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Forum: Australia
Apr 29th 2009, 9:16 pm
Replies: 43
Views: 3,391
Posted By Sammy T

Re: Getting cooler <g>

Errol was from Tas, where it may well be cold (1c this morning when I left work at 7.30am!) but it's not wet, Hobart is the driest capital in Oz, along with Adelaide.

Beautiful here today, cold,...
Forum: Australia
Apr 28th 2009, 7:34 pm
Replies: 1,240
Views: 109,263
Posted By Sammy T

Re: Tasmania (continued!)

Thanks Effie, my two are 10 and 12 so no good for us. We have private health insurnace which covers the check ups but not much else, hubby just had a bill of over $2000 because they only cover a...
Forum: The Barbie
Apr 28th 2009, 7:26 pm
Replies: 129
Views: 10,024
Posted By Sammy T

Re: Australia - Try before you buy.......

Hey, give the woman a break!

Why do some posters feel the need to laugh at other people's misfortunes?

We all have our expectations when we come to Oz, otherwise we wouldn't be here, maybe they...
Forum: Australia
Apr 28th 2009, 3:44 pm
Replies: 1,240
Views: 109,263
Posted By Sammy T

Re: Tasmania (continued!)

Hi

We came straight to Tas from the Uk after visiting Oz for a holiday the year before. We have now been here for 10 months and have had some ups downs along the way!

I like many things about...
Forum: Australia
Apr 28th 2009, 3:23 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,377
Posted By Sammy T

Re: NHS - Is there an Australian equvalent for Healthcare?

Maybe I have misunderstood, I thought if you went to a bulk billing practice you had no upfront costs to pay at all.

Whereas I go to a non bulk billing practice and have to pay them, then go to...
Forum: Australia
Apr 28th 2009, 3:20 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 4,389
Posted By Sammy T

Re: Unsettled @ 3 months

Good luck, sounds like are already happier having made your decision.


Sam
Forum: Australia
Apr 28th 2009, 2:20 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,695
Posted By Sammy T

Re: Schooling issue QLD/Brisbane

Hi

Can't comment on schooling in Qld but I have found it very different here in Tas.

As you said, it's hard to pin the teachers down on the actual curriculum and it appears very loose to me! My...
Forum: Australia
Apr 28th 2009, 2:14 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,377
Posted By Sammy T

Re: NHS - Is there an Australian equvalent for Healthcare?

In effect yes, there is the standard Medicare levy of 1.5 % , then any additional costs when attending the GP, I can't find a bulk billing practice anywhere that will take on new patients so stuck...
Forum: Australia
Apr 28th 2009, 2:09 pm
Replies: 1,240
Views: 109,263
Posted By Sammy T

Re: Tasmania (continued!)

Hi Effie

Don't let other people's comments bother you, they can be a sharp lot out there at times! I have asked for advice on mayn things over the last couple of years and just sift though the...
Forum: Australia
Apr 27th 2009, 8:16 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 3,076
Posted By Sammy T

Re: Is there a similar NHS Direct type service in Australia?

Nah, that's Tasmania ;)

We should get it by 2011, they reckon.

Sam
Forum: The Barbie
Apr 27th 2009, 8:14 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 808
Posted By Sammy T

Re: Witnesses for Birth Registration Application

LOL :p

I should have read your signature! Lovely name :wub:

How did you find the birth here in Oz, where did you deliver and was it public or private??

Sorry for all the questions, I have...
Forum: The Barbie
Apr 27th 2009, 5:55 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 808
Posted By Sammy T

Re: Witnesses for Birth Registration Application

Congratulations FF, what did you have?

:wub:

Sam
Forum: Australia
Apr 27th 2009, 2:50 pm
Replies: 104
Views: 7,956
Posted By Sammy T

Re: Say something nice about Australia!!

Going for a hike up the Hartz Peak Mountain (Tas) on a glorious warm Autumn day, feeling like we were on top of the world, and then having a BBQ at a picnic shelter after, where the BBQ was spotless...
Forum: Australia
Apr 27th 2009, 2:45 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,160
Posted By Sammy T

Re: Reasons for migration - push or pull?

Yep, agree with that. We never hated the UK and still think it has lots of good points, didn't think Oz was utopia, just wanted to push ourselves out of that comfortable rut that we had settled into....
Forum: Australia
Apr 27th 2009, 2:41 pm
Replies: 1,240
Views: 109,263
Posted By Sammy T

Re: Tasmania (continued!)

Hi Donna

Sorry to hear about your mum.

I am at the Hobart Private and I think that's the reason it's so very different, as you just do whatever the doctors want, each one has their own little...
Forum: Australia
Apr 27th 2009, 11:12 am
Replies: 25
Views: 2,292
Posted By Sammy T

Re: family allowance

We get FTB A & B but only get the Teen Voucher for my daughter, which is for up to $150 per year, for my son, there is nothing.

They have had their teeth checked at school once but if they...
Forum: The Barbie
Apr 27th 2009, 11:02 am
Replies: 15
Views: 2,070
Posted By Sammy T

Re: Things to do in Dubai

Very interesting and very disturbing.............

Probably shouldn't go there for 2 days and add to the pot of gold.

Can sadly think of many other holiday destinations around the world where...
Forum: Australia
Apr 26th 2009, 8:18 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 9,999
Posted By Sammy T

Re: online shopping for Next coming to Sydney

Take comfort in that Tasmania won't be getting one either!!

We don't have 2 decent shops to rub together, still at least I'm getting plenty of wear out of my clothes that came out with us.

Sam
Forum: The Barbie
Apr 25th 2009, 7:33 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 2,070
Posted By Sammy T

Re: Things to do in Dubai

Hi and thanks

My children are 10 and 12 so up for anything although I have friends who hated the desert safari and felt very sick, so I'm not too sure about that myself!!

I take onboard the...
Forum: The Barbie
Apr 24th 2009, 11:50 am
Replies: 15
Views: 2,070
Posted By Sammy T

Re: Things to do in Dubai

Thanks for this post, as I'm stopping over with my children for a couple of days in July, it's useful

Sounds like they will be plenty to keep us busy, think Wild Wadi will be their favourite...
Forum: Australia
Apr 23rd 2009, 11:51 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 1,868
Posted By Sammy T

Re: Education: Australia's great leap forward.

So why haven't the AEU suggested anything better years ago?

I do agree to some extent, statistics only show part of the picture but at the moment parents have very little to go on.

Sam
Forum: Australia
Apr 23rd 2009, 2:49 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 1,868
Posted By Sammy T

Re: Education: Australia's great leap forward.

Sounds great but I'll eat my hat if it actually happens......

Here, just as in the UK they like to talk BIG about the things they are going to do but never seems to happen, improving Maternity...
Forum: Australia
Apr 23rd 2009, 2:44 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 2,576
Posted By Sammy T

Re: Health service in Australia

Obviously a very good service and a very different one to what is offered here in Tasmania!

I have finally managed to find another surgery and this one bulk bills so hopefully we won't have to pay...
Forum: Australia
Apr 23rd 2009, 11:03 am
Replies: 35
Views: 2,576
Posted By Sammy T

Re: Health service in Australia

I hear what you are saying there. In the UK any hospital admissions for a child are automatically notified to your GP and your health visitor, this is just one way of ensuring that children who are...
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