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06-Jun-2006 02:48
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Welcome to the Australia, New Zealand & Antarctica branch
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions can be found in the Branch FAQ thread
Information about Immigration and Working in Australia/NZ can be found in our All You Need to Know about Immigration, Working, Holidays and Visas thread.
Make sure to explore the FAQ and have a browse around the branch before you ask your question. Chances are someone may already have asked it.
15-May-2003 21:13
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04-Feb-2010 12:08
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Reply to this post and give your best links, tips and answers to Frequently Asked Questions. Up for it? Then lets go, here's a few from me:
Uluru information
Australian train pass
Climate averages australia BOM site
Facts about the size of Australia
Hit that keyboard guys.
07-Oct-2005 23:45
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18-Dec-2009 22:54
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extensions to visas for seasonal work, studying in Australia, extending your stay, Australian citizenship, where to find fruit picking/harvesting jobs (a link from the Working Holiday Makers page) can be found
at this website Tip - use the menus along the top. It's all quite straight forward and user friendly.
link for NZ WHV
NB This is NOT the best place to ask questions : it is rarely visited by people who can provide answers. If, after reading the links provided in this thread, you still have questions, you are best off making a fresh outside post. *If you've got questions about other visas please specify the passport you'll be travelling on and whic...
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10-Feb-2010 07:32
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10-Feb-2010 09:13
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Hey everyone,
Can antyone help with advice on fruitpicking, or farm work or whatever I can do to extend my visa to get a 2nd year one Down Under. I was going to apply for the Skilled Migrants visa but after yesterday's announcement from the government, seem no one is going to get one of them any time soon!
Thanks
10-Feb-2010 06:33
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10-Feb-2010 08:48
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Any recommendations? We are a family group of 18 (7 kids ranging from 6-13yrs) who will be enjoying the Gold Coast (staying at Broadbeach) for 9 days at the end of March this year. So far we have all agreed (no mean feat) to visit Seaworld, Currumbin and drive up to Mt Tambourine. We are trying to decide which is the better theme park - Dreamworld or Movieworld (we will go to whichever water park ties in with the park of choice).
Also, can you get cheap deals on the theme parks on the back of supermarket dockets? One of our party visited Surfers 8 yrs ago and this was the case then. We know about the 10% discount on the myfun website, but wondered if there were better deals.
We haven't finalised transport arrangements either, and are looking at either hiring cars/vans or doing bus passes. We would really only need (as the cost of a tour would be prohibitive) the vehicles for o...
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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/airport-security-gets-200m-boost/story-e6frg6nf-1225828493376
I already get airport rage, without these proposed additional extras. The absolute stupidity of insisting everything be stored in the overhead locker on the aircraft, & then cabin staff demanding that you fill out a 6 font immigration arrival card, when both your reading glasses & ballpoint pen, are in aforementioned locker, is already enough to make my blood boil. This, after standing in stupid queues for over an hour or 2. What's next? A rectal scan?
Oh wait. They'll confiscate all pencils, pens and writing implements, in case some religious zealot shoves aforementioned writing implement, through someone's eyesocket. It's only a matter of time. Me, I haven't got the stomach, to do such a heinious thing. But I'm sure there are Al Qaeda followers who wouldn't think t...
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Is it safe to drive on country NZ roads at night, or do you tend to crash into large animals like in Oz?
09-Feb-2010 23:23
dbrother
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10-Feb-2010 09:00
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Hi everybody, so i fly to adelaide in the morning just for the day, just a few things i'm not sure about
1 can you wear thongs on the plane??
2 after meeting daycat in the morning and seeing about business at lunchtime i'll have the day free,, what to do? i was thinking of catching a tram to glenelg,, will this fill the day in?? (gotta be back at the airport by 4pm..)
3 anything else to do in adelaide apart from meetin daycat and catching a tram to glenelg?
3a how late can i get to the gate with tiger airlines? (no luggage)
4 do the exit gates at tulla short term carpark have video cameras on them, as i have found in the past that tail-gating the car in front out the boomgate is cheaper than actually paying for parking, but that was in someone elses car.. (the boomgate won't come down whilst something is blocking the electronic eye BTW, how do you think trailers get...
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09-Feb-2010 21:33
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09-Feb-2010 21:33
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The following is an excerpt from 'Mountain Scene', Queenstown's daily newspaper. Similar sentiments have also been expressed by Coromandel local authorities.
"Queenstown mayor, Clive Geddes, has told 'Mountain Scene' that he has had a "gutsful" of freedom campersand is calling for a total ban.
