SO YOU WANNA MOVE TO AUSTRALIA... A big working & living in Aus Q&A
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- SO YOU WANNA MOVE TO AUSTRALIA... A big working & living in Aus Q&A
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Australia and UK have reciprocal health care agreements. So if you are a UK resident who previously stayed in the UK prior to coming to Australia, you have access to Australia's healthcare system. When you get a Medicare card, you are for all intents and purposes the same as an Australian Resident. GP visits used to be free. But because the government hasn't updated bulk billing fees, GPs now charge a fee. Some of that fee is eligible for rebate under Medicare. Example, I recently went to GP. Cost of 15 minute consult was $75 but rebate was 39.75 which they can process on the spot if you have an Austalian Debit card. So out of pocket was $35ish. For more involved medical procedures, the cost is largely free. For example, I had to go to the emergency department of the eye and ear hospital that same day. Waited 5 hours. But the cost of the visit and follow on consults with the eye doctors cost me $0. Ambulances are not covered under Medicare, nor are medicines (critical ones are obviously subsidised)
This is really really helpful info - thank you!
Ambulance cover varies in each jurisdiction. Some it’s free. Others you need cover.
Good information
I honestly would love to do it like you guys - backpacking, settle somewhere for some time and then travel again, maybe settle in another city. Apart from the fact that it's exhausting to live in hostels for a year I also think it's nice to stay longer in one place and really get to know a city 😊
It is a pity you haven't checked out Perth. Perth statistically has the most significant British expat community of any city in Australia, which might be saying something. I personally prefer Perth and Melbourne as the 2 places to live and I've lived in both, but I'm in Melbourne for certain reasons right now. The whole South West of WA has a lot to offer, but appreciate that you're on a reasonably tight budget. You can still get airline tickets over there for under $200 if you are smart. If you were ever considering settling in Australia and buying a house etc. it might be worth taking a look at Perth. It probably looks isolated on a map but it honestly doesn't feel much more different than any other place in the country.
The wet season in Queensland is from Decembber through to March. Basically the whole summer. The best time to visit Queenland, if you are not used to humidity and hotweather, is in winter.
Honestly rental applications are not first come, first served in Australia. Agents will almost always choose tenants who have secure work and a solid rental history, so I think you’d find it difficult to find a place even if you were the first to apply. Also the cost of rent never includes bills and most places are completely unfurnished so you’d have to buy furniture. The best bet for travellers is to move into an existing home with other flatmates, and even then most will want you to stay at least 6 months.
Summer is the WORST time to visit anywhere north of Brisbane., it is hot, humid and cyclone season ... the wet season. Best to do the southern states in summer and the north in winter. Winter in Brisbane and up the east coast to Cairns, Cooktown and the Great Barrier Reef is like summer in Europe. Remember the 2032 Summer Olympics are being held in Brisbane in July 2032, July is the middle of the Aussie winter. Winter in Brisbane and Queensland is fabulous - max daytime temps in mid 20s°C and crystal clear blue skies as it is the dry season. It can get cool at night though.
I'm a Queenslander who has lived in Melbourne for quite a few years - summer in Melbourne and winter in Brisbane is the best lifestyle.
Faced three large spider's today. They are around and in high rise apartment's. Glad your enjoying Melbourne also from Melbourne.🙂
A video about places to eat/drink would be really helpful. Love your content at the moment ❤
My best friend lives in *Hervey Bay which is in Queensland, and it took her quite a while to get used to Australian wildlife coming into her house!! *pronounced as Harvey Bay.
i always thought the farm work requirement for an extra year was really tough. if farmers want workers they should pay them more and improve their facilities.
its not fair to enlist back packers. let them stay as long as they want. better for us ,better for them.
Just got the say Molly, loving your videos at the moment!
Very helpful this video! I’ll go in April for WHS ..🎉 for travel insurance can you please tell again which one did you guys used? Thanks
On the working holiday visa from the UK, do you need to change employers / jobs after 6 months? I read that in the guidelines but some people are saying it's not the case so unclear
It’s so interesting that in the UK bills etc are included in the price of an apartment?! How do they know how much you’ll use so they can factor it into the price? In Aus I’ve never heard of somewhere (other than some short-term sublets where people are trying to add incentives to take a room for a short period) where bills are factored into rent ahead of time, that would def be a huge plus if that’s how they do it in other places 😊
I don’t think that bills are included in the price of an apartment largely. Some include it in the cost but then the cost is higher because of that.
I can only tell you how it is in Germany because here some bills are also included in the rent but this is just a lump sum (usually dependent on how much you or the previous tenant used last year) and at the end of the year you'll have to pay the rest if you used more or you'll get your money back if you used less :)
Bills are almost never included in the price of a flat in the UK, she just doesn't know because she has never rented...
