The Australian Dollar vs. The Canadian Dollar The market keeps fluctuating with the Australian dollar recently decreasing significantly below the Canadian dollar. Previously the two were quite even. Canada has…
Australian Groceries: A Bit of Background Canadian grocery prices are significantly lower than Australia’s. It seems a bit strange since we can’t even grow citrus in Canada and Aussies can…
Eating Out vs. Buying Groceries: The tricky thing about Melbourne is that everyone eats out! Sure, this doesn’t seem so tricky, except when you see the prices and the frequency…
Considering there is a water-shortage in Australia, and the Australian press has made citizens very worried about water usage, the prices of water hasn’t really increased. I would think that…
Although it’s sometimes hard for us to face it (myself included) teachers are more than their job. If you don’t think teachers struggle with this, go out for dinner with…
While Canadians will be used to paying “1st and Last month’s rent” when they take an apartment (which is ultimately productive and certainly tax-deductible), in Australia, you have a freakish…
Furnished apartments are hard to come by in Melbourne. I was kind of banking on getting such a place, as I intended to only stay a year. But the places…
There are five kinds of teachers. Did anyone tell you? A senior colleague once told me that there are five kinds of students. He figured there were basically five different…
The good news about using a mobile phone in Melbourne is that you don’t have to pay for receiving calls—somebody with a brain (not just a wallet) developed that one….
Part 1: 10 Things You Need to Think About When Moving to Melbourne This post marks the start of a 10-post series that Leading Out has asked me to write…
