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Obviously I meant if the reverse situation. Work in UK parents in Australia My husband was refused bereavement leave when my mother died as it was his MIL. Had to take annual leave

Would you get extra bereavement leave if you worked in UK ?

I have a smart watch, cost me $39 from Aldi 2 years ago. Bought it as a bit of a joke, thinking this won’t last 6 weeks. Obviously it doesn’t do as much as an Apple Watch, but I haven’t regretted buying it, and the functions are pretty accurate and linked to my iPhone. My heart has been misbehaving for several years, so it has been useful to keep a heartbeat and blood pressure record, I have a certain number of daily steps programmed in as a goal, and most days I try to make sure I reach it. Was useful and encouraging after I had a pacemaker fitted a few month ago to see the number of my steps start to improve. Yes it does tell the time as well. So it’s not just young and trendies that make use of modern technology, I only use an iPhone and have a new iPad as well , perhaps it’s good for our brain to keep up to date as we get older.

Perhaps you should question yourself if you aren’t entitled to use it

A friend of mine, age 80, who is an artist, wanted to buy paint in Bunnings that apparently is popular with graffiti idiots. She had no proof of age that she was over 18 with her and so was refused her purchase. Had to go back later with proof!!

My husband organises theatre tickets etc for our Probus group, and it does state to be in possession of a concession card or seniors card to be eligible for seniors concession. Everyone in Probus is eligible!!! no surprise there, but no one has ever been asked for proof on arrival anywhere.

My brother has lived retired in Cyprus for over 20 years and seems happy enough. I have visited several times. and I find the countryside stony and bleak, and much as I love him the expats I have met are not for me. Tax rate was low when he moved there, don’t know if still low. Avoid places like Ayia Napa at all costs plus be careful of other inclusive holiday spots. Fares are not cheap from UK, winter fares eg January cheaper.

I use family Dr to book an appointment at my Dr surgery, much easier than ringing the surgery, if it’s on that system, a list of appointment times available show up and you book. It’s a really good system

Is that with a seniors card or a concession card? or just because a patient is over a certain age? It only seems to apply to a concession card holder here. eg ia state pension

$90 charge from my Dr. on the Sunshine Coast before Medicare rebate

Sorry your wife had such a bad experience, and I hope she has now recovered. Was the $100 charge before the Medicare rebate or after? Both my husband and I have had a pretty rotten time health wise this year, and we can’t fault the treatment we have received, from the professional but also caring paramedics to the hospital care. I accept I was in A&E for 24 hours due to bed shortage, but I was well looked after. My husband broke his ankle, and has been very well cared for, including home physiotherapy visits all free, I think hospitals and health services are sadly stretched to the limit in both countries, and there will be bad experiences in both.but from my experiences of both the NHS when visiting England annually and here, Australia is where I prefer to be for health care

Can’t remember, was there last year. I’m used to the first 3 hours free in the Sunshine Plaza, plus extra free after that if you spend over a certain amount,, Chermside 2 hours free? and then the same,

We certainly can’t find a street parking space for love or money in Bristol, anywhere near our rental and when you do eventually find one on your at least 3rd attempt, you get your tyres let down overnight by the eco idiots, even though it’s a hybrid., and your car can face either direction when parked. City centre parking wasn’t cheap, and best not mention the 20 mile speed restriction. We couldn’t leave fast enough.

Reference being happy in Australia., and I am only speaking for my family and friends. Our son and wife celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary yesterday with a lovely party for family and friends. Between us we have emigrated from either Africa. in 1980, or from the UK since the early early 2000’s. We range in age from our early 80’s down to teenagers and toddlers. Not one of us has regretted the move, from my cousins who migrated in their 40’s from Africa and made a good life here, whose children have grown up as Australians, with successful careers . My husband and me who retired here, plus two of our children followed us here in their 30’s, and friends of my son who came with their parents in their teens. It hasn’t always been an easy journey, but no one has any intention of leaving, who knows where any of the children will end up, but that’s in the future, in the meantime Australia is their home and they have a pretty good life. Will add, there were plenty of friends there who are long time Australians, it was a lovely mix of people all enjoying being together .

