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I had a caution for possession of Class A drugs and it never even got a mention. It showed on my police check and I had already disclosed it. I don't think you need to worry.

From what I understand all persons must validate their visas before the date as it will be cancelled if not activated!

We opened an account with NAB, for one reason and one reason only the irony of a bank called NAB! I'm sure the banks in Oz are similar to the banks here, self serving greedy shysters. So it really doesn't matter which one we picked!

I have been in touch with Paslode and they are doing a new model in Oz, something about fast fix gas and that is the gun that I have seen! The old gas is still available and will be for a long time they say, so thanks for the replies guys.

Thanks for the replies guys but I'm a little confused now. A couple of weeks back some thieving scrote broke into my van and had away with a load of power tools. As a result I had to replace some straight away as I needed them. My local merchants know I'm leaving very soon and told me not to bother buying any Paslode stuff here as they are different in Oz and would need converting, which by the way is very expensive as the head of the framing nailing needs to be replaced. They got a framing nailer out of the repairs section to show me, some lad had just come back to the UK from NZ and the part where the gas fit in, i.e. the nozzle part was totally different. Now they are very pushy when it comes to selling tools as thats what they do and for them to say wait until you get to Oz and buy there is very strange if things are the same, and if they are the same then what the hell did that lad bring back from NZ?

I'm a carpenter who is moving over from the UK in August. I've swapped all my 110v tools to 240v over the last few months. After my van was broken into I found out that Paslode nail guns are different in the UK to those that are sold in Oz. It's something t do with how the gas connects to the gun and that Oz gas will not fit UK nail guns. Is this the same for the 2nd fix pin guns? Any other things that I may of overlooked with regards to power tools?

Double check your spelling :wink:

I had a caution for possession of a Class A controlled substance, I declared it and it was never mentioned again. Although we were required to fill in the dreaded Form 80 and I suspect that was because of the caution. As others have said, it is a very minor offence but concealing it may cause you a load of heart ache. If you are considering withholding this then I would get some legal advice first to make certain. I spoke to my solicitor who told me a caution was an admission of guilt but NOT a conviction. I wrote this in my explanation of what had happened.

When we travelled in 2008 Nationwide was doing it too, we were getting $2.20 to the £ out of the ATM. Not sure if they still do it though.

I'm from Halifax!! And I'm leaving, that says all there is to say about Halifax:laugh: Halifax is a typical northern working class town, like most towns it has areas that are deprived and run down and it has affluent areas and obviously all that comes in between. It lies about 15 miles from Leeds and 25 from Manchester with easy links to the Motorway network. It cannot under any circumstances be measured against Harrogate which is a very affluent area! P.S. I have a 2 bed apartment that overlooks the town in a very nice area for sale, I've just renovated it completely and it's on the market at £77k, I doubt you can but a garage in Harrogate for that! If anyones interested the PM me

Air that is squashed into a cylinder and then released through a tube! http://www.trueshopping.co.uk/product/Trueshopping_Sierra_Air_Compressor_6L_1HP_5CFM_230v/5326/62323.html?gclid=CNKJx8jJ6L4CFQkCwwodMQQArQ That's a cheap one

I did the 190 without an agent and thought it was probably the easiest paperwork I've done in my life, repetitive, in fact very repetitive but pretty straight forward. Granted ours case had no issues and some people who have extenuating circumstances may need an agent. Good Luck

I'm a tradie and have many thousands of pounds worth of tools and power tools which obviously need to come with me. My plan to get rid of the saw dust is compressed air then a clean with jeyes fluid. My sister's advice (she's been there a while now) is pack everything and I mean everything, so we are following that advice!

I'd love to meet you on a flight as I can assure you that you wouldn't be bothered about how many infants were screaming or how many babies were doing what is the most natural thing on earth, suckling on their mothers breast (that's what they are for, not for you to oggle at in the sun) as I would be doing what comes naturally to me and that would be knocking your teeth out. You sir are a pleb, one that I sincerely would like to punch!

Put the funds into your credit card so you're in credit by the amount you need then pay by credit card.

I don't think the OP has Aussie passports and that's why they want to travel on British ones. I personally think it will cause them a whole world of pain when they try to enter Australia.

I'm a self employed carpenter/ joiner and I just put my experience down as self employed but got letters off companies I had subbied to. I also wrote a statutory declaration explaining it, I'm sure they have seen it hundreds of times before.

NVQ Level 3, and I thought it was 3 years post qualification. If so, you're looking at 6 years before you can get your skills assessed!

My sister is in Oz and she sent our step mum some flowers from M&S on her birthday but they went abroad for it. M&S just left them on the doorstep, I don't suppose they could do much else.

I did similar in 2008 and could show funds of £20k and the travel agent said that was plenty, they never bloody asked me! You just know they would have done if I didn't have it.

When I was doing my skills assessment all work experience had to be 20 hrs a week or more, I'm in a totally different job (I'm a carpenter) but I wouldn't get stressed until you have checked it out!

We stayed in a 1 bed apartment for NYE 2011 and it was £1200 for the week in Sydney. A VERY VERY nice place but bloody expensive for a week!

I'd do what the assessor wants, £380 is peanuts in the grand scheme of things. I reckon from start to finish our visa cost circa £7k and a further £10k to move over there. Just bite the bullet and do the course!

I was going to take my mower until a couple of days ago. I got it out of the shed to use it and thought I'd clean the build up of grass that was stuck to it. As I was scrapping off the grass I couldn't believe the amount of grubs that were living in the dried grass, there were bloody hundreds of them!

You're employer could do a statutory declaration explaining that their records don't go back any further. I had a similar problem but with tax records from HMRC, they only went back 8 years so I explained this but along with the rest of my evidence I had no problem.