Australian Visas – Processing could be delayed to 2011
Thu, 25/06/09 – 6:02 | 4 Comments

The Australian Immigration and Citizenship department have started issuing letters to visa applicants who have applied for Australian Residency under certain visa classes.
The letter confirms that priority will be given to applicants who are applying …

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Getting Down Under now on Facebook and Twitter
Sunday, 7 Jun, 2009 – 6:20 | 6 Comments
Getting Down Under now on Facebook and Twitter

Since launching Getting Down Under in January 2006, our site has evolved from my own personal Blog, tracking the move of my own family down under to more of an online Australian Immigration Magazine providing …

Getting Down under Gets translated
Friday, 9 Jan, 2009 – 9:43 | No Comment
Getting Down under Gets translated

Getting down under has been around for a number of years now and during this time we we’ve written quite a large number of articles.
I know that it’s a given that you need to speak …

Getting Down Under gets a face lift
Monday, 22 Dec, 2008 – 6:56 | No Comment
Getting Down Under gets a face lift

It’s been a while since I played around with the look of our site and as I have a little time on my hands (with the lead up to Christmas) I thought it was about …

5000 Members and Counting
Saturday, 4 Oct, 2008 – 3:22 | One Comment
5000 Members and Counting

Way back in March 2006 I mulled over whether or not a forum would be a useful addition to our site.
Back in the day, Getting Down Under was a relitively new site. We only had …

Australian Immigration Articles – What do you guys want?
Saturday, 13 Sep, 2008 – 3:42 | No Comment
Australian Immigration Articles – What do you guys want?

OK, so at time of typing I’ve written over 330 Articles and Blog Entries here at getting down under.
Some of these have been pretty useful and quite popular, others have been… well, pretty pants.
The content …

Fresh New design for Getting Down Under
Sunday, 6 Apr, 2008 – 15:35 | 5 Comments
Fresh New design for Getting Down Under

Hi Everyone! It’s been well over two years since Getting Down Under went live and I thought it was about time that I started to make some radical changes to the look of our site.
Some …

BBC’s wanted down under drawing in the crowds
Sunday, 6 Jan, 2008 – 1:20 | 8 Comments
BBC’s wanted down under drawing in the crowds

BBC’s wanted down under seems to be drawing in the crowds to getting down under as of late.
I actually remembered that last year when the first series was on the TV our visitor volumes …

New Popular Articles page added
Monday, 1 Oct, 2007 – 3:58 | No Comment

I’ve been writing blog entries and articles on this site since January 2006 and its getting to the stage where some of the more useful articles are getting buried deep in the archives.
To try and …

Playing around with the look of the site
Saturday, 1 Sep, 2007 – 2:35 | No Comment

Its been a while since I last updated the look of the site and to be honest I was getting a little vexed by the busyness of the old template and after the stresses of …

So testing this posting via email out
Monday, 11 Jun, 2007 – 12:09 | One Comment

Hi folks, I’ve made a little tweak recently which I’ll be testing out over the next couple of days.
I have set up an email account which automatically (hopefully) posts any emails I send to this …

Lara Bingle Topless GQ photos equal lots of visitors
Tuesday, 3 Apr, 2007 – 16:14 | One Comment
Lara Bingle Topless GQ photos equal lots of visitors

Nearly a year ago I blogged about the wonders of Laura Bingle (a name I have since found our is spelt Lara Bingle) and how the topless comment I made attracted a lot of extra …

We have feeds
Wednesday, 21 Mar, 2007 – 6:25 | 2 Comments

Hi Guys, I’ve noticed that we have a few people subscribing to updates from our site using the wonders of RSS feeds.
RSS What? I hear you say RSS feeds for those of you …

Have you visited our forum yet?
Wednesday, 7 Mar, 2007 – 13:41 | No Comment

Now then folks. Just over a year ago I asked the question if you would find a discussion forum a useful addition to our site.
No bugger replied but in my defense, at the time I …

Playing with our sites design
Tuesday, 23 Jan, 2007 – 6:36 | No Comment

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 …

Wordpress 2.1 Ella is live
Tuesday, 23 Jan, 2007 – 1:35 | No Comment

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 …

Getting Down Under Turns one
Monday, 22 Jan, 2007 – 3:50 | No Comment

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 …

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