Adelaide Travel Forum

My wife & I are moving to Adelaide soon. I just got a job in Strathalbyn and my wife has got a job at Flinders Hospital. Where do you think we should look to live??? I love the surf and my wife loves to shop!!! I am open to all suggestions! Cheers

Hi to all!!! I need some help. In a couple of months I will move to Adelaide and I want to know which is the most modern and nice suburb of Adelaide; I don't know, maybe Adelaide Hills or Adelaide City; please help me with this decision because I will buy a house there.
Thanks in advanced.

I am SIR Visa Holder. Now I am working full time in my Trade. I want to bring my Wife to become from Sri Lanka and Marry here in Australia Is It possible.
If it is In which VISA Catagoury I Must bring her here
Please explain to me
Thanka

Hi all,

i need some info related to the time frame of getting SIR visa,myself and my wife have already applied for the same we have received the DIMIA File Number can some one tell me how much time will it take from here??

Thanks
Sanjay.

Hi,

My family and I are moving to Adalaide after alot of travelling and reasearch.
We are a young family of 4, two children 2 and 3.

We have just arrived back from melbourne, and found this was not the place for us.
We have previously been to Perth (mandurah), which we was unsure about, although is a gorgeous place.
When we first went to oz we went adelaide and have never forgotten our experience, people, etc... this was supberb.

As we have young children its hard to keep going on long flights so could please somebody advise of any place in adalaide we should avoid for any reason, as we will probably only get One more chance to travell before we move and would like to visit the most positive places for our children, eg, schooling, amenities, beaches etc...

Thank you for your time
Jay

hi there...was wondering if anyone knows how the adelaide sevens is? I've been to the hong kong sevens several times and was wondering if the atmosphere at the adelaide sevens was similar to that of hong kong (party-sort atmosphere, lotsa beer and pimms)..please advise..was wondering if i should actually make the trip to adelaide especially for the sevens? Thx all!

iam sarab from punjab.my husband is on SIRVISA in adelaide australia.we had applied for this as spouse independant visa.iam living in india.we are worrying abt our visa.pls tell me how much time it will take.what is procedure?

Hi it;s Dr. Reena here from India. I will be in Adelaide in near future to commence a course at Royal Adelaide Hospital.Initially I will be coming alone, but I want to bring my son over there who is 6 years, completed his Kindergarten and will be starting in 1st standard.unfortunately my husband won't be joining us immediately.what type of school education can I expect, is it easy to get into schools, do they have day care centres or any other type of social support system for single mothers?

Hi

What would be my best chance of getting any accomodation in Adelaide on the weekend of 3 March 2007?

Thanks

Bula and warm greetings from Suva! I plan to come to Adelaide for the Australian leg of the IRB International Sevens Rugby Tournament. I plan to fly from Nadi on 05 April 2007, through Brisbane and on to Melbourne by Pacific Blue, spend the night in Melbourne and want to catch a train to Adelaide on Friday. I can see that the Overland is the train that goes that way on Friday and which takes at least 10 hours to Adelaide - I can see that it only goes in the night...does one go to Adelaide in the day? I also see that it only comes back on Sunday...Please don't tell me to travel on saturday because that's when the tournament starts - Does the Ovelander also come Monday as the sevens finishes on Sunday evening and I need to return to Melbourne to catch my return flight to Nadi around 2pm Aust time...I need help on this one please...Ms Vasiti Ritova, SUVA, FIJI ISLANDS

Hi all,

Firstly, thank you for all the intresting bits of information about this visa subclass. I had applied online on the 29th July 2006. I still haven't recieved my VISA, although all documents have been submitted. I have called up several times and got to know that my application has been referred to a supervisor. Please let me know if anyone has faced a similar situation and help me make sense of this. Any information regading this would be extremely helpful and appreciated.

Cheers

hi again we will be moving to adalaide inj une hopfully. My husband is a bricklayer he earns good money in england and hope that we can have a good life style when we come over and wondered if any one knows an average bricklayers weekly wage, and if there is plenty of work out there for him. I have been watching a tv show in england about families moving from england to different parts of australia.and during there stay they are given a chance to work for somebody doing there particular trade, and the other day there was a bricklayer and he was told that he could earn $2000 a week is this correct? Any one out there employing good brickies:?

hi, i will be glad to join all of you in adelaide, Punjabi 36 having two kids 12 & 9 both son, wanna know how can i enquire my status as i am waiting for my medical, got acknolegment from DIMIA mentioning 13th sep06. what abt schooling is it free or paid how much, where should i land, how much i need to pay for house 2 bedroom (Unit). Thanks Bobby

hi every body ,could somebody please tell me if i can register a left hand drive vehcle in south au as we need to know befor we ship the truck from england its a ford f150 harly davidson supercrew cab truck thank you lorraine

Hi... my hubby n i are planning to immigrate to Adelaide. We both have decent jobs here in Bangalore, and a decent income. The main idea for us to immigrate is for better incomes and a better lifestyle, but sometimes i fear that we might land up in a foreign country and end up in worse circumstances than in India... So can someone please convince me that it is worth the efforts of starting a new life in a new country!!!!

