Sharron Merrilees

19 hours ago, lahgon29 said:

The Oz dollar was at 19 just after covid hit the markets. Now nearly 20% higher.  The Oz has been at roughly 50c to USD while Keating was boss, and hit 57 in 2020.

Its a commodity currency, and waxes and wanes with the cycle. Its exports, agricultural and materials and energy, are priced in USD, so all are getting premiums on exports. Oz has had a windfall in the last year of approx 50 billion AUD due to this.

We'll most likely have no recession there (looking at you, US, UK, EU) and energy supplies aren't a problem (UK, EU again).

Oz is in better shape than the EU, UK and most of the rest of the world. NZ is heading for big trouble.

 

Check your facts instead of just mouthing opinion and dressing it up as fact. OZ IS the lucky country, maybe not deserving, but is. 

will I take it you  must be on the higher level of  the AUD $, because there  are a hell of a lot of every day Aussie that are living below the  politely line, The only answer that the bunch clowns that  running the country are a sick joke. it and only be called the lucky country if you are on a six figure or above. I like many other's the lucky ones that could would of gotten out years ago, I wouldn't say they are mouthing off just saying like it is. can't wait to get  back to my beloved Thailand. 

17 hours ago, Lucky Bones said:

In your first papagraph you talk about returning home to Thailand.

Your last paragraoh you talk about travelers.

You are measuring apples and oranges or chalk and cheese.

Totally different kettle of fish.

TP and insurance  is an immense turnoff to my Aussie mates.

I'm Here in Aussie now worst luck, and I always have travel insurance no TP is going to put me of getting back to LOS. Just think yourself lucky you are living there cause this land down under is <deleted>. Maybe if your mates are turned off coming back maybe stay away from the bar girls. 

On 4/2/2022 at 12:29 PM, lujanit said:

Still cheap.  Try buying cooking gas in Oz.

and petrol just come down to AUD$190.00 but not in every state. we are in one of a cost of  living  here rise it is just another sick joke,any Aussies lucky enough to live there stay put. We are going to a $20 singles and $30 for couples but not till the end of June. at lest up there way further $7 in the pub for a schooner or stubbies, last time I was up I was paying 80bht a VB .   

I am looking at coming back in November 22, I have been fully vac's 3 shot's can get a yellow vac book here in Australia, will I be able to travel around ok no quarantine, and will the Thai pass be going then, as I know I can apply on line for it. what is the current PCR test still 72 hours before flight on arrival and that' is it the same if I fly in from an other country first. thanks for any info as want to book flights extra. 

3 hours ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Below is a graph posted in an ABC article today showing excess deaths in Australia in recent years and shows 2017 had significantly more deaths that was attributed to the flu than the 22,000 covid deaths over the past 2 years.I must be missing something because I don't remember there being much of a hoo haa made about the deaths from the flu that year or any lockdowns or vaccine mandates.I wonder if Thailand might have a similar story?

 

 

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-08/australia-covid-19-deaths-and-mortality/100857462

No I don't reamber that either. but have gone and had my flu shoot. now 3 covid and flu now looking to come back to the LOS.

On 2/5/2022 at 2:23 AM, Meat Pie 47 said:

Nonsense I live in OZ now and casinos are legal I never lost a cent yet

I work in a leagues club on the Central Coast NSW, and if you have never lost a cent you either don't play them, or are one  in a million I see it every day I work at that money that goes through them, what do you thing keeps the Pubs and clubs going and of cause the taxes. Thailand DOSE NOT NEED them, if so curtain area's only, I have to wounder if the Chinese are behind this.    

On 2/5/2022 at 11:09 AM, wensiensheng said:

Yup. Covid is rife in phuket. My daughter had it a couple of weeks ago. No idea where she caught it, assume her school, no attempt at test and trace of contacts. She just isolated at home, but there was nothing to stop her going out and about other than her own responsibility. We only discovered she had it by accident because I gave her a rapid test so that we could prove she was Covid free for her gym club. Otherwise she would have been roaming around infecting others

Schools back here in Australia have started back this week, the government gave out free arigen  test for to be done at home and 9-12yrs upwards have to wear marks to and from school in classroom and playground so we will wait and see how that goes. omicrom have come down here they are thinking of  opening up our boarders to tourist again. Me I am hanging out to get back to Thailand. 

