There is a reasonable possibility that my wife may get offered a job in Australia in the next few months in either Brisbane or Adelaide. I have been doing some research and found a lot of negative comments about the quality of life (poor service, housing not great etc etc) and cost of living compared to the UK, US and Europe.
I was surprised by this as it is the complete opposite of what I have heard before.
So, does anyone have any feeback on living in Australia?
What sort of wage do you think a small family (just the 3 of us) might need to get by on and live comfortably?
What is the healthcare like and is it necessary to go private, and the same with education and schools?
Also, the spiders. Seriously, how often have you seen the really big or dangerous ones. I am pretty relaxed about the buggers in the UK, but doing some reading I am not comfortable about the idea of funnel webs wandering into the house if it is a common occurence.
I was surprised by this as it is the complete opposite of what I have heard before.
So, does anyone have any feeback on living in Australia?
What sort of wage do you think a small family (just the 3 of us) might need to get by on and live comfortably?
What is the healthcare like and is it necessary to go private, and the same with education and schools?
Also, the spiders. Seriously, how often have you seen the really big or dangerous ones. I am pretty relaxed about the buggers in the UK, but doing some reading I am not comfortable about the idea of funnel webs wandering into the house if it is a common occurence.