Black Country lad
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We are still looking if anyone has one please!! :-)
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<p><p>Great to hear from you! I know Worcestershire very well, I used to live in Herefordshire for a while and used to work in St Peter's Worcester out of the BT building. I have been here in Oz for 3.5 years and love the location although the weather has not been great of late!</p></p>
<p><p>I have been lucky to get a job here in the area as there is not much about in and around coffs or at least should I say there is not much in the way of Project Manager type work, I have managed to secure a full time job at Woolies in Toormina, which is a world apart from what I was used to!! We should meet up at some point for a coffee or a barby or something, always great to catch up with people from back home, today I was speaking to someone in Woolies who was from Brum that had just moved to Coffs having lived in WA for the last 20+ years, her hubby was in mining? they have now relocated to Coffs for a better life.</p></p>
<p><p>Anyway keep in touch and maybe when you are free sometime we could have a coffee or a beer!</p></p>
<p><p>Karl</p></p>
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<p><p>Hello, sorry for the delay in responding, I havent been on here for ages, I lost interest a bit due to the lack of people local! I dont actually live in Coffs Harbour, I live in Valla Beach and I see you are in Urunga - just up the road! (by Aussie standards) </p></p>
<p><p>I come from Worcestershire from the UK so not too from from your roots either black country lad!</p></p>
<p><p>I am enjoying being on the Mid North Coast, how about you? How long have you been here?</p></p>
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Hi these actions are quite normal with turbulence and the sooner the pilot increases or decreases the altitude, the sooner you are removed from those pockets of air, I find that airlines take suitable forms of action to try to relieve the stress of passengers, I have found that the RAF take the radical approach both with turbulence and take off and landing, so you have nothing to worry about with the likes of Emirates etc.. :-)
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I think I smell something on this one, B **** springs to mind! And you need providing with employment, I would have thought someone with so many talents could do anything? maybe you could become an employment agency and employ yourself, now you can't get any more direct than that, and while we are at it how is your dentistry coming along? and your own medical diagnosis when you need it! -
That's all very good until something goes wrong, its not like buying a DVD from Amazon, that's only a few quid nothing lost if it goes missing in the post, then I suppose you like many others expect the country to dig you out of the deep smell stuff when things go wrong! I have seen many airlines go to the wall, myself I prefer a little insurance for a few quid extra, if there had been no unions all those years ago just think of the poor pay and conditions we would have now, they were just like another insurance policy, you pays your money you takes your choice...
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Bunnings, but tools don't last the same here in my opinion, but then again I suppose everything comes in from China in the UK now, As my gran always said you only get what you pay for!! but there's nothing you can do about the cheap metal that is being used these days!! good ole British steel...
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Hi Soph and Joe, sounds great let us know when you get in Oz, you will not be far from us at all as we are nearer to you than Coffs! Karl and Alicia
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I now know why everyone has boats here in Oz, they just knew there was not enough room on Noah's ark.. besides they like to take them for a spin on the back of the car!
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It's been raining in Perth...
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I think folks have all gone soft after a few months/years of living here!! me I can't wait to step into the freezer at work just to cool down, next folks will be saying they don't swim in the sea during the so called winter months? get a grip!! :laugh:
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Not sure about every other state but in NSW, you have to have been in Australia for an unbroken period of at least 6 months, therefore I will never get an Oz licence as I leave here every 3-4 months to go back to the UK for a couple of weeks, what a crap system that is!!! Can't even drive the fire truck and we are short on drivers been to the RTA and policy is policy, I now know why they still have wooden bridges here.....
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Please see response on your latest post!!
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Can you sponsor you partner on a 6 month tourist visa?
Black Country lad replied to Krissy07's topic in Visa Chat
I don't think you will be able to visit him on a tourist visa for 6 months, I know for definate you will have to leave Oz to reset the visa within 3 months, so finance is going to be a problem for you unless the partner is going to pay for you to fly out of Oz and then back in!! its really not that simple and they will want to know your intentions on landing in Oz!! I know that for sure!!! I was fortunate I had several thousands in the bank when I came in.......Best of Luck!!!! -
I know absolutely nothing about fencing, but I have fixed a few bayonets over my time in the forces, but I do know one thing and that is that people do not read posts!!! Correct me if I am wrong but Chris is after fencing contractor's, not someone that can be here in a few months or even that they managed to put Mrs Smith's fence up over the road when it blew down in the wind!! There are no easy rides here in Oz.. And does it make me a house contractor just because I used to play with a few lego brick when I was a kid? I hope you manage to find some genuine sorts Chris but if not you can always contact me I am in the Lego directory..
