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I think the words pain in the ass come to mind. My husband was doing this journey and it was at least 1.5hrs coming home, sometimes more. We are in hillarys now and it still takes from 50mins to 1.5 hrs if you dont time it right. He will be leaving before 7am and getting back after 6pm unless he can work flexi hours.

Our bills for family of three are:

rent 500 pw

food 150-200 pw

elec 50 pm

gas 60 pm

water 20 pm

internet and phone 59 pm

foxtel 99pm

mobiles x 2 80pm for both

health ins, extras only 53pm

car ins 60pm for one care

Childcare 70pw for two days a week

Fuel around $250-300 for two cars per month

we have another car which was paid insurance for the year upfront which was around $400, and we paid contents ins for a year upfront at $150 for the year.

factor in all the other things you will have throughout the year, school fees and uniforms, drivers license fees - yes you pay for these! - car services etc.

we still have more money left here than we ever did in the uk and we actually get to enjoy the weekends instead of being house bound due to the $&@! Weather or visiting family and sitting in their houses!

$90k is very liveable if you aren't expecting to live the high life!

Burns beach is a very nice new are with the nice price tag that comes along. Its opposite iluka which is also an affluent area and across from kinross which is ok as well with older houses but still new compared to areas closer to the city. Its at the end of the freeway so makes it closer than going up to clarkson, mindarie, quinns etc, which is another 10/15 mins drive from the freeway. It may not have any shops but its a less than 5 min drive to currumbine shops with restaurants, cinema and petrol station, and not far to the train station.

you could certainly do far worse than burns beach!

We do the online self assessment as requested by hmrc after we notified them we were emigrating via the non resident landlord form. They requested i do two years of self assessment rerturns, and my husband was requested to only do 2012/13, all of which have been done submitted and i even got a refund from two years ago, a whole 12 quid!

not come across this form before, so wondering if its because they dont want us to know we can still claim a personal allowance? Can we? Didnt think we could if we did not live or work there for any part of the year?

Havent seen this before. We aren't claiming a personal allowance in the uk as we have no earnings in the current tax year besides one month salary for my husband. Our rental property is running at a major loss this year and we have no chance of actually earning an income from it until we sell it.

i looked at the help page for how to fill the form in, it was 24 pages long! They dont like to make things simple do they!

Oh no what is this? Never heard of it. Only submitted the non residents landlord form before we left and then our subsequemt tax returns for the last tax year as requested by hmrc.

what is this form for?

Thanks alan and alaska. We have filed our last two years returns using the online system so assuming we will be good to go on6 april. Only keen as hubby paid tax for this tax year before we left so keen to get that back!

Definitely worth trying. Harvey norman and good guys have always knocked money off when asked if thats their best price. Good guys even have a figure they can sell each item at which is below the ticket item. So if you ask, you get that cheaper price, dont ask and you will pay the ticket price.

Hi,

does anyone know when you can complete your uk tax return for the previous year? Does it automatically open up on the self assessment online on 6 april or is there a delay?

Thanks!

We moved from gloucestershire last year, have discovered Somersby cider at Dan Murphys, it is lush!! Not sure if you can get it at a bar.

Still open when i last stopped at dan's! Maybe they got sick of answering questions?

At the end of the day its down to luck. We moved money to aus in march 2013 when the dollar was pretty much at its lowest. Why? Because we were moving in april. Couldnt wait any longer. We now have to send money back to the uk next month to pay for a new boiler in our property. You get what you get, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Unless you have millions and exchange for fun, there is nothing you can do about the rate.

we are far better off in aus than in the uk, plus we have the benefit of feeling like we are on holiday every weekend

Each agent is different. One wanted six months paid up front or they would not accept us. Another just wanted a bank statement to prove we had the funds. So look around.

Maybe try posting in the removals section, you may get more replies

I know someone who came over on a 457 in HR and lost their job after two months. I would be wary of sponsorship opportunities and go for pr if you can.

Look at seek to get an idea of wages. Lots of jobs are listed everyday, as in the same job listed everyday, so can make it look like there are mire jobs than there actually are.

Great tip, thank you for sharing.

I work in marketing and get these emails all the time. Someone is just trying their luck!!

Cape town, Maldives, Mauritius, Fiji, Hawaii?

congrats!

Dont know about the first three but joondalup is ok. But its not 15km from the cbd. More like 30km.

Check out realestate.com.au and reiwa. Should give you an idea of areas you can afford. Doubt you will get much within 15km of the cbd though that will suit a family.

So just been reading how itv daybreak, ex gmtv, usually film from perth beaches on christmas eve, and wondering if anyone knows if its happening tomorrow and where? Looks like its normally cottesloe?

thanks

Surely if you have the means to find and post on this site, you should be able to find sites like Seek and details of recruiters as well...that is the basics of it and if you cant do that I wouldnt even think about coming to Australia.

I think the days of walking into a high paid job are over unless you have been head hunted. Things are quiet across the board. Saw some friends on the weekend and despite him being recruited 6 months ago, he is in the middle of making redundancies across depts. this is in engineering.

if we were thinking of coming out now, coupled with the high visa costs, the job market would certainly make me think twice.

Just did a debenhams order, put over £60 of stuff in my basket and when i got to checkout it was still adding delivery fees.

will have to keep an eye on when its free delivery!! Although the sale at the moment is so tempting!!!