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Forum: Australia
Aug 15th 2014, 11:16 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 5,482
Posted By OverRun

Re: Hydronic Heating in Australia

Thanks GarryP for the simplest and best explanation of how a heat pump works :)
Forum: Australia
Jul 3rd 2014, 11:48 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 2,711
Posted By OverRun

Re: importing a vehicle

Sorry I've come into the discussion a bit late. I wrote some words for another forum on the topic, and let me copy them here:

A car can be exported to Australia, but it is a real bureaucratic pain...
Forum: Australia
Oct 19th 2013, 4:00 am
Replies: 21
Views: 4,124
Posted By OverRun

Re: Bond/security deposit for campervan rental

Local advice is to get an Amex card. This is without limit, and you use this for security deposits, while leaving your normal card free for normal transactions.

BTW is it only me or do the...
Forum: The Barbie
Sep 24th 2013, 3:04 am
Replies: 60
Views: 4,659
Posted By OverRun

Re: Buying houses

I thought I'd try the onthehouse app with the properties listed by bcworld.

34 Lascelles Street. Quoted at $490k-$530k. Sold at $620k.
From the App: $557,900-$709,900 'rough estimate'
That's not...
Forum: The Barbie
Sep 22nd 2013, 11:25 pm
Replies: 60
Views: 4,659
Posted By OverRun

Re: Buying houses

Many people work hard to obscure the property value.

To their discomfort, there is a really great iphone app [onthe house) and a good matching website for the non-iphoners...
Forum: Australia
Sep 21st 2013, 6:04 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 16,833
Posted By OverRun

Re: Brisbane - Good/Bad/Ugly, suburbs and commute to CBD?

Many thanks Kim67 - a really useful post.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Sep 1st 2013, 2:08 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,339
Posted By OverRun

Re: 20ft Container from NZ to UK

dunroving,

That is one of the most useful posts I have read in ages - thank you Good Sir.
Forum: Australia
Aug 22nd 2013, 3:21 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 12,364
Posted By OverRun

Re: Car Shipping - Roll On Roll Off Service

I am coming in a bit late to this thread, but I wanted to echo Rhubarb65's warning about checking the eligibility for import. I imported a car once and I rather regretted it. The paperwork was...
Forum: Australia
Mar 23rd 2013, 10:55 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 6,707
Posted By OverRun

Re: bank account robbery in Australia - watch out!

Interest going into an account does NOT make it active. I got one of the "3 year" warning letters on a savings account that was quietly sitting there for a rainy day. It had interest going in but no...
Forum: Australia
Mar 23rd 2013, 3:12 am
Replies: 21
Views: 3,069
Posted By OverRun

Re: ING Direct

I've got a rather a few accounts & term deposits with them.

It took me a while to trust them with their online-only presence. Imagine how that got tested when one account disappeared briefly due...
Forum: Australia
Oct 9th 2012, 10:46 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 6,389
Posted By OverRun

Re: Can you drive in Oz with UK driving licence?

Hi - I am a bit uncomfortable with the assumptions in this thread about driving on a UK license. They seem to be very much against the Australian approach to legal things which one should interpret...
Forum: Australia
Oct 9th 2012, 5:07 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 2,665
Posted By OverRun

Re: How to move GBPounds to AUDollars???

Wow :thumbsup: After reading the above comments, I have just got dynamic and joined Ozforex. I then got some quotes to transfer $AUS10,000 to GBP.

Ozforex would give me GBP 6325, and charge a...
Forum: Australia
Oct 8th 2012, 6:15 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,038
Posted By OverRun

Re: Perth house prices and rent details

Hi moneypenny20 -I now see that the map auto-loads and so the link isn't visible or needed; I tried to edit my post, but can't figure out how.

Dorothy -I just checked the current Mosman Park...
Forum: Australia
Oct 8th 2012, 12:50 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,038
Posted By OverRun

Perth house prices and rent details

The local paper "The West Australian " have just produced a superb map of Perth showing house prices and rental prices. IMHO it is the best such resource that I have ever seen, and I have lived here...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Oct 6th 2012, 2:54 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 8,725
Posted By OverRun

Re: Criminal Convictions - Australia

Sounds like you should be ok. But it is probably worth applying for the paper visa - not the online or eVisitor. The Department says


The relevant test they will use for granting the visa or not...
Forum: Australia
Oct 6th 2012, 12:46 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,064
Posted By OverRun

Re: Setting up company

There is some more detailed discussion on sole trader/company at: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1068896

MDH, if you are looking to import and sell product to the mining industry, in...
Forum: Australia
Oct 6th 2012, 12:36 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 2,665
Posted By OverRun

Re: How to move GBPounds to AUDollars???

Strongly recommend what brits1 has suggested - open the account before you leave. It makes the process so much easier. Otherwise it is essential to open an account immediately on arrival because you...
Forum: Australia
Oct 6th 2012, 12:25 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,349
Posted By OverRun

Re: Kuala Lumpar Airport

Kuala Lumpur:
Pan Pacific hotel at the airport: room GBP 110 or 138 with a really great breakfast.
Airport transit hotel GBP 75 for a 12 hour block of time

Just double-check that he is not...
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