Hello all.
Just to let you all know my family and I are leaving North America November2 and we will arrive in Brisbane Australia Nov 4th 2009.I hope to continue being a contributor on this website even though I'm on another continent.We have no intentions on coming back to live in America since both my wife and I hearts belong in Australia.
Cheers to all,and please be safe.
Big Dan

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If at first you don't succeed,
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Safe travels!

I've never been but it's on my list. My uncle travels to Australia every year for 6-8 weeks on vacation and loves it. He'd live there if he could.

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Just curious, are you American citizens now ? Are you going for citizenship there ? I have always wanted to see Australia as I have only heard good things about it.

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I'd love to visit Australia, but I could never live in a place where there are snakes and spiders the size of my dog. I'd die.

You can still be quite active on the forum. Obtain a neat right hand drive MB!

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'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

As I understand it (I might be wrong), non-citizens must either have round-trip tickets or meet a certain net-worth threshold or have a job already lined up to move there. That's essentially what kept my uncle from moving. New Zealand's thresholds weren't as high so he was seriously considering that (until health issues put that on hold).

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Congrats and good luck my friend....Watch out for those box jellyfish!

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Thanks so much to you all.
To answer a few questions...
No I'm a Canadian citizen who married an Australian lady some 33 years ago.We traveled back and forth to Oz a few times a year.We bought the house my wife grew up in when she was a young child and over the years modernized it to what they call there a Queenslander home.The type of home with a porch that runs all around the house.We own about 500 acres of land and take care of about 200 horses that belong to different pony clubs,so they pay us for boarding and shelter.
We also purchased a home on the coast in a town called Southport Queensland just south of Brisbane,so when the ocean calls we drive up to the coast and hit the beaches.

Big Dan

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Cheers
Big Dan MEng

Visit my Blog..
http://allformercedesbenz.blogspot.com/

www.benzguy.piczo.com



If at first you don't succeed,
Skydiving is not for you.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS NO
MATCH FOR NATURAL STUPIDITY.

If anything can go wrong,fix it!
The hell with Murphy!!
I never think of the future.It comes soon enough.

Well, I WAS sorry to hear of your leaving but after your description of your new place I'm sorry that I'M not going!

Keep in touch!

You've got a great group of fellow Benz'ers in the "Great Down Under" and I'm sure you'll be finding plenty of projects to ease you of any spare cash you have lying about!

Have a safe and uneventful trip, Dan.

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Thanks guy's...Will do

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If at first you don't succeed,
Skydiving is not for you.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS NO
MATCH FOR NATURAL STUPIDITY.

If anything can go wrong,fix it!
The hell with Murphy!!
I never think of the future.It comes soon enough.

Yeah- good excuse to buy a W116 when you get down under. The w116.org forum is run out of Oz and it's about as good and friendly as this one. Good luck.

Rick

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We have an Aussie member right, Tony? I don't think he's posted in a while.
There are lots of Fuso FG (Canters) expedition campers over there. I'd like to see some of them.

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1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
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1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
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