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Forum: Australia
Nov 3rd 2011, 5:48 am
Replies: 2,449
Views: 273,328
Posted By roaringmouse

Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

Erm... Australia is founded on uninvited migrants (aka colonizers or invaders, depending on your viewpoint).

Never considered you to be a Daily Mail believer.
Forum: Australia
Jul 15th 2011, 12:30 pm
Replies: 2,449
Views: 273,328
Posted By roaringmouse

Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

Whatever... :zzz:
Forum: Australia
Jul 15th 2011, 4:13 am
Replies: 2,449
Views: 273,328
Posted By roaringmouse

Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

:rolleyes: :zzz:
Forum: Australia
Jul 14th 2011, 11:10 am
Replies: 2,449
Views: 273,328
Posted By roaringmouse

Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

You did the comparison in the first place, so it's obviously important to you - I don't really care what price the machine is, although I noticed the difference was bigger when I had a very quick...
Forum: Australia
Jul 14th 2011, 4:49 am
Replies: 2,449
Views: 273,328
Posted By roaringmouse

Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

Comet is often expensive - machine can be found cheaper (http://www.prcdirect.co.uk/appliances/laundry--dishwashers/washing-machines/wf0704w7w/product) in UK than the Comet price.
Forum: Australia
May 28th 2011, 2:04 am
Replies: 2,449
Views: 273,328
Posted By roaringmouse

Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

Recent article: We're being ripped off by retailers: Choice (http://www.theage.com.au/small-business/trends/were-being-ripped-off-by-retailers-choice-20110527-1f7c2.html)
Forum: Australia
May 20th 2011, 1:14 am
Replies: 2,449
Views: 273,328
Posted By roaringmouse

Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

I can understand this, as we came over not so much with the intent to move back, but with the intent to decide on which country to settle in. My wife is from Australia, and I'm from the UK - it's a...
Forum: Australia
Apr 21st 2011, 12:13 pm
Replies: 2,449
Views: 273,328
Posted By roaringmouse

Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

Yep, but not by enough to get excited about! We can cherry pick computer items as much as we want, and will find some things are less here and some things are less in the UK.

For example, the...
Forum: Australia
Apr 21st 2011, 12:04 pm
Replies: 2,449
Views: 273,328
Posted By roaringmouse

Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

That's the online price for JB HiFi, which are well known for being less than the ticket price in store - i.e. already "reduced" from ticket price.
Forum: Australia
Apr 21st 2011, 11:59 am
Replies: 2,449
Views: 273,328
Posted By roaringmouse

Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

$98 in Officeworks you said? £77 on Amazon UK (about $115, which is the advertised price for JB HiFi).
Forum: Australia
Apr 21st 2011, 11:42 am
Replies: 2,449
Views: 273,328
Posted By roaringmouse

Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

What about it?
Forum: Australia
Apr 21st 2011, 11:04 am
Replies: 2,449
Views: 273,328
Posted By roaringmouse

Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

If it's the one I just found...
Forum: Australia
Apr 12th 2011, 5:14 am
Replies: 2,449
Views: 273,328
Posted By roaringmouse

Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

If you do a validation trip and then leave Australia, you can use this time outside of Australia as absence allowed for citizenship - with the allowable absence being up to 1 year. For example, my...
Forum: Australia
Apr 11th 2011, 4:35 am
Replies: 2,449
Views: 273,328
Posted By roaringmouse

Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

Probably be a bit less than 18 months - judging by your brief timeline in your sig you may be eligible to apply for citizenship in Jan 2012 unless you've spent more than about 3 months or so...
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