Posts Tagged ‘Visa’
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Dang! I’m slacking BAD!
Been to Fiji and back. Gorgeous islands, beautiful waters. We didn’t want to leave! I definitely would like to go back and stay longer than we did. Photos of Fiji are on my Photography site (deviantArt).
We’ve now booked flights for Auckland. This time we’re staying for 2 weeks. None of this 4 and 5 day crap. This is our last flight out of the country so we’re going to make the best of it. Then we can lodge our Visa application so I can live here permanently.
I got stopped in customs in Brisbane because there’s a pattern with me coming and going every 3 months. I’m tellin ya, I was scared shitless that I’d be deported back to the states! Why? Cuz I watched too many Border Patrol tv shows! LOL. Nah, it was all good. She asked me a few questions and I said, no I’m not working and no I don’t plan on living here. I don’t think she believed me because she gave me a number to call to get my tourist visa extended… LOL! Anyway, she let me go and just made a note that I’d be leaving and coming back again in December/January. And so it goes…
So yep, we’re off to Auckland and got our sight seeing places mapped out. Can’t wait! The land of Xena: Warrior Princess! 
Things here have been good. Just depressing that I can’t work. I feel guilty and bad sometimes and I get sad. Lyn feels the same way too. We just gotta keep plugging along. We’re nearing the end now. Just a few more steps to go and we’ve made it! OH How I can’t wait to call myself an Aussie. OH how I can’t wait to start working! And OH how I can’t wait to L I V E with my girl in peace!
So that about wraps it up for now. Until I forget to write again…
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p.s. I’ve gotten much better with driving, but I STILL forget which side the turn signal is on!
Tags: Auckland, customs, deviantart, driving, Fiji, flights, island, maps, New Zealand, photography, tourist, Visa, Warrior Princess, Xena
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
Well, made it safe and sound to New Zealand. I’ve been meaning to write but kept getting side-tracked or just plum forgot! New Zealand was beautiful but I’m guessing it’s twice as nice during the summer. I still have a hard time with the whole winter in July bit but it’s ok. Christchurch on the South Island is where we stayed. Quaint little place with Trams and old architecture. Sorta Gothic/English looking. Very cool! It was chilly tho. I’m guessing about 40’s during the day (and that’s in fahrenheit).
So I completed flights 4 through 7 now. Cairns to Brisbane to New Zealand to Brisbane.. then Cairns. I think I’m getting the hang of this quite well now. No worries. Fiji next? Hmmmm
We flew Jetstar and Pacific Blue (Virgin Blue). Both planes were 737s, seating was 3-3. Both flights to New Zealand we got the emergency exit seats. Nice and roomy! But on the way back we were just one seat behind. I think I feel more comfortable over the wing. I was also told that you can’t feel as much motion either. Regardless, I still take my dramamine. Pictures of the clouds and some New Zealand shots can be found on my deviantArt gallery.
So if you’re wondering or if you’ve guessed, I made it back through customs in Australia and am on round two of my 90 tourist visa. No questions asked. Lyn and I have now been physically living together for 6 months. Another 6 more months and we can apply for our interdependency Visa. That’s gonna require lots of paper work and money for the fees. I really hate that I can’t work and earn anything.
My mum sent me a package for my birthday. She made me the cutest little wooden jewelry box. She does wood burning like stuff so she engraved an Arizona scenery on the top. When I opened the box to look inside there was a little piece of paper with a poem on it. It reads:
It isn’t very big at all. Nor tiny, not one bit. You coudln’t buy it in a mall, Cause all my love is in it. So when you lift this tiny lid, And stardust falls upon you. I’ll always be there by your side, miles from Lake Havasu.
Well as you can imagine… I bawled! As I’m doing now since I just re-read it. LOL! So my mum misses me heaps. I miss her too! I wish she would get her passport and start putting some money aside to come and visit. But we talk on Yahoo quite a bit and I’ve been calling her on the phone. All is good.
I’m really comfortable here. I’m glad I followed my heart! I knew that I loved Lyn and wonder sometimes what my life would be like had I not made this life changing decision. I’d probably still be some computer geek sitting at the desk watching stupid movies and wasting my life. Lyn is now my life and I can’t imagine living without her. Truly, I don’t care where I live as long as she’s by my side.
