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Forum: Australia
Mar 25th 2012, 10:08 am
Replies: 6
Views: 794
Posted By CharleneG

Re: Best comprehensive car insurance

Hi
I had a Ford Fiesta insured with Allianz, late last year I changed my car to a new VW Golf and they were still the best value, in Melbourne at least.

Hope this helps.
Charlene
Forum: Australia
Mar 4th 2012, 10:25 am
Replies: 5
Views: 980
Posted By CharleneG

Re: Moving employer with Novated Lease

I work as a Financial Controller for a company and although we only have 1 employee with a novated lease, she kept it with the same leasing company and they instructed me (the new employer) exactly...
Forum: Australia
Mar 4th 2012, 10:01 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,796
Posted By CharleneG

Re: Confused

The apartment rental market in Melbourne is competitive right now. Agents will want to see you have the income to make rental payments. Without steady employment you will unfortunately not be near...
Forum: Australia
May 9th 2011, 2:13 pm
Replies: 613
Views: 63,061
Posted By CharleneG

Re: who else can't sell house in Uk and has visa

I still have a house in the UK and moved to Melbourne just over two years ago.
We rented out the place in the UK and it has been a roller coaster ride with good tenants and bad but I still don't...
Forum: The Barbie
May 7th 2011, 11:30 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,620
Posted By CharleneG

Re: Scoopon problem

There are 2 things you should do:
1. Contact Scoopon and make them aware of the problems you have had. A colleague of mine had an issue with a Scoopon car service provider. Their customer service...
Forum: Australia
May 7th 2011, 9:50 am
Replies: 3
Views: 581
Posted By CharleneG

Re: shipping from Lancashire to BRisbane

We used John Masons.
Moved from Rochdale in March 2009. Filled a 40" container (to the brim) which cost $3500 + insurance.
I would definitely recommend them. Two guys came in like packing ninjas,...
Forum: Australia
May 7th 2011, 9:21 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,266
Posted By CharleneG

Re: SAT NAVs

A good place to buy from is JB-Hi Fi. We were offered a discount without even asking for it. We bought a Tom Tom a few months after we got here and it's been our best gadget buy and easy to use.
Forum: Australia
May 7th 2011, 9:17 am
Replies: 9
Views: 768
Posted By CharleneG

Re: need car insurance- in oz

Mine is with Allianz. Adverts are annoying but prices are competitive.
House insurance is AAMI who might also be worth checking.

Unfortunately I have not been able to find any decent comparison...
Forum: The Update Forum
Oct 25th 2009, 12:29 am
Replies: 21
Views: 3,241
Posted By CharleneG

Re: Against the odds....................so far.

Great post, absolutely love it!
Couldn't agree more, we have been here 7 months so far and although we have our ups and downs (as you said same shit shinier bucket) overall it's been great and we...
Forum: Accountants
Apr 27th 2009, 3:22 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,341
Posted By CharleneG

Re: MODL Points

Lee

I guess you are going to do your application online?
If so, you just upload the skills assessment as part of your application. This plus the proof of length of experience will award her the...
Forum: Australia
Apr 14th 2009, 11:25 pm
Replies: 44
Views: 3,304
Posted By CharleneG

Re: New to Melbourne!

The King of Tonga???? just what kind of establishment is this?
Forum: The Barbie
Apr 9th 2009, 1:02 pm
Replies: 186
Views: 12,430
Posted By CharleneG

Re: is it really that bad over in oz

At the end of the day it depends what you do and where you want to do it.

There are jobs in many sectors but the competition is fierce.

I am a Financial Controller currently in Melbourne and...
Forum: Accountants
Apr 8th 2009, 4:35 am
Replies: 9
Views: 2,110
Posted By CharleneG

Re: Any CIMAs got their CPA MRA yet?

