Share ko din BM experience namin, me with 2 kids.
Mla-Syd
Peak season kaya madami tao. We had cebpac. Its better to be at the airport very early at least 5 to 6 hrs before the flight. I did not pay our travel tax when we booked kasi I have a 5 yo daughter and Ive read na may discount pag below 12 yo. 50% nalang yung travel tax nya. After paying the travel tax we proceeded sa check in. We had a total of 120 kilos, and ang tagal namin kasi binuksan isa isa ang bags (4 luggages and 2 boxes). Bawal din any liquid sa predep. Kahit yung 250ml na fresh milk in tetra pack ng anak ko bawal kaya pinainom ko nalang sa kanya before kami pumasok. Sa immigration, I had our visa print outs ready and the passports (old and new). Those who had their passports renewed after visa grant please bring your old passports just in case hanapin.
When we arrived sydney airport mabilis lang sa immigration, I just presented our passports, once scanned they can see our visa so they didnt ask for the printout. We proceeded to customs as we declared some stuff (food, nuts, kitchen knives, wood item, otc meds). They are strict esp on fresh food. Yung food talaga chinicheck nila, I had ours contained in one hand carry bag kaya di na ako nagbukas ng maleta. They just asked what else did we bring, pero di naman pinabuksan. Its really best to just declare. Dont forget to clean your shoes kasi they will ask if you cleaned them. :-)
Syd-Adl
There’s a 4 dollar charge for use of trolley in sydney so make sure you have extra aud. We took jetstar and its a budget airline, they are very strict sa hand carry. They only allow a total of 7 kilos for hand carry per person (total for a hand bag and a small hand carry bag). Strict sila dito kasi sa pre dep before boarding the plane they will weigh each hand carry and they will charge extra if you exceed.
Nab account
I had mine opened in sydney but asked the bank teller to just mail my debit card in adelaide. The card arrived after 4 banking days
TFN
Registered online and received the TFN after a week (thru mail)
Observations in adelaide
I like it here, we live in a southern suburb around 10 min drive to cbd. Walang traffic and maluwag ang daan. Malapit din sa mga supermarkets and malls tapos nasa tapat ng bahay lang ang bus stop around 20 min lang to adelaide market if commuting. Very convenient. For now yan pa lang ma cocontribute ko. I have submitted a few job applications since 2nd week of jan and received one rejection letter na. Hahaha.. Praying to land a job soon. God bless us all. :-)