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回覆 #620 EliasDaddy 的文章

Hi EliasDaddy,

My family will move to Sydney in October too.
I'm also looking for international movers. FYI, I've got the info from Columbia and AsiaExpress (sounds cheapest).

1) AsiaExpress - minimum HKD6450 per 100 cubic foot, including documentation, custom declare and sterlize. 35-60 days door to door delivery depends full container or bulk delivery. For details call 2618 6888 and arrange quotation

2) Columbia - HKD46.30 per cubic foot, min 150 cubic foot. Documentation - HKD800, customer - HKD450, sterlize - HKD500, guarantee 10-12 weeks door to door delivery. For details please call 25476228 and quotation.

Harris_ma,

Nice to meet you here, do you mind to tell me which mover you've used, how about the service and charges.

I've already rented a villa in Eastwood and plan to ship the stuffs in early September. Hope you can give me some info, thank you.

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Hi! sbandiz,
After reading your below sharing. I would like to set-up a VOIP system when we come to Sydney in Oct. Can you advice me what do I need to set-up the system? Can I bring anything from HK? The VOIP adaptor for OZ?
Thanks for your help!

原文章由 sbandliz 於 08-6-5 09:28 發表
Re: VOIP / telephone / internet

One thing to point out - you do NOT need a fixed line if you don't want to.

A few years back - we got upset with Telstra and their service / charges, and started look ...

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回覆 #620 EliasDaddy 的文章

Hi EliasDaddy,

There are at least 4-5 BK families live near Hurstville. I moved here Mar 07. The forwarder is a small but quite reliable one. Will PM you the contact.

Josephine

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回覆 #620 EliasDaddy 的文章

HI EliasDaddy,

There are around 4-5 BK families live near Hurstville. For forwarder contact, please check PM.

Josephine

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Hi Josephine,

Can you pm me the info as well. Thank you.

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EilasDaddy and sabandiz,

It's good to know there is a VoIP system but how exactly does it work, subscribe to the local PTT and then pay a monthly fee without the air time limitation??

Learn a new thing daily :)

Chelsea

原文章由 EliasDaddy 於 08-8-5 08:54 發表
Hi! sbandiz,
After reading your below sharing. I would like to set-up a VOIP system when we come to Sydney in Oct. Can you advice me what do I need to set-up the system? Can I bring anything from HK? ...

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Thanks Josephine for the information!

原文章由 joe0526 於 08-8-5 11:40 發表
HI EliasDaddy,

There are around 4-5 BK families live near Hurstville. For forwarder contact, please check PM.

Josephine

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Dear Morgan_Ma; and welcome EliasDaddy,

The mover was provided by my husband's company, it's SanXX FXX, usually it charges quite a lot. I didn't know the price as the company dealt directly with my husband's company.

Instead I could share with u my experience: I got 12 c.b.m (not sure it's the same as cubic feet, check with the movers), abt 1/3 - 1/4 of a small container. That's enough to pack all the items of my home: including a sofa, almost all the toys, clothes, stuff of a 3-person family. I also have moved my fitness bike from HK. But I don't have a fridge, washing machine. The mums here taugh me to keep the stuff with big plastic boxes as it can save space and it costs a lot in Sydney. I also buy many TempX tissues as it's expensive there and need some buffer to fill up the space when packing. Hope these can help

原文章由 Morgan_Ma 於 08-8-4 16:00 發表
Hi EliasDaddy,

My family will move to Sydney in October too.
I'm also looking for international movers. FYI, I've got the info from Columbia and AsiaExpress (sounds cheapest).

1) AsiaExpress - ...

[ 本文章最後由 Harris_ma 於 08-8-7 10:53 編輯 ]

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Dear Morgan_Ma,

1 more thing: u may buy some new furniture from IKEA in HK, the packing size is really small and the furniture in IKEA Sydney is more expensive than those in HK. The Custom of Sydney didn't charge me any tax for the new stuff.

原文章由 Harris_ma 於 08-8-7 10:48 發表
Dear Morgan_Ma,

The mover was provided by my husband's company, it's SanXX FXX, usually it charges quite a lot. I didn't know the price as the company dealt directly with my husband's company.

Ins ...

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Hihi F.Forest,

The child center is a new one, it's Kids Company in Zenith. Zenith is a new commercial center next to the Chatswood station.

http://www.kidsco.com.au/

It really costs a lot for each day, but my son is only 2 so only day care center will admitt him. As my son may go back to HK with us when he's 4 (attending K2 in HK) so we may let him stay at the day care for 2 yrs, or he'll have change school every year... really expensive though.

原文章由 F.Forest 於 08-8-4 11:39 發表
Hello all mums,

Long time not get onto BK and I need to catch up with you all.

Harris_ma,

So you finally get a childcare place for Harris. Where is the centre? Close to your home? The pre-school ju ...

