gsidhu

Hello Folks

Its been about 8 months here in Point Cook, Melbourne. So I thought I would post our cost of living per month.

I hope it helps:

3 bed townhouse rental: $1387
Foxtel: $106(platinum package)
VisionAsia: $60 (indian channels)
Broadband: $75(60GB telstra)
Landline: $130 (Telstra)
2 Mobiles: $80 (virgin png and contract)
Water: $18
Electric: $105
Gas: $112

Rental Insurance: $14
Car Insurance: $50
Petrol: $160
Train Ticket: $104 (Zone 1)

Food Shopping: $500(2 of us)
Slab: $54 (Stella)
My lunch money: $240 (i eat out everyday

Grand Total : $3195 per month

All the best
G

slippery30

I am in melbourne since 5 months..our cost of living( 2 adults and a baby) is around 3000$ too..can u tell me how u get visionasia?.i wana get indian channels too

steve_uk

My mortgage is $4000 alone! wow!

ABCDiamond

That's more than our net income !!!

gsidhu

Slippery : goto http://www.visionasia.com.au/beta/index.php - the dish
is big though usually blocks out the sun.

Steve_Uk: $4000 for a mortgage - wow i was wondering who owned the opera house.

lou_pete

WOW!!!!!!!! That is fantastic. We are moving to Melbourne too (hopefully by the end of the year). You have just delivered the most fantastic news! I am so excited. I'm a nurse, my hubby is a HGV driver. We have two kids aged 4 and 6.
Really pleased I came across your thread. Hey Ho! Lets Go!
Cheers!

Zambia

Sadly the above has no entertainment budget ...

There are a lot of bills before you get to this piont, but nice post OP

Simo429

thanks for that it was really useful!

seeing that i think me and the missus can certainly survive

suzyambrose

Looks like I'll have to get a job aswell! I can't believe how much the landline and broadband costs! seems like alot of money to me

Simo429

knowing that i think we could survive just on the missus' wage!

life of luxury for me

suzyambrose

Lucky you!!! isn't it a bit rude to gloat at the fact others are less fortunate? You must be one of those people that pretend they're on their mobile when walking past a homeless person.

Simo429

i dont do that i just dont give them money i dont need to pretend!

although i dont think the missus would be too happy about my life of luxury plan, maybe i should wait to get to australia and then she wont be able to do anything about it

Paddy_M

Me too....seems expensive compared to good old BT.
Are there many different packages?

suzyambrose

If you do a search on here there's a few different companies mentioned depending on where you live, let's hope there's cheaper alternatives!

I pay about 25 pounds a month at the mo with talktalk for free international calls with my land line and broadband so a deal would be good

CharleneG

That's really good info and useful timing for us too.
We fly out on 3rd March and land on 12th (it's not a slow flight, we've got a week in Singapore on the way).

We've managed to secure a managed apartment in South Yarra until the end of April @ $108 per night which will hopefully see us through until our furniture arrives / we can extend for a short while longer.

We have to find jobs yet so I don't know where we will finally end up and I don't really mind as long as there is little commute.

I want to look at broadband and mobiles before we leave so i can get a good deal when we land.
Can anyone advise on contracts v pay as you go for both with no job but with a perm visa?

Thanks
Charlene