Opal Fiend

It seems there are very few social workers on this forum.

I know I'm on the skills list.

I've taken the ielts x2 and have it rebooked for end of month

More importantly I'm 40 so I need to get my skates on

I'm not going with rose coloured glasses as I think it will be bloody hard work just as it is here, as I intend to work in children's services

More importantly any tips re ielts as if it was work focussed I'd fly through it but discussing free speech and graphs, OMG

I also have a migration agent

any other tips would be fab

Ps I want to do the independent visa but if others think the sponsored is better then please say why.

If I ever get there I intend to let my house as my back up plan

Plus my dog coming is essential.

I am sure you'll do fine. especially as you have a masters.

keep up posted :-)

I have a Renault Clio DC 88 it does 50 mpg at the moment in town and better in summer which although not as good as stated in log book (are they ever£???) is bloody good. I did the maths re converting figures to Km and litres and it not much less that the new ones over there. I have no idea how road tax works in oz and guess it will vary across the states but mine is 94 co2 so is free here :biggrin:

I felt that with the miles to cover and the eco aspect it might be worth taking with me but I really don't know

its had one owner, me, since new and was registered 26th Oct 2011. I know its sad but I don't buy brand spanking new cars every week and know exactly when I bought it.:biggrin: it cost £11000 new (retail £12450 and I haggled for my price) and I have valued it as about £8000 when I insured it in sept this year

much as I love it its the fuel economy and my awareness of miles I would be covering that makes me think it might be worth bringing with me.

I'm also conscious that although its doing well and only two years old I'd need to consider servicing and potential repairs.

I tend to keep my cars until I've saved up for a new one rather that trade in reg as I had the thought of bloody HP and loans.

Thanks for the advice, much as I love my car and I'm leaving it here.

I can see that I'm going to need to read this a number of times before it makes sense but the gist seems to nbe that of you're desperate enough to take your car then you're willing to pay through the nose.

I would consider taking my car only because it cheap as chips to run over here and given the distances I can see myself covering over there would think it might be similar there too.

a silly question maybe but are most cars petrol or is there a fairly even spread of diesel and petrol? I query only because I have a diesel but equally would have to consider cost of diesel with petrol?