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Forum: Australia
Feb 17th 2014, 10:20 am
Replies: 30
Views: 2,276
Posted By fly2hi

Re: Advice required re shipping our dog please

Our chocolate Lab was 6 when we brought him to Perth. Yes, I had some reservations, we might pay all that money and then he gets hit by a car etc..
He is 13 now and loving it here. Looking back I...
Forum: Australia
Jul 30th 2012, 10:25 am
Replies: 24
Views: 5,087
Posted By fly2hi

Re: QROPs - Charges to bring pension to AUS

I was told that by an 'expert' but when i queried Virgin they said that wouldn't happen...needs to be clarified somehow.
Forum: Australia
Jul 30th 2012, 10:15 am
Replies: 6
Views: 2,028
Posted By fly2hi

Re: Best Mobile Phone Network - Perth

I'm about 25k north of the city and with Red Bull 365 day plan so for $1 day get unlimited text and calls anywhere in OZ. Thats Vodaphone. Not much good indoors, just drops out randomly but ok...
Forum: Australia
Mar 25th 2009, 10:57 am
Replies: 9
Views: 749
Posted By fly2hi

Re: tax credits still being paid - i am in oz!!

Expect so....you can run..but you just can't hide:cool:
Forum: Australia
Mar 25th 2009, 7:22 am
Replies: 9
Views: 749
Posted By fly2hi

Re: tax credits still being paid - i am in oz!!

Can confirm that. I have about 20 letters, revised demands etc, going back 18 months. They keep messing about with it so i'm waiting till i get the same demand at least 10 times. Then i might write...
Forum: The Barbie
Mar 22nd 2009, 1:01 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 964
Posted By fly2hi

Re: I'm so embarrassed - my daughter

You're lucky. It's normally the other way round. My kids are always embarrassed because of something Mum or Dad has done
Forum: The Barbie
Mar 22nd 2009, 12:58 pm
Replies: 147
Views: 7,918
Posted By fly2hi

Re: New British Lolly Shop on the Gold Coast.....

Small world isn't it. My neighbour runs the BLS in Perth and my daughter works at Cold Rock. Both really busy.
Forum: Australia
Jan 25th 2009, 1:59 pm
Replies: 53
Views: 14,141
Posted By fly2hi

Re: BEWARE !! Fake foreign beer !

WA supermarkets have bottle shops attached and prices can go up and down like a yo yo. If you check your junk mail you see where the deals are. Depending on where you want to drink of course. If it's...
Forum: Australia
Jan 25th 2009, 1:46 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,331
Posted By fly2hi

Re: Internet in Australia

That was one of our expensive mistakes. Thinking we had to organize a b/b connection before we arrived. Same thing, stuff to sort out and keep up with in UK etc. Ended up using it for 3 weeks...
Forum: Australia
Jan 25th 2009, 1:31 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,120
Posted By fly2hi

Re: Shipping computer to Australia?

We bought 4 pc's over in a container and carried the laptops. As long as everything is backed up somewhere which it should be anyway, you shouldn't have a problem. As to customs examining your hard...
Forum: Australia
May 29th 2008, 2:52 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,638
Posted By fly2hi

Re: Perth Airport to Hillarys

If you google map it, there doesn't seem to be much in it. I tend to go reid highway but that's probably just because you tend to think 'north' and swing 'north'. Always get stuck with the dozens of...
Forum: Australia
May 13th 2008, 4:33 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,016
Posted By fly2hi

Re: Entrepreneurial opportunities in Perth

Know just what you mean Nix, and when Mike says 'unemployable' i can just about relate to that. He's the same age as me. I did 30 years retail in the UK running my own business. It's not really that...
Forum: Australia
Apr 22nd 2008, 4:47 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 3,427
Posted By fly2hi

Re: Converting drivers license

Didn't have to surrender uk license in WA. Even if you haven't got it with you, you can phone Swansea and get them to fax details to the Oz d/l office and they accept that. Cost around twelve quid...
Forum: Australia
Apr 22nd 2008, 4:34 pm
Replies: 126
Views: 14,964
Posted By fly2hi

Re: NO-NO's for the container

We brought daughters horse riding kit and wasn't a problem. Oly had an issue with one of the bikes and a pair of boots. Just the luck of the draw i suppose. Also packed all the medicines as a lot of...
Forum: Australia
Mar 22nd 2008, 11:49 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,002
Posted By fly2hi

Re: worried about exporting your dog!!

Ditto, ditto, ditto..Labrador..Airpets..Heathrow..Byford..couldn't fault the service at either end.
Forum: Australia
Mar 22nd 2008, 11:43 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,589
Posted By fly2hi

Re: HSBC Banking

Can be about as straight forward as a merry go round gets if you're unlucky/ wrong day.
We were HSBC Premier, wife ex bank etc so know how it works, but when it came to the crunch, (we were doing it...
Forum: Australia
Mar 21st 2008, 2:00 am
Replies: 20
Views: 1,501
Posted By fly2hi

Re: cooking apples??

If you can find them..add a little quince to your cooking apples...gives a nice tangy flavour
Forum: Australia
Mar 20th 2008, 4:56 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,501
Posted By fly2hi

Re: cooking apples??

Definitely Grannys...I had Fruit & Veg shops in Uk for about 15 years and some years there was around a month when you couldn't buy Bramleys. Lots of people just used Granny Smiths after i told them...
Forum: The Barbie
Mar 5th 2008, 6:02 am
Replies: 0
Views: 318
Posted By fly2hi

Pool fencing

Has anyone bought or had installed 'cheap' pool fencing. I mean, quotes ranging from $70 p.m to $140pm for galvanised/powder coated. I've heard the argument of cheap imported steel and galvanising...
Forum: Australia
Feb 23rd 2008, 12:15 am
Replies: 8
Views: 844
Posted By fly2hi

Re: Setting up a Limited Company in Oz, can anyone help?

http://www.business.gov.au/Business+Entry+Point/Business+Topics/Registration+and+licences/Register+your+business+or+company/Register+your+company.htm
Forum: Australia
Feb 20th 2008, 12:10 pm
Replies: 44
Views: 10,104
Posted By fly2hi

Re: Laptops as hand luggage?

If only that were the end of it and you could always rely on official statements. We came out last July, (5 of us). 3 of us had laptops, so i asked the travel agent to double check with Singapore...
Forum: Australia
Feb 19th 2008, 1:12 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 2,562
Posted By fly2hi

Re: Are you allowed to pack bottles of alcohol in your furniture container

Likewise, we had loads of liquers, whisky, brandy (even the charles & diana whisky..not really collectible now eh)...somehow it all got packed in the container with the glasses. We didn't know about...
Forum: Australia
Feb 19th 2008, 1:03 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 4,478
Posted By fly2hi

Re: disposing of landfill (soil, rocks etc..)

Might take you up on that Bobcat. Got about 50ton of clean white sand on my front lawn (well..it was a lawn) that has to go somewhere.

B.T.W. ..you're not living on that block i sold in the 80's...
Forum: Australia
Feb 16th 2008, 10:56 am
Replies: 27
Views: 4,922
Posted By fly2hi

Re: Time scales on emigrating dog

We used Airpets for our chocolate Lab and very happy with the whole deal. The worst part was dropping him off at the airport. The wife couldn't do it so down to me. But the reception was great. You...
Forum: Australia
Feb 15th 2008, 2:56 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 1,962
Posted By fly2hi

Re: Anyone bought a business?

Ditto....all of the above.

Think about the sort of business you would like to run and then find a job in one. Even if the money is crap, it will tell you everything you need to know and could save...
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