Australia website as they have a strict list of qualifications they will accept for Pre-Primary, part of which have to have a 0-2 year old element. You are also able to...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 20th 2010, 11:12 pm
Replies: 93
Views: 14,894
Posted By geelong

Re: Accountants: no @7 in ielts, no visa; what about other professions..

Accountancy isn't the only profession which requires a 7 across the IELTS bands. I am a Primary Teacher, with English as a first language and I took the IELTS. I also know there was a nurse taking...
Forum: Australia
Apr 11th 2010, 7:02 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,358
Posted By geelong

Re: is it for my reasons or my kids???????

Know exactly how you feel. Where to live is so clear cut for some and confusing for others. My children like living in Australia, but miss their grandparents and talk about them a lot. We are going...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 8th 2010, 11:35 am
Replies: 1,317
Views: 176,521
Posted By geelong

Re: 5 points for Investment Bond withdrawn Sept 07?? (PART TWO)

Congratulations to everyone getting their visa.

The bond issue has meant a very long and stressful time for you all. It still sends shivers down our spine just thinking about the anguish of when...
Forum: Australia
Apr 3rd 2010, 7:00 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 2,309
Posted By geelong

Re: WA v VIC v SA

We live in Victoria, and would say come and try here first. As said before it is a great state in it's own right and very easy to see other parts of Australia. It took us about an hour to fly to...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Mar 30th 2010, 10:46 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,083
Posted By geelong

Re: child with a special need ????

I was an Infant teacher in UK and have worked as a supply teacher in Victoria. It does seem that children in the UK get more support within the education system.
Forum: Australia
Mar 4th 2010, 9:40 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 1,889
Posted By geelong

Re: Where in Vic?

We live in Geelong which is about 15 minutes to the Great Ocean Road and an hour to Melbourne. We also have some great schools. Here is a link to a site where you can search schools in Victoria. It...
Forum: Australia
Feb 28th 2010, 8:05 am
Replies: 4
Views: 687
Posted By geelong

Re: Renewing passports

We sent our passports off a couple of weeks ago, so can let you know when they come back. Sorry I can't give you a definite answer before then.
Forum: Australia
Jan 30th 2010, 9:40 am
Replies: 56
Views: 12,836
Posted By geelong

Re: Ping Pong Pommes , where are you??

Out of interest, do you think you made the right choice going back to UK?
Forum: Teaching
Jan 22nd 2010, 11:04 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 4,625
Posted By geelong

Re: Question about Teaching in Australia.

It seems to be the same here in Victoria.
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Jan 22nd 2010, 11:02 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,336
Posted By geelong

Re: IELTS Listening

It is really hard to keep track in the listening test, so I appreciate the difficulty. I used www.scottsenglish.com
It isn't a free site, and I can't remember how much is was now as it is 2 years...
Forum: Australia
Jan 22nd 2010, 10:52 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,511
Posted By geelong

Re: teach in WA

Hi
Not sure about WA, but permanent contracts in Victoria seem very hard to come by, and they seem to like to employ people with PR status. Before I left the UK I registered with VIT, have you...
Forum: Australia
Jan 19th 2010, 9:33 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 4,327
Posted By geelong

Re: Child with Autistic Spectrum Disorder

In the UK I was a Primary Teacher and have taught lots of children with additional needs and can say that a lot of schools here in Geelong do not cater adequately for children with special needs,...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 10th 2010, 4:21 pm
Replies: 61
Views: 7,096
Posted By geelong

Re: Back after 6 weeks in UK

Glad you had a good time. I am VERY, VERY jealous. :(:)
Forum: Australia
Jan 10th 2010, 10:18 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,559
Posted By geelong

Re: Teaching in Australia

Just to reiterate what has been said by the others. It is very difficult to get a permanent job here, in an area you would want to live. We live in Geelong and I know that Aussie teachers struggle to...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Jan 7th 2010, 4:17 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 640
Posted By geelong

Re: p45s or bank statements

We bought loads of bank statements over, and never needed them, but we have used our P45 with centrelink.
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Dec 16th 2009, 10:25 am
Replies: 7
Views: 18,650
Posted By geelong

Re: UK PGCE or Australian Graduate Diploma in Education?

It seems that Australian qualifications are preferred, though it's not impossible with UK ones. Good luck.:thumbsup:
Forum: Australia
Oct 20th 2009, 12:09 am
Replies: 15
Views: 2,275
Posted By geelong

Re: Any families in or around Geelong wanting to meet up?

Hi
I used scottsenglish.com to help with practise papers for the IELTS. It isn't free, but not expensive, and had lots of sample papers for all areas and tips to get into the right mind set. I was...
Forum: Australia
Oct 18th 2009, 10:48 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 2,275
Posted By geelong

Re: Any families in or around Geelong wanting to meet up?

Hi,
We just noticed this thread are in Geelong and are happy to meet up if anyone wants to. We have also been here just over a year now.

Tim and Karen.

PS Good luck with the IELTS Anne.
Forum: Australia
Aug 27th 2009, 9:20 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 1,962
Posted By geelong

Re: Private Tutor to get kids ready for moving back.

I wouldn't get a tutor, wait and see how your child settles in first. As long as the basic skills such as letter sounds, sounding out words, attempting sentence writing using these sounds and simple...
Forum: Australia
Aug 27th 2009, 9:08 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 3,035
Posted By geelong

Re: koala in australia

We saw lots on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria too. I think it was near either the Wye or Kennett river. There is a camp site and cafe with Koala in the title and they can be seen sleeping and...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Aug 17th 2009, 9:56 am
Replies: 8
Views: 770
Posted By geelong

Re: IELTS preprations

Sorry, I can't help you with that, but I did use a site called scottsenglish.com
It had practice tests and advice. It isn't free and has been a couple of years since I used it so don't know how much...
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