Brisbane Queensland weather

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Oztastic

Autumn is shaping up to be my favourite month weather wise in Queensland. Autumn is from March to May in Brisbane with a mean temperature of 21.10 degrees Celsius. Mostly it has been lovely blue skies, bright sunshine, no rain and a lovely temperature

Winter starts next month in June and runs to August with an average temperature of about 15 degrees during this season. The days are lovely and fresh but it does get very cold at night. We have found the Queensland houses are very drafty. This is good to get any cool breezes through the house in the summer but in the winter it is definately a case of getting the rugs out.

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No tipping in Australia

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Oztastic

Did you know that tipping isn’t generally done in Australia? Tips are also regarded by some Australians as patronising! The only exception is top class restaurants where it is customary to tip waitors up to 10%of the bill but only for a good service. Makes life easier;-)

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Initial Job Searching

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Oztastic

Welcome, to follow is a post on how I started an initial search for jobs in Australia while in the UK (England).

One of the things that worried me about moving to Australia from England was that I would be arriving in a new country with no knowledge of how the job market was and how my CV should be presented.

So what did I do? I did my CV as I would have completed it for a job in England.

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Securing your rental in Australia

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Oztastic

For renting we used www.domain.com.au. We set up an alert which will email new rentals daily as they are listed. We also visited local estate agents which publish weekly lists of their rentals. Definately worth checking out the location and look of the property before booking a viewing. Viewings tend to be grouped together so there could be lots of you looking round together. Beware Cheap rentals are usually cheap for a reason! There was an amazing disparity between rentals – some were spotless and some absolutely disgusting!

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