Do not use a web-mail (hot-mail - yahoo etc.) e-mail address to join with USE YOUR NORMAL E-MAIL ADDRESS.
To Join you first need to link your e-mail address to a Net Passport click on the link.
Then return to this page.
If you already have a net passport then continue reading.
If you use a nickname to join with you may not be admitted to the community.

To become a Member you will be asked on the application form for a Nickname, disregard that - use your FULL REAL NAME instead, like this Bill_Smith or Bill-Smith or BillSmith or Bill-R-Smith, etc etc. Read the tutorial.
If you were a F/H then use your maiden name if that was the name you flew with.
Tick the box that says:-
Allow other group members to see my e-mail address.
On the application form tell us a bit about your time with Ansett so we can identify you.
Now go here to fill in the Application Form, to join the community
As soon as you have been accepted as a Member you MUST post a Message to the General Message Board.