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回覆 #629 Harris_ma 的文章

Thanks Harris_ma, it helps me a lot. BTW, did you buy any new electronic appliances like fan, heater etc? My hubby wants to buy but I'm afraid the Custom in Sydney will charge taxes.

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Hi Morgan_Ma,

I think it's easier for the Custom to charge tax on new furnitures than electronic appliances - simply bcoz it's easier for u to remove the boxes of the appliances than the furnitures

The Custom could not tell whether an item is new without the paper box.

For the heater, I just bought 2 oil heaters from Sydney, they're not expensive - maybe it's time for sale (the end of winter). A 9-fan one costs me A$ 69.9 and a 11-fan one A$79.9. I also bought a heater-fan for my son to take bath at A$29.9. But heaters are heavy, so if u're not driving, it will be a problem.

1 more info.: my husband bought a big fridge (around 400 L) and a big washing machine (8kg load) at around HK$12,000 in Sydney. Again, on sale.

原文章由 Morgan_Ma 於 08-8-7 11:36 發表
Thanks Harris_ma, it helps me a lot. BTW, did you buy any new electronic appliances like fan, heater etc? My hubby wants to buy but I'm afraid the Custom in Sydney will charge taxes.

[ 本文章最後由 Harris_ma 於 08-8-7 11:57 編輯 ]

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發表於 08-8-7 13:14 |只看該作者

Thanks for your information Harris_ma!
I know the electrical plug in OZ are totally different to HK's. What can I do, if I bring any eletrical goods to OZ?
有冇拖板可以convert到OZ用? What do you do with your electrical goods?

原文章由 Harris_ma 於 08-8-7 10:48 發表
Dear Morgan_Ma; and welcome EliasDaddy,

The mover was provided by my husband's company, it's SanXX FXX, usually it charges quite a lot. I didn't know the price as the company dealt directly with my ...

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EliasDaddy,

The tip is DON'T change the HK plug into the Oz one or the Custom may regard the appliance new and tax may be resulted.

Go to Shum Shui Po (?? Liu St.) to buy Oz plug at HK$5 each, then bring HK 拖板. Change the 拖板's plug into Oz one only when u arrived in Oz. Then you don't have to change the plug for every single piece of appliance.

原文章由 EliasDaddy 於 08-8-7 13:14 發表
Thanks for your information Harris_ma!
I know the electrical plug in OZ are totally different to HK's. What can I do, if I bring any eletrical goods to OZ?
有冇拖板可以convert到OZ用? What do you do wi ...

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發表於 08-8-7 15:55 |只看該作者

Harris_ma,
Thanks for your very good tips!
For home phone line socket and PC Internet line socket, are they the same as HK? Do I need to buy an adpator for OZ? Where?

原文章由 Harris_ma 於 08-8-7 13:56 發表
EliasDaddy,

The tip is DON'T change the HK plug into the Oz one or the Custom may regard the appliance new and tax may be resulted.

Go to Shum Shui Po (?? Liu St.) to buy Oz plug at HK$5 each, then ...

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發表於 08-8-7 16:38 |只看該作者

Hi Morgan_Ma!
Nice meet you here! Which date are you flying? and Which flight? We are flying on 1/10/08 with Virgin Airline.

原文章由 Morgan_Ma 於 08-8-4 16:00 發表
Hi EliasDaddy,

My family will move to Sydney in October too.
I'm also looking for international movers. FYI, I've got the info from Columbia and AsiaExpress (sounds cheapest).

1) AsiaExpress - ...

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發表於 08-8-7 17:18 |只看該作者

I got very confusing answers, some said yes and some said no. Anyway, I will bring convertor with me. Let me confirm you later on as I'll fly to Sydeny on coming Sat.

原文章由 EliasDaddy 於 08-8-7 15:55 發表
Harris_ma,
Thanks for your very good tips!
For home phone line socket and PC Internet line socket, are they the same as HK? Do I need to buy an adpator for OZ? Where?

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回覆 #636 EliasDaddy 的文章

I will fly on either 9 or 10 Oct and will take Qantas because they have immigration package which allows 20kgs extra per each person. I'll buy one way ticket which costs HK$4000 for adult plus tax and HK$3000 for children plus tax (I checked the price with Hong Thai).

How much is your ticket? Did you buy one way or return?

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發表於 08-8-8 08:40 |只看該作者

Thanks! Pls. confirm with me later! Where did you got the converter? How does it look like? Or does the shopkeeper know how it look like?
BTW. Which part of Sydney are you staying?

原文章由 Harris_ma 於 08-8-7 17:18 發表
I got very confusing answers, some said yes and some said no. Anyway, I will bring convertor with me. Let me confirm you later on as I'll fly to Sydeny on coming Sat.

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