Australian Dollar
May 16, 2013, 4:36 pm
#61
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May 20, 2013, 7:16 am
#62
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Hmm, what a pity we're goin' down again. 
Just when I start thinking about purchasing some NZ$$. True, not pounds or euros, but you know what they say - every little cent adds up in the end!
Something tells me the Australian dollar may stick around below US$1 for a while now, what do you reckon?
Just when I start thinking about purchasing some NZ$$. True, not pounds or euros, but you know what they say - every little cent adds up in the end! Something tells me the Australian dollar may stick around below US$1 for a while now, what do you reckon?
May 22, 2013, 4:53 am
#63
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Something tells me the Australian dollar may stick around below US$1 for a while now, what do you reckon?
If anyone thinks otherwise, then I'm taking doubles bets on More Joyous for the Cup and Collingwood for the Flag.
May 22, 2013, 5:21 am
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Yep ... currencies rarely stay the same for very long.
US Funds interest rates have been near 0% since 2008 ? ... but when they start to rise I think many things will change.
US Funds interest rates have been near 0% since 2008 ? ... but when they start to rise I think many things will change.
Last edited by im-headed-west; May 22, 2013 at 5:28 am
May 24, 2013, 2:03 pm
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Apparently, the toothbrush was invented by the Collingwood Football Club. Anyone else would have called it a "teethbrush"!
Any more jokes about the most despised club in the AFL?
Dave
May 28, 2013, 6:17 pm
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May 30, 2013, 12:07 am
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As an aside, as someone who spent much time traveling when the AUD was worth in the 60 cent range USD (and even less) I can see where foreigners are coming from when they're feeling that Oz is expensive, but I really can't have any sympathy. Them's the breaks, and now it's our turn to feel wealthy when we travel overseas.
May 30, 2013, 12:14 am
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Here's one: "Eddie McGuire".
May 31, 2013, 7:32 am
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May 31, 2013, 3:41 pm
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Aw, we're gonna starve.
If I have access to a grill, can I at least buy some affordable steaks at the supermarket? I assume beef is still cheap; they sell the Australian ribeyes cheaper than the American ones at my local USA supermarket. And it's a long, expensive journey for those Aussie steaks to make, so I assume (hope?) they're even cheaper in their home country.
I remember that chicken tends to be expensive in Australia. That's OK; we were in India earlier this year, and haven't fully recovered from having chicken be the only meat we could get.
The only place I've ever really suffered sticker shock in a supermarket was in Scandinavia.
If I have access to a grill, can I at least buy some affordable steaks at the supermarket? I assume beef is still cheap; they sell the Australian ribeyes cheaper than the American ones at my local USA supermarket. And it's a long, expensive journey for those Aussie steaks to make, so I assume (hope?) they're even cheaper in their home country.
I remember that chicken tends to be expensive in Australia. That's OK; we were in India earlier this year, and haven't fully recovered from having chicken be the only meat we could get.
The only place I've ever really suffered sticker shock in a supermarket was in Scandinavia.
May 31, 2013, 4:15 pm
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Beef and mutton/lamb is certainly affordable, but I wouldn't say "cheap".
I'm coming from the perspective of a UK resident who visits Australia twice a year, most recently returned two weeks ago. The last week was spent in a self-catering apartment in Perth, cooking for myself in the evening. The previous two weeks, I was eating out. You can still get surprisingly good wine for under $15/bottle and plenty of drinkable wine under $10, with the odd very good bargain in that range.
I'm coming from the perspective of a UK resident who visits Australia twice a year, most recently returned two weeks ago. The last week was spent in a self-catering apartment in Perth, cooking for myself in the evening. The previous two weeks, I was eating out. You can still get surprisingly good wine for under $15/bottle and plenty of drinkable wine under $10, with the odd very good bargain in that range.