Trying to find a.........

[AussieGal 0]

Hi fellow Aussies

Can anyone suggest where i can get a Pudding Steamer in this Country, i have looked high and low and its is driving me bloody crazy I have been asked...what is that...ummmm.

I had a couple in OZ land, wish i had bought the dam things with me

Any suggestion would be appreciated

Cheers

Parys

[MelindaandTarek 0]

Cant say that I have any clue what that is ....so I am no help...hope u find one though

[jodee 30]

pudding tin

thats the closest i can find in America,..

pudding tins are very much a british, australian, new zealand thing!!

[Kath 0]

hi ya

the only thing that i would suggest is see if ebay has one on ebay.com or find one on the aussie ebay and get it posted over to you...

didnt they use to steam the puddings in the ceramic mixing bowls and just place it in a pan of boiling water and cover it...might be a different thing to cook never did make a pudding lol

hope you find one

kath

[TracyOz 0]

I am going to Westfield Marion tomorrow or Thursday... happy to look for you and see what they have (I think General Trader had some in the other day)... I am sure they aren't too exxie$$ and pretty easy to send so if I find one I will let you know and if you want me to send it across then I am more than happy to do so...

BTW - noticed you are from ADL ... and used Grace Bros. Removals...

Could I have more info on what you moved and what it cost you to do so?

I won't be moving furniture, just boxes of "stuff" LOL... (including a pudding steamer <grin> - plus a few necessary other Aussie items that I know are VERY difficult to come by in the USA)...

another question - you had posted a while back about (no region DVD players)... WAS wondering how you went with that - multi-region.. My kiddos and I have so many DVD's that they have accumulated I WOULD hate for them not to work over there - kwim?

have a GREAT day & do let me know about the Steamer... cause seriously it is no problem if I can locate one

Tracy

[AussieGal 0]

Hi Folks

This post was supposed to go into the Aussie thread..ummm... duhhhh she must have pressed the wrong thing.

THANK YOU!!! for your replies

Kath and Jodee thanks for the suggestions, i really appreciate it

and thanks MelindaandTarek for not knowing..lol, but, nice of you to post a reply

I have been so obessed with this the last week. Phewwwww, i feel i can relax now.

Durango being such an isolated place to get things one feels like one is going nuts when i try to find things.

Tracy that sounds bloody marvellous what you offered, definatly like that idea.

If you could let me know cost etc and how i can pay you....I do have a Paypal acc and can transfer it that way to you.

We solved our DVD issue by buying a large flat screen for the pc and watch our movies that way, so much easier for us as we do not own a TV (we did not want one) so that serves two purposes..for my artwork and movies.

I had every international moving CO in Adelaide out to give me quotes and i found Grace Bros the best for our needs and the cheapest. We had approx 15 CM's...88 boxes of all sizes and some furniture that cost us just over 10 grand. They were very professional and nice to deal with, We recieved it in 5 weeks, no damage to anything. I did bring some electrical items as well and got a power convertor, they are much cheaper here.

Whoo Hooo...

Thanks

Cheers

Parys

[jodee 30]

When I moved in December of 2003 from Darwin, it cost me $7200 Aud. It was moved from Darwin to Germany. I had it stored for a while, because I immigrated to the States, got married, then were on orders with the Military to Germany. We knew he was going to be on orders, thats why i had it packed up and put in storage, pending a delivery address from me. we arrived in Germany march 21, and my stuff arrived exactly 6 weeks later. I had 16 cubic metres (CM), which included about 90 boxes and furniture, everything a household could have except whitegoods. I went with Allied Pickford Removals. So my price included, international insurance, and storage costs, as well as pack up, and unpack costs...

[TracyOz 0]

Hey Parys NO PROBLEMS.... I will let you know via email or PM all of the details - and really it is NOT A problem or drama for me at all.... so you can rest your mind and know that come hell or high water you WILL HAVE A PUDDING steamer for Xmas <grin>

I know myself with the times that I have spent over there, how frustrating the (differences) in shopping for "stuff" can be - like what we are used to here in Australia for cooking etc... head into a store looking for a specific thing... (in the land of EVERYTHING) grin, but not be able to find it... not just "cookware" but also ingredients...

