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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 23rd 2011, 12:19 am
Replies: 18
Views: 11,655
Posted By chocciecake

Re: Single mother moving back to UK

you can just back pay the amount! its only like £2.50 or something a week, so not really alot per year.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 23rd 2011, 12:11 am
Replies: 5
Views: 1,782
Posted By chocciecake

Re: Rental options moving back to UK

be careful on gumtree, as it is riddled with scams!

you may fork out money and that is the last you see of it!

take a look at the forum on gumtree to reasd up about the scames so you don't get...
Forum: The Rovers Return
Feb 16th 2011, 11:36 am
Replies: 31
Views: 4,364
Posted By chocciecake

Re: 12th March can't come fast enough

http://www.worldbaggage.com.au/Estimate.aspx

yeah, its actually $5.50 per kilo, so for 50 kgs we will pay $360, but that also includes an $85 charge for Documentation, Handling, Airline Insurance....
Forum: The Rovers Return
Feb 15th 2011, 2:09 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 4,364
Posted By chocciecake

Re: 12th March can't come fast enough

ooohh!
we are leaving two days after you!

you can send stuff back through an excess baggage company for around $6.00 kg...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 12th 2011, 11:49 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,050
Posted By chocciecake

Re: Short term accomodation needed

be VERY careful looking at gumtree accommodation...

we were looking for some weekly accommodation in london and the people seemed nie and the websites of the flats they had to show us looked...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 9th 2011, 10:41 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 11,940
Posted By chocciecake

Re: Ex pat returning and homeless - please advise

could she afford to rent a room in a share house?
that wouldn't cost much at all (unless she was in london)
Forum: Australia
Feb 7th 2011, 1:39 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 6,562
Posted By chocciecake

Re: Moved in dec having a rough time already

i looked into this kind of thing, but i don't believe any one ever gets a housesit,and the companies probably just make their money from registrations!
we never got an enquiry let alone a response...
Forum: The Barbie
Feb 5th 2011, 11:21 pm
Replies: 195
Views: 27,506
Posted By chocciecake

Re: Why are houses in Australia not good looking?

you're so rude!!!

but then of course, i guess you know that and mean to be....

he's right, australia lacks interesting architechure, most of it is naff and ugly, either a crappy, badly planned,...
Forum: Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg
Jan 26th 2011, 9:40 pm
Replies: 139
Views: 91,127
Posted By chocciecake

Re: Negatives of living in the Netherlands?

sorry to say, but we moved back to australia, where i grew up, almost 2 years ago, and are headed back to the uk in march.

we lived in sydney,( which i love, awesome city!) but please don't fool...
Forum: USA
Jan 14th 2011, 4:42 pm
Replies: 385
Views: 72,020
Posted By chocciecake

Re: Is it really better in England, or just rose tinted glasses?

hands up, yes, thats us!:o
Forum: Australia
Jan 4th 2011, 8:56 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 2,210
Posted By chocciecake

Re: Earning in UK living in OZ

yes, petrol is the same almost in pounds as it is in cents here, but we drive further distances!

i have lived in the uk, for 7.5 yrs before i came back to australia, so i know exactly what our...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 1st 2011, 11:49 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 7,963
Posted By chocciecake

Re: Pregnant and returning to the UK

yes, and i even got FREE cranial osteopathy while pregnant, and for 6 months following, at the foundation for pediatric ostepathy in london!!!
and boy, did it help!
kids can be treated free up to...
Forum: Australia
Jan 1st 2011, 11:36 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 2,210
Posted By chocciecake

Re: Earning in UK living in OZ

yeah, the gst may only be 10% , but it is 10% of ripp off prices!
i'd rather pay 20% of cheaper living!
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 1st 2011, 11:20 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 7,963
Posted By chocciecake

Re: Pregnant and returning to the UK

oooh! you are also entitled to a FREE ,yes FREE (lothian lad) HOMEBIRTH!!!
in australia is costs about $5000, and you get very well looked after with two midwives in the uk too!
i could definately...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 1st 2011, 11:16 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 7,963
Posted By chocciecake

Re: Pregnant and returning to the UK

absolutely!

AND incase you don't know lothianlad, australia has a recipricol agreement with healthcare for british citizens, so brits are looked after in aus at the oz tax payers expense! so...
Forum: Australia
Dec 30th 2010, 9:26 am
Replies: 73
Views: 9,340
Posted By chocciecake

Re: QLD New Pool Fence Laws

and if a child dies from a gate being propped open, the owners should be charged with manslaughter, as they are clearly breaking the law, and being negligent!
Forum: The Rovers Return
Dec 29th 2010, 11:10 am
Replies: 292
Views: 27,425
Posted By chocciecake

Re: Scared of Making Wrong Decision

yes, we moved back to australia "permanently" after being in london for almost 8 yrs...my dh was born there, but grew up in australia from mid childhood, and bth my kids were born in london.
we got...
Forum: The Rovers Return
Dec 29th 2010, 10:56 am
Replies: 292
Views: 27,425
Posted By chocciecake

Re: Scared of Making Wrong Decision

don't worry, you're not the only one!
you know, we might be the only ones we know who didn't make money in the property boom,(infact, as still stuck in negative equity with a flat we can't sell in...
Forum: Australia
Dec 26th 2010, 1:24 am
Replies: 8
Views: 3,191
Posted By chocciecake

Re: Gold coast and Brizzy holiday

try stayz.com.au for accommodation....
we got a fantastic posh house for cheap!
Forum: Australia
Dec 21st 2010, 10:50 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 15,350
Posted By chocciecake

Re: GBP/AUD Trend Forecast into Mid 2011

yep, my dh earns all his income from the uk, and it went from us moving back to aus, with a good, income, to now having a crap one, even though he still has to work hard...
we're sick of everything...
Forum: Australia
Dec 21st 2010, 10:45 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 3,723
Posted By chocciecake

Re: Renting Houses with pets

yes, NAUGHTY NAUGHTY NAUGHTY!:lol:
Forum: USA
Dec 21st 2010, 10:18 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 6,858
Posted By chocciecake

Re: car insurance - returning to UK

really?
we had no problem. we just got the insurance company to confirm how many years no claim in writing and fax it.... it was easy,...
Forum: Australia
Dec 21st 2010, 9:50 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 20,274
Posted By chocciecake

Re: Does anyone live in Broadmeadows Melbourne?

probably not really helpful but- when i was a kid growing up in melbourne, one of the jokes about a place if it was bad was that it was the "broadmeadows of melbourne"...

i'm not sure if i even...
Forum: Australia
Dec 19th 2010, 10:13 am
Replies: 59
Views: 10,174
Posted By chocciecake

Re: Frustration of working with people who have poor spoken English

i grew up in australia, and knew many people thru church or whatever that were new australians and could hardly talk a word of english, so i don't know about that!
including my mums friend by the...
Forum: Australia
Dec 19th 2010, 10:08 am
Replies: 59
Views: 10,174
Posted By chocciecake

Re: Frustration of working with people who have poor spoken English

the problem isn't hers though!
as she said, they don't understand their own clients as well, and they are the ones who are going to suffer the consequences of being administered the wrong medication...
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