Buying a mozzy net - UK or Cairns?

Simon Pleasants wrote:
"Roger & Lorraine Martin" wrote:

My recent experience of a trip to the UK is that everything
in Australia except motor vehicles seems to be about half
the price, or we pay in dollars what you pay for in pounds.

Blimey! Where did you go? On the whole accommodation is cheaper,
eating out can be cheaper and so can music. Petrol is MUCH cheaper.
But clothing and groceries are generally about the same, except for
the basics (bread and milk etc) where Oz is considerably more
expensive and electrical stuff is often way more.

Eating out is cheaper in the UK? Really?
Where do you eat?
:O)
Gilbert

Simon, Ol' Son! I've archived your e-mail address. I'll be in touch next
time we're heading over to the UK; probably next year!

I need your advice - our experience of England was an expensive exercise.
Nothing was cheaper - from public transport, through pub meals, cafe
lunches, supermarket sandwiches - bloody expensive; and the service
standards - crap!!

We still enjoyed ourselves; but spare us all the misleading bulls*i*!!!!!


"Simon Pleasants" wrote in message
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On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 06:07:44 GMT, "Roger & Lorraine Martin"
wrote:

My recent experience of a trip to the UK is that everything
in Australia except motor vehicles seems to be about half
the price, or we pay in dollars what you pay for in pounds.

Blimey! Where did you go? On the whole accommodation is cheaper,
eating out can be cheaper and so can music. Petrol is MUCH cheaper.

But clothing and groceries are generally about the same, except for
the basics (bread and milk etc) where Oz is considerably more
expensive and electrical stuff is often way more.

My Australian friends certainly don't think it's expensive over here
(apart from rent) and their recent guests, friends over from
Australia, commented on how cheap a lot of things were!

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 19:58:25 +1000, Alan S wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:11:16 +0100, Simon Pleasants
wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 06:07:44 GMT, "Roger & Lorraine Martin"
wrote:

My recent experience of a trip to the UK is that everything
in Australia except motor vehicles seems to be about half
the price, or we pay in dollars what you pay for in pounds.

Blimey! Where did you go? On the whole accommodation is cheaper,
eating out can be cheaper and so can music. Petrol is MUCH cheaper.

But clothing and groceries are generally about the same, except for
the basics (bread and milk etc) where Oz is considerably more
expensive and electrical stuff is often way more.

My Australian friends certainly don't think it's expensive over here
(apart from rent) and their recent guests, friends over from
Australia, commented on how cheap a lot of things were!

Simon, when comparing, these are the present prices in my
district. I'm between Byron Bay and Coolangatta, near the
Queensland/NSW border.

Petrol per litre..................AU$1.05....£0.46
1kg Rump Steak...................AU$10.00....£4.33
Jupiter's Casino Show............AU$70.00...£30.34
Live show at a club..............AU$25.00...£10.84
Standard Motel room..............AU$65.00...£28.17
1 litre of milk...................AU$1.50....£0.65
A standard pub meal in the bar....AU$8.00....£3.47
in the bistro....................AU$15.00....£6.50

I drove from Edinburgh to Oxford in a 1000 mile wander via
Wales in '03; the cheapest motel we stayed at was the
Edinburgh Travelodge (£46 from memory) and most cost £60 or
more. The Holiday Inn in Preston was £110, which was more
than I paid for the Millennium on Broadway. Petrol was
around 80p, pub meals were about £10 each - in other words
everything was more expensive, usually about twice the price
of Oz.

But I said accommodation and petrol are much cheaper and often so is
eating out as well. So you've proved that point but I never contended
that anyway.

In general supermarket shopping though is much the same, and the
choice much better, and a lot of electrical stuff is cheaper. From a
travelling point of view, of course, accommodation is a key factor,
and probably petrol, so a holiday over here may well cost a lot more
than holiday over there.

It was the generalised "everything in Australia except motor vehicles
seems to be about half the price" that I was refuting because it is
that - a massive generalisation. I am not disputing that there are
some things for which it is true, or partly true, or that they include
things which are important to holiday makers. :-)

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:04:18 +0100, "gilbert"
wrote:

Eating out is cheaper in the UK? Really?
Where do you eat?

