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  1. boganbear
    Its been a while since I've had my English corrected by an Aussie (usually English place names where I used to live) but I have the perfect comeback when asked "How do you pronounce it?" I simply say 'correctly'. If they try correcting my French, I just speak in French to them for the next 2 minutes. I haven't met an Aussie who actually understands French yet.
  2. boganbear
    Another is correcting the pronunciation of English place names and telling me that I am wrong, despite growing up and living there before coming to Australia! I know how to say Launceston, Devonport, Ascot and Exmouth properly!...and Maroon!
  3. boganbear
    A friend of mine in Adelaide managed to get a gammon joint. she had to go to the butcher, describe what it actually was and which part of the animal it was from and wait 3 weeks for the butcher to find a supplier. All of the people I know of who want gammon come from up north so it must be a northern thing.
  4. boganbear
    Dont ever try to get rid of them as they do eat mozzies and other bugs. They are perfectly harmless. Just be thankful for that
  5. boganbear

    <p><p>Hi there, Im on the left!</p></p>

  6. Quinkla

     

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    <p><p>Hi BB</p></p>

    <p><p> </p></p>

    <p><p>I've been curious for a long time about whether you are the person on the left or on the right in your avatar. My money is on the left. Can you reveal the secret and put me out of my misery?</p></p>

    <p><p> </p></p>

    <p><p>Thanks</p></p>

    <p><p> </p></p>

    <p><p>PP</p></p>

    <p> </p>

     

  7. boganbear
    I.ve just had a look at the Australian Customs website http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page5549.asp#Calculating. If you import goods over $1000 you are charged duty at 5% and GST n the cost of the goods and shipping and duty so make sure your goods are under $1000 and if they can be split up into smaller parcels, make sure they are not sent at the same time as they may consider them to be one lot of goods. Sending/ordering them a week apart might be a good idea. $1000 is about 680 pounds
  8. boganbear
    Just use a UK website or send cash or lie about the value. It is pretty crap but you can blame the UK government AND the EU for that. At least in Oz you can buy stuff abroad up to $1000 before you have to pay duty etc. If you buy things from the UK or EU to go to Australia remember that VAT does not apply and should not be charged. Some sites I've been on still charge VAT when they shouldn't so I avoid using them.
  9. boganbear
    We ended up buying nearly everything from Ikea as places like Nick Scali, King furniture, Adriatic were very nice but incredibly overpriced. Fantastic Furniture was cheap and looked cheap - think student houseshares, dodgy landlord cheap. Ikea wasn't too expensive and depending what you buy (some of their stuff is crap) looked not bad either. When you have to buy TVs, fridges, freezers, washing machines, dryers etc as well because they are not included in rentals you have to make sacrifices somewhere.
  10. boganbear
    Thomy mayonnaise from Coles is lovely. Much better than that Hellmans crap. I think the bacon is cured or semi cured, probably to stop it going off and i find it lovely and its great to have huge strips of bacon too. I've not found gammon or a decent pasty
  11. boganbear

     

    <p>Hi there</p>

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    <p>i saw one of your posts and you are in Werribee. We are in willaimstown at the mo renting but looking for places to buy and looking at Werribee. How do you find the place? It wouldn't take any longer to get to work in the CBD than from Willy and the houses on the internet look quite nice but any info you may have - good points as well as bad ones would be helpful</p>

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    <p>Cheers</p>

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    <p>mark</p>

     

  12. boganbear
    6 weeks from submitting the application to getting permission. It could have been sooner but there was a technical hitch with my x rays. we thought it would take 6 months so when it did arrive we sorted everything out to move in 6 weeks too which gave us an extra month to have a holiday in Oz/freebie holiday with the family before having to look for a house/jobs
  13. Woofyhugger

     

    <p>Hey mate.</p>

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    <p>Thanks for that. Yeah I have put my travel back a little, till the end of March, and may yet squeeze April out of it, though mid April at the latest. I am a bit worried about going from our hot summer to their freezing winter <img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/wink.png" alt=";)" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/wink@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" /> I need to be eased in to it I think.</p>

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    <p>I've got a faily decent tan so that shouldn't be too bad, but I bet you it doesn't last long lol. I'll have to run to Spain to top it up every year.</p>

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    <p>Yeah can understand about the jobs, same everywhere in the world though, even here. I'm a nurse, so I'm pretty much unaffected by all of that. <img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/wink.png" alt=";)" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/wink@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" /> helps a bit.</p>

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    <p>Saving my cash to move is a right bitch though!</p>

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    <p>Mx</p>

     

  14. boganbear

     

    <p>Hi Matt,</p>

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    <p>Long time no post!!! How are your plans with going to the Uk going? I sent a message on another thing but for the bank account there is no minimum amount but you will need 6 months bank statements from your Australian bank account. If they insist on an account wiht no monthly account fees. My partners cousin was shafted with a 12 quid a month account </p>

    <p>Take or send over as much as you can. I found HSBC pretty good. if you can get a reference from your landlord and boss to take with you will help a lot and get their email details so if the reference needs to be confirmed it can all be done by email . Manchester has an excellent bear scene. i've not been there but it is very good and "Up North" is cheap compared to the south where i'm from. however, be prepared for crap fruit and veg. My OH bitched like hell about the food in the Uk and now I've been in oz a while i have to agree with him but you will find Northerners very friendly even if they do speak funny. </p>

    <p>cheers</p>

    <p>markie</p>

     

  15. boganbear

    <p>Hi mr, Let us know if you want any tips about going back to the UK. I spoke to my dad the other day and says that things are pretty bad and friends have said the same as well - millions unemployed and no jobs. Early next year will be freezing too so if you can leave it until May the weather willbe better - get an Aussie tan and impress everyone there hahaha. There are so many places to go in Europe but Barcelona is lovely and lots of bears too hee hee.</p>

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