Waffoo

Hi, just adding to the Adelaide chat. We’re moving in September - I’m doing a military to military lateral transfer and will be posted to Adelaide; very lucky to have the job-hunting worries minimised. For living areas, we’ve had some useful advice from some of the folk based at Edinburgh, who also say avoid places with ‘Para’ and ‘Downs’ in their names - and don’t live anywhere around the Airbase - but like anything it’s not always that straightforward. Whilst we’re fortunate to have military-sourced accommodation to choose from, it doesn’t make the school selection any easier. We’re also having the September to January school term realignment to deal with, with a current UK year 7 - a few months back in primary school for him by the looks of it! We’re planning to use the military accommodation to give us a base for 6 months or so (probably Mawson Lakes or similar distance from work) whilst we explore the area to find somewhere to buy, although South suburbs will probably be too far a commute for me. My wife is a hairdresser so can pretty much work anywhere. Our Sausage Dog is coming too (Pets Abroad doing the transfer). Good luck to those heading out this year!

Hello! - We're moving out September next year, transferring from UK Military to ADF, will be based in Adelaide. Hadn't really considered taking the car (custom motorbike - yes!) so just testing the water. We own it outright. Also, under personal import rules, can both my wife and I take a vehicle each? (e.g. me motorbike, wife car)? What I need from you: - year of manufacture Jan 2015 - make, model & variant Mercedes-Benz C250 BlueTEC Diesel SPORT PREMIUM Estate (Wagon) W205 - body type (coupe, convertible, etc) Wagon - engine size & fuel type 2.1L Diesel - transmission Auto - drive type (4WD, front wheel drive, etc) RWD - mileage 62000 (will be nearer 70k by the time we go) - any special features, options or modification Panoramic Roof, Heated Seats, Obsidian Black Metallic paint - does it have aircon Yes - realistic current UK market value £15000 - Australian RedBook value (www.redbook.com.au - click through to the page with 'Private Price Guide', 'Trade In Price Guide' and 'Price When New' listed, then tell us the 'Private Price Guide' range) $35400 - $38800 - Australian market value (http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/search.aspx - search for the closest matching vehicle) Can only find saloon, but $35000 seems average - which Australian state/city Adelaide, SA Thanks in advance.