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And yes Im living here illegally I have no choice.

I'm average height for my age. What is average height for a man in Australia? I would say 5'6-5'8 maybe which is tall so everyone towers over me. Cars are not built for average people here.

I had sepsis back in March. I don't qualify for Medicare on a bridging visa A I'm afraid. Look it up.

Whenever I'm out walking all I see are these huge monstrous vehicles on the roads. I've no idea how anyone actually gets in and out of these things as the doors are so high up off the ground. My sister and bro-in-law have a huge car and it takes me ages to climb in and getting back out is a big struggle. They're built for giants. Being just over a 5 ft male I consider myself of average height. Why is it that these huge truck like vehicles are so popular here? In the UK I rarely saw a large car but here they're literally everywhere.

I still cant decide if it's for me. Where I am the average age is 28 so I feel out of place. 99% of people are considerably younger than me and I feel like this is the land of the giants as I constantly have to look up when talking to people. Everyone is so incredibly tall here, even the women. Must be something in the water lol

I'm moving back soon. It's either that OR stay illegally in Australia. Can't decide.

I had a medical on Jan29th. They're still asking for more info now. They want to know my employment situation and if I went to school. Bizzare! Told them I have a rare disease (affects 1 in 300,000) but I treat it myself. Paid £85 to get medical records from the UK sent to them but still they want more info.

It's just over 50 years I think. I applied for the 835 visa also. Once I'm 120 years old I'll get the visa (if approved) so I can register for Medicare.

I prefered Australia when on holiday. Not keen on it now as within months of moving here I've developed a serious disease and as I don't qualify for Medicare due to being on a bridging visa I've had to pay thousands in medical bills over the last few months and more bills to treat the side effects of the drugs. Very expensive country. I'll soon be living here illegally as I have no money to go back to the UK.

I think the sensible thing to do would be to go to Spain, via the UK. I've been a few times on holiday so I'm familiar with the place. Assuming I'd still be allowed to claim a pension in future since I've stopped paying National insurance since leaving the UK, then I could afford it.

I asked for help but was ignored. I get the impression they don't care that this is a big worry. I'm seriously thinking that I may have to leave Australia.

Well yes, but I didn't foresee a global pandemic which would mean I would get no return on investment. If I could have got even 4% a year I'd have been ok. It's the coronavirus that's really messed things up. When I arrived family told me not to worry as realistically I won't live longer than aged 70. I was bit shocked when I heard that as some people live well into their 80's. If I was to follow their advice I'll run out of money in about 12 years.

As I told immigration family don't keep in touch. Have only seen them once since last Xmas. They live 3 miles away but they don't call. Won't even respond to emails. They don't want me going to see them as they're paranoid about coronavirus. They were supposed to help me with the visa but I got no help and had to figure it all out which wasnt easy. They've been here 15 years so they know Australia better than I do. The reason I came here was because I wasn't sure I could stay in Spain due to Brexit. I wanted to go there as rent is very cheap and I could afford it, plus I like Spain. I need a warm climate, the UK was too depressing with the cold, wet weather for most of the year. So I came to Australia.

Even harder for me, if you're over 50 chance of getting a job is about 0.0000001%.

Yes that's what I was thinking. Before I left the UK in July 2019 I was given financial advice. I was told to invest in bonds in a low risk portfolio. That way I would get 5-10%. I was very skeptical about being able to get that much monthly as there are ups and downs and some years I might not get anything. I could live off $1500 a month here very easily. I am doing that right now, but once the money runs out I'm stuck. Really needed to invest. I've paid £2500 so far for the visa with one payment left, so I can't withdraw the visa application as I'd lose it all. I don't think they give refunds.