Hi Sunshinegirl

Inspired by your posts, I finally got round to filling in my MRA form 2 days ago.
Most of the recruitment consultants I have seen since I got here have said it should not be an...
Forum: Australia
Mar 28th 2009, 10:28 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 2,833
Posted By CharleneG

Re: Favourite Melbourne Places

If you are looking for a decent Chinese restaurant I would recommend South Yarra China House 37 Toorak Road (nr junction with Punt Rd). There is no MSG in the food so it tastes fantastic and the...
Forum: Australia
Mar 26th 2009, 10:12 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 2,622
Posted By CharleneG

Re: Flight upgrades

We flew out with Singapore from Heathrow on an A380. We had seats upstairs in economy so we got to walk through the business class section!
Although there were only 4 people in the whole business...
Forum: Accountants
Mar 26th 2009, 10:18 am
Replies: 14
Views: 8,395
Posted By CharleneG

Re: Getting a job with CIMA, without experience

Just to give you a flavour of the current market over here in Australia...
I arrived 2 weeks ago in Melbourne as a CIMA qualified accountant with 12 years post qualification experience. My last job...
Forum: Australia
Mar 26th 2009, 7:08 am
Replies: 44
Views: 3,304
Posted By CharleneG

Re: New to Melbourne!

Bugger! we can't do next weekend as we are playing out with the Kiddies at V Festival.

Oh well let us know how it goes and hopefully if all goes well we can meet you all next time we do this.
Forum: Australia
Mar 20th 2009, 7:25 am
Replies: 44
Views: 3,304
Posted By CharleneG

Re: New to Melbourne!

Ok this is kind of spooky in a twilight zone music kind of way, we have just arrived in Melbourne a week ago (last Thursday), are in our upper 30's, have no kids and are currently in South Yarra.
...
Forum: Australia
Mar 6th 2009, 1:18 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,025
Posted By CharleneG

John Mason Removals - Great Service

Hi

I had 2 guys in from John Masons last week to pack up the contents of my house for shipment to Melbourne.
I would just like to say what a fantastic job they did. They turned up on time,...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Feb 19th 2009, 4:37 pm
Replies: 1,849
Views: 104,334
Posted By CharleneG

Re: April 2008 Applicants

Well guys, like a lot of you now, I can finally see the finish line in sight.

We finally got a tenant for our house confirmed yesterday.
I did my last day in work and got presented with a cork...
Forum: Australia
Feb 14th 2009, 4:21 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,814
Posted By CharleneG

Re: No wonder AUS has a skills shortage!

I know what you mean.
I see it from both sides, my OH is a recruitment consultant, I am an accountant who has used their services in the UK both as candidate and client on many occasions.
My...
Forum: Australia
Feb 13th 2009, 4:37 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 556
Posted By CharleneG

Re: Short term accomodation on arrival - Perth

Hi

I don't know how many there are in your family but my OH and myself have used this website to book a 1 bed apartment in Melbourne for the first 7 week we are there from next month.
...
Forum: Australia
Feb 12th 2009, 3:16 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 647
Posted By CharleneG

Re: Taking Medical History to Oz - Have I got enough detail?

Thanks guys

I have copies of the letters from my consultants too which I am going to take with me and reprint if necessary.
Hopefully they won't want to redo the tests, I have benign intracranial...
Forum: Australia
Feb 12th 2009, 12:49 pm
Replies: 102
Views: 16,774
Posted By CharleneG

Re: MELBOURNE - BUZZY'S RECCIE PART 2!!!

We land in Melbourne in exactly 4 weeks, visas in passports, forever!

This is the first time I have read this post and having not done a reccie, all of our research has been internet and the views...
Forum: Australia
Feb 11th 2009, 7:55 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 613
Posted By CharleneG

Re: Short term rental Carrum Downs area Melbourne

I'm not sure how much help this may be to the OP but we found an apartment in South Yarra through not1night.com.au which suited us perfectly.

As there is just the 2 of us we only needed 1 bedroom...
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