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Forum: Australia
Jun 11th 2013, 5:04 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,881
Posted By carzinoz

Re: Circular Quay Eating with Kid

me and Kelly will stick to our beachside cafes then :D
Forum: Australia
Jun 9th 2013, 9:29 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,881
Posted By carzinoz

Re: Circular Quay Eating with Kid

we went to La Renaissance. Despite the que we bagged a two seater table in the court yard but I found it a bit oppressive with the high walls round the court yard.

Daughter was wide eyed and...
Forum: Australia
Jun 9th 2013, 12:53 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,881
Posted By carzinoz

Re: Circular Quay Eating with Kid

Macca's will do for a back up but I looove the look of that renaissance cafe! Check the cakes, my 11 year old will love this and there's simple stuff for a kid too!! Worth the trip just for the...
Forum: Australia
Jun 8th 2013, 7:21 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,881
Posted By carzinoz

Circular Quay Eating with Kid

Hi everyone,

I want to take my daughter up to see a bit of Vivid Sydney. We'll be up there at tea time so need a place to eat.

Hot chips and a fizzy drink, somewhere to sit, nothing...
Forum: Australia
Sep 27th 2012, 10:01 pm
Replies: 93
Views: 14,305
Posted By carzinoz

Re: parents an emotional wreck, tips and hindsight needed please!

OMG Betty, what a horrible text!! Good on your hubby for calling his mum, I'd have been a bit of a coward in that situation, scared to call in case it was true and I ended up even more torn.

My...
Forum: Australia
Sep 27th 2012, 7:15 am
Replies: 5
Views: 1,177
Posted By carzinoz

Re: Australian Taxes on UK property income??

if you're on a 457 you don't have to declare it or pay Oz tax on it.

Otherwise you do and as you said it is added to your Oz income and taxed at the top rate you pay. If you change the ownership...
Forum: Australia
Sep 27th 2012, 7:07 am
Replies: 3
Views: 774
Posted By carzinoz

Re: Medical Insurance

try this link

http://www.privatehealth.gov.au/
Forum: Australia
Sep 27th 2012, 7:02 am
Replies: 93
Views: 14,305
Posted By carzinoz

Re: parents an emotional wreck, tips and hindsight needed please!

Mabye when they hit the ten year mark and it took that for them to realise it wasn't a passing phase or mabye they are just ten years older and feeling more in need of support.

I met someone the...
Forum: Australia
Sep 27th 2012, 6:54 am
Replies: 2
Views: 1,213
Posted By carzinoz

Re: Anyone feel lost

Ways I've met people - through this forum, in the school playground, through selling avon. More recently I've joined facebook pages for mums and bubs and there seem to be some nice people on there...
Forum: Australia
Sep 17th 2012, 9:24 pm
Replies: 93
Views: 14,305
Posted By carzinoz

Re: parents an emotional wreck, tips and hindsight needed please!

I love that idea Koalakim!

We all have this forum for support but as far as I know there's nothing for the ones getting left behind.
Forum: Australia
Sep 17th 2012, 9:10 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 579
Posted By carzinoz

Re: midwife hopefully moving to melbourne needs help

Hiya,

I don't really know anything about your specific situation but in general I'd say, secure a job, any job, get over here, see if you like it then start thinking about where your might like to...
Forum: Australia
Sep 16th 2012, 9:21 pm
Replies: 93
Views: 14,305
Posted By carzinoz

Re: parents an emotional wreck, tips and hindsight needed please!

Mabye we could get a group discount on a psycologist? ;)
Forum: Australia
Sep 15th 2012, 10:19 am
Replies: 93
Views: 14,305
Posted By carzinoz

Re: parents an emotional wreck, tips and hindsight needed please!

So many sad stories on here about families getting hurt.

Just wanted to add a positive note...four years ago my folks were gutted we were leaving, very dramatic.

Last night my daughter...
Forum: Australia
Sep 13th 2012, 4:55 pm
Replies: 93
Views: 14,305
Posted By carzinoz

Re: parents an emotional wreck, tips and hindsight needed please!

My MIL once offended her sister so badly her sister said she wanted to cut all ties. MIL continued to call her as normal, visit, chit chat as normal. She totally ignored what had been said and...
Forum: Australia
Sep 13th 2012, 7:28 am
Replies: 93
Views: 14,305
Posted By carzinoz

Re: parents an emotional wreck, tips and hindsight needed please!

Mya, I too suffer from over dramatic parents syndrome.

Feeling guilty about their insinuations that they were now scrimping and saving to come out to see us I made an impulsive decision to use our...
Forum: Australia
Sep 8th 2012, 11:43 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,876
Posted By carzinoz

Re: Adding Australian funds to QROPS

Hi Caroline,

Would you mind telling me who your super fund is with?

Thanks
Forum: Australia
Sep 7th 2012, 7:03 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,876
Posted By carzinoz

Adding Australian funds to QROPS

Can anyone help?

I moved my UK pension fund over to Australian Super specifically so I could add to it from my Australian money. I'm not working and so I can't make regular contributions but...
Forum: Australia
Sep 1st 2012, 2:06 am
Replies: 33
Views: 4,605
Posted By carzinoz

Re: Having a baby in Wollongong

Oh that's just the tip of the ice berg. I've been forgetting lots of things but I can't remember what right now. First baby, I invited a pal over for coffee then went out. She sat outside my house...
Forum: Australia
Aug 29th 2012, 9:20 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 4,605
Posted By carzinoz

Re: Having a baby in Wollongong

Lou, we were talking about communicating preferences for giving birth and Claire was reminding me about the extra photo you found on your camera after having Evie :rofl: No photography! will def be...
Forum: Australia
Aug 29th 2012, 9:19 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 4,605
Posted By carzinoz

Re: Having a baby in Wollongong

Baby brain and managing your own ante natal care....I forgot to go to the GP at 24 weeks and when I turned up at 28 weeks (for something else) she frowned and asked was I still doing shared care,...
Forum: Australia
Aug 21st 2012, 9:27 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 4,605
Posted By carzinoz

Re: Having a baby in Wollongong

The midwives group sounds ideal Lou, wish I'd been able to get in. Sara, my GP advised me that to get in now you have to practically put your name down the moment you conceive. Think they only take...
Forum: Australia
Aug 20th 2012, 11:28 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,798
Posted By carzinoz

Re: using uk income for au life

From July 2012 the tax free threshold in Aus has gone up from $6k to $18,200 so now you will pay even less tax than you would have before , yae!
Forum: Australia
Aug 20th 2012, 11:22 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 17,984
Posted By carzinoz

Re: Landlords Insurance whilst Overseas

Hi Stuart,

I use Norwich Union via an Insurance Broker. Obviously I'm biased because I used to work for them but I'm confident the policy gives good cover.

Some insurers do an owner/occupier...
Forum: Australia
Aug 20th 2012, 11:05 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 4,605
Posted By carzinoz

Re: Having a baby in Wollongong

Hi Sara,

Congratulations on hubby's new job, the move and the bump :D

I think the cost of things might depend on whether you are permanant visa holders or temp visa holders. I'm PR so this is...
Forum: Australia
Jul 22nd 2012, 9:59 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 3,975
Posted By carzinoz

Re: Freezing of my UK pension?

We're non- resident but not non-domiciled at the moment....I think :)

The Uk state pension is not means tested and it's for life, the Oz state one is for life but it's means tested. Oz...
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