This 50,000k I take it is in US $  medical insurance is that only for covid or all medical. as when I normally travel to Thailand I just get unlimited med insurance , as am looking at coming back soon. could someone please let me know. Can I get in on my 3 jabs. and prove and no quarantine.      

On 1/18/2022 at 10:08 PM, The Hammer2021 said:

Yet you live in Australia..good luck..

I have a brother living in London, And I live in Australia ( only because I have family matters here ) but the land dower under is stuffed . I would gladly get out. Be the first Female Robin Hood take from the rich and give to the poor.  

21 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

Thailand does not have any "clever" ministers, far from it, from the top to bottom ! ????

Will they sure as hell don't have any down here in Australia so you are not alone. cant wait to get out of the place, just one stuff up after another.

We can't get hold of them down here in Oz either. Our bunch of clown's that call them self a government, are telling us to get out and get rat test and test your self and family 3 times a week but at Aud $15.00 a hit not a problem, If the UK but the & USA can hand them out for free why can't they heel we are in the top 5 highest paying taxes in the world. anybody that would want to come to live or holiday  need to be in the million's .    

Could someone PLEASE out there keep an up date on the next stage of entering the country when they do away with stop & go and the Thai Pass. I have now booked 3rd time for 9th may coming from Australia so no visa required had 3 shoots ,and prove and will get clearance down here 72 hours before my flight as was l have booked Chang Mai, then Bangkok, & Kho Lanta. I do not what to spend days in quintine at my expanse to the Thai Government  Much rather give where it is needed the Thai people. Thanks for any help.   

Do Thai's even go for a driving test before getting there lesions,  IT has never changed in all the year's I have been coming to Thailand. Helmet's should be composery Like other countries and I never get over kids standing and no helmet's on . I have never seen a cop on the road, so I guess it will never change.

On 12/26/2021 at 5:16 PM, RichardColeman said:

My daughter has not been to her kindergarten for nearly a year now, she was 4 when stopped, but now turned 5, if the jab gets the school open and her back in then i'm ok with it. I don't like it, but will agree to it. She is at far more risk education wise than health wise from not taking it.

 

For some reason she the wife just took her for a flu jab, so 1 more wont hurt

I agree with you, here in Australia the have started vaccination 5-11yrs Pfizer and Mandora and have no reports of any side affects, it is not compulsory but they over vacs for other things just keep them safe and in schools.    

49 minutes ago, smedly said:

what really disgusts me is the ammount of frarangs that go to the toilet here and do not wash their hands - what sort of dirty background do they come from, I see most Thais washing their hands  but not farangs especially right now during this pandemic - it has put me right off shaking strangers hands as a greeting 

I always carry hand sanitiser around with, just to be on the safe side no matter where I am will before Covid came  on the scern . 

I am down here in Aussie and want to come over in May 22, but stopping in Taiwan first as we do not need a Visa never have, understand all the paper work can't find a list of the 63 countries that they are allowed in. as I want to go ahead and book my flight why the prices are reusable,  Understand Thai Pass but what is this COE stand for etc. maybe all this sh-t will be gone by then. thank's.

On 11/10/2021 at 7:41 PM, Chad3000 said:

I only buy Asus computers. Dell also make good computers. If you just need something to putter around on any name brand will do. Do try and get an SSD drive and 8gb RAM minimum. Windows 11 ready - no sense in buying obsolete kit.

 

I'd recommend you browse online but buy local and in person. Jib probably has best selection, lowest prices. Go there, unseal the box, power it up. You don't want someone's return.

I have just read your your answerer, have put it on file and you Management a shop or place called Jip could you please till me where they are,as am coming over  in May 2022 and was looking to get one, what should I roughly pay for one. I will be in Chiang Ma & Bangkok. Hoping everything is open by then . Thank's.  

