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Yes you can. My in-laws have been holding some stuff of ours which will be collected in January. You complete all the paperwork just as you did before then the shipping company send a driver to pick it up.

Wear your favourite superhero costume. ALL Australian's love it and you're guaranteed to get the job.

Well said, that man!

I shoul dperhaps say that my wife doesnt like the taste of beef - So the notoriously cheap Aussie beef isnt much use to us!

Just to add our experience of bringing new stuff - We had about 3000 pounds of new electrical goods in our MoveCube, diddnt delare any of it and paid no import duty or tax etc. upon arrival in Australia. We made no effort to hide anything and everything was in the original box. Thats' just luck I guess!

Another update! Our movecube has cleared custome in Melbourne with no fees to pay on top of the standard inspection charges. This despite the not-very-well concealed brand new small kitchen appliances, vacuum cleaner and TV all in their original brand new packaging. Its now heading over to us here in WA by road. The local handling agent will call us to arrange a delivery time.

As poer the subject, where's a good place to get good value meat in Perth?

I'm just about to send you a private message

From what I read, it is often females who feel they are missing their friends and family more. Us men are often happy to carry on regardless but ladies have a special like that can sometimes be stretched too far. I'm just trying to see how true that theory is.

You're right, I realise the obvious omissions moments after I posted the poll. However, I cant find a way to add options

I'm curious to know which family member is most often the one to blink first when it comes to going "home" to the UK. I think my wife will be the first to say she want's to go and an old school friend just told me the only reason he's going back is because his wife wants to. So how was it for you and your family?

I'm 200bhp

haha! I like that - It's so true.

Thanks Bibbs - Do you/your other half frequent a well known car related forum by any chance?

A quick look through the renting & real estate sub-forum (where you've posted your message) should help you fin dthe answer. Its a very common question.

If Jodie doesnt take the plants I may well be interested - Please keep the thread updated so we know what's available. I'm also looking for garden hand tools if you have any?

I'd remove the rust with sand paper / wire will and coat the bare metal underneath with oil/grease. Coming to Aus from the UK we wanted to bring a horse shoe that we had as a wedding present. It's an actual shoe from a shire horse so is grubby and rusty - My Dad has cleaned it up and painted it for us so it can be sent. Once it arrives I'll get the paint stripper out!

You could always broadcast the birth via Skype

We live in Hillarys are pay $600 a week for a small house with a garden which is smaller than the patio we had in the UK! Its about 6ft x 25ft. This was by far the cheapest house we found in Hillarys - The next "least expensive" was $700 a week. You have to get permission from the council to keep more than 2 dogs. I believe they'll come and inspect the property to see if it's suitable. We have just one dog, a lab X who will be joining us in January, we've been here since September and that's the earliest they could get him into quarantine. Have a look on the real estate websites but dont tick the "pets allowed" box - Instead, click into the listings and rule out those which say NO PETS (normally at the end of the description). We found many agents and landlords were happy to consider pets. In the end our rental experience was no where near as bad as other people's - I think it comes down to how much you're willing/able to afford. Naturally everyone likes to spend as little as possible and get the stereotypical Aussie house if they can. That's why the houses with decent gardens, in a good area at less than $550 per week are so problematic/popular. Our house had been empty for a month and the agent had put on a viewing 2 weeks before the one we attended - That first viewing session resulted in no applications.

I believe the cost of membership is tax deductable.

Based on your location, you must be paying just a couple of dollars a week then Really, it is not as simple as that because one person's definition of desireable will be different to another. You could live it a lovely place 50km outside Perth for the same price as a flat/unit in the city - But which is more desireable? It depends on what each individual is looking for. Whilst it is often true that you get what you pay for, it's too simplistic to look at rentals on that basis alone. Ian - Get yourself onto Google streetview. Pick a property or two in each of the areas and take a virtual trip up and down the surrounding streets. Over here, its quite easy to see which areas are better than others, simply look at the age and condition of the cars on the driveway and the condition of the gradens, the amout of weeds growing in the driveways etc. Dont be put off too much if you see big piles of rubbish on the verge - thats how they do "large item collections" every 9 months, even in the most exclusive suburbs! However, you may find the odd abandoned shopping trolley in some of the less desireable areas.

Hi Big D. Not sure you'll get many replies to this one as 90% of the forum suers seem to be tradespeople or medical staff. The company I work for has three engineers - Myself (a Brit), a Frenchman and a Columbian. None of us are EA members but we have all signed off large projects for the big mining companies. We've all looked at membership of EA but each concluded, independently, that unless it becomes a requirement to complete a job, we're not going to bother. I'll keep an eye on thie thread to see if anyone else can shed some light on the benefits of memebrship though.

We spent a couple of weeks in SHoalwater, its a coastal sub-suburn of Rockingham. Very quiet and laid back, felt totally different to the generic looking NOR suburbs. If I could comute to work comfortably from there, that's where I'd be.

There are specialist solicitors who can make you bankrupt in the UK whilst you're living overseas. They charge a premium for the service but I know a colleague who used them and says it all went well. He "only" owed about 5000 but diddnt want it spiraling out of control whilst he was away. Normally you have to attend court in the UK to go bankrupt but you can give a solicitor power of attourney to represent you - After all, you cant repay the debt because Australia is very expensive and you certainally couldnt afford to fly back to the UK for a few hours in court If you want to know more about the ability (or not, as the case may be) of a company to chase you in Austrlaia, read this thread: http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?221573-UK-debt-being-Chased-in-Australia/page27& If you dont want to read the whole thing, WANewman has posted a good summary on page 27. In my opinion, anyone in a situation like this really needs to read that thread from start to finish.

You cant reasonably expect a manufacturer to make their equipment work in every country in the world, can you? The sold you a TV in Aus, to work in Aus. If you chose to take it to another country where it was never intended to be used, how is that LG's fault ? Its rather like buying a car in the USA, importing it to the UK and complaining the steering wheel is on the wrong side.