But it [u]is</u> possible to bring out a bike. As long as it would pass a legal mot (ie no rule bending) it can be 'Compliance tested'. Trouble is its gonna cost import duty, test fee ($3-500) plus rego for each one...could end up v expensive. With hindsight the wife would have sold hers cheap in the uk first....by the time she got it here, rode it for 6mnths and then sold it she lost heaps.
Jesus died for his own sins...NOT MINE !
iknow how u feel steve i sold everything before i came [includin a cosworth granada] try to keep schtum about emigratin when ur sellin stuf i got stitched sommat rotton by so called "friends "just before i left[V]
bring the lc engine in bits ? maybe
there are A LOT of decent bikes out here and most of them are very clean [no road salt ]
i take home $650-900 a week depending on o/t and [im only a mobile service tech for PIRTEK ]
my rent is 300 for a 3 bed bungalow the sort ud find in say ...Brighton or somewhere like that im 10 mins from the sea and 1hr from Sydney
ill send u a pic of the house if i cant upload it here
my brother recently moved to NZ he was used to Taking home 1000 quid a week as a project manager now he takes 1100 bucks but hes actually better off cause u dont have ..
poll tax [saves u 30 quid $75 a week ]
GST is only 10% [not like our VAT 17.5% saving about 50Quid a week for average family].
no tv licence fee [another 165 quid a year.
income tax is about he same [in the first year youll get a rebate from both govts ..make sure you sort your cis4s before u come out ]
vehicle tax etc is about the same as back home {some of the other states are cheaper tho]
average food bill is about $110 a week
my phone bill is $70 a month [and i phone home a lot!]
foxtel[like Sky] is $88 a month about the same as back home
internet access is about $50 a month
petrol is around $1.20 a litre[50p !! remember when we paid this ??]
pubilc transport is soooo cheap train ride to Sydney off peak is ..wait for it about 8 bucks ..60miles for 3 quid
apart from all that
the food is to die for [its all grown /caught here ]
the amount of space here is phemonmenal
the population is only 20 million in a country the size of europe and nth africa [ britian fits in to NSW 4 times!]
oh and parrots flyin around yer backyard [took a bit of gettin used to ][?]
so its a bit of a slog getting here but take all the help u can get ie family sponsers here
its well worth it up here on the coast we even have a gathering of the clans every august [around the Glasgow weekend holiday][8D]
have a look on ebay i bought my cb900 on it for 750 bucks all it needed was a starter[8D]
the only drawback here is european cars are so expensive[ they reckon Peugoets are prestige cars !!]
anyway the pros far outweigh the cons mate i arrived with bugger all money [1500 quid and im doin ok ]
if i can do it anyone can
this our house its a bout average for here but bearing in mind NSW is probably one of the dearest for houses in aus
What kind of Visa did you apply for fbiker??
spouse visa my missus has dual nationality,, y know vampire and australian :]
and although my son was born in england he is also an australian
$330 gets you this (with a pool) in a nice area of Brisbane.
A bit silly for a bloke living on his own,
but what the hell! its all about "Quality of Life".
I was keen to buy when I arrive (I sold in the UK)
but I can rent nicer than I can buy.
immigration? well it shouldnt be allowed.
My Boss is Welsh,
Im English,
Got a South African Engineer,
an Irish Engineer,
a Scottish Labourer,
a Kiwi Labourer,
2 Australian Foremen,
Use Italian Concreters,
"Smoko" is like a meeting of the United Nations !!
we re all children of the world [sic]
Hey Steve, welcome to ASF and good on ya for your obvious excellent taste in music. Just come over mate. I did and 10 years has flown by.
what the boss said ...
I've only been here a month and I'm lovin the place.
I just hope I manage to stay here ad they don't kick me out
Ah well, worth the risk [8D]
I remember when I was a lowly backpacker a few years before I moved here a Cockney guy I met in Cairns in a mark2 Ford Escort had been running from the authorities for nearly 6 years! He would just drive his escort into town and party the time away until he either ran out of work (he set up marquees and party gear - hence always at them) or the government got wind of where he was. A modern day fugitive. Funny guy as well. That was over 12 years ago, so if you see a beaten up Mark2 Ford escort roll into your town with a ropey looking cockney geezer lookng for work in party hire, buy him a beer for me.
nah wot i meen mate dis geezer ere cams from sarf est lononquote:Originally posted by Gix11
I remember when I was a lowly backpacker a few years before I moved here a Cockney guy I met in Cairns in a mark2 Ford Escort had been running from the authorities for nearly 6 years! He would just drive his escort into town and party the time away until he either ran out of work (he set up marquees and party gear - hence always at them) or the government got wind of where he was. A modern day fugitive. Funny guy as well. That was over 12 years ago, so if you see a beaten up Mark2 Ford escort roll into your town with a ropey looking cockney geezer lookng for work in party hire, buy him a beer for me.
[quote]Originally posted by Tony Nitrous
$330 gets you this (with a pool) in a nice area of Brisbane.
/quote]
That monthly or weekly rent?
That would be per week and would convert to sterling as approx £133 try here to give your self an idea of house prices/rental costs http://www.realestate.com.au/ hope it helps.
Plenty of Scottish folk in Rockingham south of Perth
welcome anyway
PM me if you want to know anything about trade's etc in Western Australia, if you want twisties look East mate
Fcuk Off Ya Twat
yeah they dont put corners on their roads out west to stop the pakis puttin up shops..oops that wasnt very pc now was it ?
I would consider that remark to be spot on meah weeeee haggis basher friend
ere less of the wee u pompey dude u :]
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