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Hi, Just wondered if anybody has taken a chance and booked a 6-12 month rental property from the uk,ready for when they arrived in Oz? We should be moving towards the end of the year,and would love to be sorted in our own place for Christmas. If so,how easy was that to arrange,and has anyone regretted doing it? Cheers, Scott and Sally

I bought some fabric on a recent trip to England (far cheaper than here!) and am looking for someone to make it into roman blinds and curtains for me, being sadly unable to do it myself. I can't find anyone prepared to do it if I don't buy the fabric from them. Can anyone help? Thank you.

Hi all, this may seem like a totally stupid question, but has anybody moved to Oz without giving it a recci and has it worked?:twitcy:

Two Qantas passenger jets have collided on the tarmac at an Australian airport in the latest accident to blight the airline. Related photos / videos Qantas Jets Crash In Latest Scare Both Boeing 747 planes were damaged as they ran into each other while being towed at the airline's maintenance base at Avalon Airport, outside Melbourne. One of the aircraft involved had already been damaged in a mid-air explosion in July when a gaping hole was ripped open in the jet's fuselage. Local television news footage showed the nose of one jet had caved in after hitting the left wing of the other, leaving a large dent. "Both aircraft sustained some damage, and the extent of this is being assessed," said Qantas general manager of engineering David Cox. The maintenance staff involved have been suspended from duty pending a full inquiry, he said. Qantas has not said how many personnel were involved but confirmed no passengers were on board at the time of the incident. On July 25, an oxygen tank exploded on board one of the jets, tearing a hole in the plane which caused rapid cabin decompression as the plane flew over the South China Sea. None of the 365 people aboard was injured and the pilot safely made an emergency landing in Manila in the Philippines. The plane was repaired in Manila and only returned to Australia last week, said a spokesman who wished to remain anonymous. It was undergoing final maintenance work at Avalon, Qantas' maintenance base for 747s in Australia before returning to service, he added. The collision is the latest in a series of accidents and malfunctions in recent months that have embarrassed Australia's' flagship carrier and have raised questions about its maintenance standards.

Ok..we have just over a week before we fly to Adelaide...when we booked the tickets we were full of confidence..."yeah if the 457 visa isnt ready well just go out on tourist visa and wait until its issued!" Well we are still waiting for the 457 visa to be granted, Mine and my husband x-ray have been finalised but sons medical is still showing as required(even though they arrived at the same time)....Colin spoke to our case officer and she said everything is ready to go just waiting on sons medical. Now Im panicking coz it sounded a good idea at the time , but in reality has anyone else gone out on a tourist visa and then successfully had the 457 issued?? My nerves are shattered ...we move out of our UK rental on Sat and we have sold almost everything we own so we can buy new out there!!! The case officer mentioned that she may be able to just issue Colins visa for now if my sons medical is not sorted by the time we fly but Im still panaicking...please someone tell me they have done this and everything worked out ok???:arghh: Thanks for listening a very worried Lynn x