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Sausages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

quick off the mark Kev!! nice one, just been past yours actually, picked up TV. Didn't stop in as your place was shrouded on darkness! Saw couple of other seats on gumtree, will send message to this lady now though

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Hi guys, long shot but anyone got any car seats for sale that they no longer use? North of Brisbane but will travel to collect.

Cheers

PM me or reply to thread

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(bump) Doree Bonner

shop around, freight rates change all the time and are out of the control of all shipping companies. We found that we were open and honest with them and made them compete for our business.......

good luck. our company were seamless in their packing, still waiting for stuff mind you, only got here last week!

Hi guys,

 

I'll be leaving the country in just under a month and have a couple of things for sale. They are all in very good condition, almost new really. These are all under 7 months old, but like I said, in very good condition. PM me if interested.

 

Location is Holland Park, Brisbane. All I need till the 14th is one of the mattresses really, rest can go before. Guess I'll eat out everyday, wash the cloths by hand and drink warm water

 

Bosch 6.5kg Front Load Washing Machine

Details here!

Note: Bought brand new from Harvey Norman, selling price is $490, new is $1099!

 

 

Westinghouse Fridge, Classic white finish, 370L bottom mount + FREE Sofa (see beelow)

Details here

Note: Bought brand new from Harvey Norman, selling price is $890, new is $1269!

 

Outdoor Glass table and 6 chairs

Note: Very good condition. Picture is not actual product but exactly same except that chair fabric is grey of color, price is $50

 

Beige Fabric Sofa, 3 and 2 seaters

Note: This goes FREE with the Fridge.

 

(NOTE: I need these till 1st week of September and one of them till the 14th September )

Mattresses (All single)

Chirorest single X 1 = Selling at $120 (Bought it at $249)

Details Here

 

Dream classic Single X 2 = Selling both for $190 (bought them at $398 total)

Details Here

Hello mate, siamsusie and itcouldbeworse have been sooooo helpful. What an awesome family Kev has. We are well interested in fridge, sofas and outside table! Only problem is collecting it from you?

let us know what you think? look forward to your reply my friend

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you would be a lifesaver!

Hi PIO gang,

We are in Brisbane, north of city. New arrivals, we need just household stuff really! Anyone having a clearout or has fridge freezer or coffee table etc etc or ANYTHING really we will gladly take it off your hands! We are in Warner area but travel isn't a problem, will collect and ready to barter for stuff! Hope to hear from some people.......

Many thanks

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Just arrived last Friday and are experiencing why we decided to move. Head fried at moment to list all the reasons why we feel that it is the best thing we have ever done.....just awesome and settling in well.

Cannot explain why we wanted to move....a deep spiritual void within us that needed change. Not that there is anything wrong with country of birth. We just didn't want what we currently had and opted for change

Why they keep talking about the Olympics I don't know? Forget Britains 'image'.....deal with all of this! Well, at least David Cameron is coming home from his holiday in Tuscany. That will make me sleep more soundly in my bed tonight!

This stuff has been brewing for a while. Watching BBC footage and i have never mindless looting like this, insane! Sick of people blaming the parents, many of them don't care where their children are or don't know where they are.....or are involved themselves!! Utter madness, my wife is watching an area of Croydon she has known from childhood go up in flames!

Ashamed I am. Last day in UK tomorrow and we fly Brisbane Wednesday 18:30.......glad to leave now. Cameron's term so far has not been a productive one

Hi, I am new to this forum. This has probably been asked many times before so apologies!

 

I would like to move to Perth in the next 1 - 2 years. I have only just qualified with a Higher Education Diploma.

 

I would like to know whether AHPRA will register UK Diploma qualified nurses and whether there is a minimum work experience requirement, I'm sure I read 12 months somewhere...?.

I would be aiming to go over on a 457 if I can get sponsorship - does anyone know if there is a minimum work experience period that employers would expect before sponsoring?

