• HeartyBeast
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    511 months ago

    Weird. My wife is Australian and I’ve visited many times. Even places as small as somewhere like Broome have electricians and plumbers who work primarily in Broome - and that’s before you go to places like Adelaide, Darwin, Perth etc etc

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      11 months ago

      Our plumber is about 25 km from our house. Our sparky is about 15.

      That’s a long way to ride your gear back and forward. Imagine the downtime on any given day to riding. These people are charging out at anywhere from $150 to $300 p/h. They’re not going to lose that income riding those distances.