For mobile, I reckon you should start with prepaid first. The mobile plan that suits you best depends on the bunch of friends you'll be calling most.

yeapz agreed...when u r more settled....u will usually use 3g (the company name is like dat.....dun ask me y)....coz it has the best deal for money....however the service quite sucky compared 2 other service provider...ie...credit balance checking, "prompt-ness" of its sms / voicemail is very doubtful.....

erm.....bank account ar...use the daily account....diferent bank got different names 4 dat...my advice....use comm bank.....best!!!....most ATM around....very common....the australian post office is their authorized service partner oso...which means u can oso deal ur stuffs in post office...if u use comm bank...for tertiary students,....banking is free...no fees.....juz need 2 prove to them u r a student every year n dats it!!

pangping:
btw i was askin y u say not 2 go pharma at monash....hehhee....not meaning y dun u choose pharma...hehhee sorry 4 my confusing statement....

bank : ANZ, CBA, NAB and westpac.

better option : CBA or ANZ
for intl money transfer : HSBC or Citibank, safe cost if you have hsbc malaysia..

MOBILE: 3G, Optus, Telstra

3G...is a company that sell hp plan same as optus and telstra

Go for prepaid as you dont need plan...those plan is a rip off if you do calculation I suggest optus ...it depend on what is your need

yea agree with him, CBA is all around...convinent for student same as ANZ
look for common stuff around and save .

Anyone from UWA? my brother going this feb but dont know where to stay..any tips?

haha...cuz i am bonded to study medicine...so memang cant choose pharm lor...=) haha...not confusing

would it be ok if i open a commonwealth bank streamline account?i have looked at the website...does it provide atm card, cheque facility? need to pay how much? interested to get netbank saver fast start also...how to transfer money from malaysia to my bank account in aussie later?my parents wan to transfer moeny

when you go thr, bring a bankdraft for security purpose...
u just go CBa say u want to open student acc which is streamline+netbank, they will eventually tell you straight away..
Just ask your parent TT to your CBA account.
You will find out the cost of TT money charge higher than the price of same bank name transfer...

This post has been edited by KVReninem: Jan 15 2007, 12:48 AM

Of course not! Sydney > Melbourne. Yes, I know this will incite flames in here, but I just say it for the heck of it anyway.

I'm at UNSW Commerce too, combining it with my Engineering program. Gonna do ECON1101 this coming session.

Yes it is ok for you to open a streamline account and since you are an undergraduate you are not charged the monthly fee of $5. You will be provided with atm card not sure about cheque have not used one before as everything in Australia do it online . Netbank fastsaver is good as long as you have money in there you will get interest and if your normal streamline account running low you can quickly transfer it from fastsaver.

There shouldn't be anything to worry about if everyone is going to Melb as isnt the whole purpose of studying abroad is to meet new friends from other countries not just limited to malaysians. Having said that sydney has a lot of malaysians and indons itself so nothing to worry about

yah..agree alot indo and malaysian too in melbourne...

yahlo...from what i see, ALOT choose melb over unsw...i also dunno y...which is better actually?

owh...wil i get a credit card from streamline?or netbank?cuz i need to pay for my accomodation...that interest from netbank fastsaver is good right...how to bring money over when i first go to aussieland?

BANKDRAFT

actually...if you want to save on accmodation within 1st month i dont think it is possible..you only will feel the saving after 1 month as you need to adjust to the free economy in aussieland..

yea...n normal account wont get credit card...hav 2 apply separately...bring msian credit card over la....for the just in case situations!!

pangping:
i think u still din get me....well i mean dis...got ppl ask where is best 2 do pharma...then u say not 2 go monash coz whole taylors gang goin monash.....then im juz wondering why not monash>??? since monash's pharma quite good

well i agree with you, my point is i'm just having this feeling that more students have melbourne(as a destination, not only melb uni) as their top choices over sydney or other cities in australia...
and yeah meeting new friends is the one of the main objective studying abroad, but i would rather have some old friends, at least one or two will do going to the same place with me, at least we could provide each other company before we get to mix with others isnt it, but that's just my opinion...

hi
since this is studying in aus thread
i would like to ask

is it possible and logical and a wise idea to do ACCA at Australia when we graduated from Malaysia uni??
or is it weird? coz we should just do it in malaysia or just go to uk??
thanks

I'm going to UNSW next month too, taking nanotechnology there.

hhaa...so izit ok if i get a sub credit card from my dad here?din really get the latter part...what do u mean by adjusting to free economy?

haha...joking la actually...monash is a good place