Cost of Living – Australia

The Cost of Living in Australia: Through the Roof!

1 September 2009 Cost of Living - Australia

What on earth is happening to the “Great British Pound”? Short answer: It’s sinking! More detailed answer…. When I first posted about house hunting in Australia back in February, I assumed an exchange rate (correct at the time) of 2.2 Aussie dollars to the pound. Also, I talked about a house that would have cost [...]

The Cost of Living in Australia: Electrical Goods

25 August 2009 Cost of Living - Australia

Time to take another look at the cost of living in Australia. My apologies to those of you who live anywhere in the world other than England, as this price comparison will be almost meaningless. But you can, of course, always use the Australian prices quoted here to compare with your price locally. If you [...]

The Cost of Living in Australia: House Prices

4 August 2009 Cost of Living - Australia

Required for reading this post: maths level 2 or above. I have written about house prices before, but then the other day I saw an interesting article on Yahoo news which I wanted to copy and paste onto my blog and claim as my own. Two things prevented me from doing this. Firstly, apparently it [...]

The Cost of Living in Australia: Groceries

16 July 2009 Cost of Living - Australia

In what may be (some of you may wish to argue and suggest other entries) my most boring post to date, I bring you a relatively meaningless grocery price comparison chart. I say boring because it wasn’t much fun writing it and I can’t imagine it makes great reading. But if you are considering coming [...]

The Cost of Living in Australia

30 June 2009 Cost of Living - Australia

Today sees the launch of a new category on BobinOz. It’s called the Cost of Living in Australia. It strikes me that anybody interested in coming to live in Australia permanently, would be very interested in knowing how much it costs to live here. Call it a hunch. If you are looking for a short [...]

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