Just watching bbc about couple looking to move to aus he is a driver for ecm away all week earning £40000. If he moves to Perth he could get a job working 40 to 50 hours per week home every night earning between £43000 to £53000 per year.
So who’s going?
Haw haw, just been watching it myself. Remember it’s an agency, even the guy telling him didn’t look like he believed it. If it was that easy & they got that much there would be about 6 drivers left here.
It is better paid in Aus, my mate drives a refrigerated artic (single trailer) over there and earns more than I do over here.
BUT, it’s also more expensive to live, pretty much everything except beer and fuel is more expensive, unless you live in the oubacks houses are really expensive.
At least they get the weather (and snakes, and big spiders and wildlife commiting suicide infront of your truck)
waynedl:
It is better paid in Aus, my mate drives a refrigerated artic (single trailer) over there and earns more than I do over here.BUT, it’s also more expensive to live, pretty much everything except beer and fuel is more expensive, unless you live in the oubacks houses are really expensive.
At least they get the weather (and snakes, and big spiders and wildlife commiting suicide infront of your truck)
+1 also austrailas h&s is more stringent than here
I drive buses near Perth in Scotland and earn nothing like that £40,000.You have to understand the big picture though,the cost of living varies enormously even on our small Island.
alamcculloch:
I drive buses near Perth in Scotland and earn nothing like that £40,000.You have to understand the big picture though,the cost of living varies enormously even on our small Island.
think you’ll find it’s Perth in Aus
At the end it said him and his wife would be about £11000 a year better off in aus
He may be £1000 better off, but if the cost of living is a lot higher, then that will soon be swallowed up, and talking of swallowing 
They also have ■■■■■■■■■ widows, sharks in the sea, snakes in your out building, and in the garden, and those giant prehistoric animals that can take a leg or an arm off in a second, well i think they have crocodiles, cos i watched a guy called crocodile dundee, fight them on his own with just a knife. But apart from all of the nasties, and having to check under the bed covers everynight, i think i`m gonna stay here, even if i was 20 grand a year better off.
Not sure where the information about the beer being cheeper comes from but in my experience it is actually quite a but more expensive in Australia than it is here. Also you have to take into consideration the exchange rate at the time of comparison. For example 6 years ago I got nearly 2 dollars to the £, but 3 years ago I only got 1.4 dollars to the £. So 6 years ago a sallery of 50,000 dollars was only a little more than £25,000, where as 3 years ago the same sallery translated to over £36.000.
truckyboy:
He may be £1000 better off, but if the cost of living is a lot higher, then that will soon be swallowed up, and talking of swallowing
Don’t you also have snakes and dangerous spiders in Bg?
Also, those bloody stray / wild dogs 
Perth is one of the most expensive cities on the planet, I spent a month there in October 2012. Wages for dumper drivers in the mines were really big, had to be based there for a 4-6 weeks at a time though.
Regarding food and drink
Pint $6-9 Aus dollars
Fish & chips $15-20 Aus dollars
It’s a real eye opener.
Australia’s Sydney and Melbourne named as the 4th and 5th most unaffordable cities to buy a property according to a research released just yesterday.
and here is the survey in details:
page 24:
"Among all markets, Australia’s Median Multiple remained at a severely unaffordable 5.8. After major markets
Sydney (9.0) and Melbourne (8.4). Port Macquarie (NSW) was third most unaffordable, at 8.1, followed by
the Sunshine Coast (QLD), at 8.0 and the Gold Coast (QLD) at 7.7. "
I left Sydney in 2005 after living there for a few years, and thought that it’s property market was seriously unaffordable, but now, 9 years later when I take a look at areas where I used to live and was looking to buy I can’t believe these prices.
What happened mostly was and still is mining boom and the money coming in from stuff duged up from underground and Asian, mostly Chinese investors looking for a safe and a nice place to park their cash.
Australia was a nice place to move to, lets say till year 2000, after this it all have spiraled out of control.
Whats the show called
I would imagine that dodgy jobs don’t count as “sponsors” for getting out there in the first place…
(At the consulate…)
“Hi. I’ve been offered a £40k job down under, and I’d like to start immigration proceedings in aus please.”
"G’day. What’s the name of the firm?"
“Mabloggs Broken Hill trucking”
"Just tap it up on the screen… Ok, it’s what you pommes call a Job Consultantcy? - No problem though. Do you have about a mil aus dollars to get you through your first year, buy your house without a mortgage, and pay yourself and the missus some kind of income for the first few years you clearly won’t have a job?"
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tet:
Perth is one of the most expensive cities on the planet, I spent a month there in October 2012. Wages for dumper drivers in the mines were really big, had to be based there for a 4-6 weeks at a time though.Regarding food and drink
Pint $6-9 Aus dollars
Fish & chips $15-20 Aus dollarsIt’s a real eye opener.
Is that per person or for the round?
Perth - too hot and spiders as big as your fist
Always sunny as I remember ( a long time ago)
actros194:
Whats the show called
Wanted down under. Bbc 1 at 0915 daily.
Winseer:
tet:
Perth is one of the most expensive cities on the planet, I spent a month there in October 2012. Wages for dumper drivers in the mines were really big, had to be based there for a 4-6 weeks at a time though.Regarding food and drink
Pint $6-9 Aus dollars
Fish & chips $15-20 Aus dollarsIt’s a real eye opener.
Is that per person or for the round?
that’d probably be per round, i went to visit my parents in Syd in 2011 and a 600ml bottle of coke was $4. public transport is immensely cheap though! you can get a 7 day travel pass for $50 which covers every train ferry tram and bus in NSW, my dad pays $100 for a month iirc
Where do i sign?
tet:
Perth is one of the most expensive cities on the planet, I spent a month there in October 2012. Wages for dumper drivers in the mines were really big, had to be based there for a 4-6 weeks at a time though.Regarding food and drink
Pint $6-9 Aus dollars
Fish & chips $15-20 Aus dollarsIt’s a real eye opener.
Go to The Breakwater in Hillarys boat harbor-AU$15 a pint.