Booma

On 30/10/2023 at 10:04, Quoll said:

Golly, don't come to Canberra then. I had to pay $5 for 5 minutes on Saturday night! I think the Aussies went for wider parking spaces because back in the day reverse angle parking was the thing. Still see it in some country towns like Bombala which has barely moved into C21

Where on earth did you go that charges that much for parking lol?

8 minutes ago, Marisawright said:

That is a disgraceful thing to say. You are saying that, even if there is no legal way for your parents to stay, you will seek to embarrass the Australian government into allowing them to stay anyway? You should be ashamed of yourself. 

It’s people doing things like this that is causing the rules to be continuously tightened so it is getting harder and harder for people who are playing by the rules. It makes me very angry.

On 04/10/2021 at 07:33, FirstWorldProblems said:

Citizens, PR and their immediate families.  
 

If they are fully vaccinated you can quarantine at home. 
 

That’s all we know right now.  
 

So it’s clearly not for tourists coming over for a beach holiday, but neither does it say it’s for stranded aussies overseas returning permanently.  My interpretation is that Citizens, PR and their immediate families (like me) can visit Australia. 

I've submitted my exemption, so I’ll find out soon if I am correct  

Clarification really is needed though. 

The PM was interviewed on the news this morning and he stated that immediate family is husband, wife and their children. He explicitly ruled out parents as being part of the family in this instance. He stated that extended family (parents) would be considered at a later unspecified date.

These are from around my property and the local area. The areal photo isn’t mine though. I love where I live.

These are Spring and Autumn photos from around Canberra mostly. I didn’t take them though. 

Not sure if you know but Qantas is refuelling it’s Sydney to London flights in Darwin now instead of Singapore. Flying with Qantas would remove the chance of your parents getting stuck in a transit country if they decide going home is the best option. I just flew long haul with Qantas getting back to Oz when borders started closing etc and they were wonderfully helpful. They didn’t even charge us to change our non flexible fares. Good luck whatever you decide. 

44 minutes ago, Angiebaby said:

Hi Booma

Thanks for the reply , where exactly are you?

Well I don’t want to say exactly where I am on the internet but I live on a property roughly 30 mins south of Narooma. The closest township to our place is Bermagui but it’s more straight forward to drive from our place to Narooma than to go to Bermagui. I don’t know if you have ventured down this way yet but driving into Bermagui involves crossing a lot of one way bridges and it’s easy to get stuck behind slow moving traffic. It’s a nice drive though if you aren’t in a hurry and the town is very pretty so you should definitely visit if you haven’t been already. 

I live just south of Narooma. It’s the biggest town in our area and where I go to do shopping, see doctors etc. My husbands family has lived in or around Narooma since the area was first settled. It’s a beautiful place that is swamped with tourists in the warmer months but lots of people visit on weekends as well. The ‘empty houses’ Dusty Plains mentioned are holiday homes owned by people mainly from Canberra and Sydney. There doesn’t seem to be much crime and it’s pretty friendly although it can take a while to make friends if you keep to yourself. If you join the local clubs like surf lifesaving or volunteer firefighting etc you’ll be accepted and made to feel welcome. The golf course is gorgeous and follows the cliffs around the beach. When whales migrate you can see them from the golf course and areas around there. The schools are good especially the primary school. Shops are basic but you can get everything you need. We go to Canberra regularly for the weekend if we want a major shopping hit or want to see the ballet etc. It’s about 3 hr drive but it’s a pretty drive and doesn’t seem that far now I’m used to it.

23 hours ago, blumkina said:

Hi guys, me and my family are in Italy, we are healthy and we are in self isolation for a while right now. We’ve been granted with 187 visa and we were planning to move in August, but since the situation is changing very rapidly and dramatically we’re evaluating moving earlier (only in case we are still healthy). As we will need to self isolate at our arrival, my main question is if there’s home delivery organized from grocery stores and so on? Could we be really able to self isolate ourselves?

I flew back to oz last Monday after holiday overseas with friends who live in Cairns. We arrived just after they made isolation mandatory. We flew into Brisbane and weren’t sure if we would be allowed to get our connecting domestic flights. Thankfully they let us but who knows if that will change especially if you arrive from Italy. When I talked to my friends last night they said they put a priority food order in on Monday night and it’s supposed to be getting delivered tonight. That’s five days so far they had to rely on friends to bring them food. They still aren’t sure if the delivery will come tonight or how much of the stuff they asked for will come. I wouldn’t be trying to move early unless you know someone in cairns that can bring you food. I gave up trying to get a delivery where I am in nsw. We got approved for a priority food order but it got cancelled twice and so I’m just relying on my husbands family to bring food until we get out of isolation at the end of March. 
 

We moved back to UK and enjoyed the first 3 months but once the novelty of being back wore off we didn’t settle. We moved back to oz a few years ago. Going back and forwards was a huge waste of money but needed to be done to realise oz is home now.

I would think most of those things need declaring. 

http://www.movingtoaustralia.com.au/travelling-to-australia/australian-customs-service-what-to-declare/

2 hours ago, Lavers said:

Out of curiosity what do people spend on a weekly food shop?

Our shop usually costs around $100 a week for 2 adults and 2 toddlers. We are vegetarian and tend not to eat processed foods either so I’m sure that helps keep our costs down. I shop mainly at our local fresh food market and I only go to supermarket for washing powder and such and grab it on the specials.

