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Moving to he Sunshine Coast
simon and deb replied to hollyjack12's topic in Socialising Hobbies Clubs Sport
Hi, check out the Facebook group "Sunshine Coast ex pats social group" They have lots of meet ups and there are lots of people on there with kids and lots of good advice also. Good luck with the move. We have been on the Sunny coast now just over 3 years now and still loving it. Regards Debbie -
New to Brisbane / Sunshine Coast
simon and deb replied to Foxdown's topic in Socialising Hobbies Clubs Sport
Hi there, you mention The Sunny coast in your title so have a look at "sunshine coast ex-pat social group" on facebook. They have nearly 300 members now and have many coffee morning, monthly barbies aswell as lots of helpful tips and hints. Not sure if it's a private group now that you have to be added to, if you can't get into it message me with your name and I will get someone to add you. Don't be scared you'll have a ball. We've been here nearly two years now and have never looked back. Have a safe flight. Regards Debbie -
Medicare is free. You just go in with your passport, rental agreement, visa stamp, driving licence etc and they will issue you with a temp card until your other one comes in the post. You do however pay a medicare levy which will be deducted from your tax refund at the end of the tax year after you submit a tax return. Hope this helps. Deb
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Case officer after 4 years and 2 months...there is hope
simon and deb replied to owensfamily's topic in Visa Chat
Congratulations, I bet you are buzzing. Won't be long now!!! -
Hi if you are on facebook, there is a group called "Sunshine Coast ex pat social group" They have lots of members and it's full of helpful information and lots of meetings. Take a look. Regards Debbie
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Hi, I'm sorry I don't have a dog but I do live in Caloundra. If you are on Facebook you can join the" Sunshine coast ex pat social group" There are a lot of dog owners on there and often go on walks with their dogs together. It's a very helpful site with information on so many things. You can always post the question on dog friendly areas and how other people cope, and I'm sure you would get lots of replies. Also they have a monthly meet up, ususally with dogs. I think the next one is at Peregian on 21st October and its dog friendly. Check out the site, I'm sure they will help you out. Cheers Debbie
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Hiya weve been here nearly 2 years , caloundra that is , any questions pm me
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Arrived 2 weeks ago on the sunshine coast, so far so good.
simon and deb replied to scarlet mia's topic in Aussie Chat
Hi and welcome to the sunshine coast, fantastic isn't it. . Glad everything is working out for you all, Debbie -
Congratulations first of all. My Mum was exactly the same, totally devastated as I was taking their only grand-daughter away and she said she would never do the flight. Surprise, surprise she was the first to book her flights and once she got here she said she could definatley see why we did it and was very proud of us. Hope your family will come visit you too. Good luck with getting packed up and starting your new life. Debbie
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My husband is a spark. He brought over all his tools in his toolbox(large roll on one). We had double baggage with singapore so it was part of our allowance (check maximum weight for each individual item) He cleaned them all with jeyes fluid, dried them and the wd40 to prevent rusting. Got to quarantine and they didn't even open the tool box. They asked us what we had and how we had cleaned them. also had a drill in one of the suitcases, again didn't check it. Make sure you do dry them off very well, some of his stuff did get a little rusty but did clean up ok. Good luck with the move. Oh if you have double baggage, make sure you take a copy of the email confirming it. They tried to charge us for 79kg of extra baggage, I nearly passed out but I had taken the print out so all weas ok. Hope this helps.
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I can assure you it's totally normal. Like the others have said, get back into your routines and keep busy. My Mum came over last year(we had been here 6 months).We had a great 3 weeks together, when we dropped them at the airport my 8 year old daughter cried the whole hour, all the way home. I was so upset for her but kept on reminding myself why we moved here and all the different things we now do together as a family. Hang in there it will get easier. Deb x
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You are correct
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stoke, i have been here 16 months , just finished 5 months underground in a coal mine, havent been out of work since i got here, if you need some advice drop me a line
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just relax mate it really is no big deal , just brush up on inductance theory , theres a couple of questions on it in the theory exam, its a bit like the AM2 just not as involved, the assesors are good blokes and you get lots of time to get it done, from memory i had an hour to do my motor control =took 30 seconds
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we had ten hours to do our assesment , I was in and out in 4 and a half easy mate
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just clip the wires where they should go, you even get a drawing, peice of cake
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what advice do you need:biggrin:
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mate the best thing you can do is ring every electrical company and get any electrical work going dont wait to get your papers ,the whole process will drive you nuts ,if you need any pointers pm me
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OH did vetassess, we didn't include the syllabus, we just included all qualification certificates, references etc.
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just applied for mine in QLD and im pretty sure an SA license is not automatically mutualy recognised check out form 11 from the electrical safety office
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i'm getting a bit of dejavu here
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thought so mate . nice one
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Hi all im thinking of buying a new tester then bringing it to oz with me , what if any are the fundamental differences between the multi functional testers we use here and the ones they use in oz?????
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the tra wont issue an artc without a visa number , and an adress to send it to in oz