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My Mistake the wife says The Broc was $10 a KG. But the Cabbage was right.What about Beef and a Leg of Lamb $44.00 a kg today.And that's no bull.Not long ago i used to buy 12 month old Hoggets, thats young sheep for $70.00.To the Iraqies from the town.By the way the cheap bread you buy,is guaranteed to block all arteries.

Just might as-well be on the moon,where are the people.People keep putting pictures of these Wonderful Beaches.Did you know the majority of Austalian's holiday in Bali they can't afford $275+ a night in a motel.In Australia.Most have never ever been to the Barrier Reef.Please Put some Pictures up of That TV Show Escape to the Country.The Want to be Aussie's love to Brag about the beaches! I have some better pictures of Beaches and they are in Northumberland,

All these quotes about where is cheaper Aus or the UK.are All futile arguments. It depends on where you live in both Countries.Just read what the experts say in Australia.And they say Australia is the most expensive place to live on the planet,and it will get worse.Anyone that is thinking of going home needs to get their money out ASAP.The Aussie Dollars is not going to be worth the plastic,it's printed on,after the next rate drop.Australia has tried all this before,and it didn't work. The $ was .32cents to the Pound and .46 cents to the American $. Australia has got nothing to sell in huge commodities.It hasn't got a Big Manufacturing base,It put ALL it's eggs in one basket Mining, and Wasted It All.The Liberals under Howard were asked time and time again when are they going to diversify.They ignored it thinking the mining boom would last forever.A monkey could have run Australia.Billion's were going into government coffer's but the Liberals Did Nothing.They loved to brag about their huge surplus.But ran the Countries Hospitals,Schools,Social Services ect ect. into the ground.Now they are doing the same,and borrowing $100 million a day.They even denied there was a GFC.They Win Elections by scaremongering and lies.Abbott is a Jesuit Priest,check their history.

We have friends in Sydney,Melbourne and Perth that can't even get close to buying a decent 2 bedroomed flat ,and they earn over $100,000, how do people make ends meet OVER HERE When a decent house in a decent area is now over a Million Dollars. And the cost of living on average is 4 times greater than in the UK.And this government is going to stick a Property Tax on top of the Rates of $500 per house over $300,000,we have just come back from the Uk last year.And we found it really really cheap compared to Australia.ALL parts of Australia.In the UK, there is only one part that is really expensive.The South East. And even then my wife's sister lives in a easy commute to Waterloo.From Bishop Stortford. From Harlow Train Station And Her other sister lives in Aylesbury Buckingham shire,and their kids work in London.Even the fast train service from Norfolk only takes 1 hour.And a Four Bedroomed detached house in Norlfolk or Lincolnshire is so cheap.He could Easily Live on 38,000 pounds.Depending on where he lives. In Australia you have no choice.Australia is noted as having the 2nd highest cost of living in the world.And it's going up.How people are going to manage,Meat Is to expensive to buy now,$42Kg for Beef or a leg of lamb,abd they say the more meat Australia exports the dearer it will get.That goes for gas aswell. Even where we live the next Council Rate rise will put us over $2800 a half year.Car Rego is now ridiculous.And that's on the Sunshine coast.And There's nothing here.One foot in the Grave we call it!

What a load of rubbish. Most Disadvantaged Suburbs is.Queensland needs to have at least 10 more suburbs on that list, that i know about.In Hervey Bay on the Sunshine Coast the low life are even stealing,the copper telephone wires.Youth there is out of control In Gympie and surrounds There's more people unemployed than employed ,yet most can afford to buy the most popular drug ice There's a epidemic of drug users.The Police are no where to be seen.Australia is so over Governed,it's embarassing to watch.This Coag meeting, 7 state Premiers and 1 PM trying to Govern 22 million people.always wanting more money .The GST that the Liberals said would never ever go up,is going up 50%,then there's Hundreds of Councils wanting more money.Our council has just posted it's 4,380,000,000 Million rip off budget for 215-16.And it's 95% for Beautification.Of the shire.These people just don't care.The country is broke,Borrowing $100 million a day to stay afloat.And the only thing they are building is more jails.And dud Collins class Submarines.We already tried to build 12 and only 1 is operational.

