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We have a VW camper and we have spent a shed load of money on it and love it dearly .we thought that it would cost us tooo much money to ship it over to Aus and so we thought( reluctantly) that we would have to sell it and when we get over to Aus get another...but we love this one so much we are now thinking that ,if it does'nt cost too much to ship it out, we want to take it with us but haven't got the foggest how much it will cost any ideas :?: :? .Thanx Beckyx

First of all Merry Christmas everyone! I have read conflicting reports on various websites/forums regarding the state of the Australian economy, some reports saying it is strong and some saying that it could/is heading for recession. If this is indeed the case, what does that mean and how would that effect the man on the street (an increase in un-employment, maybe, etc?) I have previously started a thread re the current weaknessof the $AUD compared to the £, maybe it is all linked... Your thoughts, pl....

Could anyone tell me it it's worthwhile taking a car over or if the price is similar over there to buy. From what we can see the car prices over there are a lot higher than in the UK - is that the case? Also we have read that you must own your car in the UK for at least 12 months before you can take it over. Does anyone know if this is actually correct? Thanks for your help. Dave

This possibly should have been titled living dangerously, or some might argue living stupidly :shock: , but right now this is just a thought and I really wanted to get the views from you guys as to whether this is feasible. All opinions welcome!! So firstly to explain, I guess we slightly miscalculated how long the visa would take to come through and we were previously hoping for first part of next year, but going on the timescale at present, it will be more like halfway through next year. Unfortunatley (or maybe not) we've already set the wheels in motion by arranging to chuck in our jobs to go do 3 months skiing. When we get back we had hoped to have just changed suitcases (so to speak) and then go off to Oz but now as it's unlikely we'll have the visas by then, we need something to do whilst we wait (as neither of us can go back to work). So, here it is: The only place we really want to go is to Oz. We'd love to spend a few months travelling round first whilst waiting for the visas to finalise. Is this even possible or are we dreaming?? Could we realistically pre-load our medicals/police checks and go off to Oz travelling. Wait until they request passports and then skip over to New Zealand, courier them to a parent in UK, have then courier to the embassy, and the same to get them back to us and then arrive back in Oz to get visas validated? How risky is this? From what I can tell, most people don't seem to get asked to produce anything else, and we would have the money to get a flight back if we had to, but we'd want to go knowing that the odds were in our favour that's it more likely we wouldn't need to return. Any advise,comments/thoughts welcome!!!

Hi prospective movers, We arrived 14 months ago, and live in Townsville Northern Queensland. Weather is brilliant, area is growing quickly,. Reportedly the 3 fastes growing city in Aus currently. Kids have not even mentioned being back in the UK, and have taken to the laid back tropical lifestyle like ducks to water. The Aussie adage work hard play hard is true.

Hi Could someone tell me how long their Aus police checks took if sending for them from the UK please. Regards Tone

Hi , I need someones help, I would like to own a 2000 or 1999 mini cooper , the only way that these cars ( under 15 yrs old ) can come into Australia now is Via a personal import, To do this you must have owned it for 12 mths and able to prove that you and the car were in the UK , then you can bring the car into OZ no problems then sell it. These cars sell in the UK for @ 6000 pounds, I would pay 15- 18,000 Australian $ ( bucks) if it was a clean unit. If you can help or know someone who may help me please email me Also I own a stainless fabrication shop and looking for welders and polishers all the time, Location is Morningside Brisbane , which is 5 KLMs from the city. email dodgeram@bigpond.com Craig

Hi, I am thinking of moving to austraila with my wife and 3 children and would like to find out any info on , work oppartunaties as a carpenter/joiner and which areas offer best chances of finding work, which areas offer best value for money property prices. any help would be gratefully appreicated. Thanks Carl.