kporte

You'll get Jamie Oliver started......

Dorothy

Jamie Oliver is a little twat. He makes me want to do violence when I see his smug little face on TV. ****wit

Lord_Farquar

Come on say what you mean.

Broad Shoulders

Yeah, I know, I had the best sausage ever in that place

Dorothy

I tried but the sweary filter wouldn't let me.

kporte

I think we need a sausage expert for confirmation....... Think of anyone?

Geelong Gent

All of the items are true but question:

How is it people are not aware of these before arriving?

And with these issues there is so much opportunities but people can't see it for their need to blame something or someone.

How is it people assume a country with smaller population on the other side from fashion capitals will provide cheaper more abundant goods and services?

Are people thinking or hoping for these factors?

Reminiscent of people who complain about low wages but first out the door and last in the door.

Lord_Farquar

WillBlack likes to munch on wieners I am told.

The_Wookie

It's people who make claims such as 'it isn't expensive here' that I have issues with, when it is blatantly clear that a fair few products/services ARE more expensive.

How on earth can someone making statements such as 'it isn't expensive' be helping future expats? The simple answer is that it doesn't.

Unfortunately there are some on here who so blatantly refuse to hear any negative aspect of life in Australia that they will give a blinkered opinion.

As I've said previously, I was glad to read of people's negatives experiences, as well as the positives. It prepared me much better than if I had been expecting to land in Perth to find Nirvana.

iamthecreaturefromuranus

I would think that anybody arriving from the UK now would find almost everything, petrol excluded, expensive. The exchange rate movements have turned Australia into a VERY expensive country for people coming from the UK.

Amazulu

One of my wife's best friends has just arrived here on a 457 and they have confirmed this - although my recent research on electronics, some electrical goods and cars (non-essentials really) shows that we are about the same or cheaper than the UK.

The fact that the UK economy is f**ked might have something to do with it too.

Dorothy

It's not just expensive for those from UK, but we found some things very expensive coming from N. America. Milk, bread, cheese, produce. All very expensive. I talk to my sister who tells me she buys peaches for 69c/kg when I'm paying $13.00/kg for them. It certainly may seemed cheaper here when the exchange rate for you guys was so high, but when you start earning and paying out in $$ instead of pounds it's not hard to see that it really does cost a lot to live here.

copa

$13/kg!!! goodness... where do you live for that? I've never paid that much for peaches before in my life.... i've never paid as little as 69c/kg either... maybe oz needs ultra cheap mexican farm workers.

Amazulu

There is also the fact of farmers in 3rd world countries being exploited to provide 69c/kg peaches and 99c/kg bananas for 1st world markets - but that's another story.

iamthecreaturefromuranus

...or more Indonesian wetbacks to go and slave out in the 50c heat of the interior?