Tags: airport, architecture, australia, christchurch, computer, english, flight, gothic, Jet Star, jewelry, New Zealand, Pacific Blue, passport, plane, trams, Virgin Blue, Visa, yahoo
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Sunday, June 8th, 2008
It’s getting closer for me to depart AU so we are searching for some deals with airlines. We haven’t decided where we want to go yet, ie: Fiji, Guam, or Auckland. Seems tho that if we go to Auckland I’ll have to get a Visa for that country, but if I go to Guam, it’s part of the U.S. so I won’t need a Visa. And it’s only 4.5 hours flight from Cairns.
Driving is becoming much easier now. I actually drove with an ice cream cone. I drove roundtrip from Gordonvale to Cairns and back without turning on the windshield wipers as well! PROGRESS!
Still have trouble with store names. Dunno how long it’ll take me to get used to. Lyn laughs every time I say one wrong. **blush**
Internet is funky here. So not like the U.S. Here you have to pay for bandwidth. Rather sucks because it gets quite expensive! I’m paying for 5 gig bandwidth a month for $40! I paid for unlimited use in the U.S. for the same price. They don’t have much in the lines of competition with businesses so they can pretty much charge what they want. I purchased an internet mobile device. Virgin Broadband Mobile but I tell ya… it’s massively S L O W ! ! ! I was clocking the highest rate at 5.2kbs DAMN! Downloading a 1 meg file took 10 minutes. But it’s like a cell phone, if the signal is weak, slower connection. SUCKS!
I’m not much of a sports person. I never liked sports in the U.S. all that much. Football is ok but the Footy here is pretty cool. They don’t suit up at all, and it’s all around different. I’m quite liking it better. Rugby, however, WOW! That’s grueling! But something I could definitely watch. Figuring out the game is the hard part but Lyn’s explaining it to me little by little.
So it’s coming into Winter here. Winter in July! How ’bout that! My first Winter Birthday! (July 7th). Yeah, I know it’s only June. Anyway, the temperature is just gorgeous! I can’t imagine what summer must be like. (in December!) Oh my god! I just can’t get over that! Summer in December… hmmmmmm
Tags: airline, Auckland, australia, bandwidth, birthday, business, Cairns, christmas, competition, deals, december, download, driving, Fiji, file, flight, football, footie, footy, game, gig, Guam, internet, july, june, meg, money, paying, plane, rugby, summer, ticket, unlimited, Visa, winter, xmas
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Finally have my boy! I was so anxious when we got to the airport but we had to circle around and drive to the air express package pick-up area. With it being around 10:30 at night it, the main office was closed so we had to interrupt some workers. (more…)
Tags: crate, Creek, dock, dog, flight, plane, pug, quarantine, reunite, rocks, Visa
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
6 more days left before I head off into the sky!! OMG! I’m more excited than anything but still scared shitless! Just about through with everything. I got my cheesy beat-up car sold for $150! YEAH! Hey, I woulda taken $50 for it! This will help with the car rental we got. We rented a one-way and will drop it off at the Vegas airport.
Still miss my boy. So much that if I drop some food on the kitchen floor I’ll holler for him to come eat it up. 
Hate that feeling when he doesn’t come. I’m going to call the quarantine station tonight and see how he’s doing. It’s been a week now that he’s been there. Hope he’s adjusting but not adjusting TOO much!
I received an email from a Website Forum Administrator. He wanted me to write stuff about the U.S. and moving to Australia. He owns Viva Australia Forum. I’ll keep the link over in the Blogroll. The site is just starting out but it’s about traveling and/or relocating to Australia. Pop on over if you’re heading that way and see what it’s about. Anyway, I have this blog going so for me to re-write stuff all over again would just be a nuisance to me and I really don’t have the time. People can come and visit or I’ll link a blog post on their forum if I think it’s of any interest or might help with a visa issue.
I do have to say this one other bit before I go. My ex co-worker found another job and gave her notice! THIS is the blog that I wrote about that. I have to laugh! The company I worked for is gonna DIE!!!! And all I can do is sit here and laugh!
Tags: airport, australia, blog, car, company, forum, issues, move, moving, notice, quarantine, sold, Vegas, Visa, viva, website, work, write
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