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Flights; Luggage
Topic Started: May 21 2006, 08:26:46 PM (283 Views)
zoff
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Hi

Just considering what to take with us on the flight, after filling a suitcase with clothes, some bedding, iron, hair dryer and some toys we still had 20 kg of the 40kg allowance left. So has anyone any suggestions of what else to take rather than putting it in the shipping container.

Cheers Zoff
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That would depend on where you are heading for, Zoff. If you use electric blankets, take them - it gets a LOT colder at night there than most people realise!

Would highly recommend taking a power board (multiple plug jobbie) together with a UK to Oz plug converter. That way, you can plug in many of your appliances with UK plugs still on them (like your hairdryer) without having to unplug other things.

Some beach towels are good too, unless you're buying them when you get there.

Make sure you've got all the necessary paperwork with you for job applications, etc. Also take the last three or four bank statements to show proof of income and expenditure for your new bank, in case you need it. Maybe things like kids' last school reports, if relevant?

Concentrate on the things which you can't buy, like your personal paperwork, is my advice. Everything else can be bought so is way less important to my mind. :thumb:


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Griffin
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take your driving licence too ! Obvious one, but I forgot to take mine on our trip out and it was a bit of a nuisance. And meds/prescriptions if you're on any. And maybe you could squeeze me in somewhere ? I promise I won't take up much room, honest :D
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moneypen20
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Where are you headed for. As PR said, it's getting cold at night here (GC) now and other places are chilly during the day.

All family and friends contact details. Precious photos that you don't have the negs of or disk.

Have a think of stuff you are likely to want, without having to go shopping immediately - favourite toiletries, the odd bit of kitchen stuff (we bought my best knives in our suitcase because I hate getting to a place and finding rubbish knives that don't do the job.

More clothes. Oh and it sounds silly, but I wish I had thought about my unbrella (and everyone elses). It was a really good golf one and I didn't put it in the container and when it came time to back the bags it obviously wouldn't fit! Gave it to a friend. Brolly's are quite pricey out here and had to lay out for three new ones.

The odd DVD or video - it may be a while before you see your container and if you have kids it helps with feeling settled (or you for that matter).
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zoff
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Hi

Were heading for Brisbane, when you say cold at night what temperature does it get down to ? never had more than a duvet here.Thanks for the suggestions will use some of them.

Cheers Zoff
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Brisbane's night-time temperatures in winter can be as low as zero celsius, though more likely to be around 6 to 10 degrees. (Australia uses the centigrade scale; something else to get used to! ;) ) You may shrug and say to yourself that UK is much colder BUT ... bear in mind that the houses are mostly not centrally heated, so they stay cold indoors most of the day, and there's a huge disparity between day and night-time temps, which makes it feel colder. Unless you'll be staying somewhere which has reverse cycle air-conditioning (most rentals won't have it), you really will feel the cold at night and in the early mornings. Trust me!!! :D

Oh, and by the way, duvets are called doonahs in Aus - just so you know what people are talking about!! :grin:

A tip for packing your suitcases: if you want to get more into them, use space bags - you can even pack down your doonahs and take them if you do that. Try to get the ones which don't need a vacuum cleaner to get the air out; the best ones are the roll up ones, cos if you stopover and need to get some clothing or whatever out of them, you can easily repack them. In case you're not sure what I'm talking about, see here. (You can buy them cheaper than this though.)

Link to Bureau of Meteorology - Brisbane mean average temperatures.


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manxfamily
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Take as much as you can cram in. That what we are doing.

Not looking forward to it, we have 4 large suitcase a couple of smaller ones, a large backpack, kids backpacks, violin, guitar, golf clubs and a laptop bag.

We are going to look like a load of gypsies.
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zoff
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manxfamily
24th May, 2006 - 08:18pm


We are going to look like a load of gypsies.

Probably smell like them as-well at the end of a 24 hour flight.
Were also taking buggy, car seats (I know they won't have Aussie certification but they did cost a lot), bedding and other things the kids are familiar with.

Have fun Zoff
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manxfamily
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Oh shit yea, we have to car seats as well!

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22nd May, 2006 - 06:01pm

Brisbane's night-time temperatures in winter can be as low as zero celsius, though more likely to be around 6 to 10 degrees. 

Ipswich got down to 2.3 °C at 6:30am yesterday, although the weather forecast said about -3 °C

We have used our reverce cycle air con for the last two mornings now, and the inside temps were down at 15 °C, which feels very cold. The outside temps apparently reached 4.5 °C !! But my outside temp guage only shows it going down to 10 °C.

The news did say about a record low temperature for May, since records began !!

The Internal temp in my house is now 17 °C,
Outside in the shade it is 21 °C,
and in the sun it is 27 °C


I'm off to stay outside now :D
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