A bit to much testosterone I think, men sure can get their underwear in a knot at times.

I thought the subject was going to be interesting but it went off track, but then some of it was

amusing too.

I would be using powdered milk, just mix as needed, and a loaf of bread lasts me almost a week,

I like a wholemeal with grain. Hi fibre weetbix with some yogurt and pdr milk, or other cereal for

breakfast, around $10-$12 per week....for 1.

Sandwich for lunch... cheese, tin fish, baked beans, peanut butter, salad....$15 a week. Or a club

meal couple of times a week for lunch instead of main meal at night.

Buy fruit in season and if you are where it's too expensive, have the odd tin of plums/peaches.

Dinner...you tell me, if you're counting cents...have a BBQ in the park and cook a chop, don't think

I could do $40 maybe $50-$60, or no meat, salad and what?

Love to hear from others, economy style. Go fishing, thinking on that,a new experience.

We can all spend up that's the easy bit...

I'd like to use pension...when I get it, for day to day and super to pay house ins. rates, vehicle insurance, NRMA, maintenance, etc.

So I'd like to live on $305 a week and save some for vehicle repair, service, tyres, hope it's doable, guess it'll have to be.

-- Edited by countryroad on Wednesday 18th of August 2010 10:37:29 PM

One of our best money-saving tips is to always carry our own cuppa makings... its amazing how it adds up if you regularly buy coffee and cake at roadhouses/cafes.
Because we had a camper trailer, we have the Waeco fridge permanently in the tug, and drawers in the back too, so its easy to make cuppa's and snacks with a thermos.

It cost me about $50.00 maxium  a week at home to eat ... ..so i can not see why food would be any more expensive  on the road    .... i dont have plug in jug but i do have  a portable gas cooker which i use to heat water for coffee/tes ect and also use it to cook pasta for quick meal just add some shop brought pasta sauce  sprinkle of cheese and you  have very healthy cheap meal on the road  .....when i buy fruit and vegies on road i only buy enought for two days that way there is no waste .most bakey  shops have half loafs of bread .taste better the pre pack bread too

Hey Guys n Gals,

I have planned on no more than $100 a week, including snacks etc... I totally agree on the make your own cuppa etc on the run, $4.25 for a standard cap at macca's

Here's an example of how it adds up for those who are interested...

MacDonalds here in Fairfield Sydney has a McCafe which most Maccas do nowa days these prices will vary but these are the local prices...

Standard Cappucino $4.25 (maccas)
Piece of cake $2.95 (maccas average price)
$7.20 Per Break

So hypothetically;

I generally plan drives for about 5 hour days with at least two breaks so thats $7.20 x 2 = $14.40 a day.

Lets say I am going for four or five days $14.40 x 5=$72.00 a week.

But as we are generally all Nomads we would travel upto 52 weeks a year on average so that would be $72 x 52=$3744 per year.

Yes that was three thousand seven hundred and fourty four dollars per year, and thats at MacDonalds prices, the prices out back are a lot steeper than this.

No wonder it puts a dent in our pockets.

I am in the mioddle of reformatting a spreadsheet that I use for trip planning which auto calculates quite a lot of the data for you, all you need to know is your fuel usage for the roads you will travel eg. 10l per 100km and the distance to travel and the hours to travel. I will ost a copy once I have the formatting sorted, it will be available in any format you need.

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