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Information on this page will eventually be transferred
to relevant pages:
Beginning a life in Australia - Settlement information from Department of Immigration
ShowBrizAn Information website on Brisbane
Our Brisbane.com - An Information website on Brisbane
Brisbane City Life - An Information website on Brisbane
Brisbane 24/7 - An Information website on Brisbane
Government
Queensland Weather Forecasts - Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland Government Ferry Services Information - QLD Government Ferry Timetables
Sunrise & Sunset Times
A full list of Australian Government Websites
Swimming Pools
QLD - A pool fence is required for any
outdoor pool on residential land, including portable wading pools that have a
depth of 450mm or more and have a volume of 2,000 litres and have a filter.
http://www.poolfencing.qld.gov.au/publications/guidelines.pdf#page=6
Australian Bed Sizes:
These Mattress sizes from : http://www.latexmattress.com.au/products.htm
Single 1880 x 915mm
King Single 2030 x 1070mm
Double 1880 x 1370mm
Queen 2030 x 1520mm
King 2030 x 1830mm
and from
http://www.lemontreelinen.com.au/cu...ces/size_charts
Bed Sizes
Cot 69 X 130cm
Single 92 X 188cm
Double 138 X 188cm
Queen 153 X 204cm
King 183 X 204cm
Duvets & Duvet Covers
Single 140 X 210cm
Double 180 X 210cm
Queen 210 X 210cm
King 245 X 210cm
Pillow Sizes
Standard 48 X 73cm
European 65 X 65cm
Pillow Case Sizes
Cot 42 X 65cm
Standard 50 X 75cm
European 65 X 65cm
Real Estate
www.seqrents.com.au (Queensland)
www.dingorealty.com
www.coasthomes.com.au
www.realestategoldcoast.net
www.gcrentals.com.au
www.reflections.com.au
www.gold-coast-real-estate-guide.com
Info about Australia and The Gold Coast
www.australiamovingdirectory.com
www.goldcoastaustralia.com
www.australia.org.uk
www.movingdownunder.co.uk
www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au
www.gold-coast.net
www.bcl.com.au
Government sites
www.ato.gov.au
(to obtain tax file no and ABN no online)
www.centrelink.gov.au
www.familyassist.gov.au (for child tax credit assistance)
www.bsa.qld.gov.au (to obtain licences in the building trade)
www.firsthome.gov.au (info about buying your 1st home)
Job Search
www.seek.com.au
www.careerone.com.au
www.haysmontrose.com.au
www.constructiverecruitment.com
www.jobsearch.gov.au
www.mycareer.com.au
Schools and Education
www.ozschoolguide.com
www.education.qld.gov.au
www.studyinaustralia.gov.au
www.gcbulletin.com.au/content/schools.htm (gold coast schools)
www.tafe.qld.gov.au
www.isd.com.au
(info on private schools)
www.australianschools.com.au
Car Insurance
www.justcarinsurance.com.au
www.nrma.com.au
www.allianz.com.au
www.racq.com.au
www.suncorp.com.au
www.aami.com.au
Qld Visitors Attractions
www.thegreatoutdoors.com.au
Cheapest Petrol Prices in Oz
www.petrol.racv.com.au/index.jsp (fantastic site for watching the cheapest
petrol prices in your area)
PRACTICAL INFO
www.fed.gov.au Australian Commonwealth government
www.dima.gov.au information on Australian visas
www.whereis.com.au find a street in Australia
www.auspost.com.au Australian post
www.australia.com info about living in oz
www.bom.gov.au bureau of meteorology
A full list of Australian Government Websites
Governments on the WWW: Australia
Going to Adelaide ? Visit the Adelaide Brits Forum
TRANSPORT
www.transport.qld.gov.au/public
Brisbane public transport info
www.qr.com.au Queensland rail
www.budget.com.au budget rent a car
www.thrifty.com.au
thrifty car rentals
www.avis.com avis car rentals
www.racq.com.au RACQ Queensland road assistance & car insurance
www.nrma.com.au (New South Wales)
www.raa.com.au(South Australia)
www.ract.com.au(Tasmania)
www.racv.com.au (Victoria)
www.racwa.com.au (WA)
www.learners.wa.gov.auOnline theory test W.A.
www.raa.netOnline theory test S.A.
