hi carine
probably best anyway that your warranty is local but with current exchange rates most items are slightly cheaper over here at the moment..I think they must have priced the oz items at a time when the dollar was quite bad and have always kept them the same!  and yes a funny cooincidence we have kind of swapped spots...is your hubby local? Where abouts in France are you from? oh and bonne fete!  Enjoying a lovely mothers day here in France...!

Yes Frozzie, my hubby is a "local".  We're both keen travellers but are always happy to come back home- a lovely quiet spot on a ridge with a nice outlook on hills and plenty of space for our sons to run around.  I was born in Paris and grew up in Montbrison (42-Loire), a small town 100km away from Lyon.  Most of my mother's family comes from Lorraine.  We were there last year but with my oldest son now in high school , and a few projects on our farm we might not travel back to France for a while...
What about you.: where are you from originally?and your hubby?
I hope you still had une bonne fete des meres!  (excuses-moi pour le manque d'accents, mais ca n'a pas l'air de marcher sur ce forum).
See ya

Thanks all for your words of encouragement.  And,  YES:  I've taken the plunge !
We had our demo yesterday afternoon.  Our lovely consultant kindly agreed to use some of our homegrown products, so we had a persimmon sorbet, bread rolls with pumpkin soup, mushroom risotto and a lime custard to finish.  All beautiful of course...
I'd done a bit of research and it's a shame we can't take advantage of the strong Aussie dollar to purchase a European Thermomix (warranty issues).  Oh well, our Aussie ordered Thermomix will hopefully arrive next week-end.  In the meantime I'll just have to check out a few recipes. 
Thanks Frozzie for the idea about the French Thermomix recipes- already checked   What a coincidence that we have swapped spots
I'll probably start with basic things to gain confidence and see how to operate everything.  But I'm looking forward to adapt my own recipes/tweak others.  So much playtime ahead!

Hello all,
I'm having a Thermomix demo tomorrow afternoon and I can't wait to see it in action again!  My sister-in-law has one and after seeing what it could do I just need to have another look to take the plunge!!  I LOOOVE cooking and I think the Thermomix could make a nice addition to my kitchen. 
We (hubby, 2 sons and I) live on a farm and I really enjoy cooking on our slow-combustion stove in winter: nothing beats a slow-cooked stew!
We grow most of our own fruit & veg, have ducks & chooks for eggs, lambs and steers for meat.  Life is good
I grew up in France and learnt how to cook by watching and helping my grannies & mum.  I moved to Australia in 1995 and haven't looked back- such a beautiful country!
Anyway this looks like a very friendly forum and I look forward to contibute with a few posts!