How much money will I need for Australia

jane2009

Hi,

Im heading Oz in November. Landing in sydney and staying there until christmas and then moving to Brisbane to try find work. Anybody and ideas on how much money Ill need??

ntlbell

how long is a piece of string.

depends what you want to do

if your staying in hostel's etc get the avg nightly rate X length of stay

make some sort of food budget X by stay

you'll need to do a bit of research.

Mr Benevolent

About €3000 will match the $5000 needed going by the WHV rules.

Mahatma coat

the simple answer to that question is,

Generally More than you have

Claasman

I only came over with the exact amount needed for the visa, through a loan, but i had 3 months work lined up straight away. Id definity bring more though if i had no work lined up. I reckon you could live on 350 or 400 aud a week(hostel and cookin own food, no serious drinkin sessions like.

dace11

Claasman wrote: »

. I reckon you could live on 350 or 400 aud a week(hostel and cookin own food, no serious drinkin sessions like.

Thats like 246 euros a week! What are you buying every day for food!? Lobster??

Doc

In my rough estimations I would say:

Hostel: about $25 a night

Food: about $10-15 a day

Transport: about $5.50

So about $280 - $320 a week which is about E175 - E195

Then add on for drinking, tours and whatever else you want to do.

m@cc@

dace11 wrote: »

Thats like 246 euros a week! What are you buying every day for food!? Lobster??

You clearly don't have realistic idea of rent prices.

Mellor

dace11 wrote: »

Thats like 246 euros a week! What are you buying every day for food!? Lobster??

Clearly never had to buy your own food or pay rent/hostels.

Doc

dace11 wrote: »

Thats like 246 euros a week! What are you buying every day for food!? Lobster??

Moreton Bay Bugs

hussey

here is my take on rent - if on a budget

Rent 120 pw (rent weekly in dorm hostel, I took this from a newtown hostel)
transport 27pw (weekly train ticket) (if live in city no need for this but weekly rent would be more) / own room around 180

food - breakfast - buy in bulk $10 a week (cereal/toast + tea etc)

Lunch/dinner - if cooking yourself, and on budget can make a healthy meals for 2 days for about $20 (I know this as sometimes cook 2 days lunch and 2 days dinner in one go). Eating out 8-25 per meal,
so with 5 days per week own food 2 day eating out - so 100pw is reasonable
snacks/soft drinks - 15pw?

about 272pw ex entertainment + beer.

Mellor

Most hostels in the sicy would be $150 a week. $120 is very cheap,

A weekly train ticket is $38 (or am I somehow getting screwed each week)

$100 for food is about right, (I spend less a week, but it hostels you can't bulk buy as much etc)

$15 would be spend v.quick on snacks and drinks.
A bottle of coke and crisps is $5. If you are planing on seeing the city, you will drink a lot of coke/water when out and about in the heat.

unreggd

Mellor wrote: »

If you are planing on seeing the city, you will drink a lot of coke/water when out and about in the heat.

I wouldnt be recommending coke as a solution to the heat
Soft drinks are diuretics, so they'll only make you more dehydrated. Defo stick with water!

As for the budget, most posts here are good to go by

m@cc@

unreggd wrote: »

Soft drinks are diuretics, so they'll only make you more dehydrated. Defo stick with water!

This is rubbish. Virtually no common beverages result in a net dehydration, save for those containing alcohol.

A diuretic is any substance that increases urine output, therefore water is most definitely a diuretic.

Mr Benevolent

m@cc@ wrote: »

This is rubbish. Virtually no common beverages result in a net dehydration, save for those containing alcohol.

A diuretic is any substance that increases urine output, therefore water is most definitely a diuretic.

Pedantic much? It's cheaper to drink water.

unreggd

After hydration, excess water will pass

A can a coke is never gonna hydrate you

hussey

Mellor wrote: »

Most hostels in the sicy would be $150 a week. $120 is very cheap,

A weekly train ticket is $38 (or am I somehow getting screwed each week)

$100 for food is about right, (I spend less a week, but it hostels you can't bulk buy as much etc)

$15 would be spend v.quick on snacks and drinks.
A bottle of coke and crisps is $5. If you are planing on seeing the city, you will drink a lot of coke/water when out and about in the heat.

Weekly train ticket (just train) from newtown/bondi junction is 27pw.
http://www.cityrail.info/tickets/fare_calculator.htm.
Unless you are getting a 'red' pass? this includes bus/ferry too?
For me I rarely get buses, so I never get it

Mellor

unreggd wrote: »

I wouldnt be recommending coke as a solution to the heat
Soft drinks are diuretics, so they'll only make you more dehydrated. Defo stick with water!

As for the budget, most posts here are good to go by

A can a coke is never gonna hydrate you

for somebody being so pedantic, you sure made a lot of mistakes in a small post.

1. I never recommended coke as a good choice, I listed it as that's what people most commonly buy (even though it bad). Plain fact.
2. Caffine (in coke) is a diuretic, not soft drinks.
3. I never said coke would hydrate you. Most people don't think in terms of hydration, they think "i'm hot, time for a cold drink"

hussey wrote: »

Weekly train ticket (just train) from newtown/bondi junction is 27pw.
http://www.cityrail.info/tickets/fare_calculator.htm.
Unless you are getting a 'red' pass? this includes bus/ferry too?
For me I rarely get buses, so I never get it

Yeah, I relised that after I posted. I get a bus and train pass. Train station is too far to walk to in the morning.

hussey

Mellor wrote: »

Yeah, I relised that after I posted. I get a bus and train pass. Train station is too far to walk to in the morning.

I hear ya! I lived just off bondi road and I always got the bus to train station - no way could I walk to the junction in summer!

m@cc@

Confab wrote: »

Pedantic much? It's cheaper to drink water.

And the original post wasn't?!

dace11

Mellor wrote: »

Clearly never had to buy your own food or pay rent/hostels.

I live on my own and pay rent and buy my own food and cook my own food. For 10 euros today I bought enough food for 3 days. You just need to know where to shop and how to cook its not rocket science!

m@cc@

dace11 wrote: »

I live on my own and pay rent and buy my own food and cook my own food. For 10 euros today I bought enough food for 3 days. You just need to know where to shop and how to cook its not rocket science!

Where are you living?

Mellor

dace11 wrote: »

I live on my own and pay rent and buy my own food and cook my own food. For 10 euros today I bought enough food for 3 days. You just need to know where to shop and how to cook its not rocket science!

I'd love to see what you bought for 10 euro that will do 3 meals a day for 3 days.


If you honestly thing that 240 euro a week for food and rent going out etc means "buying lobster" then you must be a right cheapskate.

m@cc@

Mellor wrote: »

I'd love to see what you bought for 10 euro that will do 3 meals a day for 3 days.

I'm guessing it was in the section beside the kangaroo mince in Coles.

EDIT: Actually now I see how he done it....

dace11 wrote: »

I'm currently working as a retail manager in Ireland

hussey

m@cc@ wrote: »

I'm guessing it was in the section beside the kangaroo mince in Coles.

EDIT: Actually now I see how he done it....

https://www.coles.com.au/Portals/0/content/pdf/Value-Meals/coles_value-meals_recipe_card_week1.pdf
https://www.coles.com.au/Portals/0/content/pdf/Value-Meals/coles_value-meals_recipe_card_week2.pdf
https://www.coles.com.au/Portals/0/content/pdf/Value-Meals/coles_value-meals_recipe_card_week3.pdf
https://www.coles.com.au/Portals/0/content/pdf/Value-Meals/coles_value-meals_recipe_card_week4.pdf

that is for $10/ It can easily be done

m@cc@

hussey wrote: »

https://www.coles.com.au/Portals/0/content/pdf/Value-Meals/coles_value-meals_recipe_card_week1.pdf
https://www.coles.com.au/Portals/0/content/pdf/Value-Meals/coles_value-meals_recipe_card_week2.pdf
https://www.coles.com.au/Portals/0/content/pdf/Value-Meals/coles_value-meals_recipe_card_week3.pdf
https://www.coles.com.au/Portals/0/content/pdf/Value-Meals/coles_value-meals_recipe_card_week4.pdf

that is for $10/ It can easily be done

The poster said he bought food for 3 days (brekkie, lunch and dinner I'm guessing) for 10 Euro.

hussey

m@cc@ wrote: »

The poster said he bought food for 3 days (brekkie, lunch and dinner I'm guessing) for 10 Euro.

Tinned tuna for lunch and dinner

m@cc@

hussey wrote: »

Tinned tuna for lunch and dinner

Or as I said, the dog food section beside the kangaroo mince in Coles.

Zambia

Dace food is expensive here.

Mellor

hussey wrote: »

https://www.coles.com.au/Portals/0/content/pdf/Value-Meals/coles_value-meals_recipe_card_week1.pdf
https://www.coles.com.au/Portals/0/content/pdf/Value-Meals/coles_value-meals_recipe_card_week2.pdf
https://www.coles.com.au/Portals/0/content/pdf/Value-Meals/coles_value-meals_recipe_card_week3.pdf
https://www.coles.com.au/Portals/0/content/pdf/Value-Meals/coles_value-meals_recipe_card_week4.pdf

that is for $10/ It can easily be done

Those $10 things are nonsense.
First of all, the portions aren't man sized (I eat small portiions as im tryign to loss the belly, but the house mates eat whopper sized dinners)

Secondly, they list 3 ingredients that cost less than $10, but the ingredients list has about 10 more things on it, these things aren't free


One meal for 2 or 3 can easily be done for $10
But 9 meals for 10 euro is a stretch imo. Like I said, i'd like to see what they bought.

m@cc@

Zambia232 wrote: »

Dace food is expensive here.

Eating out is cheaper in Oz I think, but yes, Coles and Woolies don't compare to Tescos and Asda in terms of price.