Ikjosh04:
Hi mate, trust you're staying safe? Is any of you in Sydney?

AussieJoan:

Yea, in Victoria and getting in touch will be near impossible. I have a heavy schedule

AussieJoan:
QUESTION

1. How many of you still have your job/ enough shifts during this pandemic ?
2. How good is your super and tax knowledge ?
3. Did you nominate your super fund yourself when you got your job or did your company choose one for you ?
4. Do you check your supper account to ensure that your employer pays your super ?

As good as getting a job is, not having good knowledge about the above will hurt you in the long term

ideamaster:
It's been a while but I guess I was heading from Brisbane to Sydney.

Waze instead of Google Maps in Nsw. What do you think?

Otumbalamba:


No both I have CPR, first aid and working with children check.
I also have white card,police check and am doing forklift license now.

I have applied to so many jobs on indeed, seek, mable,hire up,gumtree .
I have also registered with many agencies.

Otumbalamba:
Please I arrived in Sydney 3 march 2020, I have done practically all necessary certification for jobs but still I have not found one yet.
Am really worried.
Is there any extra thing I need to do.

Thanks

memunati:
Hello everyone, I just moved to Canberra in early March, I just successfully set up my NAB account this week but I have been having issues transferring my funds from my naira account to my NAB account. I just found out I was supposed to open a dollar account before I left (which I didn't).

ATM withdrawal looks like my only option, but the conversion rate will be higher and I'd be incurring more bank transfer cost.

Please, what other way can I go about accessing my funds?

Also, I ordered a SIM for Kogan (after I bought an ALDI SIM that didn't work in my android phone). Please, is Kogan a good choice?

Thanks.

efetoski:
Getting a cheaper flight is a function of the earliest time you made your booking mr man. Dont expect to get a cheaper fare when you booking two weeks or a week to when you are going. You have to be smart bro

Otumbalamba:



We will definitely get response no doubt about it, they issue is they resumption date .........its really killing me.

Divino:


hi, it's not outrageous,
Lag to Adelaide is upto 700, while Lag to Sydney is about 300k.

bligs:

I saw the signage "if you need snail contact this number" at Nulan food, out of curiosity i contacted the number and turn out to be real. If you're in Victoria, i can give you her contact just that her location is far (Melton), it took me about 45mins.

bligs:

There's no naija foodstuff that you can't find here, just that it maybe expensive and very far from your location, never thought that i will ever see snail, periwinkle and red beans here.

Addenn:
Aussiejoan can you please highlights some of the food stuff that can be brought, perhaps the ones you took along when you're leaving Nigeria. I read that Australia has strict rules when it comes to what can be taken into the country.
Can foods like rice, beans, spaghetti, grounded pepper, palmoil, Maggi, salt and the likes be carried along without any issue.
Your effort in creating and contributing to this group is appreciated.

AussieJoan:
FEEDING & OTHERS

1. Bring all you can from Naija even if you'd pay for extra luggage.
2. For those in Victoria places like Sunshine, Noble Park sell African foodstuff. You can also get some from indian shops.

Clothing: Please bring from Naija, a very good clothe is expensive here (I mean work clothes), not talking about kmart same applies to other things you wear on your body.




Will update later. Make I reach Berwick to chop better jare.

pitman10:



Thanks for your response, I'm coming with a student Visa

pitman10:




Good day everyone, please can I drive with my international drivers license in Australia?

Ufodeking:
Good day everyone, I just got LETTER OF OFFER from University of Tasmania. Orientation starts on 17 February 2020, while course starts on 24 February 2020.
Please what is the next procedure?

yhemight:
Hi my fellow brothers and sisters, complement of the season to you all. please i need ASAP answer, my brother just completed his MSC last October and his visa will expire by March 16th 2020, He needs to travel ASAP for about 2 weeks in January and when he comes back he will then apply for his post graduate visa, but our house mate said if he should leave the country now he will not be allowed back in, on the Visa grant its says Must not arrive after 16th of March 2020 (Last day of arrival is on the 16th March 2020). Please is this true he can not leave the country at the moment. I will look forward to your swift response cheers

ignis:

I just applied for VISA yesterday and my school is resuming on 27th of January 2020. Please, what is my fate?

Joan011:


Here in Melbourne, the summer get k-leg

stubbornman:
Australia people shey snow never begin fall there Make una wear sweater go outside go snap pictures post for here nahhhhh haba!!!

kenyd:
Please will i be required to submit my passport or just the copy during the process of school admission and visa processing or will it be asked after the visa is granted?

Joan011:



Totally agree, turkey layover is like death sentence.
You even got a nice meal, the one I got from naija to turkey was smelling, almost made me throw up.

masco131:

It's time for me to drop my own gist too[color=#990000][/color]

I used Egypt air because it was the cheapest and had the shortest layover, would have used Turkish but mehn that layover was out of it.
The flight from Lagos to Cairo was the worst I can't lie. Old plane, the seat was not good atall, I didn't enjoy it atalllll but when I called their customer care I was told they use A330-300 on Thursdays and Saturdays . So anyone that wants to use them I advise you call their customer care and ask when they use the A330. The meal was decent and it was tasty too.
The flight from Cairo to Bangkok was very good mehn from the plane to the meal to the inflight entertainment, everything was okay on the plane and it's definitely a new plane, it was neat. I had a nice time on this flight and slept well. It was my best leg.
I had about 4 hours layover at Bangkok. Bangkok airport is big mehn I walked for over 30 minutes from the gate I arrived to the gate for my flight. This leg was decent and I was provided to show my visa to them at the gate before boarding maybe because I was the only black. The leg was decent the plane was okay, meal was okay but it was very very cold.
I will drop the rest tomorrow, I'm tired

Joan011:
Hello to my Aussie Fam.
I want to say a big congratulations to those who have gotten visa and are already in Australia.
Please educate the newbies in the dark on what to expect when they get there......


What flight did you use and how was the experience?

Share your port of entry stories.

Where did you sleep for the first few days, how much did you pay ?

What job(s) have you gotten to sustain yourself ?

Are you on scholarship(s) if yes tell us about it

Your school experiences .

The cultural shocks you experienced while there.

So please guys let us make this thread lively and a place where we can learn stuff.

Itzpetersv:
Good morning everyone
I want to apply for Bachelors degree at RMIT
I wrote WAEC in 2015, can I apply with my WAEC?

Suggestions please

brownemmanuel43:

Okkk. Thanks baba. That means if I grind and package it well, there will not be issue.

brownemmanuel43:
Greetings house, pls my people I want clarification on export of raw food in Australia.
Is it true that there is an embargo on African raw food? Please my people your input will be highly appreciated.

tyosho:
hmmmmm.

I live in Melbourne and there are subtle experiences from time to time.I hate it but what"s there to do?Go back to Nigeria?Im not ready for that yet.

I have learnt to do develop a thick skin.If i had not visited other Oyinbo countries before coming here,i would have thought all white people behaved like this .

Will recount more later

Justasking:
Hello guys.. Which should I push for.. UNISA or university of Newcastle.. Tuition fees in Newcastle for the course seems cheaper but then the campus is in Sydney. .I'll like to know the pros and cons..
Thanks all

adeoladele:
Ija do pin Ogun ti


Visa Granted

Transcript later

efetoski:
Pls house, when applying for flight ticket, do u apply for ONE WAY or RETURN. Need your kind response