www.rta.nsw.gov.au
Online theory test NSW
www.discountnewcars.com.au
New Car Prices
EDUCATION
www.education.qld.gov.au Education Queensland
www.edna.edu.au Education Australia Network
www.ncec.catholic.edu.au Catholic Education
www.ceo.bne.catholic.edu.au Catholic Education
www.bms.qld.edu.au BrisbaneMontessori school
www.ncisa.edu.au Independent Schools QLD
www.aisq.qld.edu.au Independent Schools QLD
www.tafe.net TAFE (Technical & Further Education )
www.uq.edu.au University of Queensland
www.qut.edu.au QLD University of Technology
www.gu.edu.au Griffith University
www.qbssss.edu.au QLD board of senior secondary school studies
HEALTH
ACCOMMODATION
Residential Tenancies Authority - RTA -
Queensland Government department for info on rental & leases
www.australia-hotels.net Hotel accommodation
Quest Serviced Apartments
Medina Serviced Apartments
Mirvac Hotels
Saville Hotel Group Serviced Apartments
www.metroinns.com.au Metro inns
www.atn.com.au/accom/serviced.html
Serviced apartments
www.guestsfurniturehire.com.au
Guests furniture hire
www.pabs.com.au Pabs furniture rental
PROVIDERS
www.telstra.comtelecommunications provider
www.optus.com.autelecommunications provider
www.energex.com.auelectricity supplier
www.originenergy.com.aunatural gas supplier
LEISURE
www.brisbane.com.au extensive info on Brisbane
www.qag.qld.gov.au QLD art gallery
www.dreamworld.com.au dreamworld
www.movieworld.com.au movieworld
www.seaworld.com.au seaworld
www.wetnwild.com.au wet n wild
www.almaparkzoo.com.au alma park zoo
www.bigpineapple.com.au the big pineapple
www.sciencentre.qld.gov.au Queensland science centre
www.cooee.au.com/kids Links for kids
www.scouts.asn.au Boy scouts
www.guidesaus.org.au Girl guides
www.hoyts.com.au hoyts cinemas
www.village.com.auvillage cinemas
www.theme-parks.com.au theme parks
www.nrl.com.au rugby league
www.qmma.ecn.net.au qld maritime museum
www.imax.com.au imax theatre
www.about-australia.com/qld.htm iving in QLD
www.tq.com.au tourism QLD
SHOPPING
www.queenstreetmall.com.au Queen street mall
www.broadwayonthemall.com.au Broadway on the mall
www.wgarden.com.au Wintergarden
www.myercentre.com.au Myer centre
www.universal.net.au/emag/shopping Brisbane shopping guide
www.myer.com.au Myers Department store shopping
www.westfield.com.au Westfieldshopping centres
www.woolworths.com.au Woolworths supermarket
www.franklins.com.au Franklins supermarket
www.coles.com.au Coles supermarket
DINING
www.sunzine.net/brisbane/diningBrisbane dining
www.bestrestaurants.com.audining around Brisbane
www.mcdonalds.com.au McDonalds
BANKING AND FINANCE
www.anz.com.au ANZ bank
www.hsbc.com.auHSBC Bank
www.westpac.com.au Westpac bank
www.commbank.com.aucommonwealth bank
www.national.com.au National Australian bank
www.brw.com.au business review weekly
www.afr.com the financial review
www.ato.gov.au Australian taxation office
www.x-rates.com exchange rates
www.aussiehomeloans.com.au Aussie home loans
www.rams.com.au rams home loans
www.ewizard.com.auwizard home loans
NEWS
www.thecouriermail.news.com.authe courier mail
www.dailytelegraph.news.com.authe daily telegraph
www.theaustralian.news.com.authe Australian
www.heraldsun.news.com.authe herald sun
www.news.com.au various news sources
FOR PARENTS
www.nappybag.com.aunappy bag book
OTHER
www.whitepages.com.au white pages
www.yellowpages.com.au yellow pages
www.brisbane.citysearch.com.au Brisbane city search
www.tradingpost.com.au trading post (for buying & selling second hand goods)
Tourism Queensland
Australia
AutoTrader http://www.autotrader.com.au/statehome.asp?State=QLD
Certification Unit Search Results - http://rvcs-prodweb.dot.gov.au/pls/...y_Search_Result
Department of Immigration - http://www.australia.org.uk/vti/html/
FAQ - http://australianz.topcities.com/prskilled.htm
GOeureka search - http://www.goeureka.com.au/standard.php
Go Matilda �http://www.gomatilda.com/personal_i...cfm#RealRestate
