Arrange your travel insurance
Shop around for a comprehensive travel insurance policy that covers everything from wallet theft to travel cancellations. Once you start work in the UK and Ireland, you'll be covered by the NHS public healthcare system, but you'll still need health coverage if you plan to travel.
Start tying up loose ends
Shut down the electricity, the gas and the phone, cancel any club/gym memberships, return your library books... the list of loose ends that need tying really varies from person to person. One neat way of ensuring that you haven't forgotten anything is simply to go through your wallet and/or filing cabinet: the cards, bills and other bits and pieces you find may remind you of something that needs doing.
Retain your right to vote
Australian citizens who've been overseas for less than three years are eligible to vote. See www.aec.gov.au for more.
It's a similar story for New Zealanders, who are eligible to vote if they've been in the country during the past three years. See www.elections.org.nz for details. Unfortunately, South Africans living abroad aren't eligible to vote in elections back home. See the TNT SA Times website at SATimesonline.com for details.
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