BaylorAirBear From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 2913 posts, RR: 52 Posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 1383 times:
Hello, y'all.
I'm currently considering a move to Australia in a few months. I'm not sure what I'm asking for, but any advice is appreciated. I'm looking at Western Australia. This move is actually quite likely. I'm planning on staying two to five years
Are there any popular housing listings online? Is there anything I, as a handsome Texan, should expect upon arrival? I hear things are pretty cheap and the exchange rate is good. Are there plenty of Sheilas with brown hair and brown eyes? Is there any way around quarantining Amos for thirty days? Can I come on a work visa, or do I need to naturalize? Do I need ridiculous outlet converters? Does the water in the bowl really drain clockwise? Are there really kangaroos and koalas?
I'll be looking for work as a pilot. What is the process for getting certified in Oz? Will my pilot credentials transfer over?
As for your visa requirements this is the Australian govt immigration website. It will tell you everything about the visas you need in order to work in Australia http://www.dimia.gov.au/ this we
Cornish From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2005, 8187 posts, RR: 56 Reply 2, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1368 times:
Quoting BaylorAirBear (Thread starter): I'm currently considering a move to Australia in a few months. I'm not sure what I'm asking for, but any advice is appreciated. I'm looking at Western Australia. This move is actually quite likely. I'm planning on staying two to five years
Hey BAB. You know the Australians are very choosy about who they let in to their country. Have any of them actually met you yet ?
Just when I thought I could see light at the end of the tunnel, it was some B*****d with a torch bringing me more work
BaylorAirBear From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 2913 posts, RR: 52 Reply 3, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1357 times:
Quoting Cornish (Reply 2): Hey BAB. You know the Australians are very choosy about who they let in to their country. Have any of them actually met you yet ?
A valid point, my friend I'm actually meeting my first one this weekend in D.C. We've emailed and talked on the phone for ages, so I think we'll get on alright.
This is terribly exciting for me. Notwithstanding active duty deployment, I've never lived away from my hometown of Waco.
VHVXB From Australia, joined Apr 2006, 5517 posts, RR: 20 Reply 4, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1357 times:
Quoting Cornish (Reply 2): Hey BAB. You know the Australians are very choosy about who they let in to their country. Have any of them actually met you yet
Yes this is true. Since your from the US i don't think you will have a problem about moving here. But what Cornish said is true. Australia is currently lacking skilled workers so people who want to come to Australia must have some type of skilled background whether it be a building, plumbing or hairdressing.
IAH777 From United States of America, joined Mar 2008, 0 posts, RR: 5 Reply 5, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1351 times:
Quoting VHVXB (Reply 4): Australia is currently lacking skilled workers so people who want to come to Australia must have some type of skilled background whether it be a building, plumbing or hairdressing.
How's the market for chronic forum posters? He may be able to help.
Cornish From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2005, 8187 posts, RR: 56 Reply 6, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1351 times:
Quoting BaylorAirBear (Reply 3): I'm actually meeting my first one this weekend in D.C. We've emailed and talked on the phone for ages, so I think we'll get on alright.
If it's a romantic meet then my advice would be to stay off the subject about the most unusual place you have done a doodoo
Just when I thought I could see light at the end of the tunnel, it was some B*****d with a torch bringing me more work
AeroWesty From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 18847 posts, RR: 64 Reply 8, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 1344 times:
BaylorAirBear From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 2913 posts, RR: 52 Reply 9, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 1330 times:
Quoting IAH777 (Reply 5): How's the market for chronic forum posters? He may be able to help.
I'm just trying to catch up with UTA_flyinghigh
I can see it now. Aerowesty's planning a move to Oz, all the while singing Dream Lover, by Bobby Darin.
Jap From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 10, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 1312 times:
Good luck!
I too am considering moving to Australia- I'll be sharing an appartment with my best friend. In Canberra tho (yes, aussies... comment all you want, I love canberra ), possibly Sydney later on
I'm going on a Young Person's visa though... but if I choose to stay, I'll have to change that of course.