1 hour ago, Scousers1 said:

Thank you all for your comments. I can see why most of you say she is an adult now but we are very close and spend alot of time together. She is not adventurous and does not spend alot of time with friends. She has lots but prefers her own company. I guess why it is such a heart rench is because i was at that age very adventurous and came to OZ with my then boyfriend now hubby but i always have regretted it. I am looking forward to going home to roost but she has only ever known oz even though she has visited uk and seems comfortable there. If she stayed here i would have no idea who she would share with etc all her friends are still living at home. We will just have to see what happens but i am definately getting ready to go home 

But she isn’t you and doesn’t want to do the same things you did at her age. Your description of your daughter seems to be that although she has lots of friends and has enjoyed some travel she is fairly self contained and knows what she wants. I can’t help thinking that you are the one struggling with the idea of being without your daughter rather than the other way around. 

52 minutes ago, The Pom Queen said:

I am not sure which one of our knowledgeable members can help with this @Andrew from Vista Financial @Carol from Vista Financial @Ken @Alan Collett I’ve just been chatting to a friend  who lives down the road from us who mentioned that when any of us on the street sell our properties we have to pay Capital Gains. I’ve never heard of this but she says it’s on all properties over 2 hectares. She said you usually get a good valuer in who values the 2 hectares to include the house and outbuildings as the bulk of the property and the remainder as cheap bush land which will make your CGT minimal. Does this sound right?

I don’t remember exactly what our solicitor said when we bought our property but that sound familiar. 

3 hours ago, Scorpionrocks said:

Also isn't there anyone in this forum who lives in Dubbo or Orana?

I looked on Facebook and their is a group called Dubbo Community Group. You might have more luck posting on there.

No. I’m to busy enjoying my life in oz.

1 hour ago, Scorpionrocks said:

Thank you for the reply Maria, Toots, & Verystromy. But does Orange comes under Orana? I believe it is not. As the 489 condition stays we have to be in the regional area which grants visa until and unless we get a release.

You are right. Orange isn’t in Orana region.

I tend to get most of my clothes from Witchery, Country Road, David Jones, Myer, Cue, Veronica Maine, Just Jeans, Jeans West and places like that. I thought Melbourne was good for shopping when I was there as a backpacker. You really just need to stop looking for UK stores and start going into the stores you see and work out which ones you like.

20 minutes ago, Leighbee98 said:

Hey Bob  do you have any recommendations for locations/hotels on the whitsundays. (we have a 2 year old and id like to see fishes)

I don’t know where Bobj would recommend but Heron Island is brilliant. You can snorkel straight off the beach and see fish etc. My favourite thing though is you can see baby turtles hatching but you would need to check if they are hatching at the time of year you are going.

My ozzie father in law said it looks like a pregnant huntsman spider. 

10 minutes ago, Gbye grey sky said:

Actually it is a big bonus not having grandparents interfering (judging by the experience of many of our friends).  When as a couple you are the sole setters or parameters and you are not at constant risk of being undermined by well meaning relatives it is so much easier to establish boundaries.

I must admit I’ve stopped reading a lot of my UK friends Facebook posts as all they seem to do is moan about their parents, grandparents, siblings. I’m sure everyone isn’t like that but a lot seem to be

1 hour ago, Quoll said:

I guess that works both ways but I don’t understand why it is the automatic assumption on most forums  that it’s the right thing to do for the Aussie to remain in Aus permanently and require the Brit to leave their home and family forever.  I really think that decision lies in whichever of the pair is more able to stand being away from “home” should be the one to move, recognising that times change, circumstances change and all of a sudden the one who copes best with displacement is the one who needs to be “home”. There are developmental times in life when one may need to take preference over the other - for young women, that’s probably when the kids come along because raising your kids in isolation from your extended family is a very tough gig.  Or it might be that the main breadwinner cannot crack a career.  In later life, it’s probably who has more responsibility for aged parents.  

In an ideal world, love and compromise should be enough but if there is no intimation of compromise it’s far better to cut and run before either get trapped. Neither country is nirvana, we are talking two first world countries here, each offering different wonderful opportunities. That one of the couple finds a place alien is not a decision they take lightly, I doubt anyone on here does it intentionally, and I’m sure there is probably no pragmatic reason for it, but it happens nevertheless, if you don’t belong, you just don’t belong and exogenous depression is a real bugger that is beyond your control. 

Perhaps you found it a tough gig Quoll but I don’t think everyone does. I know I don’t. Actually none of my friends have close family near by either and they are all managing just fine as well. I think you are underestimating young women.

2 hours ago, Home and Happy said:

My advice as always is if you have the money to get out of that place, then do it. 

If he doesn't want to go it means he loves Australia and his big house more than you.

Big houses mean absolutely nothing if you are stuck far away in a foreign country on the other side of the world without friends and family.

Family are everything. 

Without them, life is meaningless and empty.  

None of us ever really belong down there anyway, we are all foreigners,  even if we have a few Aussie pals, we never totally fit in. 

Don't be one of those poms who grin and bear it telling themselves that it will work out, when it clearly isn't . 

Life is short and if you want to be home, then do it.  

Perhaps I’m just odd but my family is my husband. I have other extended family but my husband is the one I have chosen to do life with. Without him my life would be meaningless and empty. He is my home.

After I asked my husband to move back to UK I realised after a short time it was a terrible mistake. He is ozzie and would of loved to come back to oz straight away but he said we should wait for 12 months so I could be sure of what I wanted and to save up the money to move again. When the time was up I was definitely wanting to move back to oz so we did and life has been wonderful ever since. Even though I hated waiting the extra year it was a good thing to do. Maybe wait and see how you and your family feel in 12 months from now. 

I’m sure you and your fiancé love each other but if you are even considering moving back to UK without your fiancé I think it probably means you don’t love him enough to be getting married. If he is even considering letting you go back alone I think it probably means he doesn’t love you enough to be getting married either. I know what it’s like to be homesick in the past but even in the darkest of times there was no way my ozzie husband or me would even have considered not staying together whether we lived in UK or Oz. It’s best you found this out now so both of you can move on. Good luck.