Bibbs

I'm similar. Born in Aus in the 70's, lived in Europe for a few years, back to Aus for school and left for the UK in my early teens. Had the occasional holiday back, but nothing serious and on a British passport. I got a new passport from Australia House (think I pre-booked, and then just turned up with all the forms etc. Took a few weeks). Once I had the Aussie passport, I just left the UK on my British, and entered Australia on my Aussie. Only issue is, once you get here, get health cover straight away. And then tell them that you've been out of the country till now. If you are over 30, they'll put a tax loading on your name as you've not had Aussie heathcover (as you've not needed it). Everything thing else was easy.

If the UK doesn't exit, maybe the French will :- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/06/07/france-shuns-europe-as-brexit-revolt-spreads/

Was there in March, after 5 years. Spent half a week in Reading, and half a week in York. Couldn't stand it. Too much traffic, took ages to actually get anywhere. Too many people. Was far, far too cold. Was grey, and dark. I enjoyed doing a few toursisty things, but it was a releif to get back home. Miss my friends and family. But I couldn't do it full-time again. Glad I spent time in France/Spain/Holland in the same trip. Just visiting England would have been so depressing. It was also expensive. Having to pay for parking allthe time, trains & busses were silly prices, every attraction we went in was expensive. I was looking forward to a few cheep drinks, but they were comparable to here (Perth).

If it's got HDMI you'll always be able to do "something", even if it's run a cheap free box/foxtel. The Free-to-air stuff *might* work. But then it's changing fairly often at the moment that even stuff a few years old from Australia might not work. If it's a smart TV, you may be able to update the software via a network connection. Does the TV allow you to change the country setting to "Australia"?

The pillock Kinnock (and his wife) are two that spring to mind. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1192894/Revealed-How-Kinnocks-enjoyed-astonishing-10m-ride-EU-gravy-train.html Blair was sniffing around after his roaring success as the Middle East Peace Envoy. Wasn't Mandelson also involved as an EU commissioner? I don't know what you mean, I'm not voting. I have no dog in this fight. Send from my mind using magic. (You can turn this off you know?)

Quite, some will, but it's generally designed for where the majority of sales are. You'll probably find a lot of those Japanese cars in the UK were/are actually built in Eastern Europe or France (they tend to rattle more then the Japan built ones). Merc, BMW are generally left. Euro spec Holdens (Opel/Vauxhall) are often left, with the Commodore being right. All Japanese spec'ed Toyota/Honda/Nissan/Mazda I've driven have been right. But it's isn't an "Australia" thing. It'll be more likely a Japan/Thailand/Indonesia/Australia/New Zealand market car. And being on the 'door' side of the wheel is 'correct'.

Well where will Cameron and Osborne be working, once they quit being in government? You guessed it .. somewhere in the EU government no doubt.

Has nothing to do with Australia. Generally, cars made by companies based in RHD countries will have the indicator on the right. And cars made in LHD countries will be on the left. So Holden, Aussie Fords, Japanese cars etc will all be on the right side. Euro and Yank cars will be on the left. It's so you can change gear and indicate at the same time. But it's cheaper to move the whole unit from one side of the car to the other, instead of having to re-engineer it.

So she *IS* a citizen then?

Or just export them too .. if she's the legal guardian.

Stick the kids in Economy. And you fly Business. Would solve any issue, for you.

Okay, as you all seemed shocked I looked into it. It's house, contents with a hefty premium as it's for 'landlords'. So if a tenant breaks or steals something, I can claim. That'll be why its x2/3 what others are paying. Sorry for mis-leading anyone.

Been in Oz 28 years from the age of 2. She never obtained Oz citizenship. = Good Bye!

Compared to those two, my figures are not a mile away (and the second list is over 4 years old). Once you own a place, it gets more expensive too (rates to pay, and the fact that mortgage repayments are usually higher than rent costs)

For me it's a few hundred a week, for 2 adults, but that's mainly fresh meat and fruit/veg. We buy no pre-prepared meals. But all it takes is some razor blades and a re-stock of the spice rack and that can double. And then maybe a hundred on top for booze, but some months I don't drink, other months is three house parties every weekend. I'm sure someone will tell me I should shop at Aldi and drink water now ..

They were all around the same price. Give or take a few dollars. Honestly? I can't be bothered with FoxTel. I'm not looking to save money here. I'm just saying that I couldn't live on $1000 a week. Saving a few dollars here and there woun't make much of a difference. And the $10 24hour joints are not the kind of places I'd want to go to, to be honest. Just looked the gym up, it does have a creche (but I have no reason to use it).

Compared to TAS, I'd expect so.

Unfortunately not in my neighborhood. NBN is coming next year. That's with Vivid Wireless. Quite expensive, but had a few good extras. Yes. But that's joint membership. massive gym, x2 pools, tennis, squash, courses, spa, sauna, steam, bar, resturant etc. Phoned them up this week. Multi room, HD, all channels. Few BoxOffice films, I could save $10 by removing music/kids .. but hardly seems worth it.

Nothing to do with Perth. As it doesn't include food, drink, socialising, holidays, petrol .. that's just bills. It all ads up. Home loan is the biggest thing to service. Water - $250 (every 2 months, $200 rates, $50 usage) Electric - $300 (2 months) Internet - $90 (1 month) Gas - $150 (3 months) House insurance - $160 (1 month) Health insurance - $120 (1 month) Foxtel - $150 (1 month) Mobile phone - $60 (1 month) Gym - $60 (1 week) Council rates - $2000 (Annual) Car Rego - $600 (Annual) So that's over $300 a week already. Then add in house loan, car insurance, maybe a car loan or personal loan. And as i said, that doesn't include food, drink, socialising, holidays, petrol .. I don't doubt that it's do-able for some people. But I'm not sure I could. And that's without kids and all the expense that comes with schooling.

I couldn't do it. My outgoings are over $1200 a week for the basic bills. The girlfriend spends about the same, if not slightly more. That doesn't include food, hobbies, socialising or holidays.

So you are saying there were bad points and good points? (it's a joke - lets not turn this political).

And I've lived in Wales, where it's like that for months not days.

I think the opposite. For me it's better to live here (relaxed and unstressed) and go somewhere else for a holiday. Perth's got enough stuff to have a constant tick-over of things to do while living here. but then you can get away for the big-ticket stuff, and come back to beaches and no traffic.

Why would you go all the way out to Joondalup? It has about 300 shops. Whitfords has 300+ shops, Cannington has 290+, Garden City has 270+ Morley is huge (220+) , Innaloo (120) & Karrinyup (170) are both big areas. That's without all the surrounding specialist shops (from ethnic food to pool supplies). And that's ignoring Perth itself with everything discount from brand outlets at Waterfront through to Prada/LV/and Rolex around King St, through to the awful tourist shops in the Forrest Place. Okay, there isn't a Harrods or a Lafayette .. but I think most options are covered.

St Georges Terrace. A small road in Perth where all the main businesses have their HQs. (I currently work at the top end of it).