In a week probably 1-2 breakfasts (on weekends) and probably a 'seniors' evening meal at the local RSL. If we are going to the footy or cricket we...
I think it depends on your mindset. I initially set myself a target of being able to stop full time work when I was 55 although in the end I was...
At the moment our annual income is over $60,000. Consisting of Australian Super Pension(Me and my Wife), Australian State Pension (Just Me at the...
I stopped full time work in 2014 and stopped the part time job in 2017 with $330,000 (plus around $250,000 of my wife's super) owning our...
When we looking to migrate to Australia in 1990 the reasoning for location was: If we went to Perth and got a job somewhere else it would like be...
I've known a few marriages fail due to the stress. Here is an article: Considering Owner Building? – A New House
Yes I regularly use a High Sierra duffle (probably done 10 international trips) and been very happy.
A couple of times I have had breakages, once a wheel, and another time a handle. Each time I contacted Samsonite and they posted a replacement for...
Rather than buying cheap luggage 35 years ago I bought top of the line Samsonite luggage. Only stopped using them around 5 years ago when I...
we live in a retirement village. . . and there is a stack of leftover building materials :)
I found bricklayers weren't interested in such a small job. Here is what I did as a reasonably competent DIY person in around an hour. [ATTACH]...
We came to Australia from the UK in 1991 as a result of a Mid Life crisis. Over the years we have lived in Maffra, Korumburra,Werribbeeand...
If you have a stream at the bottom of your garden: Your garden and probably your house is part of a flood plain. Any development upstream is...
My 'Rule of Thumb' for 'investments opportunities' is as soon as the proponents starting advertising on the TV the fall isn't far away. . . . So...
I've been running a hobby business of a website on my interest of domestic architecture and building for 14 years. (www.anewhouse.com.au) Made a...
We have a Sony Smart TV which typical once a night stops playing the program and upgrades the software.
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It looks to be a 'raingarden' to me. Here is a link to a Melbourne Water page talking about rain gardens: Raingardens | Melbourne Water
Around $20/month + around 80 hours/month to Disaster Aid Australia. (The most cost effective water charity in Australia. . . . safe water for...
We are off to Prague, Scotland and England 2nd quarter of 2022. By then we willl have had the third (booster) vaccine dose. Our view is we are...
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