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Brill, thanks very much

I've gone with Golden Arrow for my labrador who leaves at the end of July. They have been ever so helpful, kind and patient

Hi all My husband and I have a small movecube booked to just take electricials, clothes and shoes over, as we want to start a fresh with furniture etc as we're only a young couple and basically just have Ikea furniture so nothing worth taking. But anyway....am I able to pack in toiletries, food (not fresh obviously)? Many thanks [emoji4]

Try a company in St Kilda called Stay with Style, they do lovely apartments and great discounts

I love how many people in this thread are from the Midlands....and we all want/ have got out! Lol. For short term accommodation try Airbnb or Stay with Style website

Airbnb or Stay with Style

Lovely, thank you very much. I'm going to stay up late tonight and give quarantine a call to pay over the phone with our debit card hopefully

Hi ladies and gents, We have received our invoice from Spotswood, Melbourne quarantine, and I was wondering - Are you able to pay by Visa debit card, or does it have to be credit card? Many thanks

Such a great insight into how you made the move and what you've been through, thank you for sharing. My husband and I, plus our labrador make the move on the 3rd of August and are going to St Kilda in Melbourne. Cannot wait

Appreciate the above, my labrador flys in July and absolutely any noise he runs a mile. He's too spoilt and a little human more than a dog, lol bless him

Plus we only want 3 weeks as we'll be settling in and looking for a campervan as we're going travelling for a few months before coming back to Melbourne for a long term rental

Don't worry we've budgeted at around £70/80 per night. All mates live in small apartments so not going to work to stay with them plus the dog

Hi all, My husband and I arrive in Melbourne on the 7th of August this year and we're looking for a 3 week rental to stay in please whilst we sort ourselves out and settle. We are primarly looking in St Kilda please, as we have lots of friends living there. Our small labrador also gets out of quarantine on the 8th so he will be staying with us also. Whereabouts is best to look for a short term rental or does anyone know of anyone? Thank you :wink:

Visa got granted this morning, woohoo!!! Lol

Thank you. Would it be best to upload a copy of his passport to support his application? We just want to try everything to make sure everything is okay. It's like our lives are in limbo!!

Good morning, A couple of weeks ago my husband applied for his Working Holiday Visa - He has a couple of small convicitions from 8 years ago when he was at college (resulting in just fines). Therefore he stated these on his application and they asked for details. He went away and got all the details (dates, fine amounts etc) and submitted these on Sunday night. Since then we haven't heard anything. Does he need to upload a copy of his passport, bank statement to show he has the $5000 in his account and any other bits and pieces? If so, do the scanned copies of his passport etc need to be certified? Many thanks

I'm 29 and going on a working holiday visa in July

My husband and I, plus the dog are moving from Nottingham England to Melbourne in August, cannot wait!

Please can you forward the spreadsheet to me guys, would really appreciate it

Good morning all, Thank you so so much for all your comments, you are helping us more than you know and we really appreciate it So...Our flights are looking at getting into Melbourne on the 7th of August so we're thinking now of staying in Melbourne for 3 weeks whilst we get our stuff together and find a campervan so we leave last wk August / first week of September because of the weather but going straight up to Cairns or Brisbane and taking it slower down the coast so as to follow the weather. We're not looking at doing any bits by air at all to be honest, as we enjoy travelling and we will have our dog with us. We're both 30 next year so this is our chance to have 2-3 months off work for the first time in our lives before settling in Melbourne for our new jobs and hopefully starting our own family. So we want to experience as much as we can. We're also now looking at getting a loan from the UK for the campervan so we don't have to rely on getting the money back asap for rent etc. Then once we sell the campervan we just pay off the loan in full. But we're going to leave enough money in the bank to pay the first 6/ 7 months just in case. (Thank you again for this idea and advice). Thanks Pom Queen, I will add the RACQ and RACV to my list.

Hi mungbean. We have up to a max of $16,000, we're looking at Toyota Coasters - love them on Gumtree! You can drive for 3 months in Oz on an English driving licence but my husband is doing the transition thing anyway for work. Hi Gbye grey sky. We won't be landing and going straight away. We have friends that we're planning to stay with for the first 5 nights whilst we wait for our dog to come out of quarantine. Then get a campervan and start our journey, we're thinking of taking 3 weeks to go up and 4 weeks to come back down before we settle in Melbourne. My husband and I have also drove to Croatia 3 times from Nottingham England in the past 3 years so we're used to foreign country driving and very long journeys Love it!

Pom Queen you are an absolute star, thank you so much for all the info, it is greatly appreciated Anything else you can think of throw it this way please! Thanks Gbye grey sky but I'm not a big tent fan at all so definitely looking for a campervan only. Thanks though

Hellooo Where would be best to look at campervans for sale please? Any ideas? Many thanks

Thank you so much guys!! We are now looking at buying one and using our savings that we've put aside for our deposit and first 3 months rent for a house, as once we've done travelling we can sell the campervan and get the money back for the deposit and rent, as well as the money back we used to buy the campervan ... that we wouldn't have got back of course if we'd be renting one Does anyone have any ideas on insurance or is it called registration out there? So we can buy privately and get everything sorted so we're legal on the roads out there. New to all of this! Thanks again

Hi Pom Queen. Thank you for your response. We have 2 months to go from Melbourne probably as far as Brisbane, go up the coast and return inland a bit more so we get to see as much as we can. We have our dog with us too though so no flying. We've had a look online and have held back £2000 for 2 months for the full campervan and insurance. Just looking if it's worth doing here in the UK online or once we touch down to save some pennies Thanking