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Not everyone likes Australia.

tommy.irene — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:40:14 GMT

It's grim Down Under: Family who swapped Hull for life of luxury in Australia return home two months later in shock from cost of living and lack of Robinson's fruit juiceSiobhan and Andrew Goodfellow spent £10,000 to start new life in Australia
But two weeks after the move, the couple decided they'd made big mistakeNot being able to buy daughter Savannah's favourite squash was last strawCouple have returned to Britain - just two months after moving to Australia

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*elizabeths-mum* — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:20:03 GMT

"‘I drink green tea and out there a box of 80 green tea bags can cost £8."

Where was she shopping? 😮

The price comparison chart at the end was interesting but not really relevant without a wages comparison as well. This is out of date but gives a bit of an idea of the difference that puts prices into perspective.

http://www.bobinoz.com/blog/2667/cost-of-living-in-australia-wages-compared/

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azureline** — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:42:00 GMT

2 weeks??? what an odd family.

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meh_too — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:43:15 GMT

The title should read: Not everyone likes Adelaide.

So why didn't they try Sydney or Perth? And I am amazed they were allowed to come with their (lack of) skills

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katydidthat — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:48:37 GMT

What an odd story. What very strange people. What funny figures ... last time I was in the UK, the prices were incredibly high and the wages were higher than here. A couple of small fillet steaks were close to $40.00 ... would have been under $10 here.

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debra9275 — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:48:40 GMT

Two weeks isn't long enough to make a big decision like that. How strange.?.

waves to EM back there

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cherry*135 — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 05:07:23 GMT

Be interesting tohow were covered under immigration rules to be able to live here.

The wife did marketing? and the OH was going to stay home with the daughter for awhile then look for work.

When we lived in NZ, we sold our first house to an English couple with one son. 6 weeks later, while driving past our old house a For Sale sign was up....they didn't like NZ and went back to the UK.

They arrived at the start of winter in the Sth Island of NZ, so not a great time to get out and about and check out your new surroundings.

I also knew an English couple who moved to NZ (they had family from UK living in NZ) lived there for about a year or so, didn't like it, moved back to England.. didn't like it there either. They thought things had changed for the worse in the UK since they had been away. The decided NZ was better after all, couldn't afford to move back there though.

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cherry*135 — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 05:09:54 GMT

katy - we went to UK in 2011, found the prices of good food quite reasonably priced compared to here.

The wages there for hospitality is around 6GBP an hour in Aust it is $15+, so that does make a difference.

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azureline** — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 05:42:53 GMT

6 years ago, we found the cost of living in the UK about the same as here...... except for meat. (not that we wanted it)

Everything else was on a par.

I can't understand anyone who wants to emigrate without first going for a holiday.

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rabbitearbandicoot — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 05:49:38 GMT

Reminds me of the old joke about the Pom that got off the plane, said "what a dump - for 2 bob I'd go home again" - someone gave him a pound and said take a few of your mates with you.

- hang on - let's think? No, better not.

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twyngwyn — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 06:23:03 GMT

They must have been shopping in the airport ?:|

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j*oono — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 06:34:42 GMT

We were 10 pound poms. That meant that it was dirt cheap to get here but you had to stay for at least two years or else you had to pay the full fare plus your return fair.

It didn't take any effort for myself and siblings to settle down here because kids just do, but it was very difficult for my mum.

It was pretty obvious that they were waiting out the two years but guess what? When the time came it was decided that we were better off here in Australia.

My mum loved Australia but I don't think she ever really settled down here.

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i-need-a-martini — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 06:56:44 GMT

My mum loved Australia but I don't think she ever really settled down here.

I think that's the case with many migrants Joono. And fair enough too.

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monman12 — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:05:29 GMT

AM3 has pointed out the answer.

Recently I researched, for a friend, the relative cost of living in UK/AU. Here are some highlights:

2013 Annual average wage in UK = $36,712

Australia Full-Time Adult Average Weekly Ordinary Time Earnings = $72,592

Living expenses UK & Aus.

http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_countries_result.jsp?country1=United+Kingdom&country2=Australia

Which whilst showing a lot of prices in UK are lower, the 64.81% greater median earnings in Australia overall make our purchasing power 16.63% higher, i.e. overall we are 16.63% better off with everything taken into consideration.

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clair.de.lune — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:12:56 GMT

My mum and her family were ten pound poms

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rabbitearbandicoot — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:16:35 GMT

we were 10 pound poms the first time, then mum took us back because gran was ill. The second time we paid.

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sandym3369 — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:19:02 GMT

We came here 21 years ago right away I felt like I was home. Love the place . It was sixteen years before I got to go back to the UK for a visit. We now try to go every two years. But I would not want to live there .

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icyfroth — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:00:16 GMT

There's nowhere else I'd want to live than in Sydney, Australia

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tommy.irene — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:12:16 GMT

I love living here in the Canary Isles..

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cherry*135 — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:22:43 GMT

That looks nice.

I quite like living here Sth Coast, Sydney