The Reality of Living in Australia: Exposing the Myth of Easy Success

Australia is fake news. All the Irish people saying, I’m gonna go to Australia, come home in two years time with a price of a house, you’re raving, lads. From what we’ve seen. Yeah. And. Right, okay, first of all, Australia, beautiful country. Yeah. When the last recession came after the Kelly Tiger was like, you go to Australia with, like, a spirit level under your arm and a pair of da shorts, and you get a job in the mines. Yeah. Two weeks later, you’ve got a house in your own company. Like, yeah, yeah, yeah. That don’t happen anymore. Yeah. The people who went out then made money. Most people we talk to now are paying, like, she’s $500 a week for more an apartment, renting a room in a house share in Randwick, and you’re looking at, like, seven. $800 a week. Jesus. For. For a room. I always thought that. That, like, you know, you went out with 23, 24, and then you came back at 28 and you had the price of a house. Hmm. But I don’t think that’s happening, particularly if you’re living in the city. Yeah, but any city is gonna be expensive. Jesus. $9 I paid in a hotel in Sydney for a bottle of water. A pint is $16. We were averaging in Sydney. Fuck. So even by, like, Timber Bar standards, it’s still fair. Spicy. You could save, but all that stuff, cars are expensive, rent, all that shit. Is expensive. Yeah. You could also probably not drink the shit out of it. Yeah, could do that, yeah. What I saw a lot is like, say you’re from Clermont and you move to Oz, and it’s like, well, what are you doing this Saturday in Sydney? I’m meeting 16 other lads from Clermont. We’re gonna go to an Irish bar, eat stew, drink Guinness. See Sean’s out from Garry on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, if you’re at that, you might as well be home. Yeah.