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This is the link for Fuel Watch website, and has prices for today and tomorrow. It's really handy. http://www.fuelwatch.wa.gov.au/fuelwatch/pages/home.jspx

I haven't flown on Garuda myself, but have some friends that did. They had over wing seats, and saw duct tape on the wing, holding a flap shut. I don't think that would fill anyone with confidence...

All these posts seem to be pretty negative, and maybe it was just luck, but my partner applied for an IT Systems Engineer job in Perth a week before we made the move in January, and they got back to him straight away, gave him an interview over Skype in which they more or less offered him the job. He went in to see the place when we got to Perth, and started a week afterwards. It's not all doom and gloom. Although having said that I still haven't found anything yet, after 4 months of looking (for anything!) and over 100 applications.

In regards to how much information they expect, it's a lot. We sent our application, which was about an inch thick and cost a small fortune to send recorded thanks to the weight of all that paper, and then I got an email asking to provide even more! I couldn't believe it. So we scrambled around and found even more stuff, like old wedding invites with both our names, old holiday confirmation emails, old tax returns from when we had lived in Aus before. I think they like a variety of things. Less is not more in this case. And I wouldn't worry about the past relationship thing, we both put no. I don't think it's weird. Hope that helps.

Hi Steph, I applied for my partner visa in September 2013, and at that time, it was 8-9 months processing time. I know the waiting is awful, but I just put it to the back of my mind. You start doubting whether you'll get it, thinking of extra things you could have added in to your evidence, and wondering what on earth they're doing. I think it's just a matter of course. Sure enough, almost 8 months to the day after they received my application, my visa was granted. I doubt very much you'll hear anything before the 12 month mark, but the time will fly afterwards. We spent another 7 and a half months in London after my visa was granted, and it felt like it was gone so quickly. It's hard waiting, but don't wish the time away.