Hi...
I m frm mumbai
I have submitted my visa docs on 5th dec 2006 n got a reciept for the same on Jan 29, 2007.
Can any1 pls tell me how long will the entire process take ....
1. getting a case officer(Will my job verification b done in person/ fone/ letter correspondence)
2. police clearance
3. medical
after all that is done.... how much time more for the visa.
In anticipation of a response frm all u guys who hv been thr
Thnx in advance
nn

Hello!

Can somebody tell me where can I buy some kind of movie about Adelaide, on DVD in Adelaide. I have friends who can bring it here in Europe. Thanks

I am also in the process of applying for SIR Visa with SA/Adelaide, but I am quite confused, I don't know if I have to bring my family with me or not...I understand that SIR Visa is not entitled with all the Government Supports, we have to live there on our own, and start a new life without nothing, I now have a feeling of being a stranger...Please I need some good advice on whether to bring my family with me or not....I also need to find locations of Filipino communities in Adelaide, If you know someone please introduce me to him/her. Thanks in advance.


Kind regards,
Fernan

and what about the sharks?

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by the way, can sharks bite through CROCS?

Hy All
This is Nitin from New Delhi.I have applied for the SIR Visa to SA,and i have already cleared my medicals.As per the courier information it says that medical documents were accepted on 6th Dec06.
Can someone please tell me how much more time will be required to get the Landing Papers.I am eagerly waiting for my Visa.

Reagards
Nitin

Hi, does anyone know where i can get good cheap canned abalone in Adelaide? What is the average price for a can?

Hey there

Does anyone know when whales are seen from the South Australian coastline? I've heard that pilot whales are seen at Victor Harbor. I will be in Adelaide in Januuary and was hoping to see some.

Thanks

student life in Adelaide

hi every one, just wanted to know some information about student life in Adelaide, I love traveling and have traveled a bit I am planning to do my masters program in Adelaide university, so this question goes out to adelaidians and rest of of the traveling community, people say a lot (negative and positive) things about Adelaide what is it like to be a student, am I going to have fun at the same time enjoy my two years of study! Please be bias !

pradip

do you have any explanatin of the city monuments, streets, markets, restaurants in Italian language?

Hi There,

We are currently in the middle of a process of applying for a visa. If we are successful (and we are a long way off recieving yet....) we have been told that we will have to move to Adelaide for 2 years. That's fine by us, but know very little about the area really.
We may be a little premature in finding out about Adelaide, but I really would welcome any comments in relation to schools (I've a 12yr old daughter, probably be 13-14 by the time me move), education system, residential areas that are better than others, places to avoid, work for social workers (my husband), work for me (massage, injury prevention and personal trainer), clubs and activities for my daughter (she's a gymnast and cyclist).

Anything which you guys with the knowledge can add.
Thanks a million in advance.

Hi Evevryone,
Dont' know if this is the right place to ask this question. Pls help if anyone has any views.
We recvd our SIR visa last yr and travelled to adelaide in Dec 2005 to have our passports stamped with the first entry. after that we were given 3yrs to move permamnently or lose visa.I wanted to find out if I can move on with my kids and my husband follows later on. He is the prime applicant but at the moment cannot quit his job and i really wld like to move and get my girls settled. I have heard its possible but dont know from where i can confirm this. The immigration deptt: is too tied up to answer such queries. is there any website that cld help with after recvng visa queries?? Any advice or views wld be of great help.
Thanks.
dolly

Hi!

My name is Philip. I'm a swede heading for adelaide in one week from now. I wounder what cool activites I would want to do down there. I'll be staying there for about a year and I'm going alone. Could someone pleade give me some tips of what I "must" see and do. thanks in advance /PHILIP

Hy All,
This is Nitin,and I have applied for Sir Visa to South Australia(Adelaide).I have already recieved the case file number in August06.and now i am eagerly waitin for the medicals,can someone help me knowing how much time it will take for medicals.There are few more questions i would request someone to please answer
*1)Is it true that physical verification at work are done randomly of the applicants.(not all are done)
*2)If i recieved my file number in Aug 06 how much time it will take for the landing papers to arrive.

Thanks Nitin

is there any direct flight to adelaide from india?

Hey you all,
We are Dutch and we currently live in NZ. Lately we have been considering moving to OZ, several friends of us have moved away in the last year and told us about how happy they are, not all is green of course, but financially things are much better for the highly educated hard worker than in NZ. They all live in Brisbane now and it seems that almost everybody moves there.
We had a look around on the internet and Adelaide looks very attractive, there is a lot to find on immigration and even extra help is offered to come to Adelaide. But...my mind starts asking questions, what is it about the city that makes them put ads on NZ TV and make fancy websites to get people overthere? Is it annoying weather, low payed jobs, scholing for the kids, smog, crime, politics ....whatever???? It can't just be all positive or can it? Some honest opinions would be appreciated, ta from Hamilton NZ. Sophie & Co