Danielle24
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Australia has become a hugely expensive place to visit. The cost of living is very high there and eating and drinking out nearly on a par with Scandinavian countries.
Are you planning on working there?
Danielle24 you have an expenditure of €220pm on doctors, have you factored in continuing treatment into your travel plans? Any underlying conditions are likely to have an effect on health insurance costs. Also accessing continuing health care while abroad may need to be factored in.
Just to be cautious, confirm that you can legally access the painkillers in the countries you are travelling to and whether they are over the counter or only available on prescription. You will also need to factor it into your health insurance calculation.
Down to the nuts and bolts. You'll need to sort
- Flights
- Visas
- Holiday accommodation in Thailand
- Any activities you wish to engage in on holidays
- Food
- Spending money
- Initial accommodation in Oz
- Permanent or semi-permanent accommodation in Oz (deposit, initial rent etc)
- Funding to cover time of job search and getting set up
- Emergency fund
As dereko1969 has said, Australia is now quite an expensive country to visit and even living there is now considerably more expensive than it has been.
Have a read through this article, it covers some very good points
http://www.irishexaminer.com/busine...e-most-out-of-a-move-to-australia-218012.html
I use Skyscanner to search for flights. For your dates I was getting best price €449 to travel to Thailand and lowest price to Oz (I didn't specify a cities) was €224 (and a LOT of messing about in airports) to Gold Coast.
Do you know anyone down there at the moment?
Talk to your doctor, chances are they have had a similar situation before so they may be best placed to advise you on travelling with medication and management abroad.
Pick the city you are thinking of living in and have a look at the price of accommodation. That will give you a good ballpark of the amount you need for deposit and rent. As your friends are in Sydney I'm guessing you are probably thinking of there? Talk to them and find out what they are paying and where they are living. Also ask them what they think of the cost of living and how much they'd reckon you'd need.
Also no harm in asking them if you could make use of some floor space or a sofa for a week or two while getting settled in
Have a look at the Australian Department of Immigration website to see about visa conditions, process and prices http://www.immi.gov.au/
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