Police were called in to move one lot on a week ago after spending one month 'dossing' around the Wakatipu for free. Rubbish and human waste is found regularly around free camping 'no go ' zones at Frankton Beach & Lake Hayes - despite adequate toilets & nearby rubbish bins. Geddes believes that the only solution is to ban free camping altogether.
'The people who freedom camp without onboard facilities and use the outdoors as a toilet space & the rivers & creeks to wash in are doing so in the full knowledge that what they are doing is wrong. For some reason they think that as a visitor...
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Canadian just returned from 6 week trip around Australia. Had problems with Commonwealth Bank EFTPOS terminals not accepting my Canadian Scotiabank VISA card with chip and pin. Transactions declined with error code 05, SYSTEM ERROR. Would not allow option of signing either. Very frustrating with car rental, hotels and restaurants. Never any trouble with any of the other bank' s machines although some did not accept PIN option but always allowed signing as alternative. We ended up simply boycotting any business using Commonwealth bank as much as possible. I use a 4 digit PIN. I called Commonwealth bank and they said something about the first 5 digits of my VISA card might be the problem. They better fix the problem fast as I am sure they will lose out on business. My advice is to any North Americans planning a trip around Australia to have a cheap no fee Mastercard/VISA as an alternati... more »
09-Feb-2010 18:57
shortfatlondoner
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10-Feb-2010 09:04
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Your thoughts..
Pennyless backpacker finally lands a few days of work but the budget won't stretch to two lots of tram tickets so thinking..one two hour in the morning and then hope (or plead ignorance) for the return...
Risky?
09-Feb-2010 18:14
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09-Feb-2010 20:20
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Cyclists have had a compelling victory over motorists.
Kingston council is bringing in No Parking on weekends, 6.00am - 10.00am Saturday and Sunday to clear the way for cyclists. The no-parking zones will apply on the inland side of Beach Rd. between Mundy St. Mentone, and Nepean Highway, Mordialloc, and on the coast side between Rennison St and the highway.
This should make the road safer for the 9,000 or so cyclists - they will no longer have to weave their way in and around parked cars!
Hi,
My girlfriend and I will be in Australia for 2 weeks starting tomorrow. 2 weeks is obviously way too short but we want to try and do a few things on the east coast.
Hoping to head north from Sydney and see some of the east coast and try to get as far as Fraser Island before heading back to Sydney. Any suggestions on the best way to do this? Bus? Car? Drive up, fly back?
Any and all suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
09-Feb-2010 14:28
EmpressJo
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09-Feb-2010 22:27
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Hi guys
Just looking for some advice - I'm looking at flying from Perth to Fiji, via Sydney. My flight on Virgin from Perth arrives 7.05am at the domestic terminal; my flight to Fiji on V Australia leaves the international terminal (or so I assume) at 8.10am. I don't think bags will be checked through as I'm booking them as two separate flights - or do you think Virgin in Perth might do that? With that scenario, is it too much of a risk? Other option is to leave Perth earlier, spending the night in Sydney, but I'm not super keen on doing that.
Thoughts?
09-Feb-2010 14:02
South_of_60
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10-Feb-2010 03:41
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Hi,
Since when did you guys start protecting the common norway rat!! ???
09-Feb-2010 13:22
adventurerob
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10-Feb-2010 06:58
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Soon I will be driving from Sydney up to Cairns, and into NT, through Alice Springs and Uluru down to SA from late Feb-Early April.
I was informed today though it is the wet season and I may have problems crossing QLD into NT, due to the dust (balldust?), which can turn to sludge this time of year.
Am I likely to come across this problem? I will probably give Darwin a miss so won't be heading that far north.
Thanks in advance for reply.
09-Feb-2010 12:13
elisetay
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09-Feb-2010 15:17
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Hi There,
My partner and i organised a trip to NZ for 4 weeks in March, then, unfortunatly he fractured his ankle on the weekend and we have to postpone our trip. Now we are planning to move the 4 weeks to May (1st to the 28th) and hoping to keep the same rough itinerary we had before - 10 days North and 18 days south with our campervan. I must say im loving the people already, we had booked and paid for pretty much everything and all organisations have been great with us changing dates (apart from the airline) Anyways....
We wanted to do the Roteburn track for 4 days however due to the weather i assume this will be alot harder in the off-peak season so we might just skip it. However we do still want to do a trek (North or South Island) if anyone has any suggestions?
We wanted to avoid taking our cooker etc and stay in huts provided (although reading up on it most of them you ...
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09-Feb-2010 10:32
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09-Feb-2010 20:48
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Hi guys ..
What is the most popular website to communicate with other people in Australia ??..
Any website to get to know new people . facebook of australia i mean :p ..
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