Hey everyone! Welcome back to the BAM Famalam! This week has been a little bit of a weird one
for us, we got put into lockdown, and we've been stuck at home. We've had to
wear masks when we've gone out, we still do. Lockdown is over now, the rain is out
so we're staying inside and filming from our bedroom today. Yeah, you have a lazier day today!
So rather than take you out and show you the Sunshine Coast today, we thought we
would talk to you about eight things to do when you first arrive in Australia! *music* about to
leave already packing come with me i'm not really asking we'll get away to a place where we don't
know
When you first arrive in Australia, probably one of the most important things you can do
is pick up a SIM card. I can't stress how important this is actually going to be for you,
if you're like us we ended up getting here with two rental cars. Maz hadn't actually told me
where we was going, apart from we're going to the Sunshine Coast. She didn't give me the address
because we rushed so much to get here in like 24 hours - we forgot to give each other those details, so
I actually lost Maz on the motorway, and started following another car
for 10 minutes! Lucky enough, I jumped back onto the motorway and heading into the Sunshine Coast
and luckily enough I found her again, otherwise I'd probably still be looking for her now, to this day!
I'd be shouting out "Maz! Maz!"
"I'm so hungry!"
Gosh, you're so weird!
We can't stress the importance of getting a SIM card quickly enough, so we just wanted to tell
you - so there's are lots of different phone providers. Our favorite SIM card, as people who
have family and need to contact people in other countries, is an Aldi SIM, and we top up $25
a month, that's the package where you get unlimited calls, unlimited texts, you get
a lot of data and you also get international calls. And they still run with
Telstra don't they? Yeah, they run on the Telstra network so, so that's a really that's
one of the bigger networks, yeah. Number two, of things to do when you arrive in Australia
is sleep! Certainly for us when we were planning to arrive in Australia we didn't schedule in that
we would just need to sleep, we scheduled that we would go hard at it getting set up,
but really you need to give yourself a few days to really rest and recover from those flights, because
long-haul flights, they're awful. They are. So I'd say, me personally, jump in that shower, clean
yourself off because there's nothing worse than feeling like a grub, yeah, and then just go to sleep
for as long as possible. Don't forget it, it's not a holiday, it's now for the rest of your life that
you've moved here, so there's no need to rush into doing everything immediately. Number three is to
go and get your Medicare sorted. Medicare is the country's health care system. Sometimes
you can get free doctor's appointments or free appointments and hospital treatment, or you might
get a portion of it paid by Medicare, so it is well worth going and getting your medicare card. You can
get this at a Centrelink office. Just google your nearest Centrelink office and head down there to
get it sorted. Get down there today. The fourth one on our list is sorting out your bank account.
There are some banks that allow you to set up an account while you're abroad, but you cannot
use that bank account - you can pay money into it, but you can't move any money around once it's in,
and until you have gone into a bank and shown your identification, because they want to know
that obviously you're a real person, yeah. When we first started our process of moving over,
I actually set up a bank accounts up four, no, seven to eight months before we even moved. All we have to do is go to the bank, and then yeah you just take the passport in, so it is a really,
really easy process. The major banks in Australia are ANZ, Westpac, Commonwealth Bank and NAB, and
there are other banks such as ING and Bankwest, that are also great banks, so those are just a few
of them for you to look into. Yeah, just look into which one you prefer the looks of best that suits
your needs. You can just head over to their websites, and see what works for you. Number five
is to apply for a TFN number. In Australia you have to have a TFN number to be able to work.
I will actually link the website details because I can't remember the name of the website, but that
is very important to get done ASAP. So next on your list would be sorting out your accommodation.
If you're anything like us, we just booked a couple of weeks for when we first arrived and then we had
to move sharpish, to make sure we had accommodation after that first two weeks, so that's something you
need to get on top of pretty quickly, so that you don't end up without somewhere to stay, because you don't
want to end up staying in holiday accommodation for too long. Yeah, because it can be quite pricey, unless you do
a really good deal with the people there, which is what we did, but obviously that's not the situation for
everybody. Number seven - I feel like this one is a little bit abrupt, but get a job! You need money,
well no, the thing is you know it takes a lot of stress off, I think that the whole time
you don't have a job when you move over, is a little bit stressful, because you're like,
'oh is it going to be too hard when I actually need to get a job?'. Having that job, and getting back into
normality relatively quickly, it takes the stress out of things, and it puts your mind at ease.
I think it also makes it a lot easier, because then you're not jumping into your savings constantly.
I know it's a massive strain, like if you keep eating out your savings all the time,
then it takes away from your deposit for a house, or all the other stuff you want to do.
So definitely try and get the job as soon as you can, so you're not living in holiday
mode, because the first two weeks you will be in holiday mode pretty much, yeah and you'll
be just spending and spending. The quicker you can get into earning your money, and like Ben
said, not dipping into your savings, the happier you'll be, and the less stressed you'll be.
Yeah, and then it'll feel more like normality, that you're actually living here in Australia.
Get yourself a job, and you can find yourself some good friends as well! Last but not least, is
number eight, and it is to double check with the Department of Transport in your state, to see
when you will need to get your Australian driver's license. So obviously, when you first move here, you
have a little bit of leeway, and you can use your driver's license from the country that you're from,
but you will need to get an Australian driver's license at some point, if you are living here
permanently, so you need to find out when you need to do that by, and it varies from state to state.
The Department of Transport are super helpful, so they can guide you through the whole process.
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and some other little bits and bobs! See you next week! Adios amigos!
Okay. Hi guys, welcome back to... You say go on then and you start playing with your hair! So... Ready! Okay?! Ready! Okay!
And, anyway... So when you first arrive in Australia... we did digress! Anyway, when we first
I just feel like a Bond villain, sitting here with the dog...
"Yes Mr Bond, I expect you to talk!"
Oh no, it ain't! "No, Mr Bond, I don't want you to talk, I expect you to die!"
Number Three!
Hmmmmppphhh... don't look at that link then.
Please always pray for Ben. If you don't want to pray for Ben, I don't know why I did it as well! Hashtag! If
you don't want to pray for me, you can always just SUBSCRIBE to the channel, and that'll help me out!
Jeez! Good advice Maz! Thank you Ben!
You can have little work friends! Little work friends?!
What is it with you and little things? Alright...
Get yourself a job, so then you can find some big friends!
Do it! Is to double check with the du, uh, bleugh! I don't know that one!
Our instagram is w ... no, it's not! Fudge!
I'm getting distracted by the dog, he keeps staring at me! He looks like he's going to cry!
He wants to go downstairs! Oh dear! Oh Kokopop, do you want to come here? Do you want to cuddle?
No? Okay. Geez Louise! I don't know who Louise is!