Buying a mozzy net - UK or Cairns?

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.

Yep, the exchange rate seems pretty favourable right now.

> However a 6 hour stop over in Cairns is not a guarantee of
> having 6 hours to go shopping - cuctoms clearance, do you
> have the appropriate entry tourist visa, will the aircraft
> arrive on time......etc etc. Pay my return airfare to Cairns

True, but I figure there's bound to be at least an hour in
which to wave some notes at a cabbie and say "take me to the
Mozz shop".

> from Brisbane and I'll meet you a the gate with 4 cans
> of Aeroguard, a mozzie net, 1 mozzie candle for each
> day's stay in PNG, 3 cases of beer (to help forget the
> mozzie bites on the bits you did not cover with Aeroguard).

That bad, huh? Will mostly be in the Highlands...

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

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:11:16 +0100, Simon Pleasants
<plesbit@m> wrote:

>On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 06:07:44 GMT, "Roger & Lorraine Martin"
><rmar7344@bigpond.net.au> 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.

Using Wotif I've just booked a 3.5* self-catering apartment
in Brisbane for $109 - see if you can find something similar
in any of your major cities for £47.25.

"Roger and Lorraine" are correct.


Cheers, Alan, Australia

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 - !!

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


"Simon Pleasants" <plesbit@m> wrote in message
news:e94he1hikc5opmmbcburm64ro533ff0k8m@...
> On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 06:07:44 GMT, "Roger & Lorraine Martin"
> <rmar7344@bigpond.net.au> 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 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)

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