Dogboy73

We just didn't check the account. We opened new bank accounts when we arrived in Oz. Bank account is now pretty much empty thanks to a direct debit on a credit card. Oops!! Finance is not our strong point :biggrin:

Oops! We dropped a bit of a clanger with this one when moving to Australia. In the hail of things to sort out & finalize we neglected to cancel this benefit before we left. The payments have been going into our UK bank account ever since. But we've only recently realised after someone at our old address forwarded some documents that they had received to our address in Australia. The documents are asking for us to update any details & from the looks of it they can't be simply ignored, resulting in payments being stopped. Looks like they might come after us for the payments back if we do simple ignore the request! Not sure what we can do now as we may well owe back several thousand pounds!! Just what we don't need right now!! :-( Any advice on how we should best proceed? Cheers ;-)

So what's the deal with Amazon Australia? Is it up and running? There still doesn't seem to be an Amazon.com.au site in any case.

I did my HR truck training about a month ago. Got signed of by the instructor & got my license. Struggling to find work though because, it's the old catch 22, most jobs want a minimum of 2 years driving experience! Hard to find a job willing to take on a 12 tonne newbie!! :-) I'll keep trying though. Everyone has to start somewhere!! (I'm going to start putting this in my application / Resume!!)

I've found loads online already but I'm wondering what are the best job agencies/recruitment websites to be looking at here in NSW. I worked in IT back home doing technical support and general IT support stuff in a school. But over here I was looking to get into the open cut mines so I've just done my heavy vehicle (HR) training and license to broaden my horizons a bit. So I'm looking for good agencies where I can find IT jobs and also truck driving stuff ..... Until the mines pick up again! Keep hearing there in somewhat of a lul right now. Cheers ;-)

Good old Torrents ;-) Will give this a go as well ....... As I'm thinking now is MoD (1) even on iPlayer?! I've seen MoD2 on there.

Sounds just the ticket. Cheers for this, I'll look into it ;-)

That's fu**ing fantastic! I'm definitely looking into this. Many thanks for the info ;-) I have to admit its Hansen, Lawro, Lineker, Shearer that I miss waffling on! :-) I miss their inter-game waffle! Been watching plenty of footy on Fox though. Great to get such good coverage over here. But Mark Bosnich and that other dude's waffle can't top the MoD lads! ;-)

Cool. So then I'll be able to watch regional UK stuff online, such as the BBC iPlayer stuff? Is Match of the Day on BBC iPlayer?! (I usually just watched it on TV).

I really miss Match of the Day! How can I watch this in Australia?!

.. BTW, which border control gate do I go through when I return? Australian citizen or other/International? Or does it not matter?!

Good call ;-) I've already sent my case manager the NZ trip itinerary. She replied saying the details had been noted. But I think I'll send another quick email when I'm actually there just to remind her ;-)

Cheers for the reply, GeorgeD. It's kind of as I suspected, which is why nothing was explained by the case manager. It was just like, 'bugger of out of the country for 3 days, visa granted'! No written notification, no additional documents, not even a 'F**k you POM, welcome to Oz'!!! :-)

Finally, after about 6 months since the application was lodged, I've been granted my visa. Wahoo!!!! :biggrin: ......... My case manager re-iterated that I would have to leave the country for 3 days. I knew this & have already booked a 4 day excursion to New Zealand. All good. I'm just wondering what happens on my return when I come back into the country through customs? Where do I go, what do I say?! As far as I know everything is electronic so presumably my visa status will be flagged up on my re-entry?

Similar situation here - also moved from Essex 3 weeks ago. A big chunk of one of my back teeth just broke off!! Argghhhh! Not encouraged by what I'm reading here. I've not completely sorted my Medicare thing out yet ...... But it sounds like it won't be much help anyway! What a pain in the ..... Mouth!! :mad:

Just about to do this part for my visa application. Found plenty of info about this on here already but I'm just wondering ho long and detailed to make it. Will a few paragraphs do or am I writing an essay?! Cheers :cute:

.... any reccommendations on shipping companies? I'm located in Essex/East London.

Hi, first post! Moving to Oz later in the year. Wife & I are not home owners so we don’t have a great deal of stuff to ship ...... at least not from the house. I have some music equipment (electronic stuff - synthesizers, effects rack etc.) that I would like to take. Shouldn't take up too much space. I'd also like to take our mountain bikes, a small tool box & ......... here comes the big one ......... about 2000 vinyl 12"s! What sort of cost am I looking it do you think?! Bit nervous about the whole shipping thing. But a lot of what I do want to take is either expensive to buy or irreplaceable so I'd really like to take it. Will be offloading as much as I possibly can though. What will be my best approach to shipping this stuff? Many thanks, Darren.