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Dropped the ball on this - getting old! Here is the link to the Travelling Allowance rate determination for 2018-19 Legal Database This year, the salary bands have been indexed upwards by 2%. It's obviously good to have th taxpayers paying your salary. The accommodation rates for Brisbane...

Thanks for the reference again. The determinations for 2017-18 are: TD 2017/19 Taxation Income tax: what are the reasonable travel and overtime meal allowance expense amounts for the 2017-18 income year? The allowable rates appear to have risen by about 1 - 2% in country areas...

I travel there reasonably often, and usually buy some at SYD or BNE before leaving. They usually have them at the money exchange counters after security, but sometimes not at the ones on landside. It's not such a popular currency for the money traders, so the airport exchange rate is not great...

The new rulings for 2016-17 are here: TD 2016/13 Income tax: what are the reasonable travel and overtime meal allowance expense amounts for the 2016–17 income year I notice that the accommodation rates have now fallen well below the rates actually charged for many places that I visit, and the...

How this thread brings memories flooding back! Hoarding is OK again! Flew from SYD to KTM on a Britannia charter with Trans Meridian Airlines in 1974. The airline and crew were definitely British, but I can find no trace of them now. It took three days to reach KTM via DRW & BKK, probably...

Mt Fuji, in early December. just glorious, and cold.

Suica card certainly seems useful for subway. Is it available at airport vendors, or stations or local 7/11 type shops? Just a little confused as to why cash is needed for the subway from the airport. Thanks to all posters for the useful Tokyo information. I've successfully negotiated money and...

Perhaps a little off topic, but very helpful. Tokyo coming up in two months time, and the subway sounds quite confronting. Thanks again.

Motorhome is great for low cost, but car and hostel/B&B in Scotland are much more sociable ways to travel. The interesting places in Scotland fairly quickly turn into pretty narrow roads, and the really interesting places like Skye have one lane roads that are even more challenging for...

I used to have all sorts of problems returning home Eastward (ex Europe) or to the US. Found Melatonin, eyeshades and ear plugs fixed the issue, and now can be fairly bushy-tailed on arrival. Melatonin is available in nice big bottles at the Changi Airport pharmac_, and other places too no...

Found the link for this year. It is dated 9 July 2014. http://law.ato.gov.au/atolaw/view.htm?docid=TXD/TD201419/NAT/ATO/00001&PiT=99991231235958 Rates don't look much different but the salary brackets are definitely indexed (upwards of course).

Time for the ATO to update those rates. Does anybody have the link to the new year's rates yet?

Have had severe pain on descent for years, and kept losing the Earplanes plugs, draining the Fess saline spray, chewing the gum and still having problems. Recently had the Avamys/Nasonex prescribed by the ENT surgeon, and now seem to get mild blockage only, and no more pain. Been spraying...

Did a BNE - LHR a couple of years ago with one, but admittedly with only one broken bone. Travelled in SQ J on points, and having advised them before flying, found them extremely helpful & attentive - wheelchair at every stop, plenty of legroom, special meal service, special lounge service, and...

Got my first one in years yesterday on QF662 ADL to BNE. WhY was pretty full, and some seat re-organisation landed a few of us the jewel. Never had one while I was WP, so may be dropping down a status notch helps?

Re: Travel to OLP Certainly not much to do there but drink in the tavern, unless you went over to Andamooka to check out some opals! I have been up there a few times recently, and the check in staff were pretty rigorously enforcing the 16 kg checked weight, but much less so on the carryon...

I've had some really large medical bills go straight through, and some small ones (usually overseas) blocked by the HSBC security team. They have usually called me if they block a transaction, and then let it through. Perhaps worth a call to them first.

If you want 3rd world banking service, try opening an account with a US bank as a foreigner, and then try to send money overseas. Not usually something that registers with your suburban branch over there. If the OP manages to open a USD account with a bank in this country, then he has control...

Thanks for the advice on this, it was the best fare. Would you please PM me your details. Unfortunately, we will not be going as we now have some chemotherapy to deal with, but hopefully a colleague will be able to use the advice and make the trip instead. Thank you all for your suggestions...

Agree their web site is not that flash. I found it here: http://www.suncorpbank.com.au/sites/default/files/fm/treasury/treasury_foreign_currency_deposit_accounts.pdf by searching "treasury" in their little search box. It seems to meet all of your requirements, but it does say you have to call...