My advice after living here 35 years.Australia is no longer the Lucky Country,the sun may be shinning.But the economy is finished.Australia has wasted it's wealth during the 30 year mining boom.They all thought it would last forever.Now they are struggling.Borrowing $100 million per day to stay afloat.It's very expensive to live here now.Things will get bad i fear,Workers are being laid off in their thousands,Australia makes very little,it has no Heavy industries,Manufacturing isn't worth a light.I don't think there's much future here now,Australia will go back to the Farm to make a living ,That's if they will stop selling it all off to the Chinese.If you have a good job,a house,and of course all your extended family.Think very very carefully about risking it all.

We used Grace and they were bad news.they gave us a price At home,when they picked it up,and got it back to their depot.They nearly doubled the original quote.Then they said they didn't quote for door to door.We said that's what we asked for,they even charged us for customs check.When we said we asked for a all in Charge,Door to Door All in no more to pay.They said no they don't do that,Customs ect is on top.

Be careful where ever you go.The main thing is Flooded Areas,and there's more of them than not.Then there's areas like say Forrest Lake.Huge Termite Problems, Australia has a spreading Fire Ant Problem.Then There's noisey Neighbors Australia's Biggest dispute Problem.Loud Thumping Music,Drunken All night Parties.With Thin Poorly Built Houses You can Imagine What Some have to put up with.HOON'S Is another problem Youths racing around the streets with loud exhausts and thumping loud music.Me i wouldn't live in the suburbs. Any Suburb,acreage living is the way to go.

There's ONLY ONE.that I could find that will take your Australian No Claims Bonus Discount.I had Nightmares Trying to get insured at a decent f price. Make sure you have a up to date British Licence. and a letter from your Insurance Company from over here.With your discount entitlement on it +contact Phone @ Email address. It's Go Skippy Car Insurance 0844 902 9700 or 0844 902 7144 email talk2us@goskippy.com

There's not A lot of work in Queensland at all As you will know it's more of a Holiday Place.Mines are closing down.Jeanna Rhinhart Is making workers redundant, and even cutting the wages of those that are left.Even the Gas Coal Seam Industry is laying off thousands.It was on TV the other night.It's come at a great surprise to all that it's ended so quickly. Your Wife May Be the One to get a job in her field of work,But it could be tough for you.You Might be Better looking for work nearer Brisbane,as the further North you go the worse employment gets. Sticky horrible heat up north is a worry to some.If the heat doesn't get you the mossies will.It's like back home (not the heat and mossies though).Geordie Zack.

We have Been Back in Australia 7 months,after being over to the Uk for 1 year.I think it depends on what part of the Uk you live in.And what part of Australia you live.We were in the North East .It was so cheap there,4 bedroomed detached 140,000 pounds council tax 85 a month,car insurance 218 pounds, car Tax 30 pound.on a Citroen 4,Cost 550 pounds MOT 1 year. house in a nice rural Village with jaw dropping countryside,And rivers you could get down to. We shopped at Aldi Couldn't believe the Bill Trolly over flowing with everything there's so much choice there than here,78 pounds.Going out for a Meal and a drink is Fantastic. The last time we went out just before we came back.There were 6 adults.All had our Choice of Meal and drinks.I paid and it was 72 ponds.We live in Queensland on the Sunshine Coast.It is so expensive.It's sickening Rates are $1600 half yearly including water.Car insurance $700,Car Rego $700 and is going up next month.Food bill at Aldi we travel 70 klms as it;s so expensive at Woolworths local Store. $640 for two weeks main shop.then we buy extra's local like milk $4 3lt Bread a decent loaf of bread is $5.Half a cabbage $5 Broccoli $10 We have a pool and our electric not bad around $400 3 months.Car repairs $150 hr.A tradesman to do work in the house.Is Abnormally expensive.OH All medication in the UK for over 60's is FREE. I would say Cost over Living in Australia is DOUBLE compared to the UK. Australia has lost it's appeal.It's so expensive,And things will soon get really worse.They say Recession is on it's way.Australia's wealth has been wasted,the mining boom is well and truly over,Australia is now living beyond it's means.The Liberals refused to diversify, They went to selling live animals overseas,the closed all the abattoirs down putting thousands out of work.Now even mines are closing. The country is broke.Borrowing $100 million a day,and they have just bought a load of helicopters,Costing Billion's and want to build 12 more Submarines.Costing Billion's For What?

