Anyone quitting Aus due to the high cost of living
Jul 29th 2013, 11:30 am
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Re: Anyone quitting Aus due to the high cost of living
We are finding many things here cheaper especially groceries, lots of things MUCH cheaper and others about the same or more. Petrol is more but running the car doesnt actually work out to be more expensive overall. On top of it being cheaper the choice and variety is enormous, we didnt leave Australia because it was expensive but the difference we are finding is certainly a bonus.
Jul 29th 2013, 12:03 pm
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Re: Anyone quitting Aus due to the high cost of living
That's probably partly due to you now having a full hybrid car, meaning lower consumption and tax disc. Have you done a like-for-like comparison of the vehicles you owned in Australia?
Jul 29th 2013, 12:14 pm
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Re: Anyone quitting Aus due to the high cost of living
Ha ha. Completely regret speaking up about my experienes of a few weeks back. Granted .... my experience was purely holiday. Eating and drinking out .... oh and rail travel between London and coast .... now that killed my wallet.
Jul 29th 2013, 4:26 pm
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Re: Anyone quitting Aus due to the high cost of living
My wife has a diesel wagon, £100 to tak instead of $600 rego, insurance no different so overall depending on miles covered of course there would be little in it. She is getting a Mini which will be the same to tax as my Prius, £30. A Prius would have been too expensive in Australia and with no Government incentive to drive one I wouldnt have bothered.
Jul 30th 2013, 5:00 am
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Re: Anyone quitting Aus due to the high cost of living
We are finding many things here cheaper especially groceries, lots of things MUCH cheaper and others about the same or more. Petrol is more but running the car doesnt actually work out to be more expensive overall. On top of it being cheaper the choice and variety is enormous, we didnt leave Australia because it was expensive but the difference we are finding is certainly a bonus.
My wife has a diesel wagon, £100 to tak instead of $600 rego, insurance no different so overall depending on miles covered of course there would be little in it. She is getting a Mini which will be the same to tax as my Prius, £30. A Prius would have been too expensive in Australia and with no Government incentive to drive one I wouldnt have bothered.
I'm guessing some groceries are the biggest savings.
There would be things that are quite a bit more in the UK too, or 'the same' - but not cheap.
The petrol one comes up a bit - and one thing I say is that we tend to drive a lot more economically in semi-rural Melb than in outer London.
So that makes petrol charges cheaper in Australia - for us. Labour rates are not too bad here either.
Jul 30th 2013, 5:09 am
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Re: Anyone quitting Aus due to the high cost of living
Can someone name a list of 10 things that are cheaper in Australia than the UK. I'm struggling to think of anything apart from petrol. 
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