So it’s started to get a little warm here in Western Australia and yesterday it hit 40 degrees Celsius which is the first time this summer that it’s hit this temperature.
Today the forecast is …

G’day all. Work wise, life down under has been ridiculously busy recently which is why Getting Down Under hasn’t been getting much love and attention recently.
Still, – I know there’s a small pocket of you …

Ok, well the update on Jeff is that there are no updates
It’s been over two weeks now since we last saw him and we’re now starting to get used to the fact that …

Our regular readers will know that as well as dragging the missus, junior and I out to Australia, we also decided to bring our two cats; Charlie and Jeff to Australia to
Many people find the …

Poor cats, I actually thought we had everything covered when we did the pre travel vet checks and got all the jabs sorted before moving out to Australia.
One of our Cats, Charlie had a bit …

Well, it’s been a while since I blogged about the furry felines so I thought I’d write a quick update to let those of you interested know how the cats have settled in down under.
To …

It’s been a while since I posted any Blog updates but I’ll use the excuse that work has been pretty hectic recently.
Life in Australia is still great although we’ve had a couple of sleepless nights …

Well, as promised yesterday, here’s a quick update on the cats arrival.
When we picked the cats up from Byford yesterday we received an official AQIS receipt for each of them.
The receipt looks like it …

Well, it’s been a very long time without them (nearly three months) but today we’ll be picking up the cats from Byford.
Since we originally visited the cats we’ve made a conscious effort not to make …

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 …

Well, after my post yesterday, it’s confirmed – The missus spoke to Byford quarantine station this morning and both cats have arrived safely.
Apparently both boys are a little shell shocked, very tired and no …

Well, it’s taken 6 weeks but finally at time of typing the boys (cats) are finally air bound and heading on their way to sunnier climbs.
We had an E-mail from Airpets advising that they had …

Well, it looks like the cats are going to be spending Christmas, and welcoming the new year in whilst based at Airpets in Heathrow.
We had an email from Airpets confirming that Quantas were fully booked …

Some news on the cat front. We got an email from Airpets yesterday evening advising that the cats will not be travelling out today as planned.
Apparently, when the vet saw them for their …

Well, the cats went to Airpets today.
I must say what a fantastic and professional set up they have there!
It took us about three hours to drive down to Staines and both boys took the journey …

I’ll tell you what, the Byford Quarantine Station in Perth gets busy damn quickly
As I mentioned in a previous entry, we’ve decided to use Airpets Oceanic to ship our two cats from the UK to …