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Moving to Sydney soon! & asking for advice
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VK3DRB:
Australia is great place and Melbourne is the world's most liveable city. That is why it is full of immigrants. Everyone wants to live here. But it is expensive.

Three tips:

1. If you smoke, better quit before getting on the plane. A pack of smokes will set you back around $35. Even amongst young people, smokers are considered losers. In Victoria, it is illegal to smoke in restaurants, and as of late you are not allowed to smoke outside restaurants either. Even smoking in public is frowned upon.

2. Learn the vernacular here. If your don't know what "fair dinkum" means, look it up. We have a lot of slang here. http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html

3. Don't watch Wolf Creek or Wolf Creek 2. It is fantasy - sort of. However I loved the opening scene in Wolf Creek 2 with the bloke gets pulled over by the cops for speeding. Watched that scene about 20 times. Great Aussie drama. ;D
Halcyon:

--- Quote from: VK3DRB on August 03, 2017, 12:03:25 pm ---If you smoke, better quit before getting on the plane. A pack of smokes will set you back around $35. Even amongst young people, smokers are considered losers. In Victoria, it is illegal to smoke in restaurants, and as of late you are not allowed to smoke outside restaurants either. Even smoking in public is frowned upon.

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Ah good point! I don't smoke so it wasn't even a consideration.

Same sort of laws apply in NSW, smoking inside any building is almost always prohibited (except if it is a designated smoking area). Smoking within 4 metres of an entry or exit to a "hospitality venue" is illegal and might result in a $300 fine. All dining areas (whether indoors or outdoors) are smoke-free.

For those who like stats, the current (as of 2016) adult smoking rates in the state of NSW is about 15% of the population.






--- Quote from: VK3DRB on August 03, 2017, 12:03:25 pm ---Learn the vernacular here. If your don't know what "fair dinkum" means, look it up. We have a lot of slang here.

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This 'series' should help  :-DD


^_^:

--- Quote from: VK3DRB on August 03, 2017, 12:03:25 pm ---Even amongst young people, smokers are considered losers.

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And that's how I feel!
cdev:
In the US, including the Bay Area there is a "Rent a heap, cheap" chain/franchise. 

A motor scooter is a great way to get around in an urban area where parking is scarce and expensive.


Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on 2017-08-03, 04:21:15Quote from: ^_^ on 2017-08-03, 03:33:49
Car rental you mentioned sounds better, though, but I'd wait until I settle a bit.

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Many years ago in Sydney there was a place called "rent a bomb" that did long-term rentals of older cars - no idea if they're still around, but suspect at least they may have changed their name...

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cdev:






This lingo reminds me a great deal of Boont Ling, a local language spoken in the Anderson Valley of Northern California..
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