AUS Days

[Teak Windows]

Good on you! You are pretty much right in the guts of it then.

I live about two and a half hours north of Sydney. If you feel like a weekend out of town to the beach, after January 1st, I have a couple of spare bedrooms.

Tezza and I, we too was wondering if we could mosey on over

[Butch]

Bloody hell William, your job must pay a packet...that's expensive real estate...

[MeMock]

say g'day to johnny as he walks past in the morning.

[corvettelover]

say g'day to johnny as he walks past in the morning.

Be quick saying hello hopefully he wont be there in two weeks time.
you think getting a unit is hard wait till you get in the sydney traffic to travel to work. Thats a fun experience the grass on the side walks grow as you pass,very time consuming.
Nice area kirribilli, milsons point lived there for 4 years.
And you are right costs a packet to live there.
Meat is expensive T Bone steak up to $24 a kilo mince $12 kg, and beer $35-$40 for case of 24 stubies. At 4.9% alchol.
enjoy

[Marmite the Dog]

you think getting a unit is hard wait till you get in the sydney traffic to travel to work. Thats a fun experience the grass on the side walks grow as you pass,very time consuming.

William lived in London for a while. Aussie traffic is pathetic in comparison.

[Fabian]

And you are right costs a packet to live there.
Meat is expensive T Bone steak up to $24 a kilo mince $12 kg, and beer $35-$40 for case of 24 stubies. At 4.9% alchol.
enjoy

The steak does seem just a bit expensive to me but the beer prices are outrageous!

[AntRobertson]

but the beer prices are outrageous

It's not really that bad, AU$35 is circa 1,000B so 1000/24 = 41B per bottle.

Certainly more expensive than the Changs etc of this World but probably better too.

[William]

^you don't seem to get the same thumping hangover I got whenever I drank Singha, that's for sure

[AntRobertson]

^Yeah, that'll be on of the side effects of it being actual beer* and not water from the klong with a bit of fizz added to it.

Singha... bleeeeh!










*And most likely one of those owned by Lion Nathan, the New Zealand brewer, at that

[Joe Kerr]

Just found this thread and have to agree that Sydney (at least the city) is an expensive place to live (ranked 21st in the 2007 Mercer cost-of-living survey). However William, I think you will find it is worth it, as Sydneysiders love to play hard. Drop me a line if you need any suggestions. I'm just around the corner on Kent St.

As for beers, try the James Boags' Premium Lager. Will pay on average $50 for a slab. Also, you can get a nice James Squires 'Amber Ale' down on Kings St Wharf where it is brewed onsite. You will find it hard to drink the Thai beers again.

[corvettelover]

^you don't seem to get the same thumping hangover I got whenever I drank Singha, that's for sure

simple at 4.9% you need to drink twice as much aussie beer to get to thai beer percentages

[Fabian]

^you don't seem to get the same thumping hangover I got whenever I drank Singha, that's for sure

simple at 4.9% you need to drink twice as much aussie beer to get to thai beer percentages

I guess mathematics wasn't your best subject at school?

[Fabian]

but the beer prices are outrageous

It's not really that bad, AU$35 is circa 1,000B so 1000/24 = 41B per bottle.

Certainly more expensive than the Changs etc of this World but probably better too.

Beer is expensive in Thailand as well.

[Ban Saray]

Can of Chang is 20 baht, bottle is 33 baht (or 3 bottles for 100baht), and it's in the ;pcal shop ice cold and less than a minutes walk away.
You don't get that in Sydney, I was living in KK in a small hotel, and the walk to the supermarket took longer.
I refuse to work there now, I found that $80/hr just doesn't cut it if you want to save money, and not many will pay that anyway.
I earn 1/2 that here and bank 90% of it. But I do own a house here, makes a difference, don't think I'll ever be able to own one back in Aussie.
Divorce is a wonderful leveler.

[William]

Back online! View from my place.

[William]

Unfortunately I cannot see this one, I need to take the ferry.

[AntRobertson]

Gidday cobber!

Fair suck of the sav mate, how's it all going blue?

[William]

Ant

So far, and it is very early days, I'm rather liking this place.

[dirtydog]

I just cant understand why william was not able to find a cheap place with a view of some poxy little bridge.

[William]

DD,

They tell me you get great views on New Year's Eve. Unfortunately for me, I get back in from Cape Town at 3p.m. NYE, so the only view I want is of my pillow. But I understand, from what I have been told, that I can forget that!!

[dirtydog]

I think those Aussies are robbing you william, I mean fok me it's only a poxy bridge, why should you have to pay extra just to see some poxy little bridge? I am sure cmn knows of loads of bridges in wales that you can get a place real cheap

[William]

^in Wales? Right...

[AntRobertson]

So far, and it is very early days, I'm rather liking this place.

Good to hear fella. I'll read from that the job's going well also. Have to admit to a tinge of envy, you being in the 'real world' now and all

[William]

^and me you mate - when are the little ones arriving?

[AntRobertson]

^Not long now, 3rd of Dec!

Looking back on my life I can't help but come to the sad conclusion that I wasted my freedom by not going out on the lash often enough when I had the chance