off2ozzy

how many people have a job to go to or did you wait until you got there before looking for a job.are the wages in relation to cost of living better or worse than the uk.last question ,is it a must for brits to buy the biggest 4 x 4 they can get their hands on or do they buy cars similar to the ones they had in the uk

cheers daz

camacazi

hi

hubby hasn't got a job but would like to have one before we go next year

he also wants a big 4 x 4, i'll settle for a toyota rav4

tazkenny

I luckily have a job waiting for me when I get over, but it wasn't the easiest thing to get by being in the UK. I get the impression I could of got a lot of interest if I had been over there in person. for me the wages will be a lot more than I get in the UK, but I don't believe that's common - although renting a house will be twice as expensive as my mortgage.

4x4, no chance. Will keep to myself what I think of drivers of them.

The_Wookie

I see you're a biker like me tazkenny so you probably think the same of 'most' 4x4 drivers as I do

northerner

We both turned up with no jobs. I had one secured within 2 days (along with several other offers) - same wage as UK pretty much so I was happy.

We are in pretty central Sydney and are finding the cost of living cheaper than the UK (Manchester) generally. It's close though.

We bought a new Focus and yes there are lots of 'normal' cars around. I think Ausralians are beginning to realise that running a 4 litre gas guzzler in the city is a pretty costly and pointless excersise.

Graham

bobbyftm

We both came out with no jobs but the two of us have have secured jobs within 2 very leisurely months on equal wages to that in the UK.Had a Peugeot 306 1.9td in England ,now drive a Honda Jazz1.5vti

Hutch

You're emigrating to the wrong country if you have a problem with 4x4s ...

walaj

no job - did make contacts before moving with no success, then offered a job in Melbourne (we just arrived in syd with container to follow, so declined), then within 3wks for same Co OH worked for in UK with v similar role.
less wages & bonus prospects, less hols.
wagon now (saloon in UK), bigger family & good for diving (if I ever do any), but would have no prob getting 4x4.

wullieb1

I have a job before i plan on flying.

Wages are about a third more than i'm earning in the UK.

Wendy

So true...they are everywhere

comet555

I think the wrong country would be Canada! There are way more 4x4's there

comet555

We arrived with no jobs. It took my husband about 2 weeks to secure a job, mostly because he had to have one phone interview and one on site interview for two different jobs.

Basically the same pay, although here he gets 4 weeks paid vacation which is more than he got in Canada. We've heard if he went to Perth he could have made twice his current salary. But then our housing costs would be more and my husband would have been working away from home for over a week at a time. Oh yah, he's a mining engineer.

Dorothy

But you could have been close to me. My husband travels about 1 week per month too. We could have kept each other company when the boys were away.

comet555

True, but then you weren't in Perth then

Actually he would have been gone at least 2-3 weeks per month depending on schedule since all the jobs for him there are fly in fly out. Because of this Perth was our last option.