ABritatheart

I have a similar problem to Gogibralta. After having moved back to the UK earlier this year, I decided to keep my bank accounts in Aus for the time being (better the devil you know etc). I receive a monthly private pension in Aus which goes into my NAB account, which I then transfer part of, to a Lloyds acc by internet banking. It's quick and easy to do and works well for me. Except for the SMS side of things. I have kept my Aus mobile, plus still have a telstra accnt on a very cheap plan, so that I can get the security code txted each time I transfer funds to the UK. But a big prob happened recently...I had left my mobile turned on as I was expecting a txt from my son in oz and for some strange reason the phone decided to download something. I don't know whether I had inadvertently hit a button...or what happened. However it has left me with a $400 Telstra bill for a phone that is only used for transferring Bank funds and the occasional text from my son.. It's a smart phone and has internet access (which I keep turned off in the UK)....so goodness knows what happened. I am now going to see whether its possible to buy a cheap (non smartphone) here in the UK and just transfer the Aus sim card across to it.Anyone know whether that's possible? I'm afraid phone technology has got away from me in recent years.

Hi to everyone. I wished I had found this site a few years ago, it would have been invaluable to me...a wealth of information I have recently made the move back to the UK after living in Oz since 1972....yes 42 years, can't believe it myself really! I married a Sydney boy many, many moons ago and we lived both in Sydney and Adelaide during our married life. I've been widowed for many years now. Both my children were born in Aus, though my daughter moved to London quite some years ago. My son lives up in northern parts of Qld. Even after living all those years in Australia, it never really felt quite like home to me, my friends were mostly ex-pat Brits and being a nature lover I missed the very distinct 4 seasons that the UK experiences. About 5 or 6 years ago I decided that I would like to return to 'my roots'. I started off by coming over to the UK and renting a house for 5 months just to see how it felt being back here. The following year I did the same again. To cut a long story short......I discovered that I felt really happy being back here and have now made the BIG step of selling up and moving back permanently. I arrived here on a 'one way' ticket in mid January this year...and haven't looked back since. I feel happy and contented, have a tiny little cottage that doesn't quite hold all the stuff that I brought 'back' with me. But this all feels so very right for me. I know that I no longer live in Aus but I would love to join in with your forum from time to time....and maybe some of my experiences in moving back could be helpful to others contemplating the same.