To all the young British men like you, that want to get to Australia.I can tell you a easy way to do it.If you have no trade or don't want to spend years and years training in a profession.Join the British Army,Navy, or Airforce.You can train for whatever you like. For 3 years, then apply for a transfer to the ADF.When your service is near it's end.

I have to Laugh at your post. That's a new one on me. We have Three Nationalities,Three Passports British.Australian and New Zealand. We are retired now .And get 3 Aged Pensions.From each country + a British war pension. The Bit I Don't understand is? Could you please explain how a person feels less British? You Can't just become Australian or Kiwi.It's just a piece of Paper. What's that all about? Some People have some very Strange Notions. In my 35 years in Australia, or when we lived in NZ for 12 years.Everyone I have met from other countries. Always call their birth place HOME. As I do even my 4 kids do ,and they can't remember Britain.

Well we took two dogs to the UK,Then Brought them Back here.They are part of our Family. As we have had them for 13 years. Don't know where you have been, to get a quote for $3500 for one little poodle.We only paid $3200 for both our dogs from Brisbane.You need to shop around.Nobody can really advise you on this.It's your choice.

They are both Overrated,Lived in Queensland for 35 years,Been to The Gold Coast about 4 times,its over commercialized,full of drunken hoons ,tacky ,and we don't speak Japanese,all the signs and shops are run by the Japs in surfers.Don't go there when schoolies week is on! The Locals on the Gold Coast Want it Banned.But the QLD Gov.Thinks it is a Learning Curve for Australia;s Youth.The Sunshine Coast is like the TV show in The UK.One Foot In The Grave,There's nothing here.We live at Tin Can Bay. The Place is full of Dole Bludgers,It's a safe heaven for people that won't work,there's no chance of getting a job here.Thats the go all up the SSC.But houses are cheap. Hervey Bay is the same.but problems with the local youth out of control,Their latest racket is stealing the cooper wire from the telephone posts.But a nice place to the eye.

Lots of people seem to look through their Rose coloured Tinted Glasses,when they talk about the Sunshine Coast.I must be missing something, there's nothing here.Looks great on the Tourist Photo's,But there's Loads of drugged up Dole Bludgers,More Rentals than owned.Noosa has more houses up for sale than anywhere else.on the Sunshine Coast.The Attraction for the unemployed is they have no chance of getting a job here.So that's why it's a heaven for them.But i shouldn't burst your bubble.Everyone is different some love it some don't,Just depends on the individual.On the News this week,it was t was reported thieves in Hervey Bay were stealing the Copper telephone lines of the poles.

Well i thought that the Tories would never ever get back in office,After The Tyrant Thatcher Destroyed Britain in the 70's that forced me and thousands like me to leave our homeland.Then The British public,Glutton for punishment.went and voted Cameron in office,Propped up by the Lib/dems in 2010.Then Low and behold they fiddle the boundaries,And The Tories get re-elected with only 37% of the Vote. There's lots of things gone in the UK, free speech, democracy and their Sovereignty but it seem the Brits have given up.They have excepted Zero Hours working reform.No future.No hope.just Slave Labour. Even worse than what Howard tried to introduce in Australia with his work Choices reform.Britain's only future is the UKIP.But the public Stabbed Farage in the Back.They deserve all what the Tories have in store for the ordinary British workers.Thatcher 's dream is coming true no strong unions to stop bad government .her dream of all that cheap labour from the EU is taking hold.After all that's what the Tories Joined the EU for.To make the rich richer,and get rid of the unions.And have a cheap labour economy.

