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I'm planning on bringing two saddles - does anyone know roughly how much the quarantines fees are likely to be?? Also, Im planning to sit down and clean them to within an inch of their lives but can anyone recommend the best way of doing that?? Saddle soap? Or will quarantine not like that as it can be waxy?? thanks!! :wub: So much to think about!!!

Hi guys, Just a quick question...My hubbie and I are flying to Perth in about 3 weeks time and I've just had a bit of a panic about excess baggage! We're flying with Emirates who will not allow us to check in another suitcase without charging us£35 per extra kilo!! Whaaat!!!! So anyway, I've been doing some research as we just want to send a couple of boxes with extra clothes, towels, shoes, bed sheets etc and a few courier companies came up with pretty good quotes. Inter-parcel I think have popped up on here a few times so I phoned them and they have said that it is prohibited to send personal effects to Australia and that I will probably find that with most couriers!! Has anyone else done this and have any tips for sending excess baggage?? I've now spoken to a few others who definitely will send these sort of things but just wanted to let others know if this is what you were planning! Thanks!

Ahhhh! Thanks so much, this thread has actually made my day!!! :biggrin: I miss my horses sooo much, I grew up with horses, my mum and my sister and I used to all ride together but I havent owned one or ridden regularly since my last was put down several years ago. I am making it my aim when I get over to Oz (we arrive next month! YAY!!!) to get back in the saddle! I will be in Perth so if anyone has any hints, tips and advice about where to start it would be great!!

Just wondering if anyone has an update on the movecube?? Is it a good way to send stuff? Has everything arrived at destinations safe and sound? Is it more likely to be held up at Customs if it hasnt been packed by a professional shipping company? Sorry tonnes of questions but I'm stressing a bit out shipping our stuff - thought we had narrowed it down and chosen a company and then I saw this and wondered if it's worthwhile! Thanks

Just wanted to push this back up as I would be very interested to know if anyone has any info! :biggrin:

Hi, Really random silly question for you all ... Is it worth bringing wellies over to Perth?? Are they handy for bush walks to stop snakes biting your ankles (:tongue: Lol!) or is it just to hot that you cant bear wearing something like that? Just wondering if its worth them taking up valuable clothes space thats all...! Thanks!

We are at the stage where we need to start sorting out our CVs so thank you for setting this all out - I need to read through it all and get our shiny new competative CVs together!

Thanks for posting this! We were wondering the exact same thing and posted on perthpoms just the other day! We were really worried that £20k wouldn't be enough if neither of us can find work quickly. We should have around £20k (not including flights which are already paid for) to keep us going for as long as possible until we find work or run out of money! We will be on a really tight budget with no luxuries and hope at will keep us going for a couple of months. Good luck with everything.

Soooo glad it all went well at work for you. I can't wait to hand in my notice but we aren't going till may next year and it's soooo hard keeping my mouth shut and pretending nothings going on!! If you don't mind me asking, are you going to new Zealand on an Aus visa and if so which one??? We were kind of the other way round to you - our original intention was to go to NZ but really struggled to find work from the UK. We've been to Aus before and loved it so thought if we move there at least it's nearer to go on holiday to NZ!! Wishing you really good luck for your move. :biggrin:

... 251 days to go (not that we're counting!!!) Fly out on 5th May via a 3 day break in Dubai!! CANT WAIT!! :biggrin:

Congratulations again to everyone who got their visas -a nice little bank holiday prezzie for you!! :biggrin:

Well congratulations again to everyone who has had their visas granted!! Its so nice to see everyones happy messages!!! :laugh:

Wow! Havent been on here for a few days and its great to see lots of visas being granted!! It looks like there are also a few people very close so hopefully there will be lots more grants over the next few days!! HUGE congratulations to everyone!!! :wubclub:

Thanks for that! Got the labels- sent our passports off the other day and actually got them back yesterday. It's nice seeing it in our passports! :biggrin: We used Go Matilda too and I have to say they were fab! Thats a good plan, I've already started phoning around a few people so I will start grilling them now! Well best of luck with your move too.

Yeah from what people have been saying on here I decided to do it so sent them off yesterday. Thought its better to have more info when we get over there rather than scrambling around trying to find stuff! Thanks. Hope you're enjoying Queensland!!