<blockquote rel="coolflame">Here`s our budget: (forthnightly ang sahod):
House rent: 285 per week
Car: 103 per week
Car insurance: 15 per week
School: 80 per week (2kids)
Gasoline: 30 per week
Medibank insurance: 65 per week
Internet and home phone: 20 per week
Food: 200 per week +
Mobile phones: 20 per week (2mobiles)
Baon school and office: pack lunch
Electricity: di pa alam ang consumption currently allocating 50 forthnight, quarterly daw.
Superannuation at 12%
Savings: hardly nag uumpisa pa lang.
File family assistance di pa alam kung maapprove.
Others pala:
Our place usually taxi ang transport, bus malaki ang time gap and depende sa location mo, bike will be a big help.
Ang laki ng expesnses namin at first nung wala pang car.
If learning how to drive: 60 -65 per session maximize utilisihg ur international license to get familiarise sa road and rules..then convert ur license to oz license.
U have to invest buying appliances either brand new or from garage sale..
Food u need to stock mahirap pala pagbumabagyo dito na cucut ang roads ng supply.
May nakalimutan pa ba ako. :-)
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If you want to buy appliances na brand new meron naman sa 2nd's world. Unused siya pero puro may factory defect sila like dents and scratches. Hirap bumili from garage sale kasi paano mo sila dadalhin sa bahay mo? At least pwede ka magbayad ng 50-60aud tapos sila na bahala mag setup sa bahay niyo. Sulit lang yun 50-60aud if at least 500 aud ang nagastos mo sa mga gamit mo.