Simon moved to Brisbane with his family, via 13 years in the UK.

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Simon is an old friend whose work in the hotel industry has taken him across the world. He and his family are now settled down in Brisbane, Australia, or Brizzo, or Brizza, or Brisby, probably. Australians can't call anything by their actual name. 
Simon paints an attractive portrait of the River City, and it certainly made me consider it. Between the access to nature, thriving food scene, safety, great schooling, relative scarcity of deadly animals (compared to the poisonous animals exhibit in any zoo), Brisbane sounds great.

As I mention in the upfront of the show, we got some sponsorship! Reeva Cutting, who was my first guest, has just released a cost-of-living calculator on her website, Proudly South African in Perth. Many of my guests have stressed the importance of working out a budget before you move to your new home, and this calculator will do exactly that. It's only 9 Ozbucks, so a small investment compared to literally everything else you're going to have to do to emigrate. :P
Enjoy.

You can support this show by supporting ⁠Luggage Warehouse⁠, the business my father started in the 80s, and my brother currently helms.
Two products of particular interest for emigration-curious South Africans: ⁠Build-a-Set⁠ and ⁠Luggage Glove⁠.
If you need luggage, accessories, handbags, leather goods, noise-cancelling headphones and other awesome travel stuff, please check out Luggage Warehouse. We deliver nationwide and are just better than the competition.
12 Oct 2021 English Explicit South Africa Places & Travel · How To

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