How to save money in Australia

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Best wishes
~Mark

It is very expensive here, no doubt. However, the best ways to cut costs are:
1. Use AirBnB.com for accommodations.
2. Be water and electricity frugal - These are huge drains on the budget.
3. When grocery shopping, compare the unit prices. Some items in the deli counter are less expensive than pre-packaged foods.
4. Buy a traditional coffee maker, rather than going out or using the Pod style.
5. Buy a Costco membership. The prices aren't hugely different, but the quality is much better.

Heating and Cooling cost.

In winter time (if you live in a cool environment)
- close your blinds/curtains during winter to stop the heat leaving your apartment.
- Buy and use a hot water bottle (available from most pharmacies of super markets) Fill and put the hot water bottle (with hot water) in your bed about an hour before you go to bed.  Electric blankets are expensive to run try to avoid using them.
- DO NOT use your gas oven to warm the house, this produces Carbon Monoxide, which is dangerous.  The worst case is that you would fill sleepy and then gradually fall asleep and then die if it is in high concentrations.

In Summer time "shut you house/apartment up"  this means
- When you are not there during the day, close your windows and blinds to stop the heat from coming in.  (if you are home during the day you may need to open the windows but still keep the curtains/blinds closed)
- At night time open the windows and doors and blinds to let the cool breeze flow through your house/apartment.

Saving on food:
- Cook at home. - Make enough food for the next point to happen.
- Take left over food to work for lunch  - or make a sandwich to take to work for lunch.
- Buy fruit for the yourself and your children - it is cheaper than lollies/sweet treats, and of course healthier.
- Cook in bulk and then freeze and then re-heat for a meal a few days away, it may look expensive when you buy all the food at once, but it saves you a trip to the supermarket and if the food is on sale you save money.  It also saves you from the the temptation of buying stuff you / or your children do not need, each time you visit the supermarket (i.e. "Mum/Dad can I have this, can I have that").

Saving on Pharmacy/Chemist.
- There are Discount Chemist shops around, find one and you will find that they are a lot cheaper than the a standard Chemist shop.