missymon212

Sorry but I have to stick up for Kingston....we bought a lovely big double brick house and have lived here in Kingston for 3 years now and are VERY happy here. We have the best neighbours anyone could have......introduced themselves as soon as we moved in......give us mangos off their trees...mow our nature strip when they mow their's.....no noise pollution......no hoons on our road....no late night parties etc etc. Previously rented in "respectable" Westlake....parties nearly every weekend...no sleep.....motorbikes screeching up and down the road till early hours....neighbours never spoke to us. Logan has it's bad areas like anywhere else and we have never felt unsafe or had any trouble. Feel much safer here than I ever did in UK. Just saying :smile:

Wow $29.11 as a social worker in Sydney? I work as a carer in Brisbane and get $35 per hour

Eurax cream if you've been bitten.....about $6 Chemist Warehouse and green Telfast antihistamines daily....bliss :cool: I wish Noah had swatted those 2 mozzies!!!!

Yes I read something similar.....also if you flush with the lid up the spray goes everywhere......how many people have a towel rail next to or very near to the loo...ugh....:wacko:

By "energy" I meant electricity. I use my dishwasher every other day...full load... my dishwasher uses 11 litres of water and costs 20 cents a load including heating the water. Sink takes 20+litres without rinsing. Costs more to heat water in sink than it does to run dishwasher. Plus with a very busy working life it is a God send. In my time off I prefer to be outside in fresh air.

hand washing dishes takes 5 times the effort.....uses 6 times more water and uses more energy than using the dishwasher...

Morrison's boiled ham

My son here on a employer sponsored 457 visa took out dental insurance as one of his teeth was bothering him. Went to one dentist who said he needed a root canal done at a cost of $2000. I advised him to get a second opinion. 2nd dentist did xray...said he didn't need root canal done just 4 fillings. Xray and 4 fillings total cost to my son $0. Result.

Bear in mind Dave if shipped from UK your cooktop guarantee is not valid here.

The British Government Departments have VERY long memories and they will get it back one way or another. Unbeknown to me they overpaid me by £212 when I was off work sick after a car accident in 2001. We have been living in Oz for 4 years now and I recently reached the grand old age of 60. When I filled in paperwork for claiming my Uk state pension to be paid into my Oz bank account they immediately told me I owed them the £212.....12 YEARS after alleged overpayment. I told them I had no memory of being overpaid so long ago but to no avail and they took it straight out of my pension. So they will get you in the end.

No postal deliveries on a Saturday JP's have a desk in the shopping centres for a couple of hours 2 days a week and all services free......costs a small fortune in UK Cops keen on RBT's any time any where....... If you're overcharged for an item in Coles they will give you your money back plus the item for free.......

Also don't forget that if you pack yourself then customs unpack and check everything this end, whereas if you get a company to do it they only check some boxes.

I made the BIG mistake of delaying payment of my UK pension once we came to Australia....got lump sum back dated 2 years then monthly payments of $530....forgot Aussie taxman would take huge chunk of it ...now paying taxman $340 a month in owed tax....lesson learned :-(

I too was recently referred by my doctor for a MRI and I didn't have to pay a cent. Medicare paid for it.