I just wanted to point out something about the cost of petrol to those that are not yet here in Australia. Prices have increased by 20-30c a litre since we arrived in September. The average is now about $1.40 in our neck of the woods.
This is still cheaper than the UK but when you get here it won't be cheap any more. You'll be spending the aussie dollars that you earn! It costs about $85 to fill my car up, I earn about $200 a day. That is a lot of money out of my wages.
Now this isn't a scare tactic, I am just trying to ensure people are aware that converting from dollars back to pounds will make some things sound cheap but you won't be earning pounds any more.
Sorry if this comes across as negative but we didn't think like this when we were planning to come and wished we had done.
Felicity