And knowing that Vegemite has to take a bit of a "remakeover" and removal of some ingredients before it is allowed back on the "importing for selling" stakes over there, and my kids and I THRIVE on the stuff - means that we will be taking some big jars with us when we move, we will be sending my fiance back (after he visits here at Xmas) with a couple of jars to put in the pantry in preparation for our arrival LOL... and whenever anyone is over visiting us next year they too will be under strict instructions to bring it... (along with Berocca - which also is difficult to find an exact substitue - kwim? )

have a GREAT day folks, and thanx for those indications about the transporting of goods... I won't be worrying too much about quotes till next year, and even then some of mine and my kiddos stuff is going into storage here with my eldest son - so I can save up for its' removal as just our airfares and all of the paperwork & fees for (me and kids) is sucking up my funds at this moment (without removalists thrown on top) LOL... but when the kids and I go we will definitely be in the "excess baggage" run with between 3-4 cases each... (at only $100 buckaroonies) for extra cases ontop of our standard 3 we are allowed (only because of our F/Flyer status) we will get around 12 x 32kilos of stuff in during our move... that is quite a fair bit... <grin>

Tracy

[TracyOz 0]

Hey Parys...

I think I PM'd you about this.

Found you one YAY LOL.. let me know if you want me to get it.. PM me with your details.

have a GREAT day

Tracy

[patriciaofoz 0]

Tracy, if you are at least a Silver Frequent Flyer with Qantas, you'll get an extra 32kg luggage to the US. I know it's not much but it's something extra...

Anyone here every used Jetta? Zach & I only need to ship bits and pieces (like books, some clothes and photo albums) so going via Grace Bros probably won't be economical since we don't have any furniture to send through. But I may still look into it nonetheless.

Keep the convos going, I'm learning a lot!

[AussieGal 0]

Thanks Tracy, very much appreciated

Cheers

Parys

[densusan 0]

Hi Tracy,

When I moved to the USA from Adeliade I used Allied Pickfords . I filled a shipping container which included some major pieces of furniture and basically everything that would fill a 3 bedroom home. I had to use their storage facility for around 3-4 months (our house was unfinished here) so that increased the total cost quite a bit. With insurance I think the total was around $12,000! They pack everything which is a requirement of US customs. I found them to be very helpful and professional. They also helped with organising boarding and then flights to the USA for my 4 legged friend Georgia but I posted some info about that in the other topic you started about where are all the aussies. If you need anymore info just post in the land-downunder and I will reply.

Bye for now,

Susan

[StillThePrettiest 3]

thank you SO much for those recommendations for international movers! I've got a load of stuff in storage in Sydney - I've had the contents of my one-bedroom apartment in a Kennard's storage space since I moved to London, more than three years ago - and I just didn't even know where to start, with thinking about moving it... someone mentioned the movers having to pack stuff; is this the case when it's already packed? could be a long and tedious process...

(oh, and my apologies for hi-jacking the thread, but it looks like the pudding steamer issue has been satisfactorily sorted )

[AussieGal 0]

StillThePrettiest,

Some of the moving Companies probably will say they have to pack, i think the reason being is due to all the stuff coming through customs and may be easier that way so customs do not unpack it all and do the search thing

I would suggest you talk with a moving Company and see what goes.

Cheers

Parys

[TracyOz 0]

oooh and Parys did want to let you know that the steamer is on its way... and you might just find a little "treat" inside it too...

have a GREAT day folks..... I am .... well I am starting to prepare now for the total SILLY season... <grin> my kiddos have just over one week left of school before (Aus school summer holidays ---- ahhhh so much to do and with them at home for 7 weeks... gonna not be too easy LOL... )... and it is 2 weeks from today and my honey arrives from (cold and snowing cleveland) I tell yah if he was here today I think he would just about die, it is 37 (celcius) here in Adelaide today, nasty hot wind though... but from the photos that he sent me through that were taken an hour ago in his yard with snow on the ground.... brrrrrrrrr.... while I don't know how much I am going to enjoy that, I know that my kiddos are looking forward to it for next year...

Packing, schmacking LOL... that seems to be all I have been doing since getting back here at the end of September... I am SO SO OVER IT... I have SLOWLY but surely been going through every room in the house - not only for this process, but because I sold my house and my settlement falls at the end of January, so it all has to be sorted out... most of my furniture and household effects are actually moving over to my ex's house, where my eldest son will be living - so that makes one thing fairly easy... and for shipping to the USA we (myself and 2 youngest ones) really will just be taking about 16 (packing boxes) worth of personal effects, memorabilia, etc... I really HOPE that they (movers) don't have to "actually" repack everything - I will have to ask them, I have been pretty good about it (ummm ####### would be the word), making sure each box only weighs a specific amount, and I have created a full packing list of each one - put one copy inside each box, have put one copy (in a ziplock) on the outside of the box, kept a copy for my records ... and have put one copy into a folder to leave with my ex (as the boxes are going to be stored with him for a while and we will ship them over later next year, when the finances have recovered a little from the K-1/AOS & airline travel "shock to the bank accounts" process LOL)...

Tracy

:-)