First time in Melbourne few tips for you.

I saw many people have concerns while flying to Australia. They do not know that what could they carry in their on board hand baggage and what could they pack in the check-in luggage? Most of the details are provided at CASA's web site. http://www.casa.gov.au/

Just one thing to be noted that I personally find YHA as the best and cheapert place to stay if you are a back packer or do nto want to spend much on staying overnight or for couple of days. 1. Great Ocean Road, further than Geelong and a lot of tour companies conducts tours for these places. 2. Mecedon Ranges (If you like lakes, aggriculture, wineries etc.) 3. Yarra Vally 4. Mt.Buller, Mt.Bobo and Mt.Hotham (If you are into snow and ski, part of north east victoria)5. Gippsland and Phillip Island (Penguin prade is pretty famous from Phillip Island) 6. Grampians National Park (It took me about 3 and 1/2 hours to get there but it's a nice place to go to if you like bush walks and rock climbing on the way you would come accross wind farms and other historical places) 7. Dandenong Ranges, Puffing billy, Sky High, (take train from Belgrave for Puffing Billy I think. On the way to dandenong ranges try lunch at Miss Marples 'where mountain highway finishes' )

Hi Everyone, As most of the people who are willing to apply for recidency must have heard that from 1st Sepetember 2007 Immigration department of Australia will be changing the rule for imiigration please look at the following site for more details. http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-skilled-migration/changes/index.htm these changes will not applicable on the application filled before 31st August 2007. -Rajan

IMPORTANT : I personally do not take any responsibility for any comments from anyone on this blog. These are just our thoughts and we are not responsible for anything we say here. Please check with immigration department before doing anything. Question from Dev: hi rajan, no words for ur appreciation but still wanna say great work for for all students,i was about to cum melb but changed my mind for nxt two years as per MODL list, coz u r right its changes in every six months and who no's which course wud b in demand after years especially for those who wanna PR, and PR also depends on points...i think now aus govt has introduced new policy that every student will hav to work for certain duration in their respected field(course) to get PR. My sis n Jijaji are there but don have PR yet...one more year to get that..they also advised me to cum after some time so that i can get points over their PR. can u pls put ur opinion over PR process i think now some changes has been introduced to

Amitabh has asked the following question: Another useful piece of info would be how to get to the city/some suburb from Melbourne airport using public transport.. Apparently the public transport connections from the airport are very bad in Melbourne, so this info would be useful to almost anyone.I tried once.. took me 2 hrs 20 mins to get from Airport to Fairfield using a combination of bus/train/train/bus My answer to him was: Airport to Melbourne Suburbs This would be open question, there are factors what decides how you want to do it ? 1. How much money are you willing to spend ? 2. how far away is the place you want to go to ? 3. What time of the day are you landing ? If you want to go to city which is the hub for going anywhere... cheapest is to take the Airport shuttle service from SKYBUS.. It charges $15 one way to take you to Spencer Street Station. It's service is every 15 minutes from the Airport.Same way as SKYBUS there are other shuttle or pick-up services which can be

I am going to copy and paste from one of the threads i have on orkut. Hope that would he helpful to you guys. Bhupinder Asked: I will be coming in jan 2007 in melbourne.will i get cheap room easily.what will be the minimum rent My answer: Are you coming for visiting ? Study ? or on Permanent residence?Accordingly will be your choice of place. if student find out accomodation in the uni notice board. there will be so many people looking for house mates. Visitor ? : I guess backpackers place like YHA will be the best and cheap.PR ? Okay thats a difficult one... if you know someone here that is good. Because hard to find a place on rent. Especially when you do nto have job and a reference. Someone with nick Hot Chocolate said: thx budddy .this will be in great help ful.byut tell me plz onething.if i want to drive taxi for part time there in melbourne dan wht shud i do.?as i am cuming just after a month .i got everything.plz tell me in geat regard.thx . My Answer: my question to you is why

(I am extracting it from a thread i have started on orkut) Being student I went though many ups and dows few years back. here are few tips for you 1. Finding Accomondation ? Answer: a) Best website - http://www.realestate.com.au/ b) Uni - Notice board (most of the uni's has it) usually near to student council offices. 2. Transportation ? Answer: Major areas of Melbourne are divided in two zones. Best part I like is that you do not need to buy diffrent tickets for Bus, Tram and Train. Same ticket works for you everywhere in public transport. International students please remamber that there is no concession tickets for you. More info can be found at http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/ You even have a online trip planner. 3. Job Search ? What kind of jobs are in demand? Answer: Best two sites are a) http://www.seek.com.au/ b) http://www.mycareer.com.au/ You can even search for voluntery work on other sites. 4. Weather & Clothing (Belive me its must melbourne has three weathers