BaylorAirBear From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 2913 posts, RR: 52 Reply 12, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 1291 times:
Quoting SpinalTap (Reply 11): WA was the home of the late Pat Mullins world record roller
Impressive. 19 kms. How many miles is that I'll bet her one heavy shoe gave her a potential energy advantage, making it easier to roll. I guess I have to mark her off my famous-peole-to-meet list.
Any info on the town of Karratha? Personal experiences there?
VHVXB From Australia, joined Apr 2006, 5517 posts, RR: 20 Reply 14, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1245 times:
Quoting Jap (Reply 10): I too am considering moving to Australia- I'll be sharing an appartment with my best friend. In Canberra tho (yes, aussies... comment all you want, I love canberra
Well jap that would a go move if you were to move anywhere in Australia. Canberra is a good place to live. It also has the one of the lowest unemployment rates in Australia and people who work there get paid more too.
OzGuy From Australia, joined Apr 2005, 390 posts, RR: 14 Reply 15, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 1225 times:
Quoting Jap (Reply 10):
I too am considering moving to Australia- I'll be sharing an appartment with my best friend. In Canberra tho (yes, aussies... comment all you want, I love canberra Wink), possibly Sydney later on Silly
There's nothing wrong with living in Canberra. I love visiting Sydney but honestly, Canberra's a great place to live and it's still central so visiting our other cities is no big deal.
I realise this is an ACT listing only, but allhomes.com.au is a very good housing site if you're considering living in the Canberra region. As for Perth, you'll find that pricing is very affordable over there. It has risen recently (it actually has the fastest growing housing prices in the country, they went up about >7% last year) but it is still a very cheap Australian city to live in. Brisbane is also cheap, it's more expensive to buy housing there but insurance, food, fuel etc. all tend to be a lot cheaper. I could comment on the other cities but I'll leave that to someone who lives there.
lol, kangaroos are EVERYWHERE. To put it into perspective, we went to a ski town that's about three hours from Canberra a few weeks ago and every ten minutes or so we were seeing an animal who'd played chicken with a car and lost. On this trip we passed two wombats, seven kangaroos, three snakes, an echidna, a dog, five foxes and a sheep, but that was just what I saw and I was reading for most of the drive so there were probably more. Seeing living specimens of the rarer animals such as wombats and koalas is a little more difficult, but definately not impossible. All good zoo's will have them and there're lots of reserves with 'koala walks' where tyou can try to find them yourself along a few km's of walking tracks.
Quoting BaylorAirBear (Thread starter): I'll be looking for work as a pilot. What is the process for getting certified in Oz? Will my pilot credentials transfer over?
I don't actually know anything about the conversion of licence, but I do know that despite the fact that there are pilot jobs out there, we've got too many pilots as it is (though I guess the same could be said for America). Wherever you end up flying make sure you make a excellent impression on your employer - that way you can sponsor my application with them in a few years time
Good luck mate, Hope everything works out for you (same goes for you JAP )
Gemuser From Australia, joined Nov 2003, 5217 posts, RR: 6 Reply 16, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 1219 times:
A coupla of points nobody has mentioned:
1) Oz is further from EVERYWHERE than ANYWHERE else! With the possiable exception of NZ, they are closer to LAX!
2) Perth is the most isolated metropolitian area on the planet! Its nearest metro neighbour id Jakata
3) AKL is closer to SYD/CBR/MEL than Perth.
4) The whole country suffers from these distances
5) All of these thing result in some thing being unreasonabley expensive and other things unreasonabley cheap!
6) Nobody has heard of baseball, basketball or gridion and especially ice hockey!
7) If you can become comfortable with the Ozzie way of life, then it is a GREAT place to live, if you can't it is HELL.
