BritVics
From Australia
[edit] Welcome to BritVics - The place to be
BritVics is a community portal for Expats living in, or planning to move to, the state of Victoria in Australia.
If you are not able to find the answer to a question you have, please join us on the BritVics Forum and let us know! (Or try a wider potential audience at the Help desk here.)
[edit] Moving
- Shipping
- Flights
- To do list
- Furniture
- Pets
- Appliances
- Once you get here
[edit] Banking
- How to transfer money over?
- How to transfer pensions over?
- Who to use?
- Australian Banks
- Opening accounts from abroad
- Opening a account
[edit] Work
- Links to sites where you can look for work
- Working ethics, what it is like to work in Aus?
- How to apply for work, from aus and from abroad?
[edit] CV and references
- What needs to be in the CV
- How to get one together
[edit] Schools
- How to find schools?
- Private or public?
[edit] Medical issues
- Medicare
- Private health insurance
- Ambulance services
- Hospitals
- How to transfer over prescribed meds?
- where are the pharmacies and how good are they?
- SES
[edit] Suburbs and housing
- Collection of reviews from different suburbs
- Travel times
- Renting a house in Victoria
- Renting with pets
- Buying a house in Victoria
- Selling a house in Victoria
- House quality
- Swimming pools
- F.I.R.B.
[edit] Utilities
- Water
- Electricity
- Gas
[edit] Taxation
- General taxation
- Income tax
- Property tax
- GST
- State Taxes & Stamp Duty
[edit] Transport
- VicRoads
- Melways
- Metlink
- Importing your Car
- Cars
- Victorian Drivers Licence
- Fuel
- Auto Maintenance
- Parking
[edit] Importing your car
- Prerequisites
- Process
- Costs
[edit] Communications
- Telephone
- Internet
- Mobile Phones
- Televisions
[edit] Television
- Australian TV
- UK and US shows from BitTorrent
- UK and US shows from Usenet
[edit] Animal life
- Spiders, snakes and other annoyances
- How to spot them
- How to avoid them
- What to do if you get bit?
- Insects
[edit] Emotional support
- How to best convince kids to move
- How to tell to those who you leave behind
- How to handle the downs
[edit] Visas and citizenship
- Visa Types
- How to get one
- Evidence
- Police Checks
- Medicals
- Immigration Agencies
[edit] Lifestyle
- What to do
- Daily living
- Sports
- AFL / Footy
- Rugby
- Soccer
- Activities
- GeoCaching
[edit] Weather
- The drought
- Water Restrictions
- changes in yearly weather
- The Sun
- UV radiation
- Slip Slap Slop
[edit] Electrical
- Power requirements
- Plug sockets and adapters
- Should bring your own appliances?
- Buy from Australia?
- Where to find good ones?
- What are good ones?
[edit] On-line Services
Victoria StartPage is a collection of links to on-line services useful for migrants.