Agents
Google - http://www.google.com.au/
HIC YourHealth - http://www.hic.gov.au/yourhealth/our_services/am.htm
Harris Technology - http://www.ht.com.au/Scripts/xworks.exe?M
Motoring Links in Australia - http://www.movingdownunder.co.uk/files/motoring.php
http://www.news.com.au/common/story...234%5E2,00.html
Telegraph | Expat - http://www.expat.telegraph.co.uk
The Creative Assembly - http://www.creative-assembly.co.uk/oz/case.shtml
http://www.daviddeane.com.au/
Welcome to Heritage - http://secure.heritageonline.com.au/index.html
AU side moving information
AQIS Import Forms - http://www.affa.gov.au/content/outp...573B081648F623F
Appliance parts online - http://www.alliedappliance.com/scri...ew=m582&search=
http://www.backpackersaustralia.com/
Car rental - http://www.cairnsdirect.com/
Department for Planning - http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/licensing/.../buy/trans.html
http://www.biriteelectrical.com.au/new/default.asp
http://www.retravision.com.au/
Queensland Transport - http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/
Accommodation
http://www.devine.com.au/index_qld.html
http://www.homebuyershotline.com.au
http://www.realestate.com.au/
http://www.reiq.com.au/
http://www.rent-a-home.com.au/default.asp
Lifestyle Property - http://www.brisbane-australia.com/101526.php
Manhattan on Newstead Brisbane - http://www.moveandstay.com.au/brisb...tion.asp?id=472
Northstar Property Management - http://www.realestate.com.au
Property.com.au - http://www.property.com.au/
RE/MAX of Australia - http://www.remax.com.au/
Rental Hotline Property Search - http://ww2.rentalhotline.com.au/rentalhotline/search.aspx
Short-term Family Accommodation in Brisbane - http://www.brisbanecitylife.com.au
Temporary Residence in Australia - http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/temp_gen.htm
The University of Queensland Accommodation - http://www.accommodation.uq.edu.au/
Welcome to Metro - http://www.metrofn.com.au/
Brisbane
Brisbane (Marburg) Radar - http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR503.shtml
BCL - Moving to Brisbane - http://www.maxlink.com.au/bcl/movet...ane/default.htm
Infopop - http://www.gomatildaforums.com/6/ub...117&f=595608438
Brisbane - Maps - http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au/brisbane/maps.cfM
Brisbane Australia accommodation, - http://www.brisbane-australia.com/
Brisbane Bound : http://www.brisbane-bound.com/html/0889.html
Brisbane Guide - http://www.moveandstay.com/brisbane..._movinghere.asp
Brisbane Suburbs Map - http://www.arta.com.au/qldmaps/brisubs.html
Brisbane's housing market - http://loan.echoice.com.au/pages/h_...g_brisbane.html
DiY Property Sales - http://www.diypropertysales.com.au/
Discount Brisbane Hotels - http://www.brisbanehotelstoday.com/.../insurance.html
http://brisbaneexchange.com.au/pages/5000.html
http://brisbaneexchange.com.au/pages/5062.html
http://www.mooloolabayachtclub.com.au/
http://www.ourbrisbane.com/index.jhtml
http://www.ourbrisbane.com/living/moving/
Network TEN : http://www.ten.com.au/main_idx.aspx...amGuide#morning
Overview of Brisbane - http://www.movingdownunder.co.uk/fi...isbanelinks.php
REIQ - Buying/Selling/Renting - http://www.reiq.com.au/buySellRent/...p?suburb_id=185
SEFM 2003: Tourist Information - http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/SEFM03/tourists.html
Things to do when migrating to Australia - http://www.movingdownunder.co.uk/files/arrival.php
Finance
Suncorp - Homepage http://www.suncorpmetway.com.au/suncorp/index.html
Jobs
Hays Personnel Services - http://www.hays.com.au/jobs/search.asp
http://www.allyoucanread.com/newspapers.asp?id=...
http://www.brisbane-bound.com/html/jobs.html
SEEK IT: itseek.com.au - http://it.seek.com.au/
Migrating Information
Par Air Services - http://www.parair.co.uk/
Australia Immigration & visa - http://forums.australia-migration.com/index.php?
