Our lives have changed as a result of COVID-19. I learned the word ‘pandemic’ from Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, who announced in February that a coronavirus pandemic is inevitable. At that…
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The Australian Open (AO) is a major tennis tournament held annually in Melbourne. I had not watched tennis before I moved to Melbourne, but I learned it because it is a big…
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We always wanted to pick strawberries as it was one of our favourite activities in New Zealand. As we finally bought a car, we can finally explore farms in Melbourne. Now it…
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I recently just moved to Australia and completed the Australia Taxation subject last semester. I want to share some tax rules that I think are quite unique in Australia and may be…
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We finally bought a second-hand car in Melbourne after searching for months. 2015 Toyota Corolla We bought her via Carsales, the most popular online marketplace for cars in Australia. We had viewed…
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I spent 10 days in Sydney with Ben over 2 trips in mid-November and mid-December respectively. Ben was busy for conferences so I was mainly on my own. Though I have visited…
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This is a long, long overdue post. I wanted to write this post 9 months ago when I left New Zealand, but have been procrastinating because there was so much going on…
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After spending most of my time overseas, I have finally started settling down in Melbourne. I started looking for a job, shopping for car and furniture as well as imagining a new…
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Moving to AustraliaOur Permanent Residency in Australia – 6 things we were glad that we did during the process
Ben and I became the permanent resident (PR) in Australia 10 months after we submitted the PR application. It was a very stressful process for us. So, I wanted to share our…
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Tasmania is a small and remote island of Australia. Its capital is Hobart, which is also the second oldest city in Australia. Tasmania is popular for hiking, beaches, wineries and seafood. Some…