I learnt a long time ago to never leave a comment or get involved again after at the very most the 2nd page of posts.

Had a lockdown on a school In Caloundra recently. A young person was walking round outside the school with a large knife, so the alarm went off its so sad that there is a need for a lockdown in schools

I was just sticking up for Brisbane, that it does have some culture, my post had absolutely nothing to do with Perth, let alone Edinburgh?

Plenty of things to do and enjoy in Brisbane. Most of the top shows are on at QPAC, visiting international art exhibitions, Monet in Paris, the French Impressionist live was here recently. We have the Queensland Ballet with the amazing Li Cunxin as Artistic Director. We saw Strictly Gershwin last week, 40 piece Queensland Orchestra on stage plus 60 dancers, a spectacular tribute to George and Ira Gershwin, it was wonderful. I’m going to see Il Divo perform next month. Brisbane isn’t quite the backwater small town that some people might think, shouldn’t judge a place if you don’t live there.

We took out a mortgage when we retired here age 60, it’ depends on your financial situation

You should have popped in, good to hear you enjoyed your visit, and that the Sunshine Coast weather was so lovely, while you were here, it’s a beautiful time of year to visit.

The weather on the Sunshine Coast is absolutely glorious at the moment, clear blue skies, 25’ during the day,, nice breeze, down to 12’ at night, no humidity, and being enjoyed by the hundreds of all ages out and about over the long weekend. Yes it’s hot and humid for a maximum of 3 months over the height of summer, but amazingly those of who live here, cope fine. Of course the climate doesn’t suit everyone, but I could claim that I will never live in UK again, because I hate the months and months of cold wet dark winters, too afraid to leave the house, because the pavements are covered in ice or snow, and black ice or snow on the roads making it dangerous to drive. So the answer is live where it suits you, and accept that people can be happy in a climate that doesn’t suit everyone. i will add that I think that mostly people adjust to the climate where they live, a slightly lighthearted example was living for 10 years in Brunei, where the temperature varied between hot and hotter, or wet and wetter, before we left I remarked to someone that I didn’t think it was as hot as when I arrived!? I was assured oh yes it’s absolutely as hot, you’ve just lived here long enough to adjusted to it.

It’s not easy when, in my case, your husband is in the RAF, and reposted on average every 2 years, you face living apart or moving to keep the family together, so is staying in a house really more important than keeping your family together? Moving so often you might think could cause marital problems, ( like any marriage you have to work at it), and I have no idea of actual statistics, but all of the close friends we have made over the years, are still together, and we have just celebrated our 53rd wedding anniversary,

I’m like the song. ‘wherever I hang my hat, that’s my home’ Born in England , spent 4 years between the ages of 4-8 in Germany, (father in the army) spoke fluent German and still buy everything German from Aldi at Christmas as it brings back so many memories. IThen lived back in England till my mid 20’s, (but spent spent 4 full school summer holidays in Francs living with a French family as a teenager due to family reasons) Mid 1960’s went to Zambia to work for their airline as a stewardess, discovered I had family who lived there, plus met my husband there. Back to England for about 20 years, moved about every 2 years due to my husband being in the RAF. 1993moved to Brunei, for the next 10 years, due to my husband’s job. Not always easy being an expat, and our 3 children stayed for school and uni in England, but what an experience. 2003 moved to the Sunshine Coast. Ive had to make so many places ‘home’ and I think I mostly managed it? made sure our 3 children were happy and settled over and over again. I don’t regret anywhere I have lived, I also know that Australia, unless something totally unexpected happens, after 20 years here is where I am settled and don’t want to ever move again.

I’m sorry I really don’t remember, as we hadn’t been living in the same country for over 10 years, she had been living in Mexico and Kenya before coming here.