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Three Mindsets to Radically Improve your Financial Health

Looking back on my journey out from underneath the mountain of debt I created for myself several years back, I was able to make some very important conclusions.
First, it wasn’t so much about changing specific actions in my daily life, it was more about changing my mentality towards money and how it comes in and [...]

Gigantic Python Devours Rock Wallaby

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Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water… a big ass python snatches you right back out. Makes a change from a great white, eh?

16 Questions First Time Home Buyers Should Ask (Before the Grant Ends)

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We may be in the midst of the worst recession since the Great Depression, but as house prices have fallen along with interest rates, now is actually a great time to get on the property ladder. The following questions are applicable to first time home buyers thinking about getting on the ladder at any [...]

10 Beautiful Australian University Campuses [Pics]

If you had to make a choice on which university you would go to and if that decision could be swayed by the good looks of those universities, then you might want to see our top ten most attractive looking university campuses. So from your choice of some 50 universities in Australia, here are [...]

House Prices Compared: What USD $500,000 Buys Worldwide

The international housing market has practically stalled over the past year and in some countries prices have fallen through the floor. With a considerable drop in prices, now is the ideal time to buy that new home or holiday house. Lets imagine you are upwardly mobile and have around US$500,000 (AU$770,000) to invest. It may [...]

Australian House Prices: What $500,000 Buys

Based on the average house in the nation’s economic powerhouse, Sydney, $520,000 will buy you an average, Australian house. That’s approximately equivalent to US$335,000, UK225,000, NZ$630,000 or Euro260,000. So we wondered, what will half-a-million Aussie dollars buy across the nation? How average is average? A slick townhouse, a large family home in the ‘burbs’ or [...]

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