On 11/11/2021 at 12:50 PM, scorecard said:

 

Really, interesting how you have deliberately ignored that there's a global fast spreading deadly virus surrounding everyone. But of course there are folks who believe it's all fake. In the USA 780,000 deaths from the virus or perhaps you believe that's fake news too.

 

 

Got to be a Trump supporter, 

On 11/26/2021 at 6:00 PM, James105 said:

Having the hotels still involved means lots of potential for scams.   School kids in the UK discovered how easy it was to make these things turn positive (I believe Coca Cola works quite well) so that they wouldn't have to go to school.    I presume the hotels will soon discover that by using a similar technique, they will be able to sell those people the PCR upgrade package which includes a compulsory overnight stay.   

Thanks for that info on the ATK test, they have started to bring it in to schools here in Australia. I new it wouldn't be long before teen's found a way around it. Schools are giving it free but any one else you have to buy at $10.00 a hit, at lest in the UK it's free. We have a Gov here that is all about $$$ and taxes.

FOR GOD SAKE DO NOT ALLOW  CASINO'S IN.  Their is enough corruption in Thailand now it sure as hell doesn't need anymore. I can see what the government can only see $$$ but there is a hell of a lot more to it than that for once but it's people first. I work in a big leagues club in Australia with nearly 1000 poker machines in them and the money that goes through per day makes you want to cry, let alone any other form of gambling. It ruin's people's lives. Just keep them out They are not needed yes we have all form gambling here but the clown's running the show here love's the $$$ and taxes too.

On 11/20/2021 at 3:18 PM, Will B Good said:

You get to go out without a chaperone?...........????

What a bar girl or a lady boy The must be doing it hard to. I'm hanging out to May 22. then it might be back to at less semi " Normal ". 

Could someone please Let me know what this new Thai Pass that keeps coming up on here, what it all about and who has to have it. I have tried looking it up on line but so much of it is in Thai and bit are in English don't make any scents . I'm from Aussie we don't need visa, and are planning to come over in May so was hoping things like quarantine and extra will be done with and I would only need proof that I have been double Vax and test negative. Will be flying from Taiwan to CM. there is so much BS from our gov and Thai gov i might turn into a ladyboy and have better luck. I just want to get out of this hell hole here and back to LOL. Thanks for any help.   

Just may be they could try what is happening down here in some part's of Australia,The Gov here has put out an app with a QR code with prove that you have been doubled Vaxx to get in to any pub or club. It may mean that they have to have someone on the door usurly security guard but at less it keeps just about every one happy. I'm back at work after 4 months off. I work in a club and the price of a beer is going up to $7.50  spirits $12.50  as of the 1st Dec. Smokes are up to $45.oo pkt of 30 it is cheaper to go  on the the happy weed.  Our government stuff's everything up but I guess it is more taxes for them. 

17 hours ago, Burma Bill said:

Yes indeed. Maybe due to transportation costs? Both vegetables are not grown on a commercial scale in Thailand, so have to be imported (as here in Cambodia). Australia was a big exporter but nowadays it is China and for reference:-

 

The Australian fresh broccoli and cauliflower industries have experienced significant displacement in export markets. Exports for both products have declined rapidly in recent years. Export volumes of have collectively fallen by 92 per cent since its peak in 2001.

China now produces 45 per cent of the world’s cauliflower and broccoli. Its production has grown 51 per cent since the year 2000.

 

https://ausveg.com.au/app/data/technical-insights/docs/VG05028.pdf

 

Incidentally, sometimes I can buy delicious Australian celery when in season.

Yes It is not only the export of broccoli & cauliflower down here in Australia, It no overseas piker's it is sending the cost up on all fruit & veg buy Xmas it will look but can't buy. Both Broccoli & Cauliflower are $3.00 kg B & $4.00 Cauliflower in Coles & Woolworths.and since China isn't talking to us so they don't want it.