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Australia’s Soaring Electricity Prices

23 June 2010 Cost of Living - Australia
goswitch

Cost Of Living in Australia: Electricity Revisited Every year here in Australia electricity prices rise in every state (except Victoria, I’ll come to that later) by a percentage which is agreed by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART). Here in Queensland, the agreed percentage increase for the year 2010/11 was 13.29%; it struck me [...]

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The Cost of Living in Australia: House Prices Revised

12 March 2010 Cost of Living - Australia

I have always stated on this blog that Australia’s houses are cheaper than those in the UK. But as property values fall back in Britain and the pound versus the Australian dollar tumbles, I am forced to relook look at the figures. If you want to check out my original post, you can read it [...]

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Snakes in Australia: My First Real Live Encounter.

10 February 2010 Australia's Bad Things
eastern brown snake

The day was Friday, 5 February, that’s when it happened. On that day I had been living in Australia for two years, two months and 22 days, which is nice and easy to remember. And that was the day it happened, at last! I saw my first real wild snake. Yes, previously I had seen [...]

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Death by Dangerous Creatures in Australia 2009

6 January 2010 Australia's Bad Things
snake

I’m sure some of you may have been mildly interested in my video at the beginning of the week about our second full year living in Australia, the highlights of 2009, but I am sure that what you really want to know about 2009 is what did Australia’s Bad Things achieve during the year. How [...]

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Our Second Full Year Living in Australia

4 January 2010 Life in Australia

In my last ever blog post of 2009 I foolishly suggested that I’d be back on January the first. Unfortunately, I hadn’t taken into account the hangover I would be battling with after a magnificent party hosted by Andy and Michelle. My thanks to them for a great night. But there is only one way [...]

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Cost of Living in Australia and UK: Cities Compared

17 December 2009 Cost of Living - Australia
money

….and some other cities too. In my category “Cost of Living – Australia” I have looked at the costs of a wide range of essential items ranging from electrical goods to groceries, from houses to ambulance fees and from toys to booze. At the start of the exercise I suggested that there wouldn’t be too [...]

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Cost of Living in Australia: Stamp Duty.

10 December 2009 Cost of Living - Australia
stamp duty

The cost of stamp duty in Australia and England compared. We have already looked at the cost comparisons when buying a house in Australia compared with England, but what about the stamp duty? Which country is cheapest? And the winner is………… England! There, that was straight to the point wasn’t it? No big build up, [...]

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Are Australians the Friendliest People in the World?

3 December 2009 Australia vs UK
friends

I woke up in a hot sweat the other night. But that’s something you just have to get used to during the summers here in Australia. But while I was lying there, trying to get back to sleep, I had this thought. I didn’t actually address Vivienne’s comment when she said “I do love the [...]

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