Moving Back to Australia

trotamundos · 10-30-2007, 11:44 AM

When are you going back to Canada RH? I might have to delay my time out there by a year

retired_janesha · 10-30-2007, 11:49 AM

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Originally posted by Red_Hector:
Yeah just get some scallies to burn the car and take the insurance payout.

Moral decisions are tough!
Could'nt live with myself if i did that

retired_janesha · 10-30-2007, 11:51 AM

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Originally posted by Ryno:
Plumbers would be pretty much in demand everywhere, so wherever you decide to move to would be good for your business.

Don't bother bringing the car with you, as you will end up losing out on too much money with taxes, import costs and also resale value.

Also, your television won't work in Australia, so don't bother with that. You can get a good bed for less money over here aswell, soyou might want to consider not bringing that.

I used a friend to help me move, so got a discount, but I doubt he would do a move from Ireland. You would be fine using any of the bigger moving companies, as that way you can be sure that you will be covered with insurance and that will put your mind at ease for sure.

There is a difference between being in-demand and getting good money.
When i was in Melbourne the 1st company i worked for paid me $600 a week.Which is crap.
Took me about a year and half and another company to get good money(around the $800 mark).
Which was still tough going after paying rent and bills.Plus shopping.

triathlontrain · 10-30-2007, 11:58 AM

you can consider perth... their entire state is booming, and from my experiences visiting if you dont haver family or friends elsewhere its a very nice peaceful place to live.

btw sydney ifb

hanouda · 10-30-2007, 12:11 PM

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Originally posted by Herman Bloom:
When are you going back to Canada RH? I might have to delay my time out there by a year

Hopefully as early as April. If the red tape goes slowly might be summertime.

retired_aishwarya · 10-30-2007, 12:21 PM

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Originally posted by Sned:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Ryno:
Plumbers would be pretty much in demand everywhere, so wherever you decide to move to would be good for your business.

Don't bother bringing the car with you, as you will end up losing out on too much money with taxes, import costs and also resale value.

Also, your television won't work in Australia, so don't bother with that. You can get a good bed for less money over here aswell, soyou might want to consider not bringing that.

I used a friend to help me move, so got a discount, but I doubt he would do a move from Ireland. You would be fine using any of the bigger moving companies, as that way you can be sure that you will be covered with insurance and that will put your mind at ease for sure.

There is a difference between being in-demand and getting good money.
When i was in Melbourne the 1st company i worked for paid me $600 a week.Which is crap.
Took me about a year and half and another company to get good money(around the $800 mark).
Which was still tough going after paying rent and bills.Plus shopping. </BLOCKQUOTE>

Any chance of becoming a subbie? That's where the real money is at.

trotamundos · 10-30-2007, 12:55 PM

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Originally posted by Red_Hector:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Herman Bloom:
When are you going back to Canada RH? I might have to delay my time out there by a year

Hopefully as early as April. If the red tape goes slowly might be summertime. </BLOCKQUOTE>

tres jealous. need to do some serious real life thinking about all this.

retired_sa123786 · 10-30-2007, 02:12 PM

I'm emigrating in 2 months and have already shipped my stuff, so looked into import duties etc recently.

You'll probably have to fill out one of these forms. See Section 5 about declaring stuff less than a year old to be assessed for taxes. A few of my things were new(ish) but I took a gamble. Probably best not declare anything listed in Section 3

Some other info I used:
http://www.daff.gov.au/aqis/import
http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=4647

Company I used - reasonable price and a great service (so far...it's still in transit).

retired_rubbia · 10-30-2007, 02:40 PM

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Originally posted by Sned:
There is a difference between being in-demand and getting good money.
When i was in Melbourne the 1st company i worked for paid me $600 a week.Which is crap.
Took me about a year and half and another company to get good money(around the $800 mark).
Which was still tough going after paying rent and bills.Plus shopping.

Yeah, $800 a week you would definitely sruggle, so if you are looking at being comfortable, then the best place for you at the moment is WA. The place is booming and they are paying mega bucks because they cannot find enough skilled people to do the work that is there to do.

retired_rubbia · 10-30-2007, 02:41 PM

rowley, where in Aus are you heading to?

Moving Back to Australia

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Moving Back to Australia