How can international students save on living expenses in Australia?
Transportation:
Living in CITY: You can take the 555 free bus, or simply walk for 30 minutes to your destination. .
Living in the suburbs: Try to choose school classes on concentrated days, buy round-trip tickets, and travel after 9 o'clock to get discounted tickets. For high school students who have classes five days a week, it is recommended to buy a weekly pass. The single round-trip price from Bondi Beach to CITY is AUD 6. If you buy a weekly pass, the unlimited round-trip price is AUD 28.
Accommodation:
A single room in an apartment near China Town in Sydney is 260-290 Australian dollars/week; a single room near townhall is 275-300 Australian dollars/week; a house near the school district is 250-280 Australian dollars/week Weekly; single room with ocean view is AUD 300/week.
The off-season for renting is generally July-August and December-January when students are on vacation. For example, a shared double room costs AUD 390 per week during peak season. Rent in the off-season for just $140 per person per week.
If you live around Sydney, it takes 10-40 minutes to get to CITY by train, and the price of a single room is 140-160 Australian dollars per week. Some of the older houses in CITY cost 170-180 Australian dollars per week for a single room. They are cold in winter and infested with insects in summer, so they are not suitable for girls.
Shopping:
COTTON ON: A bottoming shirt costs 5 Australian dollars, a good black skirt costs 10 Australian dollars, and paired with a small coat, you can definitely stand out at the PARTY.
RUBI: Two pairs of shoes for 15 Australian dollars, cheaper ones only cost 10 Australian dollars for two pairs. But the code often breaks.
Don’t go to duty-free shops in Australia. You can go to some Chinese-owned ones. The price of the same product is 2/3 different. For example, sheep oil costs 8 Australian dollars per bottle in Australian duty-free shops, and only 2.5 Australian dollars in Chinese duty-free shops.
The weekend flea market is not expensive and can be bargained. For example, at PADDY’S MARKET in Sydney’s Chinatown, you can buy a coat for only 8 Australian dollars.
Food:
The fruit market in Chinatown sells very fresh products at a price of 1 Australian dollar every day.
A dish in a Chinese restaurant in Sydney costs more than 10 Australian dollars. The prices at the vegetable market in Chinatown are very reasonable. For example, the special price of potatoes in the supermarket is 3.68 Australian dollars/kg, but they only sell for 1.5 Australian dollars at the vegetable market. Before closing the stall, you can even encounter a dumping price of 1 Australian dollar per basket.
Sydney’s delicious jasmine rice costs 3 Australian dollars/kg. A 10kg bag of rice costs nearly A$30 before discount, but only costs A$18.9 after discount.
Talk to Chinese supermarkets. For example, the price of a kind of hot sauce in Chinese supermarkets is 2.29 Australian dollars, which is 1/3 cheaper than Australian supermarkets.
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