I too am considering moving to Australia- I'll be sharing an appartment with my best friend. In Canberra tho (yes, aussies... comment all you want, I love canberra ), possibly Sydney later on
Jani
You come from the land of "ice/snow" in winter - and i gotta tell you that Canberra is exactly the same! I'm only 350 miles north, but our weather in Sydney is almost like another country - even on the same days!
Sadly - altho it's the capital of Oz - its a hole!, comercially designed, a city in itself, awful roads - it still houses the best art gallery and museums in Oz. Move to Sydney when it gets tooooooooooo COLD! (plus theres no beaches)
BaylorAirBear From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 2913 posts, RR: 52 Reply 18, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 1197 times:
Quoting OzGuy (Reply 15): we passed two wombats, seven kangaroos, three snakes, an echidna, a dog, five foxes and a sheep,
Damn Gkirk and his "special parties!"
Quoting OzGuy (Reply 15): I realise this is an ACT listing only
Finally, someone, other than me, has used my home airport code (albeit unintentionally)
Quoting OzGuy (Reply 15): As for Perth, you'll find that pricing is very affordable over there.
There were a few listings on Craigslist for PER. There were some hella nice places, furnished, for like $500 a month! I hope that's the norm.
You come from the land of "ice/snow" in winter - and i gotta tell you that Canberra is exactly the same! I'm only 350 miles north, but our weather in Sydney is almost like another country - even on the same days!
Sadly - altho it's the capital of Oz - its a hole!, comercially designed, a city in itself, awful roads - it still houses the best art gallery and museums in Oz. Move to Sydney when it gets tooooooooooo COLD! (plus theres no beaches)
My friend and I actually will move to Sydney if I decide to stay permanently But since she lives in Canberra with her family now, it's a good place to start off- and when we can afford it, we'll make the move to Sydney.
I've always loved Sydney from the bottom of my heart- so of course, that is where I will reside in the future if I end up staying in Oz
The thing about canberra being the same as denmark isn't entirely true though The summer is warmer and the winter... well, the aussie winter is like the danish summer, actually
And if you are interested in meeting women in Australia, your first step is to not call one a 'sheila'. It's an antiquated and parochial term that isn't really welcome in Australia's cities.
Speaking of which, I'd be happy to give you a crash course in Australian politics. I also offer the "Qantasforever *REAL* Australian history lecture", at a very reasonable rate.
BaylorAirBear From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 2913 posts, RR: 52 Reply 24, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 1176 times:
Quoting Jap (Reply 13): You gotta learn the metric system first though, mate
1.6 km = 1 mile. 1 km = 0.6 mile
19 km = 11.9 miles
And you gotta work on multiplication
19 km x 0.6 miles = 11.4 miles.
Oohhhhhhh SNAP, booyahhhh!!!
BAB
I'm just skipping stones...
25 BaylorAirBear: Not you again QFForever! You must be the driest Aussie I've ever exchanged with Sorry, I missed your post earlier as I was typing mine. So... A few go
26 QANTASforever: Western Australia is like what the eastern states were...10 years ago. Perth is very spread out, very clean, but also rather small. I think there's o
30 VH-KCT*: And it's hardly a part of Australia! There are sharks in the city, all the place names are French and Dutch, there's a 3 hour time difference, and it
31 'Longreach': We would be a very rich country with all the natural resources we have... We get sick of supporting the Eastern States financially
32 BNE: The Treo 650 will work in Australia; although you will need to buy a new charger for it. I have only know one family out of 100s that ever had a kang
33 Melpax: the drinking age here is 18. the flip side is that drink-driving laws are VERY heavily enforced. The legal BAC for fully licenced drivers is .05, & p
34 J.mo: Perth was in 1985 when I was there in 1992. JM
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Can I come on a work visa, or do I need to naturalize? Do I need ridiculous outlet converters? Does the water in the bowl really drain clockwise? Are there really kangaroos and koalas?
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I'm actually meeting my first one this weekend in D.C. We've emailed and talked on the phone for ages, so I think we'll get on alright.
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