Just finished a job doing FIFO from west Africa to Oz, similar to uk to Oz as my work commute. Best I can say is as mentioned, try to get a flight that lands in Oz early evening. Clear the airport, have a bit to eat, a long bath and bed at Oz time.

As for the booze, everyone is different. I would take a sleeping pill and a couple of whiskys and try to get some sleep on the flight.

In my youth I have done that once or twice - actually arrived at 6am in Sydney and started work at 9 in Canberra - cut it a bit fine but it worked OK. Kept me alert during the day and I was knackered come bed time and slept like a log. Usually I havent actually started work the same day but allowed a day or two in between

I have done the trip from Oz to UK landing at lunch time ..couple of hours asleep and 6 night shifts starting at 9 pm that same day ........ but must be honest I do not suffer from jet lag but normally book a night flight out of UK and Oz if possible. Stop overs in Singapore are good and have done that a few times but I am normally in a hurry to get home and spend time with my young adults so fly through.

My ma has walked off a massively delayed long haul (had hours to wait in departure airport as well as delay at refueling) and presented at a conference that very day- and she's late 50s. My husband doesn't like to take any more annual leave that is absolutely necessary and makes the most of it in the UK so usually gets back arvo/ evening and is up and into work the next day. I milk it and pretend I can't do any housework for a week and need long lies and comfort food, but then I am not made of such stoical stuff as either of them. Jet lag is partially a state of mind.

Thanks everyone some really useful tips here. Good news is the interview my husband flew over to attend paid off and has been offered the position. He'll be spending the next week or so finding us a house and car etc..on a slightly different tack he's been offered $100,000 plus between 12 - 30% annual bonus, on call allowance and discounts on insurance and banking products. I reckoned to him bringing home around $4,000 a month on his basic wage + all the extra bits and bobs...does that sound about right? Not familiar with all the taxes and deductions yet.

You never know perhaps a first class flight would be the answer to my jetlag concerns? Haa haa

Congrats to Mr Mavine on the job offer.

Doubt first class flight will help with jetlag, you are still going to a different time zone. I travelled over in business, in a way it can make it harder as you really can get some sleep but all at the wrong time, at least in economy you don't sleep so much and sleep patterns are thrown out anyway.

Tut tut Bermuda I shall be deleting this before Mr Mav get's to read it! First class all the way I reckon

Any ideas if I am way off on thinking $4k a month is an average take home salary on $100K?

Mav

According to paycalculator is it more like $6k.

http://paycalculator.com.au/

$6! wow I feel mega rich lol....that sems high...I am used to the UK government taking half of everything we earn!

If you put the $100k in an Australian quick calculator and the equivalent salary in a UK calculator, you will find that the tax deducted is almost identical.

I think perhaps you had miscalculated before, $100k but only $4k take home a month i.e. $48k and average tax at 52%?? Even the highest tax band in Australia is not that high.

Likewise if HMRC have been taking half of everything you earn, then there is something very wrong.