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Forum: Australia
May 13th 2021, 10:58 am
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

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Thanks Kapri, that's a lot of detail and sounds like its definitely worth considering
Forum: Australia
Apr 19th 2021, 12:33 pm
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

Re: Professional copuple moving in Nov/Dec - Opinions on cities

Finland sounds like an interesting adventure. Best of luck to you. How did that come about?
Also what is the draw to Eastern Europe?
Forum: Australia
Apr 19th 2021, 10:00 am
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

Re: Professional copuple moving in Nov/Dec - Opinions on cities

I'd forgotten all about Skerries. We used to go down the beach there, and Bettystown (I think?!)
Forum: Australia
Apr 19th 2021, 9:54 am
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

Re: Professional copuple moving in Nov/Dec - Opinions on cities

Thanks, I do take it on board. How long have you been in Oz now? Are you considering leaving?
Forum: Australia
Apr 19th 2021, 9:52 am
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

Re: Professional copuple moving in Nov/Dec - Opinions on cities

So wheras we all tend to head en masse to the city centre at the weekends here, is that not the case in Sydney? Do people tend to socialise more within their part of the city or suburb?
Forum: Australia
Apr 19th 2021, 9:48 am
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

Re: Professional copuple moving in Nov/Dec - Opinions on cities

Interesting, thanks! Another point in the East Coast column then :D
Forum: Australia
Apr 19th 2021, 9:02 am
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

Re: Professional copuple moving in Nov/Dec - Opinions on cities

Sorry when I was talking about the place that had changed so much I was referring to Dublin! I can't imagine that Drogheda has changed too much, however it was within commuting distance to Dublin so...
Forum: Australia
Apr 18th 2021, 7:22 pm
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

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Thanks!... I guess? jk lol :D
I had not heard that things shut so early, I would have imagined Oz of all places to have good pub culture.
I do get that activities are generally more health focused...
Forum: Australia
Apr 7th 2021, 4:38 pm
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

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Thanks Abner, sounds like practical advice. I will start some meaningful job searching in the next few months and try to find some recruiters on LinkedIn on the meantime. If you know any IT...
Forum: Australia
Mar 24th 2021, 11:12 am
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

Re: Professional copuple moving in Nov/Dec - Opinions on cities

Thanks for all the replies guys, it's all very useful and food for thought!:thumbsup:
Forum: Australia
Mar 24th 2021, 11:09 am
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

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We definitely picked up on that to some extent. The sense of humour being the main thing. You just reminded me that we bought our couch second hand over there, and when we went to pick it up, it was...
Forum: Australia
Mar 24th 2021, 10:21 am
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

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Hopefully that was the case! I am sure if I had a job early on I would just have taken the other stuff on the chin. There were other things about that city that put us off and so I look at the the...
Forum: Australia
Mar 23rd 2021, 4:11 pm
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

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I lived in Ireland for a while as a child, we stayed in Drogheda and would go to Dublin all the time. This was 20 years ago now. We went back a few years ago and its changed so much in that time....
Forum: Australia
Mar 23rd 2021, 2:39 pm
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

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For what its worth, much of what you are saying here does ring true to our experience. We were not leaving a bad situation back in Glasgow. We both were making decent money, able to put a lot away to...
Forum: Australia
Mar 23rd 2021, 1:55 pm
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

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Yeah I am not on here to dump on Toronto, there are millions of people there and many who have made a success of it for themselves, but I can only go by my own experience. We went looking for...
Forum: Australia
Mar 23rd 2021, 12:28 pm
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

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RE BA specialisation - anything data related, analysis, visualisation, reporting etc. But I am still a bit of an all rounder and haven't specialised to a high degree so I feel comfortable jumping...
Forum: Australia
Mar 22nd 2021, 12:21 pm
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

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You are right, I had not even considered Hobart!

And you may be right about the big city but we are willing to give it another go, albeit trying to avoid the pitfalls that we encountered last...
Forum: Australia
Mar 22nd 2021, 11:54 am
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

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I haven't found the answer online yet, but do you know if there are any issues working for australian government as a non-citizen? (I will have PR when I arrive).

Theres the mention of snow again...
Forum: Australia
Mar 22nd 2021, 11:46 am
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

Re: Professional copuple moving in Nov/Dec - Opinions on cities

Crazy! Pretty sure thats what we get in an entire bad month!
Forum: Australia
Mar 22nd 2021, 11:44 am
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

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Ooooft thanks for the heads up on that one... WTH?
Forum: Australia
Mar 20th 2021, 6:09 pm
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

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Thanks, we had a similar issue in Toronto. Was out of work for 8 months when we got there (covid hit not long after and everything shut down), total disaster
Forum: Australia
Mar 20th 2021, 6:07 pm
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

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Thanks again, very useful!
Forum: Australia
Mar 20th 2021, 6:05 pm
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

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Interesting... it looks like the annual rainfall for Brisbane is quite high, does it rain often or just in large amounts whenever it does?
Forum: Australia
Mar 20th 2021, 6:01 pm
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

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Air-con is non negotiable! :D
Forum: Australia
Mar 18th 2021, 12:01 pm
Replies: 101
Views: 10,854
Posted By Scoosh

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Thanks Troubadour!
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