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thank you, it was our first meet up, really enjoyed the afternoon

We will come

will try Deb xx

ok, hope to see you soon

hi, have not been on here for ages but we have decided to do a meet up for those who have come across as grandparents or anyone else who is over a certain age and would like to come. We are meeting at the Indian Brewing Company "indie " a pub in Mindarie at 2pm on sunday 21 st, for a " sunday Session " We see loads for those young with children but haven't seen any for us young at heart.

I am here, my account was disabled , and I look in every now and again, but nobody I know bar the people who always had a go at what i said. So I go on different ones now. I have been here for 15 months, we are enjoying ourselves, made friends with many off this forum and enjoy their company. I hope you are well Rossy being retired isn't everything it's cracked up to be. Yes lots to do but once its done ??? joined lots of different things but we are a bit in-between to old for the majority who are coming over with young children and to young for all the seniors clubs.

We have 2 friends from the internet who have come over at christmas waiting for their 143 to come through, they came on a holiday visa, their visa came through a couple of weeks ago, they went over to Bali and came back to validate. Might see you soon then

So pleased for you Steely, nearly there.

I wait results in 2 weeks, but feel good about them. However Steely do not worry about doctors or hospitals here, and I do not have any insurance

safe journey and the sun has come out properly today for you

had my very first hospital day today, at Joondalup, and I can honestly say it was so much better than the NHS. It was organised, 2 phone calls before to check everything , run smoothly on time, kept informed of the procedure and all free. I have not taken any insurance and I only waited 2 months for the procedure. Plus the hospital looked like a Bupa private hospital in the Uk. I may have dropped lucky but great.

lovely to hear about your new life getting started x

hi, I bought a TEAC set top recordable box from Good Guys for my older Sony, works fine. With another Sony it has worked by tuning in to other in country. I have also bought a new tv and bought a minix box from Tech Shop boys for $300 it gets all sky,bbc player, all movies for this one off payment, it is fantastic.

hi, we also did a 143 visa. We have today received the keys to our house and had the container arrive , so excited and shattered at the same time. We have found winter to be very pleasant ,easy to change over to Oz documents and travel very easy to get around.The news is very different seems lots of crime and cars driving into houses but with not a lot to report it does seem to be different, but much better than listening to immigration etc. We are enjoying it and really looking forward to spring/summer and love being part of the grandchildrens life.

I did my own contributory visa, we are here in Oz now, 4 months in. I found it no hassle if you need support just ask on here we will always help. The worst bit is the waiting it takes so long.

we put ours on the market when visa granted, the house went quick and so did the sale process, very lucky I know. Still panicked like mad before coming as I loved my old house so much.My hubby not a risk taker so played safe.

watch out for your storage costs, we have also just got hit for insurance costs while in storage too, I forgot about the insurance.

thanks, I am looking for building/contents too. RAC seem to come out the cheapest for us, so it is good to read they are ok

in 2 weeks we will be selling some good quality baby stuff, cot, changing table/cupboard,toy shelves to match, pram/pushchair , before we put on gumtree is anyone interested ? it is all wooden and decent stuff, not sure of prices as yet.the furniture is king parrot , the pram strider.

at present in Mindarie moving to Jindalee in 2 weeks.

I agree with Verystormy but Butler is great, enough said.

I listened to everyone regarding wicker and cane and gave most of it away. however the packers were different they packed my conservatory settee, chair and table and we had no problems with customs whatsoever. We wished we hadn't given other stuff away now.We were honest on what was new and boxed that we brought over and paid the tax, we unboxed and unwrapped loads too. This could have helped, he could have been a very nice customs officer, it could have been a busy day, who knows but we had no problems.

Jeanette is it a contributory parent visa ? or a wait forever parent visa ?

congrats

if you bring your car over, it is more difficult to find insurance for an imported car, only 2 SGIO and Shannons. It is more expensive too for fully comp. I fell into the trap of going for the cheapest until I rang again and questioned about imports.