wmoore

After paying all our debts, shipping, flights, etc (and the $100k bond ) we'll actually be left with about £7k to take.

Dicko

Snap
All of our married life we have had debts, now the kids are getting older and all at school (well next year our youngest will be) we are looking forward to a debt free life, and we will be trying our hardest not to get debts again. (Except mortgage)
We are only taking approx 10k but a clean slate as well, and boy does that feel good, we have to admit though we were tempted to leave a few debts but thought the ability to hold our heads up and not forever looking over our shoulders will be worth it.
I think we will be renting for a good while though.

Good luck

68MEVY

Hi, we're not in Oz yet but have no cash to take with us, we'll probably manage £1000. We are shipping the car, all our furniture and the dog. We have relatives out there who we an stay with until we find our feet, without them I don't think we'd be going just yet, we'd have to hang back a year or so to save some money. We also have debt in the UK but have switched to an international company to enable us to pay it in Oz without the exchange rate.
We may have no money but we have the determination to make it work.
Marie

matt-and-jenny

Well we're taking £5k

Stormz

We`re taking bugger all really. Might have $10k if we sell our cars here, to help us buy one there.

We have $15k in Oz but hopefully won`t have to touch that until we eventually get to buy a house.

ho-hum.

Ash1974

I'm in a different boat (going out on a 1 yr working visa) but am determined to get an IT contract job in either Perth (we're i'm heading), Melbourne (2nd stop if struggling to get work in Perth) and finally last chance saloon in sydney to enable me to get on a 457 business visa to enable me to stay out there on a more permanent...

To enable people to put things in perspective (and possibly realise how good your situations actually are...) I am taking £3500 and am also carrying a £14k bank loan...

I am also doing it on my own...

(and I am 31 years old so not that much younger than a lot of you...)

However, I have never been so sure about anything in my life and (like all the rest of you i'm sure) am boring everyone to death with going on about it...

I'm also planning on spending the first 12 weeks travelling from Cairns down the east coast to sydney, melbourne and then on to Perth so in theory I will arrive in Perth with nothing...! however, I have some good friends in Perth where i can stay so it's not a totally lunatic plan...

10 weeks and counting

pandya_m

Ash dont worry about that..
Me too in same boat but only good thing is that I have a PR.
But I might carry less than 5K that can keep the candle burning for 6 month I guess for a loner like me. Rest I think I can secure a job out there in 6 months...So keeping my fingures crossed.

Only thing I have is confidence and convication may be little experience...
May be those things count more then experience.

jopaulss

Hi All
Well as said before it really doesnt matter how much you are coming out with, if its going to work for you it will or it wont, and thats whether it be with $5k or $500k. I know people who have come out with money, enough to buy outright a nice house and life, but it didnt work and Australia wasnt for them, others like ourselves came out with literally nothing and we have been here 2 and half years now, have our citizenship interview may 19th and are hopefully fingers crossed going to put a deposit down on some land to build a house.
We both work hard and play hard, the kids love it here and so do we, we would not go back to the UK we love our life here. So yes it can be done with no money, and dont worry to those of you who have none, youll be good.
Joanne
P.s We also left with no debts in the UK, but have managed to build a few up here, but hey thats life and surviving day to day im afraid