George Ku

Hi George,

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Like The Pom Queen said its quite hard to give a figure as it all depends on lifestyle. Our rent is $530 a week and we try to keep our weekly food shop down to $150 - this isn't that easy though and doesn't include alcohol or any treats really. We do get quite a lot of veg though. I'm vegetarian too so not sure if eating meat would bump that up, my partner eats a bit of meat but we generally eat veggie. I pay $60 per fortnight petrol and $3 a day parking. Internet is $60 a month. Phone bill is about $50 a month. Electricity is about $300-$400 per quarter. Gym membership is $20 a week. If we go out for a meal it usually costs around $80 depending where we go. Furniture is expensive too for when your first setting up your home - there is no ikea up here but we bought a few bits second hand.

 

Just let me know if you have any other questions

Hi sazm thank for the information, it was very helpful, I now have an idea of the expenses along with information that I collected from other places, I am applying for subclass 190 visa as a University Lecture and the only region that is open for University Lecture is the Northern Territory, I am currently filling up the Northern Territory form the link for which I am posting at the end, all my relatives and friends are either in New South Wales and Victoria, so my migration agent asked me to find people in NT, probably on forums who would be interested in being my friends providing me all information about NT, and (SECTION 4.4 ON THE FORM)list them as you will see on the form below. If you could help me by any means here I would be really grateful,with a name and contact as you see in the form, only if you would be comfortable with it, and if there is any information about me you would like to know I would be glad to share it.

http://www.australiasnorthernterritory.com.au/Working/bsm/nt-nominated-general/Documents/489_190_sponsorship_application_form.pdf

Hi Accie,

 

I think short term that $80,000 would be fine for you both to live off and your girlfriend should also pick up admin work quite easily in Darwin! Me and my partner both work in admin type jobs and picked up work within the first week we arrived here.

 

I can give you a breakdown of our outgoings ... we pay $530 a week in rent, $150 a week in food (this is food only and no alcohol and some weeks we do go over), approximately $400 per quarter in power. We have a car and put $60 a fortnight petrol in it and this lasts the full 2 weeks with me driving to work every day. In terms of lifestyle Darwin is great - although we struggle in the wet season with the humidity. There's lots of camping around Darwin and places to go and visit in the dry season. Things are very expensive though generally - we've only lived in Darwin though for any extended period of time but people we know here who have moved from other cities do say its expensive and we have struggled a bit with this.

 

Let me know if you need any more information and if you wanted to catch up for a few drinks when you both arrive in Darwin - I'm here with my fiancé and we're always looking to meet new people

Hi Sazm

My wife and I are planning to migrate to Darwin, I am doing some research online to prepare myself for Darwin and also as a part of the application process that requires me to collect information about the cost of living in Darwin and also about the life in Darwin. I have heard that NT as whole is very expensive, but its a very beautiful place, could you please advise me how much it would cost on a monthly basis in Darwin.