 

Thanks

Hannah x

Google is your friend!!!

http://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Internationally-Qualified-Nurses-and-Midwives.aspx

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Hi!

Is anyone aware if I'm supposed to send copies of my GCSE certs with the application, it doesn't seem to state and worryingly I have lost them! I have my A-Levels certs from the same school and a letter stating that the school (but not mentioning my name) teach and assess in English. Anyone clued up on this stuff? IELTS would have been so much less hassle!!!

 

Thanks, Chris

yes, yes and yes. Call AHPRA about IELTS as they change goalposts, but might as well cover all avenues and do it anyway. I needed it for AHPRA, and sent info from my seondary school, gcse's etc.

get it info from horses mouth!! This forum is awesome but anything official go through the right channels.....

This has nothing to do with the class system, what on earth are you talking about. This has to do with variety in shopping.

 

Everyone but the stupid know about marketing ploys, it doesn't mean that the stores that employ them dont offer the best value for money does it. They do clearly which is why the majority shop in those places.

 

The well off do not shop in Icelands,(they sell food)people on low income or benefits do. There are of course exceptions. The same can be said of pound shops and charity shops.

 

The o/p made an innocent remark about Asda and Tescos and was jumped on by people either in Oz or going there.

 

I know which of the two sounded more protective and more insecure and it wasn't the o/p

Woah there cowboy....slow down!! Who took the jam out of your doughnut? I made a light hearted stab at Tesco and a comment about snobbery in the UK! Not sure what your driving at with the use of words such as 'protective' and 'insecure'?

......Quite why this thread has so many people riled I don't know.....chill

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p.s. Dylan, if you read I was totally in agreement with you!!........ before you withdrew your sword?

Pounds shops are a godsend in the UK. However, not for food. Kitchen roll and cleaning products and cheap batteries...and £1 packets of Cadbury biscuits that cost three times as much elsewhere! if you want to give three times more money to Tesco for the same item then go ahead. For me it is basic economics: opportunity vs cost......no brainer

What I am looking forward to in Oz, the distinct lack of an overt class system. EG. where you do most of your shopping, M+S vs Waitrose vs Tesco. i never understand why people in UK hold supermarkets so dear and are so protective of them.

And there is totally marketing ploys, but you have to be savvy to it and keep your eyes open. EG. Tesco were pulled up recently for selling sausages at £1 a pack and then on same shelf had them on offer 2 for £3....hahahahah

Gail try not to worry to much as it is the Internet and there are bullies all over the Internet and it's forums, people say things they would not say to your face and I think it is not ment in a personal way it is someone just replying to a post.

And I agree that most men do not understand how hard it can be sometimes preparing meals while you do the ironing washing and have a broom stuck somewhere to do the floor :laugh:

Can I suggest doing a load of meals at once like a chill or spag-bog and frezing them, so quick and easy when you are busy.:cute:

No offence but you clearly do not read others posts, as there are many men who are the full time house 'person' or homemaker. I stated that comments about men are sexist and for some reason more accepted. If I started a thread saying that 'women were rubbish at DIY' there would be uproar! And I take offence to suggestions that men are in some way ignorant to the 'plight' of the modern mum. It is a cheap dig.

I have never experienced bullying on here, and the same as sexist comments------they are against forum rules....

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which first? we used Roos Rentals in Adelaide, Judi is lovely and the property was great...

good luck

Yeah it got pretty mean didnt it!!!

Must of the negatives were from men who prob never shop, and a few snippy others. We grow up with asda and tesco of course moving to the other side of the world Im going to take bad!! only another busy parent understands!!!

I am male and do most of the cooking, and it is also a stereotype to say that only the women do the shopping and unfair to suggest that. An assumption also to think that they were all men posting??

Another busy parent DOES understand (18 month old twins and a 4 year old--all girls). I have no choice but to pull my weight in all areas. Whilst this thread turned out well and it seems that you have had good advice I don't feel anyone was sniping or being horrible. The nature of forums is free expression, people's opinions and not taking things personally.

