View Poll Results: Do you find the cost of living in Oz vs UK
Much cheaper
0
0%
a bit cheaper
3
6.52%
about the same overall
9
19.57%
a bit more expensive
9
19.57%
much more expensive
25
54.35%
Voters: 46. You may not vote on this poll
Living Costs Oz vs UK
#76
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Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK
one thing that does bug me with prices over here is the price of a pint $10 - $12 down here on the peninsula
even going on the 2 dollars to the pound conversion that is a fiver ... more than i ever paid for a pint in the middle of london
even going on the 2 dollars to the pound conversion that is a fiver ... more than i ever paid for a pint in the middle of london
#79
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Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK
That is incredible £2.40 at our local
#80
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Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK
I think going to the sunshine coast hoping to get work in IT is a massive risk. If you want to move but want to minimise risk then you need to go where the jobs are. We really liked the look of the Whitsundays, but too bad, we knew we had to go to Sydney as we need to work.
I think you are right to pause and reconsider, I would recommend you spend some time investigating Sydney or Melbourne. Sunshine Coast is a great place for a holiday.
I voted for a bit more expensive, it is not so expensive that I wish we had not moved here.
I think you are right to pause and reconsider, I would recommend you spend some time investigating Sydney or Melbourne. Sunshine Coast is a great place for a holiday.
I voted for a bit more expensive, it is not so expensive that I wish we had not moved here.
I voted for a lot more expensive because I love holidays, and can't afford them in Australia!!
#81
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Joined: Feb 2011
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Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK
Listen if you want to make the move that much just make it. You will find that there are too many opinions that contradict each other. My wife and I both worked full time in the uk but have more spare can here and she is part time ! If we needed more money the extra work is all over the place !
#82
Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK
Listen if you want to make the move that much just make it. You will find that there are too many opinions that contradict each other. My wife and I both worked full time in the uk but have more spare can here and she is part time ! If we needed more money the extra work is all over the place !
#88
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Location: UK now, Australia in 2014
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Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK
I thinks it is impossible to assess the cost of living in Australia and the UK, two different currencies, an exchange rate that is manufactured, two different inflation rates, two different pay rise rates, too many differentials to garner an accurate assessment. Also everyone has different pay, different outgoings, different sized houses and cars, differing amount of family members, it's too complicated to me.
#90
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Re: Living Costs Oz vs UK
I thinks it is impossible to assess the cost of living in Australia and the UK, two different currencies, an exchange rate that is manufactured, two different inflation rates, two different pay rise rates, too many differentials to garner an accurate assessment. Also everyone has different pay, different outgoings, different sized houses and cars, differing amount of family members, it's too complicated to me.