BritVics

Welcome to BritVics - The place to be
BritVics is a community portal for Expats living in, or planning to move to, the state of Victoria in Australia.

If you are not able to find the answer to a question you have please join us on the BritVics Forum and let us know!

Moving

 * Shipping
 * Flights
 * To do list
 * Furniture
 * Pets
 * Appliances

Banking

 * How to do it?
 * Who to use?

Work

 * Links to sites where you can look for work
 * Working ethics, what it is like to work in Aus?
 * How to apply for work, from aus and from abroad?

CV and References

 * What needs to be in the CV
 * How to get one together

Schools

 * How to find schools?
 * Private or public?

Medical Issues

 * Medicare
 * Private health insurance
 * Ambulance services
 * Hospitals
 * How to transfer over prescribed meds?
 * where are the pharmacies and how good are they?
 * SES

Suburbs & Housing

 * Collection of reviews from different suburbs
 * Travel times
 * Buying a house in aus
 * selling a house in aus
 * house quality
 * swimming pools
 * FIRB

Utilities

 * Water
 * Electricity
 * Gas

Transport

 * VicRoad
 * Melways
 * Train Services
 * Importing your Car
 * Cars
 * Fuel
 * Auto Maintenance
 * Parking

Communications

 * Telephone
 * Internet
 * Mobile Phones

Animal Life

 * Spiders, snakes and other annoyances
 * How to spot them
 * How to avoid them

Emotional Support

 * How to best bribe kids
 * How to tell to those who you leave behind
 * How to handle the downs

Visas & Citizenship

 * Visa Types
 * How to get one
 * Evidence

Lifestyle

 * What to do
 * Where to do it?

Weather

 * The drought
 * changes in yearly weather
 * etc.

Electrical

 * Power requirements
 * Plug sockets and adapters
 * Should bring your own appliances?
 * Buy from Australia?
 * Where to find good ones?
 * What are good ones?