Like myself, I took your post to be another 'oh I don't like it here, its not like the UK' type post. It clearly wasn't like this, but I am not sure you got your feelings across and that is why people were quick to be a little sarcastic.

It reminds me of a similar post on here along the lines of 'I miss UK TV'!! Well, this poster was promptly told that it was Australia and NOT the UK......so I believe that your post was misread in this way. Moving to a new culture is about embracing everything, but it is only natural to compare.

Anyway back to culinary matter......with our brood we cook up large portions of spag bol etc and freeze in tupperware for later. Also, writing a very stringent meal planner every week and sticking to it helps us. My kids do eat processed stuff, but in small amounts and diets change with little uns' week by week.

happy cooking

......................if you had the same standard of livving or less ......................would you still consider it................Everyone is searching or at least hoping for a great lifestyle, but what is a great life ?...................life on the whole is more like getting up in the morning, going to work, coming home, spending time with family and then doing it again the next day.....................brisbane has the sunshine...............the beaches .......................and if this is enough to make your lifestyle great..............go for it ...........................you only live once...................and you don't have to stay................life is a challenge............ We owe it to ourselves to create challenging and rewarding lives for ourselves..................good luck to you and yours

Great post! positive and real......

thanks Tink!

With reference to the statement of service we must provide, I've worked for several hospitals of the last 5 years. Does anyone know if they want a statement of entry from each hospital or just my current employers?

 

This forum is AMAZINGLY helpful. I think I would be on the verge of meltdown if you weren't here!!

Many thanks, Chris

read the guidelines on the Agos-04 form....it states something about each employer needing to give references. Don't quote me on it, but check as that rings bells

Family of five $65,000 basic, kids all under 5. We have budgeted that it is going to be ok. Leave 10th Aug for Brisbane. We don't drink or do much socially outside of the kids. I believe once you earn dollars you think in dollars. Somethings more expensive, others cheaper so swings and roundabouts really? Oh and shopping around, freecycle, gumtree etc and sacrificing some things maybe? We think we will be ok on my salary to begin with. Extensive research we have done! My salary iisted on government website is close to national average. Depends on so many factors, we just thought we would take the plunge! Engaged with no kids I presume? Go for it!

Some threads have to be a joke!! It makes me roar, many mountains, lots of molehills. many a night shift wasted on the PC with a cup of tea and PIO

Are you saying they DON'T have Tesco in Australia? I don't know if I can go now! :laugh:

If there is no Iceland.....i am cancelling

I am really missing shopping in Asda and Tesco

 

Does anyone else feel like this or am I just being grumpy because its rained for weeks!!!

I love this forum. And yes, no offence it seems that it is just you being grumpy. I seriously thought that this was a joke? I try to help out as much as I can on here, but come on........

This is what I deem 'high class problems'.. IT IS NOT THE UNITED KINGDOM!!!

Sorry for the sarcasm, but 'Every Little Helps'

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Yes, we moved out here a month ago. I love it here! Remember though that if you travel on holiday first you will see it in different eyes to just settling here. It takes time to adjust and settle down. So even if you loved it when you visit on holiday it will feel different to when you eventually move here.

You will miss the UK but you need to give it time - They say the first 2 years are hard (even if you do live in paradise) but after that if you can stick it out its plain sailing. I reckon the worst thing about leaving is missing the friends and family. Thats about it.

Just read your blog. Very informative and well written! Thanks. Will give it 2 years and see what happens..

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You won't regret it.

Ah yeah!!! More we have thought about it, Bris is the right choice.....just that we have physically seen Adelaide and not Brisbane!! Can't wait, working my last night shift right now. In 3 hours I am free for the adventure (or packing and goodbyes) to begin!

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Numbers I read yesterday were something like 14/15trillion, which a budget deficit of over 1trillion a year.

Holy cow!!! i knew it was higher, but was just thinking off top of my head what I had read! They are serious figures, how many zeros is that again?

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