Thanks for that Taylz - hopefully won't be long until we get our tax numbers, we have applied - just waiting

I know! Is it one of those "you don't know what you're missing out on until you've tried it" type things?

Imagine replacing some trolleys and watching them all learn how easy it can be to push a trolley! Instead of being a full on back twisting, arm strengthening feat of super power.

Some places have normal ones though, like our local Aldi...

Really LC? I've never seen a normal one here, only 4 wheel drive ones.

And yeah the trick is you have to drift - you are then all good

The only time it is a freaking mission is when I go to one Aldi near us and the blardy pavement is sloped to the side and it is near impossible to drive a full 4-wheeled trolley down a long pathway that is sloped to the side of the road

Yeah - I've got the supermarket bit down ok - it's the blardy carpark - they are never level and you have a trolley full of crap with a child in the seat and holding your toddler's hand......nightmare

Ok, so then you pair the fully trolley/slope/toddler and baby with the fact my car is so old that the hydrolic things on the boot often don't work, and I have some really great bruises on my arm from it being slammed by the (very fricking heavy) boot!

Really good Pudding. Usual moving bollox. But all good.

I hate sloping concrete with those trolleys and with DS in the seat thing and a full load of food it's SO hard to control. I'm just not physically strong enough to do it and it buggers my bad hip.

lol i hear ya about the trollys! i have learnt to drift them in the supermarket too even better - online shopping!! i ordered wed night and they came to the door on thursday, only $9 for delivery...think i will be doing much more online shopping!! with a nearly 3 and a nearly one year old, grocery shopping is just a nightmare!!

still havent got medicare sorted best get onto that as i have already had a few blood tests etc. and DS is soon to start daycare...at $74/day i will deffinately be applying for the daycare help thingy as that is just ridiculous!!

ooh i can hear banging best go

Ooh, yikes, what did you have to pay for the bloodtests Clueless?

I remember when they made it so lab tests weren't fully covered for a while - the gap was $80 each time so I'd hate to think of costs if you had to pay for the whole thing. So glad they changed it back to no gap!

omg - I would definately pay $9 for online shopping!

Getting medicare cards is relatively easy. So long as you have the right documentation you just go along, fill out a form (ok a few forms!) and they give you a temporary card then and there

Yay I can now officially say we're going to Aussie next week!! So cant wait, weve booked our rental car, booked accomodation for our ticky tour (starting at Surfers and driving up to Gladstone). We've booked a night in Yepoon and a night in Hervey Bay on our way home to check it out there Hope the weather is good, and not to hot!
We will be so glad to finally get over there and suss things out and decide yes or no to moving there, all this indecision is driving us crazy! :s

Oh how exciting MummyMel Good luck with it all and I hope you find some answers, and enjoy it

DH and I have finally got our TFNs!! yah something else crossed off the list! -

How exciting MM .If your going through the Sunshine Coast...Mooloolaba and need a coffee let me know!!

Thanks Sandra and HK, we are very excited I think we are going through Mooloolaba HK but literally going through it, not stopping shame though it would have been great to meet you

Man I'm grumpy!
I found out yesterday that I'm not eligible for a student transport concession It means my transport to TAFE is now $190/month instead of $235 for 6 months. Bah humbug.

Yowch! More discrimination?


Very exciting Mummymel.

Yeah, it really is discrimination isn't it. I said to DH that I'm almost tempted to take the Vic govt to wherever the hell you take them for discrimination.

Jeez HC - that SUX That would really piss me off!

How's it going though? First week this week wasn't it?

I made a friend today!!! We met at a park and turns out she only moved to this area from Melbourne city recently so she asked for my number. Yay! That's 2 people I actually 'know' since being here 3 weeks. Not bad. Although one is from here - thanks so much HC for our coffee last week - was so good to talk to someone that wasn't the IL's!

Thats crazy Certainly increases the cost of study
How are your kids going at school? Settled in ok?

Have a great trip Mummymel