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Come on, that can't be classed as a selling point can it? Surely that decreases your property value :biglaugh: Good luck with the sale :wubclub:
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What does that mean........ :policeman: Bloody suburb snob.... LMAO :biglaugh:
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Gee Aj.................... Where did you live? In a paddock? (Not aimed at you AJ) I read lots of bad things about Tarneit, things like no parks or footpaths, no shops no transport etc..... Why on earth do people move to an area, that doesn't have the services they require? Tarneit has loads of houses for rent so why settle for something that doesn't fit your needs? Myself I have kids so a park and school were the main 2. Our park has 2 tennis courts, basket ball court, oval, free bbq's and play ground, all free. We live close to the local supermarket, corner shop, bus route, kinder and school. Know what you want before you sign a lease, It isn't rocket sience..... Olly someone needs to sort out the traffic, all these new houses and they are using old farm roads..... :wacko:
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Average family better off with Carbon tax - Are you?
tracy123 replied to rikyuu's topic in Aussie Chat
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You can buy an outside table and 4 chairs for $300 at K-mart If you are worried about new items, don't be. I think customs are looking at you selling these items once in Australia, so as long as it's not 10 brand new dinning tables they arent that interested. Also our shippers told us, that the only way they can check is to do a search on the item in question so if you are worried buy last years style!
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Ship everything, even plastic clothes pegs. Old or new doesn't matter bring the lot! Not because things are dear, but for 3 reasons. If you come with nothing or very little you are forced to buy while things are not on sale. You don't know your way around so are buying blind. You are buying to suit a rental! If you bring EVERYTHING, at least it gives you time to look at things, compair prices and wait for sales to start. So what if the sofa is falling apart or the bed is on it's way out, you'll have enough expence without needing to buy things, not to mention saving the stress of it all.
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Expensive Oz :nah: Just people who have no idea on where to shop to get those bargains!!!! :wubclub:
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Long story short... I came to the UK for 6 months (dual passport) met Tracy and fell head over heels in love, around the 2 yr mark, I started missing everything and nothing, nothing was good enough, everything seemed an issue, that lasted another 2 yrs!!! Then 1 day things fell into place, there were lots of things I still disliked about the UK but life wasn't bad. I'm back in Australia now and I just feel happier, don't know why? But I just do, the only thing I can think it is, is familiarisation..... I'm no expert but I think the move works better when you can add things to the move rather than take things away! Nothing can replace what you have. Example, people that like going to the pub in the UK for a drink after work, move to a suburb in Australia that doesn't have a local pub.... No big issue right? They have loads of other things in their new life. But that pint after work is their time to relax, unwind, and talk bull sh7t. Take it away and there is a void. Now if they would of moved to an older area that had local pubs they could of continued what they had in the UK and enjoyed all the new things on offer.... Simplistic I know but lots of people miss the simple things of their life. IMHO if you are worried and want it to work find an area that you both can continue what you enjoy while adding to the richness of your lives. :wubclub:
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:embarrassed: Tracy is my wifes name, I hijacked her user name years ago...... So I guess being an Aussie man, it gives me front running on how Aussie men think... :biglaugh::wubclub:
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I'm an Aussie who lived in the UK for 6 yrs...... Personally I don't think many Aussies want to leave Australia for good, lots go for holidays work etc but at the end of the day Australia is home and Australia is where we want to be! (now I'm positive there are exceptions to the rule, nothing is ever 100%) It took a long time for me to settle and get into the English way, but I knew England wasn't for me, I loved going to the footy, the history etc, etc and on the whole people were nice, but it just wasn't home. I want to go back for holidays and explore and you are right England isn't a bad place to be but it just wasn't home. From the few lines you wrote about your husband I personally don't think he will be happy. If surfing is a big part of his life, you need to live somewhere he can continue that, no matter what else he gets out of England if he can't have that he'll get home sick, and then nothing will make him want to stay! (Hope I'm wrong) and at the end of the day you know him better than anyone. The only other thing I can say is.... Read how many people want to go back to the UK, their holidays in Australia were good enough to make them want to come over, but once here it was a whole different ball game, the same could be said in reverse for your hubby. Good luck in whatever you both decide. :wubclub:
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Good luck, just bumping up
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Dads day out....... Fishing charter!
tracy123 replied to tracy123's topic in Socialising Hobbies Clubs Sport
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Dads day out....... Fishing charter!
