Lorraineandsean

Thanks cliffy, will sign up and see what I can find out !

Thank you blossom , I will wait untill I get to oz, I was trying to get it sorted as evidence for importing our campervan, congratulations on the baby !

Hi guerns, Its not an old van it's a 2008 Volkswagen transporter which was originally a commercial van that has been converted, prior to us buying it, it has standard engine etc . Just cannot decide if it's worth the stress or not ! I reckon the difference between our van and all costs to get it there and registered ( apart from this SA requirements,) and buying a similar van in oz is about $5000 + . so if the work that needs to be done ends up being few thousand dollars it's not worth bringing ! Many thanks lorraine

Hi all, we are heading over in March and just looking to sort our my tax file number, I remember having a tax file number as a backpacker, but don't have any documents relating to it as it was a long while ago, I cannot find any email addresses to contact to investigate this further, there is a 5 digit number to call, but I cannot seem to ring it from the uk. any advice much appreciated Lorraine

We have almost! Decided to ship our camper van and all works out financially to do so, but one big but that could tip the scales is knowing what work needs to done to bring the camper in line with Australian regs. could anybody advise. The van is a professionally converted transporter with a pop top. The gas bottle for the cooker is just in a cupboard as in most convertions. The rear bed has a EC loading cert and the front double seat is on a swivel base which is EC certified, we have original fixed base so could put that if needed to ship. Any advice is greatly appreciated, as we need to make a decision ASAP! Many thanks Lorraine

Hi Amit NAB have a fee free a/c with an I saver account you can apply in about 5 min !

Hi snifter thank you would love to meet up x x and Emma what sort of watersports are you into? Do you kitesurf?

Hi Lorraine I'm Lorraine and also worked in homeless services for 10 years and now in mental health too ! Sound like you have had a real endurance test to get to adelaide. Our dog is coming too!

Hi Sam and Craig to start with we are looking the southern beach suburbs as Sean's sister lives in sheidow park, but will just take it as it comes with jobs and bits. x Sean's sister said march is a great month in adelaide with womadalaide a music festival and the fringe festival ! Whereabouts are you guys heading to to start with ? it will be great if we have a group that can meet up when we all arrive ! X x

Hi guys we are leaving uk at the end of jan but stopping in Vietnam for 4-6 week so I think we will get to adelaide in March we have a 6 year old daughter. I'm 40 and work in mental health services and Sean is 38 and an electrician. We love kitesurfing , camping and been know to have a few drinks and a bit of a dance ! x x just signed up to the forum tonight our visa was granted today x x

Hello there! I just thought I would introduce myself and family !I've never written on a forum before, but we had our visa granted today and we are leaving for adelaide at the end of jan, hopefully we can get a few weeks of kitesurfing in Vietnam on our way , while we wait for our container to catch us up. Im Lorraine as the user name would suggest I'm 40 and Sean is 38 we have a 6 year old daughter florrie. We are really exited and a bit scared got loads to sort out and as one of the most disorganise families I know! I'm not quite sure how we have got this far! But here is to a busy couple of months and an exiting adventure ahead !