OzDreamSeekers

Do it yourself, its straight forward. You get to keep all of the repayment. Use form P85 - link here http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/cnr/p85.pdf Fill it in (takes about 5 minutes), send it to your local tax office, job done. Adz

Its a strange place - that weird bubble where everything is getting sorted into boxes for the container, too much to do and too little time to do it in. Flights on 7th October but we (and the container) leave our house on 27th Sept. One week to go.....now, what a weird bubble. Sunny Coast here we come.....:wacko:

Hey Today we become homeless and we are less 4 weeks from selling our business and 38 days from flying to the Sunny Coast. Would appreciate your hints and tips around the following: 1) What was the one thing which you wished you had done before leaving? 2) If you had one piece of advice for us, what would it be? 3) What was the most important thing you did before leaving? Thanks in advance. Adz

Blimey mate, do you not sleep I would have happily waited until Monday - just wondered. Thank you very much for dealing with it, very helpful and much appreciated. Im over in Brissie for a week, so I will get back to book things up when I return. Thanks again......2am....phew, impressed. Cheers Adz

Hey Iron Chef What time lines does a quote take to get back after submission? Cheers Adz

B - for me

Cheers Skippy1 Lets stay in touch, the kids are getting excited about the Sunshine coast (as are we). All the best with your prep - its starting to get a little hectic here - :chatterbox: Adz

Skippy1, Iron Chef, Wolvesaussie Thanks guys. We are usually able to make a decision, this one seems to be a little more complicated. Ill go off and fill in the form, see where we go from there. Cheers Adz

Hi All We keep bouncing from yes to no. So here is the question: We own a 5 series BMW which is 3 years old (almost) and is a great family car. 1) Do we (a) take it and work through the car import system OR (b) sell it for a large loss and buy something Japanese second hand when we get to Brissy. 2) is it really that hard to export a vehicle to Oz? (ie cleaning, paperwork, reregistration etc) 3) Is it worth the hassle? 4) who can give us a realistic (comprehensive) cost for exporting the vehicle? (unbiased) I know there are threads on here which give lots of info, but we still seem to be going around in circles. Thanks in advance. Adz

Are you sure it isn't Webbber....theres a queue of b's. Which of course is a b..b..q ...... :wink:

Well done Ramsay, Glad I could be of service. Apparently the US Netflix subscription is available (US version has a bigger selection), that's what we aim to do when we arrive. Cheaper than Foxtel - By a country mile. Have fun with Match of the Day. I understand that it is also possible to view some Scandinavian Channels, which show live Premiership and Championship games. Its just something I heard, cant be more specific. Given that I support Blackburn Rovers, some would say football isn't my passion anyway .....

Hey Two options as I understand it (I do not know the legality of either and in no way condone illegal use of copyrighted or region protected media, so beware): 1) pay for a VPN service which makes it look like you are in UK (or US etc). (eg CactusVPN) Slower and less secure than option (2).... 2) pay for a DNS redirection service - (eg Unblockus or SmartDNS). quicker and more efficient that option (1). I cannot vouch for the security of either option. Many people use these to watch iPlayer and other non Oz based services (eg Hulu, ITV On Demand, Sky, Netflix US, etc). I understand each option will require a payment of around $60 US per year (give or take). I hope that helps in some way. Adz

Hi All Greatest gift we are giving to our children is dual citizenship, they will have the choice to go whichever side of the planet they wish. The World is now a small place and its full of opportunity and experiences, for anyone brave enough to explore and try something different. Of course it would be hard, but we can choose to hold them back (creating resentment and fear) or we can choose to free them to grow and develop into beautifully rounded human beings. Ultimately, its their life, so we will choose to let them live it for themselves. .....oh yes, we would benefit from cheap holidays wherever they end up, so one to live in the Maldives and one in Vegas would work for me....... :wink:

Whenever I hear how hard it is for someone financially I always recommend a small investment in a book called "The Richest Man in Babylon". It will be the best $10 you will spend. It was written in the 1920's and holds some basic principles around how we use, treat and respect money/income. Follow those principles and reap the reward. Happy to chat further with anyone who has read the book and still believes they have no way to afford to live. Life is about choices, some are harder than others, but they are still choices. If we overspend when times are good, without preparing for when things aren't so good....is that someone else's fault? If the choice you make doesn't work, make a new (different) choice. Ax

Form 929 - find it on the DIAC web site. Simples....