Hey - so no they are quite often separate in the UK as they are here, but I know that when you look online at UK rent it'll specify that bills AREN'T included, here MOSTLY when looking on Flatmates especially for short term lets, it'll state that they are, or that they partly are, however when we'd turn up to view the flat they'd say completely otherwise, it was this that was more of a shock. I also don't know what the policies on short term leasing are in the UK as I've never done it, I haven't rented anything other than student accom, which obviously does cover all costs, and also had friends rent flats but for a full year, which is more straight forward than leasing somewhere for 1/3 of a year because the cost of bills are often worked out annually (for them at least) - so here it was a little different and we just didn't really know what to expect haha!
They are never included in the UK unless you live in student accommodation at a uni. And most of the time it won't say bills are included either because it's just a given they won't be. You just need to set those things up like WiFi and gas/electricity/council tax when you move in.
Just found your channel, looking at moving to Australia with my partner and son… then realised you’re from Beverley… we live in Hull 😅🤣
No way!!! What a small world hahaa!! Thank you so much for watching, good luck with the decision, it really is a beautiful country 🧡
how did you find christmas in Australia and New year and how did you spend it?:)
Are there killer birds in Melbourne
🤣🤣 killer birds ? Oh you must be talking about Magpies
just wait for the next vlog 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hey ! Thank you for this video! Do you have the link for your backpack you showed on this video? X
Yesss so sorry, meant to link it, it's this one - www.mountainwarehouse.com/au/traveller-60l-20l-backpack-p44078.aspx/black/
Molly how is nightlife in melbourne? And how much is to rent a shared room?
Does your coffee shop job allow you to apply for a second year visa like is it class as “specified subclass” work. As I’m looking and also want to move to Melbourne (got my visa etc) but it says you can only work in northern or remote areas and it’s so confusing to me xxx
no it doesn't count as regional work/towards a second year, the rules are a bit complicated but basically hospitality only counts towards a second year visa if you're doing it north of the tropic of capricorn at the moment (which is around about Airlie Beach and anywhere north of there) - although they are in the process of changing the visa rules if you're coming in on a UK passport so definitely keep your eyes peeled!!x
@@MollyThompsonx_ ooo okay thank you so much! Would you recommend doing it in the northern part instead of the farming? Also, are you saying arlie beach is in the area I could do it? Just double checking! Sorry for all the questions it’s just all so confusing xx
How long is it to complete the visa application form?
Im 50. Can i still move to australia? Can i still get a job there? Ive lot of experience in finance
How much would you need for 2 to 3 months backpacking the east coast?
Whats one food u miss from uk also could u see yourself moving there permanently to Australia
Roast Dinners hahaha!! I don't think we'll be here forever but enjoying it right now!!x
@@MollyThompsonx_ you and Tom should do a video of you making a Sunday roast sometime. And see if there's any Australian extras you could add to it.
Interesting video
Hi good evening. I am kausar Khan from Bangladesh. Hi dear can you help to possess for me work . I like Australia work.i hope you help.
What is the official website for getting a visa??😊
Could you see yourself moving permsmently to Australia do you miss food in UK deffo not weather do you miss UK big courageus Love you Molly and channel keep it up . 100% Support you everyday prob something to do. Love you and content you should be so sproud what done and acheived 😊😊😊
This is such a lovely comment - thank you SO much!!
@@MollyThompsonx_ Your welcome 😊👍
Will you live in Australia for ever ?
No I don't think so hahaa
You should visit Tasmania sooo worth it I live there and love it
Did you tell your job you’re going to be leaving in a few months?
Yessss!! So they can see I'm here on a temporary visa anyway, so I think a lot of casual work take you on knowing that's going to be the case as up until recently you couldn't work for more than 6 months under the same employer on this visa anyway - but where I work know our rough time scale for staying in Melbourne and are very laid back about it haha
Love you
Sydney is the 2nd most expensive city in the world to live in.
But australian wages are a lot higher than in most countries in the world
Don’t know if I’ve missed it but what is your job in Aus?
Just at a cafe making coffees etc
11:57 cafe
@@Lucy-li3xy thank you
working in a coffee shop!!x
@@MollyThompsonx_ haha I saw it now😅 I was listening on 1.5x so missed it x
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Why is it all of a sudden so busy up and down the East Coast of Oz? The past year, so many people online and influencers etc. I hope it gets less popular at some point!
I really think it's because of the pandemic, the issue isn't that there's more backpackers, it's that theres less places to stay/less tour companies operating because a lot of them closed down - I think actual tourist numbers aren't quite back up to what they were pre-covid JUST yet, because this is the first summer of travel in Aus since the boarders opened it's just been a little chaotic!!x
There really shouldn't be any barriers preventing people of British heritage from moving around freely within the British Empire. When my ancestors came to Australia, they never would have conceived that their offspring couldn't permanently go back to the mother country in making that choice. If you put this to them at the time, I honestly wonder if they would have come out in the first place. That was a time when Britain needed Australia and Australia needed Britain. I'm so glad that we're working on building things back up again since the UK left the socialist EU. I hope Australia will keep voting down the stupid republic idea so that we can concentrate on fostering stronger relations with the UK and other Commonwealth nations.
Gay Pride 🏳️🌈 Mardi Gras in Sydney perhaps start planning your trip to Sydney to see the parade
your only an hour and 40 minutes by train to bendigo for a day trip one day. nice city. same with geelong.