Actually the $AUS is not far off parity with the $US at present, at about $0.93 last time I looked. $US 7 = approx. $AUS = 7.50. Still I get your point about the cost of travel. We were one of the few countries to go through the GFC pretty well unscathed, but keep that quite because we have enough migrants as it is.

I guess it is too far for Wouter to go.