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05-09-2017, 02:28 AM
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Our trouble is that while mum is with us still we can't go for long. But with sister in Perth and Son in Sydney , we need at least a month out there. So as to when we will get there I don't know, but I'm saving for it
You really do need at least a month. I have friends from the UK who have come for a couple of weeks because of their jobs but really what do they see? Distances are vast compared to the UK even a trip from Sydney to Broken Hill will take at least a week if you drive there and back (and rush) yet you still haven't left NSW (though you are in a different time zone)

My brother came last year for a month; flew to the Barrier Reef and Melbourne but still ran out of time and didn't even get to the Blue Mountains. He is coming back in February.

Backpackers get the best deal with their outback working visas so they can stay for up to 2 years.
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05-09-2017, 08:52 AM
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So, when are you coming to visit, summer? In winter?
I would Plopps but as you know I hate spiders and your spiders are massive anyway you didn't book the church! tuts
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05-09-2017, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Bruce ->
You really do need at least a month. I have friends from the UK who have come for a couple of weeks because of their jobs but really what do they see? Distances are vast compared to the UK even a trip from Sydney to Broken Hill will take at least a week if you drive there and back (and rush) yet you still haven't left NSW (though you are in a different time zone)

My brother came last year for a month; flew to the Barrier Reef and Melbourne but still ran out of time and didn't even get to the Blue Mountains. He is coming back in February.

Backpackers get the best deal with their outback working visas so they can stay for up to 2 years.
Our son went on an out back visa, he now has citizenship

We will probably get their when we retire. That's why I'm saving now. It will be the once in a lifetime trip and if I'm going to travel that far, I want to see as much as I can and I know that means a lot of internal flights and of course being older, I don't want to have to penny pinch and slum it I understand the cost of living is pretty horrendous out there

Fella I'm working to ATM has a brother in Perth and his brother flies over here for a weekend Would take me a week to recover from the flight
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05-09-2017, 09:57 AM
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I would Plopps but as you know I hate spiders and your spiders are massive anyway you didn't book the church! tuts
No massive spiders where I live, they're all on the East Coast.
The churches are quite massive though. Tell me your favorite denomination and I'll see what I can do.
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05-09-2017, 01:33 PM
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Re: Australia......

Originally Posted by Missy ->
We will probably get their when we retire. That's why I'm saving now. It will be the once in a lifetime trip and if I'm going to travel that far, I want to see as much as I can and I know that means a lot of internal flights and of course being older, I don't want to have to penny pinch and slum it I understand the cost of living is pretty horrendous out there
Strange thing prices I can only go by my most recent experience in the UK but that was a few years ago now. Supermarket food here is more expensive but restaurant, club food and take ways are much cheaper, train and basic travel costs are cheaper here but overseas travel is more expensive, electronic goods and white goods are cheaper here as are clothes.

The cost of living is higher here but then so are our wages and pensions - swings and roundabouts I guess.

Personally having lived in both countries I have always been much better off here both financially, socially and in life style and that is without considering the space and climate. I certainly wouldn't want to live here on a UK pension or wage but with my pension I live very well.
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06-09-2017, 03:30 PM
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If you are going to fly internally in Australia it's best to book all your flights before leaving the UK otherwise they are horrendously expensive.
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07-09-2017, 11:44 AM
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If I had a 'Bucket List' which I don't, a visit to Australia would be at the top of it....
I would love to visit Aus....Mainly for the great open spaces of the 'Outback' and of course the mountains....Perhaps one day before I get too old to fly that far it might be possible.....Watch this space Bruce and Ploppy.....
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08-09-2017, 07:13 AM
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If you get too old to fly, just go by plane.
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08-09-2017, 03:16 PM
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Re: Australia......

Originally Posted by Mr Ploppy ->
If you get too old to fly, just go by plane.


Hehehehehehe

If money was no object I'd love a round the world ticket - first class

Better go buy a lotto ticket
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08-09-2017, 08:37 PM
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If you get too old to fly, just go by plane.


I'd rather cruise Ploppy......
 
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