When we bought our first car in Australia we were pleasantly surprised by the cost and as a car is going to be a likely purchase for most folks immigrating to Australia, I thought I’d …

Since arriving in Australia we’ve been renting a car. We picked up a large Toyota from the airport at Hertz for the first week as we needed something large to carry out six suitcases around.
Then, …

Wanted Down under is a new TV series being aired by the BBC in the UK. I’ve not seen any of the episodes myself but it sounds pretty damn interesting and I’d love to hear …

Well, Australia day has been and gone and as I indicated in this post yesterday the photographs didn’t turn out that great (click here for the blurry results).
Still it gives you an idea and watching …

Well, Happy Australia Day!
Its our first Australia day today and we’re looking forward to enjoying some of the activities on offer.
A big bonus is that Australia day is a public holiday which is great news …

It’s two months to the day that we arrived here in Sunny Perth so I thought I’d celebrate the occasion by writing about ten things that I’ve noticed about that fantastic country that we now …

Hey all
I’m testing a couple of new designs on our Blog to see if they work any better or not.
Feel free to provide any feedback or comments on the design currently in use on the …

Well, we are into a new year and ASPC have finally released details of the current processing times for 2007.
If you have any specific questions in relation to your current processing time, please post these …

The ASPC have published Information on making telephone or email enquiries to their offices.
This system has been established to provide consistent and efficient responses to email enquiries and you are requested not to send enquiries …

A nifty new feature and useful addition from the Department of Immigration and Multicultulral Affairs.
Medical forms can now be accessed directly from the DIMA website for all General Skilled Migration applications.
As well as the …

The latest release of the Wordpress blog software we use on our site has been released.
Wordpress 2.1 Ella, named after Jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald brings with it a number of features which I hope to …

Ouch!
As Australia and Perth charges towards the silly and extremely hot summer season, I’m often impressed by the buildings and objects scattered around the city that are designed to help make shopping in such steamy …

Bugger, I’ve just been checking through our Archive and I’ve just realised that last Wednesday the 17th January, Gettingdownunder turned one!
Since making the first post way back then, quite a lot of stuff …

Since moving to Australia I’ve struggled to keep up with the local news.
This hasn’t been down to a lack of interest in what’s been going on but more down to the fact that I’m …

Not so long ago I wrote a high level overview of Perth’s public transport system.
To be honest, this information was very much gleaned from research I had done on the web so now that I’ve …

Since we got the news that both cats had arrived in Australia, we were keen to go and see them to make sure they were both Ok.
As you can visit your pets during the week …