How to save money on food in Australia? car? transport? education? cloths.?

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How to save money on food in Australia? car? transport? education? cloths.?

Answer 1

To save money on food shop at local markets, fruits and vegetables are MUCH cheaper and fresher than the supermarket, and you can buy foods such as rice and flour in bulk usually which saves you money aswell.

Probably the cheapest transport is public transport for example trains, trams, buses and in some places ferries. Depending on which city you're in you can usually buy a weekly or monthly ticket which gives you a certain amount of trips on most forms of public transport. Buying one of these tickets is much cheaper than buying one ticket each time you travel.

To save money on clothes you can buy second hand clothing from 'op-shops' which are usually run by charity organisations such as Red Cross, The Salvation Army, Goodwill, St Vincent de Paul etc. There are also various stores that sell new clothes for very cheap prices, but it depends which city you are in.

Public Education is the cheapest schooling. You can still get a very good education at most of our public schools and it generally only costs a few hundred dollars per year, compared to private schools which often cost thousands. For education after high school, TAFE offers very affordable courses (fees are usually around one or two thousand dollars per year, whereas University can cost something like $10,000 per year) in most subjects in most states of Australia.

To save money on running your car, most supermarkets give a petrol discount coupon when you spend a certain amount there, which entitles you to cheaper petrol at some petrol stations. Cars are very expensive to run, if you can I suggest just using public transport if you really need to save money that much.

Answer 2

to save money, well, food - you can check out this site, i come across http://freewebs.com/aussieshop - it offers free information on becoming a mystery shopper in aussie, tickets - you can save money by buying a ticket booklet of 10, alot of pizza stores are going online, you can get a pizza for $4.95, buy in bulk, save alot there

Answer 3

transport- buy 10 trip tickets from newsagencys or something. Education- go to a cheap school i guess!? Unless you study extremely hard to get a scholarship to a really expensive school! Clothes- go to paddys markets in the city, or go to factory outlets or wait till things are on sale! Food- buy large packets of foods, they usually are cheaper than just buying separate packets...go to Auldi's aswell...its soooo cheap! It's like Coles...but a heck cheaper!