Hi Anj,
Welcome to the forum.
What part of India are you from? My husband has family in Calcutta (Kolkotta now?) and we were out there for a family wedding some years ago. It was a wonderful experience.
Congratulations on your wedding!
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1. What all should i carry with me and what all should i leave behind. Since we are allowed just 40KG per person, i plan to carry clothes, a few utensils, linen, curtains and shoes. Out of which i plan to clean my shoes before throwing them in the bags and getting the rest dry cleaned just to make sure we don't face any trouble after landing there. And i don't plan to ship things from here to OZ, its best i believe to buy them as and when u make enough from your earnings and start afresh. Why bother with the customs and the quarantine and all if you can make life easier by disposing here and buying again there.
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Just make sure you know the prices of items that you need to replace. In comparison to the UK we didn't find things that much in Australia once you are earning dollars.
We brought clothes, shoes and a few light items since we were only allowed 20kg luggage. The rest of our things came over in a container from the UK.
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2. I got gastric banding done about a year 3 months back, the result has been very good in terms of weight loss. i am down 40 kgs in just this much of time. What worries me is, what when i plan for an adjustment after i reach OZ. and how much would the doctors charge for it. Since i know Laparoscopic banding started off in OZ, i do not doubt the doctors but will the medical insurance people object looking at my state. i am perfectly fine and in no way has banding affected my day to day life. I just eat less and loose weight.
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I don't know about this one. Medicare only covers basic things and most people have private medical insurance. I know that a lot of insurers don't cover past illnesses, but as you say the gastric band is not an illness.
There is a website that advertises on tv called
iselect. It may be worth contacting some of the private medical insurers on there and see what they say so you can budget for the cost.
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3. people told me that pressure cookers are way too expensive in OZ, so carry those with lots of fittings and fixtures, is that right? because carrying a pressure cooker would mean a kilo of weight added to my luggage.
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Depends what you can expensive. I had a quick search through google and came up with this website for
kitchen warehouse. That will give you some idea of price.
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4. I am still confused about the area that we wish to go to. I am from Delhi, and it has extreme weather. summers time it hits 44 degree and winter time it is as low as 4 degree. and i love winters more than anything else. so i would want to go to a place which is relatively cold/ pleasant and not so hot, since both me and my husband are winter born and we hate summer. (and mind it, delhi summers ranging up-to 44 degree).
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The further south you are the colder it is here. Since your husband is in IT then Melbourne may be worth looking at or Sydney depending on where your husband can find work.
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5. My husband plans to go there one month before me, so that he can manage looking for a job and then i follow, is that the right thing to do or should we both come together. whichever is a better option in terms of money saving, we will do that.
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We came out here together but we had both already been out here, and had even bought a house here from a previous trip. If we couldn't sell house in the UK we were thinking that my husband would have come out here first, but we sold it before coming out here. I'm not sure that it's make any difference to your costs.
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6. i have some jewelry /shawls with me, we just got married on 8th Feb. 2008 and we have some stuff that i got form my parents. and being an Indian, these things have an emotional value attached, how safe is it to carry jewelry? and how should i do it? Should i carry some and leave the rest back home with mom or take it all with me with the fear of being robbed... i am confused.
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I always carry anything valuable in my handbag or hand luggage. I know it's obvious but they don't leave my side until I'm on the aircraft.
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7. How much money do you think we should carry with us to lead a comfortable one month while my husband looks for a job, and finally get one and waits for the salary which is post one month of starting to work.
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We had bank accounts and money already set up before we came over so that wasn't so much of an issue for us. It depends on where you are going to live since you'll have to pay for rental or hotel fees as well as living costs (see cost of living thread)
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8. My husband has some 4-5 suits. Is it advisable to carry them? I don't know what is the dressing culture there to work. If he has to be in formals, he would rather carry them since they are very new.
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I think this depends on the workplace. Some places like suits here, whereas in other places it seems to be shirt and trousers. If he's working in the CBD (central business district) I would assume he'll need the suits.
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9. I am an advertising professional, running my own partnership firm for close to 7 years, what should i expect for myself from OZ in terms of job, I do not have any qualification in my profession and i would not have any papers except for a partnership deed to prove my work record. Should i carry client references? I do everything, form pitching for a client to taking a brief from them for design work, designing, copy-writing and finally print production(since we are only into print media). I am so confused about what i would be doing once we land there.
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Would you want to have a job or start your own business here? I would bring anything that will support you getting a job, so yes bring references.
Hope that helps!
Regards,
Karen