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Forum: Australia
Aug 2nd 2010, 3:02 am
Replies: 395
Views: 32,466
Posted By the troubadour

Re: Is Australia really THAT expensive?

nActually had the feeling that some folk in Perth consider IKEA pure class..seriously.
Forum: Australia
Aug 2nd 2010, 2:59 am
Replies: 395
Views: 32,466
Posted By the troubadour

Re: Is Australia really THAT expensive?

Indeed.Swedish meatballs, fries with a little blue with yellow cross flag extending out of one of the meatballs...
Forum: Australia
Aug 2nd 2010, 2:55 am
Replies: 395
Views: 32,466
Posted By the troubadour

Re: Is Australia really THAT expensive?

Those two words put together just don't bear thinking about
Forum: Australia
Aug 2nd 2010, 2:53 am
Replies: 395
Views: 32,466
Posted By the troubadour

Re: Is Australia really THAT expensive?

Germanic folk do tend to be rather formal.The result of this can be it is difficult to come into contact.I am a great fan of Hamburg...but it is expensive to buy there.A liberating fact with regards...
Forum: Australia
Aug 2nd 2010, 2:45 am
Replies: 395
Views: 32,466
Posted By the troubadour

Re: Is Australia really THAT expensive?

Agree that especially up North it is a mixed bag.Was in Newcastle and Carisle and found a few negative comments about life in general but not to the degree that one may have expected.
Never been to...
Forum: Australia
Aug 2nd 2010, 2:37 am
Replies: 395
Views: 32,466
Posted By the troubadour

Re: Is Australia really THAT expensive?

Seemed to me that stores such as IKEA filled in a void for local folk which enabled them to have a place to pass a few hours..while others spend their time viewing houses for sale.
Forum: Australia
Aug 2nd 2010, 2:29 am
Replies: 395
Views: 32,466
Posted By the troubadour

Re: Is Australia really THAT expensive?

As in most countries folk in Germany still whine about declining conditions,increase in food prices,taxation and a range of other issues.
It does for the most part to my way of thinking offer a good...
Forum: Australia
Aug 2nd 2010, 2:15 am
Replies: 395
Views: 32,466
Posted By the troubadour

Re: Is Australia really THAT expensive?

Never been into a Weatherspoons..but as you say some great little pubs still exist in London and outside.
The pubs that have survived the closures have often had to reinvent themselves or become...
Forum: Australia
Aug 2nd 2010, 2:04 am
Replies: 395
Views: 32,466
Posted By the troubadour

Re: Is Australia really THAT expensive?

Indeed. The decline has been substantial for those of us that can recall easier days.And of the benefit for who..not your local punter it is safe to assume.
All very well for some to say shop around...
Forum: Australia
Jul 29th 2010, 2:24 am
Replies: 395
Views: 32,466
Posted By the troubadour

Re: Is Australia really THAT expensive?

Not alone but together they would be able to command some power,one assumes, that would enable them to lobby.But in any case the time must surely come to Australia when greater competition is allowed...
Forum: Australia
Jul 29th 2010, 2:11 am
Replies: 395
Views: 32,466
Posted By the troubadour

Re: Is Australia really THAT expensive?

Guess what is meant is the super market monopoly found in Australia between the big chains.
Forum: Australia
Jul 29th 2010, 2:09 am
Replies: 395
Views: 32,466
Posted By the troubadour

Re: Is Australia really THAT expensive?

For sure some good deals in Germany. That nation wins hands down when it comes to rentals and the like as well as quality but eating out cheaper in general and supermarkets similar.
Have stated for...
Forum: Australia
Jul 29th 2010, 2:00 am
Replies: 395
Views: 32,466
Posted By the troubadour

Re: Is Australia really THAT expensive?

Find quality of food vastly improved in the UK,with a few exceptions.Ate at some great vibby pubs around the country and came across a dud in Oxford,which did not live up to it's reputation.
London...
Forum: Australia
Jul 27th 2010, 1:56 am
Replies: 395
Views: 32,466
Posted By the troubadour

Re: Is Australia really THAT expensive?

Agree.UK cheaper these days for so many things.Years ago it was the reverse.
New books for example often cost what a secondhand book would cost in OZ. Eating out has become absurd at least in...
Forum: Australia
Jul 27th 2010, 1:44 am
Replies: 395
Views: 32,466
Posted By the troubadour

Re: Is Australia really THAT expensive?

Agree. Find also most social activities in Australia not at all cheap.
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