Cubic

We got a quote from Crown which was about 800 more than the others when other things were taken in to account. I liked the service offered by Crown so went back to them and they reduced their price by about 600 and I did go with them and was very happy with the service. It sounds like you're happy with JM, but it's always worth asking what their lowest price would be.

My parents are coming to visit in 2 months. My dad only has an old style paper driving licence from the UK. He'll either be driving our car or in a hire car. Is he able to use this licence or does he need to swap it for a photocard licence before he visits?

I've been working here as a GP for a month having moved from the UK. Society here seems much more medicalised here generally. Everyone seems to be on a tablet for something, whether that's fish oils, vitamins, statins, antidepressants, diet pills or "something from the naturopath". There is a greater expectation from the patient to come out of the consultation with a prescription than I ever felt in the UK. I'm sure the reasons for this are multifactorial. It's actually much easier to refer for psychology here than in the UK. If I do a care plan with the patient I can refer them directly to a named psychologist of their or my choice and they will often be seen within a few weeks. This is available under medicare. In the UK I would refer a patient to the "single point of access psychological team" and a nurse or social worker would triage it to whatever service they felt appropriate, which was often not a psychologist but someone with brief training in counselling, and the patient would wait 6-12 months to be seen.

I commuted to near Caboolture. It took 25mins each way and was sometimes slightly conjested but never at a standstill.

I posted here about getting a rental about a month ago. The hardest bit was getting the ID in order. Different agencies want different things but most wanted an Aussie driving license, some wanted references, details of previous rental payments, proof of address with utility bills etc. We got the first rental we applied for. There were only a couple of other families looking round the house when we did, so we might have been the only applicants! We moved in a week ago.

We've just last week left our short term rental on Landsborough Av in Scarborough. Perhaps you're looking at the same apartment?! (Scarborough Beach Resort). It was a great place to start out. It was fairly quiet, had the basics there and felt safe. It's lovely being right on the beach.

Thanks calNgary. I'm planning to get a QLD license for ID purposes but can't do so until I get a proof of address. My employer is looking in to changing the lease to "Cubic, care of Employer" which hopefully will sort that out.

Thank you for that, we'll put a small pack together with evidence etc. I don't think it's ultra competitive here (north side of Brisbane, but further north than most commuters want to be) but the best houses and deals can go quickly so we want to give it our best shot!

I've just come over on a 457 and am staying in temporary accommodation provided my my work. I'm living in this place for the next 6-10 weeks until our container arrives and then will move in to rental. Most rental companies seem to want a QLD driving license, proof of address and a reference. As the apartment I'm in is paid for my my work and I'm not paying any bills at all for it I'm finding it difficult to prove address and also I'm unable to change my driving license to a QLD one for the same reason. This mustn't be an uncommon problem. What's the easiest solution? I've asked my employer whether I can change the tennancy in to my name but doubt that this is an option as they are paying for it.