Australian Citizenship - How to apply http://www.citizenship.gov.au/how.htm
Australian Customs Service - http://www.customs.gov.au/site/inde...d=670&area_id=5
Australian Immigration - faq - http://ptlabs.topcities.com/faq0.html
Australian Immigration Department - http://www.immi.gov.au/
Australian Migration Forms, http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/index.htm
Baggage Express - http://www.baggage-express.com/costs.asp
Before Arrival - http://www.jeztechs.com/irons_famil...rrival.htm#bank
CIA - The World Factbook -- http://www.odci.gov/cia/publication...ok/geos/as.html
Cost of Migrating to Australia - http://australianz.topcities.com/migrationcost.htm
DOTARS :: Transport Regulation :: http://www.dotars.gov.au/transreg/str_imp-cert.htm
Emigrate - http://emigrate.hotshopping.com.au/
Emigrating to Australia - http://www.movingdownunder.co.uk/files/experiences.php
Emigrating - http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~timso...tml#_Toc6949999
Employer Nomination Scheme - http://www.australia-migration.com/...tion_Scheme/219
Entering the Australian tax system - http://www.ato.gov.au/individuals/c...2/012/007&mnu=1
Foreign & Commonwealth Office - http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front...d=1013618543318
http://rvcs-prodweb.dot.gov.au/
http://www.pss.uk.com/BaggageQuotation5.htm
LIVE IN australia.com https://secure.liveinaustralia.com/vmc/default.asp
Metropolitan Police: Subject Access forms - http://www.met.police.uk/dataprotection/forms.htm
Orange Mobile Phones Australia - http://www.orange.net.au/
Outbound guide http://www.outboundpublishing.com/c...on=000009000001
Oz Diary - http://www.ozdiary.com/
Oz links from a wannabe immigrant - http://www.hartill.net/Aus/links.html
Pet travel services - http://www.airpets.com/
Shoestrings Holiday Car Rentals - http://www.shoestrings.com.au/Home.htm
The New Irons Family Downunder - http://www.jeztechs.com/irons_famil...under/index.htm
Welcome to the Australian High Commission - http://www.australia.org.uk/welcome/html/index.html
What to Take to Australia - http://www.aussiemove.com/aus/take.asp
Shopping
Bing Lee Online - http://www.binglee.com.au/
CHOICE - http://www.choice.com.au
Dick Smith Electronics - http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefront
Harris Technology - http://www.ht.com.au/Scripts/xworks.exe?M
http://search.oznetwork.com.au/
http://www.chandlers.com.au/
http://www.coastshop.com.au/shopping/1shop_home...
http://www.coles.com.au/
http://www.freedom.com.au/
http://www.goodguys.com.au/v3/index.cfm
http://www.teds.com.au/
http://www.tradingpost.com.au/main.asp?State=QLD
Virgin Mobile
http://www.woolworths.com.au/
IKEA Furniture Stores Australia - http://www.ikea.com.au/
Mobile Phones - http://www.choice.com.au/viewArticl...&tid=100008&p=1
Welcome to Super A-Mart http://www.superamart.com.au/
Tax
http://www.ato.gov.au/content/downloads/tfn_app...
TFN Entry Page - https://iar.ato.gov.au/iarweb/defau...sid=1&outcome=1
Tax file numbers for individuals - http://www.ato.gov.au/individuals/c...ntent/12511.htm
UK Side Moving Information
http://www.cheapestflights.co.uk
Baggage Express - http://www.baggage-express.com
Baggage-Shipping.Co.UK, http://www.budget-shipping.co.uk/
Excess-Baggage PLC http://www.removals.net/
http://www.affa.gov.au/content/publications.cfm
http://www.alliedpickfords.co.uk/emigrate2/
http://www.outbackerinsurance.com/
http://www.transeuro.com/avalon_frame.htm
MBE Business Service Centres - http://www.mbe.com.au/mbeservices.html
One.Tel - Landline http://www.onetel.co.uk/index.php/landline
Orange: https://www.orange.net.au/order_onl...s=SAMSUNG2PHONE
Telediscount: low cost international calls - http://www.telediscount.co.uk/additional_info.php
Used Car for sale on Desperate Car Seller - http://www.desperateseller.co.uk/index.html
What to Take to Australia - http://www.aussiemove.com/aus/take.asp
Hardware
Bunnings warehouse
Mitre10
Toiletries/Chemists
Priceline
Terry White Chemists
Epharmacy - very cheap prescriptions
Automotive
Supercheap Auto
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