Just got back from three months in Australia.
Not too bad. Gas is $5 a gallon, electricity, 39 cents a kilowatt hour.
Food did not impress me, service was ok. (no tipping)
People were wonderful, generally, but consumer choices limited. They are just starting to get supermarkets.
Living on a multimillion dollar farm, where electricity was used extremely carefully, I was usually too cold or too hot.
We pay just under $.06 per kwh. God Bless America!!!