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Sounds like a quick buck exercise. And with the March 2020 deadline drawing ever nearer, you'll only see more companies doing this and charging more as well. Cashkows, now Fin Global had a good reputation for doing this type of thing when I moved over. I'll be doing more research on this through the year as well.

Link for an Instagram post made a few months ago. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bowjffmncsx/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1qp7uepwur3r9' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow external'> https://www.instagram.com/p/Bowjffmncsx/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1qp7uepwur3r9

Alan Hatherly has signed with Specialized.

Cameron Wright also leaving Specialized here in Aus. Nothing in the wind as to what bike he’ll be in next year. Scheme of things he may be a minnow but I find it interesting.

Thanks. Different design to mine.

Are you talking about the flat top tube anthem or the curved top tube? I have the curved top tube Anthem; 120/110 travel and would love something like this.

The only reason I'm planning on keeping it valid is ease of travel back to see parents and sister (family). Once time runs its course and hopefully my sister moves across to Aus, I don't see a purpose for it. I'm not familiar with the legal side of being a RSA citizen, not having a vaild RSA passport but looking at entering RSA on an Aus/Nz/... passport. My guess is that as a citizen, you'd need to enter the country on the linked passport.

Yea, I'll be doing that a while before applying for Australian citizenship. Still three years off but plans have been made. Make a three week holiday and apply for passport in the first week, once received, update Australian DHA with new passport number and then fly back at the end of the third week. Then I don't have to worry about the RSA passport for another ten years.

Legend! Thanks David. There is always that one difficult customer

My Power Stats is blank. And I think my time zone is still causing trouble with putting activities into the correct day. Is there a trick to using the Intervals tab? Nothing I do to time, power or cadence shows any graph/plot. Only a white space. Thanks David!

Stunning work! Thanks for scratching that itch!

Auckland

My wife hopefully won't see this ... Brisbane; inner northern suburbs. Ten minute walk to buses on the Northern Busway, direct to the city within 20 minutes. We have a small spare bedroom which is seldom used. Easy access to major roads and motorway; 1.5 hours from either Gold Coast or the Sunshine Coast. Happy to help where I can.

Like this instance. https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/149692-time-to-get-the-hell-out-of-here/page-600?do=findComment&comment=3388984

From an Australian experience. I was contacted via LinkedIn. It is widely used in Aus and I would imagine also in NZ. Tip - Update your LinkedIn and start making contact with industry peers. The rest is difficult to answer as I then was offered a job and a contract provided a few weeks after a third and final Skype interview. Important; always dress for the occasion as they do use video calling functionality in these interviews. So don't be tempted to only put a collared shirt on as you may be asked to stand or get something which will require standing. You don't want to be caught with your pants down. Based on friends who moved after me; it's a big help knowing people or having at least made contact with them. The short of finding a job is knowing people more often than not. I have been able to assist three friends with jobs by talking to people around and they mention they need a skill and then I put their names forward. Companies are far more interested in someone if they are recommended and can be vetted. One of those friends I put forward was hired based solely on a Skype interview as well. Tip - make contact with old school friends and again, LinkedIn contacts dropping hints that you're looking at moving over. Based on knowledge from conversations, the majority of people draw the proverbial line in the sand, sell up and move over. They then work on finding a job once in the country. Start off with Airbnb short term, i.e. 1 - 3 months and then once grounded, find a more permanent accommodation solution. There are jobs but it might not initially be in the same position you were in. My pet-peeve is that you don't have Australian/New Zealand experience. Once you get that foot in the door, other companies will be contacting you left, right and centre. Strange place; they won't touch you and after only 3 or so months in a job, you'll be getting almost fortnightly contacts from recruiters of employers.

I'm in the same boat and will be closing the CC account when back in JHB in November. Tired of paying R150 odd per month for nothing. The card won't work in Aus as they can only activate roaming on it for six months. That ended a long time ago. Planning on dropping to the lowest account as well to further minimise monthly costs. Another thing I may try is online booking for a driver license. Picking up will be an issue but worth trying it. I wonder what JMPD etc. will think of an Aus driver license as my ZA license has expired.

That's a nice idea. I'll have to give my shoes a clean first and will then look at doing that.

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who gets nailed by the wheel/toe overlap on the road bike. Another reason to either get white or black shoes; it's easier to patch the rub marks on the toe box.

I had my bikes washed and boxed at the LBS for Australia. My road bike was inspected by Customs and Quarantine. No problems.

Marz is a great guy! I've only had happy dealings with him.

Congrats! From experience, it takes that little bit of pressure off you.

Congratulations, Hayley!

Far out! I will happily and willingly learn how to ride a motorbike and get my open license just to do something like that! Beautiful.

How did you discover that out of all who wrote, only two candidates achieved a score of 7? Results are not put up on a notice board to my knowledge. To review my result I was required to log in to the IELTS website as memory serves.

Yes. Did it in JHB before heading over. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk