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If you are thinking about applying for the Temporary Graduate Visa (subclass 485), you might be interested to know that a number of changes have been made to this visa class which introduce new post-study work arrangements for certain graduates of an Australian bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree. These changes now mean that the subclass [...]
Hello out there and best wishes for 2013 everyone! Our regular visitors will have noticed it’s been a very quiet time here at GDU. Christmas is always a quiet time for Australian Immigration and on the flip side it’s been a very busy time in Mark-ville so apologies for the lack of updates. Christmas was [...]
I’ve not ‘blogged’ about the weather for ages so I’m sure for those of you freezing your ‘bits off’ in other countres around the world, will be delighted to read that here in Perth we’re set for a record breaking week of very high temperatures (remember it is summer after all). Perth is bracing itself [...]
Wanted Down Under is into it’s 6th Series on the BBC and it looks like the popularity of the show isn’t wavering. Wanted Down Under follows the ups and downs of families as they make one of the biggest decisions of their lives – whether to start a new life on the other side of [...]
Well guys, it doesn’t seem two minutes since I wrote my last new years post but alas, another year has been and gone and we’re now into 2012. For many of you, 2012 is going to be a life changing year, for others, it may be a time for frustration and tears. Either way, I [...]
Hi guys, well it’s 22C at 7:30 am and the forecast is suggesting that we’ll be hitting highs of 32 Celsius later this afternoon. Just a short note to wish you all the very best for Christmas, wherever you may be. Christmas in Australia is always an amazing time of year and as an Englishman [...]
Quite an interesting artice over on the Guardian Website about the number of English people who emigrate to Australa only to move back to the UK some later. The article by Patrick Barkham does talk about the wonders of Australia, such as the benefit of not having to wear socks but also cites how studies [...]
Hey guys, a little on the late side this year but I wanted to take this opportunity to wish you all the very best during this festive period Christmas down under this year was a very hot yet fun filled affair. The temperatures on Christmas day were hovering around the 40C mark so we were geratful [...]
Hi Guys, So a few of you (OK, probably a few thousand of you) may have noticed that GDU was offline for a few days earlier this week. I got an email from a GDU visitor earlier in the week asking me if there was anything wrong with the site as she was not able to [...]
So I thought I’d write a quick update today for those readers with fingers of the green variety. Just over two years ago I wrote an entry titled gardening in Australia in which I wrote about the challenges of the local soil and the sheer lack of experience I had growing exotic plants such as [...]
I know I can often be a little romantic about the wonderful weather we receive here in Western Australia. Perth is the sunniest capital city in the world at the end of the day so it’s often very easy to gloat when the weathers so damn nice all the time. Yesterday it would seem was [...]
Wanted Down under Series 4 and Wanted Down Under revisited have finally come to an end and like many other episodes of Wanted Down Under its caused a bit of a stir with our visitors. As Getting Down Under sounds similar to the title of the popular BBC show I’ve found that many of our [...]
Phew! What a scorcher. Yesterday saw the hottest day in Perth for nearly two years with the mercury hitting 42.9C . By 5am, the temperature at Champion Lakes near Armadale were already 30.4C – warmer than in Marble Bar, which is Australia’s hottest town and only 20.6C at that time. At time of typing the [...]
So before I even begin to tackle this sensitive subject, let me give you a little context behind the purpose of this article. Today the federal government said the Indian media is unlikely to show restraint when reporting on alleged racism in Australia. India’s foreign ministry has called on its media to exercise restraint when [...]
Wanted Down Under makes a return to the BBC with Series 4 Being aired this Monday at 10am on BBC 1. I think this is the first time that Wanted Down Under has made it’s way onto BBC 1 with the last few series being relegated to obscure times of the day on BBC 2. [...]
So I’ve been getting updates on email and Facebook from friends back in the UK and the general consensus of opinion seems to be that the snow was great over Christmas however everyone is kind of getting ‘over it’ now. Looking on the BBC’s website today it looks like the severity of the bitterly cold [...]
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