Well They said the Same thing here in Australia about the Liberals and National Parties.Now they are in Government as the Coalition Party. NON of them could ever win a general election in their own right.But there you go! Never say Die!

Hockey's Budget is a absolute waste of more Billions.Why on Earth would People earning $185,000 to $200,000 P/a be paid a extra $10,000 p/a to help them pay for child care? Why should small Business get silly Tax deductions on new Assets to $20,000.The Country is Borrowing $100 Million a day.And growing to stay afloat Most people in Australia can't afford to employ tradies,They charge so much,have you had your car repared lately? or Called a tradie out for a home repair? They charge like wounded bulls.You do it yourself in Australia,Unless you are desperate.They are out of touch with Reality.Like Joe Hockey Even Small Business Retail Shops take your eyes out,in Regional areas.We would rather travel 64Ks to Gympie than shop local.it's so expensive.The Problem is with this government,they don't know how to govern,unless it's raining Billions into Government coffers.They have never governed in normal times.Only during mining booms/When a monkey could have ran Australia. The Liberals thought the mining boom would last forever.They ignored all the signs.Like when China Started Stock Piling Iron Ore.Australia is heading for a deep rescission.This Lot Will deny Everything Like the GFC or Global warming.They are lost. Lowering Interest Rates Is Insane.it puts more Billions on Debt,Puts the cost of living up.It's good for countries that are huge exporters.But Australia has nothing to export now.They relied TOO Much on Whats sitting in the ground.Now nobody wants it in Huge Quantities.

There's NOTHING cheap in Perth or Australia. Get a car that's got long Rego,and a RWC. Small 4 cylinder cars are very expensive.Big Cars are cheaper.A 94 Ford Falcon In good nick.Maybe $3500

Easy way ,Phone Moneycorp and get registered. You must have relatives in the UK.Ask one that you trust,if you can transfer your money to their account. Then go to your bank in Aussie and fill a form out to send your money to Moneycorp.They will put it in the bank account of your relative.The best bank to deal with is Lloyd's,i had no problem's at all.You can then open a account in your names when you get there.It would be handy if your rely has a Lloyd's account.I had problems with the other banks,as they insisted on me having proof of my address.In the form of a utility bill.Which i didn't have. It is long drawn out affair i found trying to open a UK bank account from Australia.

PetAir is the way to go.My wife sent two dogs over here to Queensland in January this year.The Best thing to do is let PetAir do the lot.My wife did it herself,and found that most of the vets in our local town had no idea Lots of problems,in the end she had to get PetAir to phone the vet to instruct them what to do. They mostly do pets to EU countries,in the UK, you do not need a Pet Passport for Australia..Plus PetAir have their own vets and it's cheaper.They will even board your pets till you are ready to send them.Take your pets to the airport and make sure everything is done Right.If you decide to use PetAir Ask for Catherine Allaway,she was great. The only bit of a hick up was with Dogtainers in Sydney They pick the dogs up from Eastern Creek Quarantine and put them on a flight to Queensland.It was hard getting in touch,and nobody knew what to do.It seems to be a one man band.But really it was me being over anxious i suppose. You probably know how much the Quarantine is.$1800 each pet.For 10 days.You pay that here in Australia.Best of British

It's depends on who the tester is really, Buy usually if the chip is not in the wiper sweep it should pass.He may fail the interior Mirror!

If your TV is new,it may not work in Australia.You will have to buy a setbox top,and get someone to tune it in. Your boxes are just checked by customs,costs are all different,depending on what you have.