Originally Posted by
KatieBen
Australia - significantly higher salaries (in my field at least), but worse weather (scorching summers/freezing winters), higher cost of living, would have to live in a city, extremely poisonous spiders and snakes.
NZ - lower salary but can live in a small town, fab weather, no poisonous spiders.
We considered both initially (& a colleague tells me if he had to live in a city it would be Melbourne rather than Auckland/Wellington/Christchurch) but the spiders were the deciding factor for me!