StokieDoug

On 1/8/2018 at 09:57, Dorann said:

I'm originally from the UK, moved to Australia 15 years ago, and now moving back home to the UK. I'm curious, when bringing back my savings saved during my years in Australia back to the UK do you have to pay any tax on this. ( this is all money that has already been earned and taxed in Australia) 

You won't pay any tax on any savings you transfer over.

26 minutes ago, Mike and Connie said:

So if it is such a hard game and the poor dears can't play a full home and away system why don't they get rid of a few of the Victorian / Melbourne teams, allow a team in Tasmania and NT then they can really call it AFL.

Alternatively reduce the size of the current league by having 2 leagues, with promotion and relegation.

It may be a "harder" game but they do have a big number of "subs" on the bench, and a break between quarters.

And I would be a bit peed off if the AFL suddenly decided to play one of my teams matches abroad, didn't 2 teams play in NZ last year and I understand that there is a home and away match taking place in China this year. Think of the cost to an ardent supporter to follow his team to China.

I hasten to add that I am not anti-AFL, in fact I play golf twice a week with two retired AFL players and you couldn't wish to meet two nicer fellows, and some of the stories they tell of the goings on on the field before the days of multi referees and camera coverage is enough to make your eyes water, such as going out on the field with the intention of putting opponents out of the game.

Mike

One of the reasons they don't have a full home and away program is because of the distances teams have to travel, particularly the teams not based in Melbourne. I would be interested to know for example how many km's a Perth based team travels over the season.

You say think of the cost to an ardent supporter if they follow his team to China, it probably isn't much more than a supporter travelling from the East to West coast or visa versa.

When I first came over to Melbourne I wasn't particularly intersted in AFL but it has grown on me over time and the 2017 Grand Final was a joy to watch as Richmond hadn't won it in such a long time.

I think the current league structure is working fine, if it ain't broke, don't try to fix it.

I'm planning to travel to Australia on the 21st of April, tour around and start working sometime in July. The plan is to travel around Australia and then end up around Melbourne and Sydney in June.

 

I work as a Software Developer (over 30) and want to get sponsored by an employer. I want to work in Melbourne and Syndey so June seems an ideal time to set up any physical interviews.

 

However, most employers probably wouldn't be interested in looking at CVs in February for someone that won't be able to work in July so I posted any CVs yet. So I'm not really sure when I should start posting them. I don't want to post them too late either, worried I might miss something pivotal which will be difficult to fix when I'm already in Australia.

 

Most people applying for jobs must be getting the job and then traveling to Australia right? In this case, is it all done through phone interviews? Maybe I can just get get the job in advance? There's still the two months of holidays....

 

So I guess what I want to figure out is (a) when should I start submitting CVs, (b) what the normal review process is for Irish expats, and © are they are any easily overlooked things I need to worry about.

In the IT sector my experience is that most people arrive in Australia and then secure a job.

A lot of employers won't even look at your cv until you are based in Australia.

Also I think it is money well spent to get your cv 'Australiaised' before sending it to perspective employees.

Good luck!!

Humidity is a pretty pointless stat anyway in measuring how muggy it feels. A better indication is dew point.

"Dew point is often a better measure of how comfortable a person will find the weather than relative humidity because it more directly relates to whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid."

Brisbane

"Over the course of a year, the dew point typically varies from 4°C (dry) to 22°C (very muggy) and is rarely below -3°C (dry) or above 24°C (very muggy)."

Melbourne

"Over the course of a year, the dew point typically varies from 2°C (dry) to 15°C (comfortable) and is rarely below -1°C (dry) or above 18°C (mildy humid)."

Taken from the Weatherspark website.

Melbourne is rarely muggy. Brisbane on the other hand... :wink:

Melbourne and Sydney have had far more storms and severe weather than Brisbane this past year or two. Regarding the Brisbane floods, I live, as the crow flies, 20km from the river, and really if it was not for the news broadcasts we would not even had known it rained!

 

Average annual (1981-2010) humidity:-

morning Afternoon

Brisbane 66 56

Melbourne 68 52

 

Bit too close for comfort for some I reckon! (won't mention Albury, Bendigo and Ballarat's higher numbers)

The summer months in the afternoon though are when you really need to look at the humidity levels as this is where the temperature is at it's max. These stats aren't so close.

Average humidity levels for Melbourne @3pm in Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb and Mar are 49, 45, 44, 44 and 47

Brisbane is 55, 57, 59, 60 and 59

Granted Melbourne is more humid than Brisbane in the winter but does that really matter as it's cooler. :cool:

Both cities have pros and cons regarding the weather. Although Brisbane on average is warmer, it's very humid where as when Melbourne gets hot (40+ degrees), it's a dry heat which I find not as energy sapping. I work with guys from Malaysia and Singapore and they say that 40 degrees in Melbourne does not feel as hot as 30 degrees in those countries. Also over the year Brisbane get on average pretty much DOUBLE the rainfall of Melbourne. In the past few years Queensland has been hit by some insane tropical storms that have caused extensive flooding.

I think the first thing to consider though when choosing which city in Australia to move to is work opportunities, not the weather.

Telco Database Analyst/Programmer

UK (Reading) - £33k

AUS (Melbourne) - $117k + Bonus

Not planning to move back any time soon as my standard of living would plummit.