No, not usually (and I did say that). Though I was out with some
Aussies in Canterbury and we had a Sunday roast. It cost £4.99 each.
They seemed to think this was pretty good value. Also, they were
staying with some locals and not having to pay for accommodation which
is one area where the UK is not cheap.

Most of the restaurants locally charge around £10-15 a head for a
multi-course meal. Although eating out in Oz was slightly cheaper it
was far from half the price. Pizza Hut in Australia is way, waaay,
cheaper than here.

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 20:44:43 +1000, "A Mate"
wrote:

Simon, Ol' Son! I've archived your e-mail address. I'll be in touch next
time we're heading over to the UK; probably next year!

I need your advice - our experience of England was an expensive exercise.
Nothing was cheaper - from public transport, through pub meals, cafe
lunches, supermarket sandwiches - bloody expensive; and the service
standards - crap!!

We still enjoyed ourselves; but spare us all the misleading bulls*i*!!!!!

Calm down. I'm not trying to be insulting. Whilst a lot of things
are cheaper, some things are not, and "everything is half price" is a
massive generalisation. Had the OP been asking about accommodation
etc I'd not have responded but they're asking about equipment and
there's no reason to believe that the UK will be massively more
expensive in this area, and certainly not twice the price - though it
is fair to say a mozzy net may be one of those things which is.

Simon Pleasants wrote:
(in reply to Alan S)

But I said accommodation and petrol are much cheaper and often so is
eating out as well. So you've proved that point but I never contended
that anyway.


Er... now I am confused...

Roger and Lorraine said:
My recent experience of a trip to the UK is that everything
in Australia except motor vehicles seems to be about half
the price, or we pay in dollars what you pay for in pounds.

and you replied:

Blimey! Where did you go? On the whole accommodation is cheaper,
eating out can be cheaper and so can music. Petrol is MUCH cheaper.

Which I took to mean in the UK, but apparently you meant in Oz (?)

Are you American?
:O)

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 12:54:04 +0100, "gilbert"
wrote:

Blimey! Where did you go? On the whole accommodation is cheaper,
eating out can be cheaper and so can music. Petrol is MUCH cheaper.

Which I took to mean in the UK, but apparently you meant in Oz (?)

I did, yes :-)

Are you American?

I'm not, no :-)

)

Does that not mean you've got a cold, or something? :-/

Ralph Holz wrote:

Mary Pegg wrote:

I figure this stuff (mosquito net, decent insect repellent)
must be cheaper than in the UK (where it's hardly mainstream).

Considering how much you've paid in the first place to get there, a mozzie
net certainly won't put further stress on your budget. Save yourself the
hassle of going into town on a narrow timetable and get them in the UK.
What's the point of stressing yourself out for such a unremarkable item?

Well, I figure it'll be better quality and cheaper, and I don't want to
spend six hours in the airport... I've blown 120% of my budget on the
airfare, so yes, I'm scrimping and saving on anything and everything.

--
"I was nauseous and tingly all over.
I was either in love or I had smallpox."

Julie wrote:

You can purchase online - How long have you got before you leave?

Not long...

Thanks for the info.

--
"I was nauseous and tingly all over.
I was either in love or I had smallpox."

Ralph Holz wrote:

Considering how much you've paid in the first place to get there, a mozzie net
certainly won't put further stress on your budget. Save yourself the hassle of
going into town on a narrow timetable and get them in the UK. What's the point
of stressing yourself out for such a unremarkable item?

Amen to that Ralph!

Next year with the planned bicycle trip for me (and hopefully the 2 sons) I will
bring all the gear that I can with me - just to keep the hassle of running around
getting "things" in Brizzy, Cairns, etc to a minimum.

With a price of over $2000 Canadian for each airfare we will be lightly traveling.
the bicycles go "for free" ;-) Food, stove fuel (kero/diesel/JP4 will be purchased
along the way. Water "jugs" and a "jaffle iron" will also be purchased in OZ.

Insect repellent will be purchased..........??? The netting will come with us. BUT
all these things will be zilch as compared to over $6000 airfare for 3 of us. The
tent we have already.

Ken