Month: February 2024

Australia: How Expensive is it, Really?

Australia: How Expensive is it, Really?

When we first arrived in Australia, coming off of one month in Thailand and five months in Southeast Asia, we were immediately struck by how expensive everything here seemed. Australia is significantly more expensive than Southeast Asia for most of the things tourists need: transportation, 

JANUARY BUDGET: COST FOR A MONTH IN THAILAND AND AUSTRALIA FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR

JANUARY BUDGET: COST FOR A MONTH IN THAILAND AND AUSTRALIA FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR

In the month of January, we spent time in three separate locations (Phuket, Thailand and Sydney and Palm Cove in Australia) and so we incurred some additional transportation expenses as well as the increased cost of living in Australia, which we attempted to mitigate by