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07-10-2012, 04:53
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: PORTUGAL
Posts: 30,616
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Re: Change of Plan
Well.... this is one grand ripoff... got here this morning and got a weepy my hubbies in hospital for a transplant so cannot pay you it all but have put 3K in your account... your ticket is for tonight... wow that was fast... checked account nothing there... she then said it went in Sat so would not show yet... hmmmmmmmm
So I reminded her I'd asked in Darwin for her to have my fee in cash and ticket for when I arrived... then got told she could not pay me cash as I was working in Oz illegally... ever be conned and given the 'Bum's Rush'
My advice to other EU Delivery Skippers is.. do not touch an Ozzie job with a barge pole if these folk are anything to go by... 7 1/2 months off blood,sweat and tears for this and this is the boat... ELLE BO
So what do I do... take the boat out and anchor off... sink it...????
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You can't beat a people up (for 75yrs+) and have them say..
"I Love You.. ". Murray Roman.
Yet the 'useful idiots' still dance to the beat of the drums.
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07-10-2012, 05:04
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#212
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Moderator and Certifiable Refitter
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: South of 43 S, Australia
Boat: C.L.O.D.
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Re: Change of Plan
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Originally Posted by boatman61
Well.... this is one grand ripoff... got here this morning and got a weepy my hubbies in hospital for a transplant so cannot pay you it all but have put 3K in your account... your ticket is for tonight... wow that was fast... checked account nothing there... she then said it went in Sat so would not show yet... hmmmmmmmm
So I reminded her I'd asked in Darwin for her to have my fee in cash and ticket for when I arrived... then got told she could not pay me cash as I was working in Oz illegally... ever be conned and given the 'Bum's Rush'..............
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WTF - words fail me 
Mate, once you get some access to and from the harbour, a few beers will help put some good humour back into the body  and the problems will be solved.
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All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangereous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. T.E. Lawrence
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07-10-2012, 05:13
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#213
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 530
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Re: Change of Plan
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07-10-2012, 05:29
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#214
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: gettin naughty on the beach in cornwall
Boat: 63 custom alloy sloop,macwester26,prout snowgoose 37 elite catamaran!
Posts: 10,594
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Re: Change of Plan
bali is mainly downwind from freemantle,i hear the food is quite nice there!
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07-10-2012, 05:30
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#215
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: PORTUGAL
Posts: 30,616
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Re: Change of Plan
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Originally Posted by justwaiting
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So are you saying my E-Visitors in which I stated my reason for entry is no good...??
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You can't beat a people up (for 75yrs+) and have them say..
"I Love You.. ". Murray Roman.
Yet the 'useful idiots' still dance to the beat of the drums.
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07-10-2012, 05:40
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#216
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: gettin naughty on the beach in cornwall
Boat: 63 custom alloy sloop,macwester26,prout snowgoose 37 elite catamaran!
Posts: 10,594
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Re: Change of Plan
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Originally Posted by boatman61
So are you saying my E-Visitors in which I stated my reason for entry is no good...??
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you stopped working once you arrived in aus,and stepped onto the land as a tourist...as far as i can see......if it is otherwise the owner is in deep **** for knowingly employing an illegal worker,against their will on a honestly obtained tourist visa,when all they want to do is go home with renumeration gained outside of australia!
sounds like i will pay you on friday ,checks in the post....and i won't.........sort of scenario!
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07-10-2012, 05:48
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#217
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 312
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Agree with Athol - the "illegally working in Oz" thing is BS, see my post on the new thread for this.
They're stalling, and lying, ...
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07-10-2012, 06:03
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#218
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 134
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Re: Change of Plan
Often the Quokka classifieds will list short term mooring rentals in Mangles Bay near Rockingham:
Search results | Quokka
Better to get a free printed issue on Thursdays.
As a last resort you'll find unused moorings on the north east side of Garden Island between Rockingham and Fremantle. There is no land access to this island as its blocked by the Naval base at the southern part of the island. Visitors can go ashore during the daytime but must be off the island (on their moored boat) by nightfall. I was just sailing by there yesterday and there are a couple of boats visiting at the moment but lots of moorings available. There was once a jetty at the north side of this beach. The outward end of the jetty is still visible, but the rest is sunk. Watch our for submerged hazards where the jetty used to be.
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07-10-2012, 06:08
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#219
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Armchair Bucketeer
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 10,012
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Re: Change of Plan
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07-10-2012, 06:23
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#220
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 530
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Re: Change of Plan
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Originally Posted by boatman61
So are you saying my E-Visitors in which I stated my reason for entry is no good...??
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Phil, there are a couple of different e visas, if yours is an EU type and you stated you actual reason i think that you are ok - but imigration law is not something that i have studied.
FWIW i was technicaly an ilegal imigrant here for over 25 years, only found out by acident. Took 1 hour to sort, they were realy good. 
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07-10-2012, 06:30
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#221
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cat herder, extreme blacksheep
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: furycame alley , tropics, mexico for now
Boat: 1976 FORMOSA yankee clipper 41
Posts: 18,967
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Re: Change of Plan
wow! not cool situation...what recourses do you have and how can this be fixed???
is a looong time to work so hard for nada--or as close to that as possible....
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07-10-2012, 06:36
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#222
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,144
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Re: Change of Plan
Seems to me you have got free lodging on board until you get paid even if you are no longer employed. What are they going to do call the police? Just tell the owners you'll be staying on board until the money is in the account. In the meantime provision up with case of Foster's or other local brew and put your feet up and put a couple of shrimp on the barbie.
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07-10-2012, 06:42
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#224
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Melbourne Australia
Boat: Paper Tiger 14 foot, Gemini 105MC 34 foot Catamaran Hull no 825
Posts: 2,912
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Re: Change of Plan
What F###ing Arseholes,
Reneging on payment is just not on,
You are not working in Australia, your delivering a boat.
Have a word with Customs, Explain your situation, they might be able to get it sorted for you,
They do have a lot of power, More so than the coppers.
Australian law does have laws to stop this sort of thing,
Try the Marine Police as well,
Thats blatant fraud,
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07-10-2012, 07:41
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#225
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cat herder, extreme blacksheep
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: furycame alley , tropics, mexico for now
Boat: 1976 FORMOSA yankee clipper 41
Posts: 18,967
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Re: Change of Plan
phil--i kinda like doj's mindset on this one....but i am not aussie, so i dont know repercussions of same.....good luck and may you find the good answer...and money.
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