gamblers on 2p2? surely not

My NYE **** up:

Ended up booking a harbour fireworks cruise for 4 (myself and my three wives) which should rock.

BUT, completely missed the boat on the fact that Groove Armada is playing Bondi!!!! ARGH!!! Total mess up, as this is where I really want to be.

Oh well. Grandma funk will have to show up another time...

I retract my previous post.

Best NYE I've had since the Dead stopped touring.

Sydney sure knows how to do it up right.

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nye is tonight dummy

damnit, why am i so hungover then?

QANTAS is running a sale at the moment - return flights, USA - Australia, for $AU2k (about $US1700 or so)


link: http://www.qantas.com.au/regions/dyn...ultiCity/index

Heard about Google?

From http://www.amonline.net.au/spiders/r...tm#tarantulas: "There have been no deaths in Australia from a confirmed spider bite since 1979".

Yeah I saw some crazy ass spider last night when putting my laundry on the clothes line. Fortunately, it didn't jump and bite me with its killer venom of death.

Happy Oz Day!

Hi! Thanks so much for doing this, I really appreciate it since I am planning on moving to Australia for 6months to a year. I have a question about the healthcare service in Australia. I am diabetic and was wondering if Australia has universal health care like Canada and European countries or if it was more like the U.S. Thanks so much!

Desirae

runningirl,

I think http://www.medicare.gov.au/about/index.shtml has the information you are after.

I would be very surprised if people who were not citizens of Australia or New Zealand were eligible for participation in it.

Australia does have universal health care for its citizens - the scheme is called Medicare. Australia also has reciprocal health care agreements with some countries:

If you are going to travel overseas anywhere, you would be stupid not to get travel insurance (which can cover medical expenses in the event of an accident or an emergency). DEFINITELY take out travel insurance if you are coming to Australia, it's not worth the risk of travelling without it.

The cost of healthcare here is probably a lot cheaper than the US, but it can certainly add up to thousands of dollars if you have to go to hospital for something bad and you aren't from one of the countries with a reciprocal health care agreement.

Sorry to nitpick but this is not true. You also have to be a permanent resident to qualify. So if your an Australian citizen living abroad planning on going over to Australia for up to only 1 year (and don't have a 1+ year work/accommodation contract) you will not get Medicare.

This is why it should be an "Ask Josem" thread, not an "Ask Anyone" thread.

Amen, brother!

Just had this question asked on AIM (my aim is "aujoz" if anyone wants to ask anything):

Hey Josem!
Thank you for doing this post!

I intend to go to Australia in july, to start a undergraduate program at University of Queensland.

I am from Brazil, and here i use the Neteller card to cashout my poker earnings. Do you know if it's possible to do that in Australia ?

Will Neteller work normally over there ?

Thank you.

Anecdotally: I have a neteller card and have used it fine in the past.

More broadly: Some people have reported that Neteller lock accounts that are used in different locations, so I suggest that you email Neteller when you move/visit overseas.

More info on Australian debit cards is available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debit_card

My Neteller card (USA) didn't work in Australia.

Is the Australia Network owned/operated by the Australian government? If so, why are half the shows ****ty soaps?

i'm pretty sure the Australia Network is not an Australian Government thing.

www.abc.net.au broadcasts some stuff into SE asia, but mostly radio.

Well they don't really have commercials other than for other AN shows and they have a bunch of shows dedicated to learning English (one of which is seriously creepy) and quite a few documentary/educational/news shows BUT lots of crappy soaps. Doesn't make sense.

They have ABC news and my all-time favorite moment was when they referred to CO2 as "a toxic gas." OMG Coca-Cola is marketing this poison to children!

i stand corrected - http://www.dfat.gov.au/aib/media.html indicates that the Australia Network is indeed an Australian government effort.

Never heard about a Neteller card not working, hehe.

My old Neteller card worked OK but then they stopped allowing it for Australian customers about a year ago or something i think (can't remember). However, now i have one of those new "First Pay" Neteller Mastercards and it works fine in any ATM.

more and cheaper flights between Australia & USA from November 2008: http://business.smh.com.au/virgin-bl...0215-1shv.html

Hi,

Im moving next week to Townsville for work. I know they have one Casino there, do they have poker tourneys there and what size cash games. Didnt find out this on the casino homepage.

cheers