Tr1boy

First time posters will we get today?

quoll

Nah, they'll all be wanting to move to Canada

Beoz

Its the 3 months of summer. Need to wait til the 9 months of winter.

spouse of scouse

...and a fine, sunny evening it's been. Pub dinner, couple of pints out in full daylight up till 10pm - and the bill was neither more or less than it would have been pre-Brexit. Life's not too bloody shabby

Tr1boy

I had the day off and for once didn't spend it pounding my body into athletic submission

I spent the day having a lazy breakfast, playing with my daughter and then a walk and coffee and a running magazine. It felt pretty good, I could get used to it!

I've counted three newbies.

spouse of scouse

Sounds like a great day - extra time on the bike for you tomorrow

I'd put out the welcome mat for the newbies, but staying up all night last night, combined with the few pints tonight, means I'm up those stairs very shortly.

GarryP

https://www.google.com.au/trends/exp...z=Etc%2FGMT-10

My guess is it will take a while for the reality to sink in, and people to look for an escape route.

From the perspective of someone in the UK going "oh sh*t" the first thought might well be scotland, then europe (since they say existing individuals will be grandfathered), then canada (god knows why) and only then Australian & New Zealand.

If Turnbull and co, or Shorten if he replaces them, were smart they'd do a one time, 100k, quick low-hassle deal on UKians looking to immigrate, and pick the best. Lots of highly trained experts will be looking for an easy and quick route out of the sh*tstorm.

jad n rich

Lots of inquiry perhaps, like where is best in Australia to live but not many serious takers the way the exchange rate is going.

The main drawcard for Aus was always the money factor, followed by the climate, which most people totally underestimated the ferocity of, and a lot end up hating.

If the pound continues to crumble, imagine arriving here and trying to buy in Sydney or Melbourne. But then imagine trying to buy in Vancouver now, same thing.

Googling move to australia is one thing, actually affording it is quite another nowdays.

However a few repeat episodes of new life downunder

old.sparkles

I moved here in 2013 when the exchange rate was the worst it could have been - I think I got $1.45 /£1 though I didn't move to Sydney or Melbourne, life here isn't really that expensive seeing as I earn less here than I earned in the UK. Also not worried by the climate although I do wish it was warmer at the moment and drier and less grey, etc

Beoz

That was the best FX rate. What you talking about?

old.sparkles

Not for transferring GBP to AUD to fund the move it wasn't

Tr1boy

It was a year of two halves for forex. I remember because it was when we spent a month in Oz working out if wanted to move back at that point. After a steady climb from March, it hit a high of 59p in late Oct, and then came down very fast and IIRC was back at 52p or less by Xmas.

Beoz

Oh. You should make that clear. Some people like to transfer this stuff back to the UK.

old.sparkles

I did say it was when we moved over but I could have made it clearer

Beoz

But some people move over for higher salaries, sending the money home (UK), to pay the mortgage on their UK house.