tracy123 replied to tracy123's topic in Socialising Hobbies Clubs Sport
Have no fixed date yet Andy, it was just to see if there was any interest in the idea! The lady said that fishing picks up from September, so late October wouldn't be a problem, snapper will be on the bite.... So if you wanted to let me know the dates your in Melbourne, it would have to be the weekend though! As for your better half she can spend the day with Tracy, and get shown around and have a bit of a girly day.... Something I think she may need after spending time couped up with you!!! :biglaugh: -
Dads day out....... Fishing charter!
tracy123 replied to tracy123's topic in Socialising Hobbies Clubs Sport
Just thinking Cal...... You could always come to Melbourne, put the boys on the boat and then treat yourself to some great shopping!!!! You could head back up north with a load of designer thongs :wink: -
Dads day out....... Fishing charter!
tracy123 replied to tracy123's topic in Socialising Hobbies Clubs Sport
You could always get Rob to organise for 1 up your way? My advice would be to get Bobj to sort one out, I'm sure PIO members would come from far and wide to join his tour!!!! However I think it would really take off your way with the amount of fishermen who use PIO -
Hi All, I was just wondering if any of the Dads out there are interested in a Father, son day? (daughters welcome) I thought it might be nice for us Dads to get together in a great day out. I was thinking about a fishing charter? At the minute I don't have any fixed dates but it would be around November. The costs are $80 pp with a min of 8 people, if we can get 16 or more people the cost drops down to $60 pp For that we get a 5 hour tour (7am till lunch time) with a cooked breakfast, tea, coffee, bait and line, etc. At the minute all I need is a name and how many would be going. If you read this could you bump it up Cheers. BTW the charter would leave from Williamstown, Victoria
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V8 over Jap crap every time. Forget the power, it's the sound for me, that growl you get from a V8. Myself I'd rather an old Australian V8 classic, which most new 4 cylinder cars could drag off, rather than a new one
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Hi and welcome to PIO, I can't help you other than to bump up your thread. Good luck and I hope someone comes along soon
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read it or see it anyway you want, those types of comments don't help. Ask anyone who has been through this on PIO and I bet everyone of them say the same thing! I understand you are a new member so this maybe the 1st thread you have read along these lines. But everyone of them ends up the same, and most get closed due to these "helpful" comments
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How do you find the people that have been through this to talk in private? There are some great sites with facts and figures, law cases etc but I couldn't find one that explains the process step by step. Lawyers have been through this a thousand times so sometimes they don't explain themselves or people don't like to ask. It's only when you find people that have been through and going through what you are when things sink into place. A bit like PIO and the visa process, people get companies to do the work and then come on PIO to ask questions about what they've been told. I agree with the children, but if you look at most threads when people have asked questions they have left out their real reasons for wanting to go as it's personal and dirty washing isn't best aired in public. But it's people needing to know why that cause the problems and upset! I do understand where you are coming from
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And that's why I started this thread, so hopefully the people asking questions can get the advice they need without the bull**** that these threads cause! :wubclub:
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Maybe some articulate better than others? Now myself I understand where she is coming from, it costs thousands of pounds to take this to court, I know that if Tracy's ex didn't get legal aid he wouldn't of put up a fight. However because he got legal aid he used the system to his benifit. 99% of his solicitors letters where about cutting down contact :wacko: and other things, nothing to do with keeping his child in the country, for every letter he sent cost us 200 pounds to respond, and these letters came almost weekly. Why does she or anyone else need to explain themselves on THEIR reasons? This is not the only post where criticism is laid at the parent for wanting to take their child away, and it doesn't matter what or how it is written the same types of comments come up. Come on you don't need to move your child to the other side of the world to be spiteful, just moving a few towns away is enough in some cases! If you are doing it to be spiteful you will be found out, that's why there is a process to be followed! A balanced view for who? I've been to court and lost because of x,y & z or I went to court and won because of x, y & z is helpful How is "think of the father", "what you are doing is wrong" how is that helpful?
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Would you not be an idiot to post remarks on a situation that you know nothing about? :skeptical:
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If he did fight and win the child could of then said, why did you stop me from going? Bloody kids!!! They know how to press the right buttons LOL
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Why should we have to slander the father to prove that we think what we are doing is right? PIO is not a court room where we need to prove anything, PIO is a place where we come to ask questions in relation to moving to Australia (In general) I could write pages and pages of all the things Jake's Dad did to him, but why should I? To prove to someone I'll never meet that we are right in wanting to take him away? :wacko: The simple fact is people want to ask questions on costs, timelines and what's involved, not get into the rights or wrongs of what they are doing!