Uni Wollongong - Commerce

In Australia

in fact it's not easily to get PT jobs in wollongong IF U DUN HAF A CAR.....but u can seek causal work in
towns near wollongong juz like in dapto or figtree....(u will know how to get there
when u r in Oz.......) and also the accomodation in fact is not quite expensive tho...of
coz, the cheapest one is the one next to the campus, called KOOLOOBONG.....and i'm
strongly suggest u to stay there for at least one semister, to let u get used to live in
wollongong......(wollongong is a quite boring place for all hongkies).......and after that u can rent a house w/ur friends.....


i reli dunno how much for kooloobong rite now.....but 2 yrs ago, it was A$118 per
week (guess wht, u can only access uni's proxy to surf the web, and no LAND LINE
TO MAKE A LONG CALL....SHIT!!!), but after that i rent a house w/my friend.....and
approximately  paid A$120 per week (include everything, juz like gas and water, also
boardband.<-----need to share!!)

and b4 u go to wollongong, i STRONGLY SUGGEST u that" learn to drive!". in
Wollongong it's cheap to buy 2nd handed car(around 9000-15000 HKD) and in fact if
u dun buy a car......u haf to pay a lot in riding train and bus.....and it's cheap to do
services for ur car (that mechanic is very famous, u can ask those former SYC ppl who
are still studying in wollongong)....and once u buy a car, u can EASILY TO GET PT jobs
in wolllongong, juz like delivery.....and hourly rate is approximately $A15 + tips......

if u haf any question, feel free to ask and i'm juz came back from wollongong.......good
luck in ur study

多謝哂，而家在 Kooloobong 住一個學期需要A$128 一星期。

在 Kooloobong 上網，一小時收費 A$1 或者以 A$77 買 1MB 的 Download Quota
由 2007 年 7、8、9 月開始，所有宿舍 (Kooloobong 除外) 將會改用全新的上網服務公司，屆時上網只需 A$30 一個月 (20GB) 或 A$150 六個月 (6 x 20GB) ，非常實惠。

Kooloobong 如需打電話的呢，可以用 A$99/299 裝電話線，再按月按用量收費，在呢度打個 Call 返香港通常都要加 A$0.28 接駁至電話卡。(GST Incl)

Kooloobong 係自己煮食的宿舍，所以你來到的時候，有機會需要購置部份家具及廚具等，(例如電飯堡、電熱水堡、燙斗、擭、風筒等等)視乎你來到的時候有幾多 Flatmates，通常都係 Share 用架啦，但係你來到的頭一兩日確會辛苦，因為學校的飯堂早收(2pm)，有機會來到無野食，且澳洲的入境海關嚴格，尤其對食品方面，不過會有人幫你架啦，無需擔心。另外，所有清潔等等都係自己負責，無電視機，娛樂設施要用返學校的。此外，Kooloobong 的保安無其他宿舍咁嚴密，所以要小心門戶。

每上學日下午四時後均有 Hotel Shuttle 服務，路線為 Uni > I-House > Weerona > Keiraview > Gundi > Uni ，Shuttle 均是預繳服務，不過成日都見有 Kooloobong 的人經常使用呢部車去 Keiraview 度出市區買野。

咁多個宿舍來說，最好唔好住 Campus East 同埋 Weerona  因為呢兩個宿舍係好唔方便的。(尤其是Campus East，除非無車，否則唔好住，行番學要一小時，巴士 50 分鐘一班)
如果你覺得 Kooloobong 唔方便又想自己煮的話，可以選擇 Keiraview (個人推介) ，因為 Keiraview落市中心，而且有電視等康樂設施，上網打電話都可以在宿舍裡面完成。Keiraview 往最接近的華人商店只需 30 秒步行，往火車站只需 10 分鐘步行，往大學只需 25 - 30 分鐘步行，往市中心只需 1 分鐘步行，市中心有大量商店食肆，非常方便。宿費只需 A$170 一週，尚算合理。

另外的一個個人推介會係 International House ，交通非常方便，15 分鐘行到學校，15 分鐘往市中心，15 分鐘往在城北的食肆區 (M 記、K 記、 P 記等一應俱全)，15 分鐘往海灘，最重要的是火車站就在宿舍門口即見 - 你將感受到在鐵路沿線居住的方便 (步行 2 分鐘即達)。由火車站將有定期火車，一小時數班，直達雪梨市中心(唐人街)或其他地方。呢個係全包的宿舍，宿費包括所有正餐、每兩週一次的清潔服務、宿舍所有設施(包括可享用 Computer Lab，在開學之前你都可以用來上網、兩部 Plasma 有線電視、圖書館、音樂室、遊戲室等設施)，另外此處有非常完善的宿生助理服務，由 O-Team 到 Student Life Assistant 都會好友善的為你的宿舍生活提供點綴，開學首週將會有大量的歡迎活動，其中包括雪梨海港遊船及動物園等等(甚至去水上樂園，入場費全包)，開學後亦不時有眾多活動予你參與，理論上可以另你在澳洲的生活不致過份沉悶。Internation House 歐洲人佔 60% 以上，絕對係學習日常英語的最佳場所 (理論上) 。平日有4pm起 Hotel Shuttle 往返學校及宿舍及市中心(同上)，另外每週日均有穿梭往返 Figtree 購物。
在 I-House 無需購買大量家具，因為大部份均有提供，宿費雖然稍貴，但仍然物有所值，通常住左之後都唔駛點用錢買野飲食等等，好多時都可以做到 $0 消費的。宿費 A$233 一週。

住出去來說，同上啦，不過小心果 D 地方都好遠 (Dapto 在學校 15km 以外的地方，Figtree 在學校 5km 以外的地方)，我不建議住出去咁遠的地方，因為呢度交通班次稀疏。買車方面，如果住得近的話，無需要買車啦，呢度油錢貴，渣得出去雪梨或者返學不如自己坐車好過。(Uni > Sydney A$12.60 Return) 同埋住得遠就好累啦，真係要住出面最好找下 D 地產公司啦，兩個人 Share 一個 Studio 每人都係 $150 一週，仲要有海景睇，絕對超值！有部份都裝修好 (Esp Studio) ，咁所以 D 野都係照搬可也。

另外，做 Part-time 方面，市中心果頭未必有咁多 Part-time 做，因為都好細個 Town ，建議住 I-House 等等比較貴的宿舍，然後幫學校做野好過，因為可以節省最高 100% 宿費 (最少 10%) ，另外樹仁都有 50% 學費的獎學金，囉果個最實際，好過過到來做 Part - time 咁慘。

另外相問樓上的師姐，你在香港的前途如何？讀完升學易嗎？

我而家都係讀呢個 Programme 的 Part 2

um........actually i think I-house is not a good choice tho........bcoz it's expensive.........
also the rooms there are FREAKING SMALL!!!......also there's reli noisy, also lots of
gangs hang around I-house bcoz there's lots of bars and chicks around I-house(in fact, North Wollongong is reli INSECURE TO LIVE!!! everyone knows)......and if u reli
wanna learn english......in fact weeerona is reli a good choice........bcoz there's lots of
parties and formal dinner......and reli, once u r in australia in fact u should learn to
drive......one thing that Arthur mentioned above is wrong.......gas fee in Australia is RELI
CHEAP!!!!!....let say last month b4 i left.......gas fee was in 129-130 Cents (in Australian dollor)....it seems like 8 HKD per liter......and if u buy a car in small capacity e.g 1.3-1.8 L,
u only spend around 40 A$ for full tank.......and it keeps u can drive around 2.5 weeks...

also once u buy a car......u can drive to everywhere at anytime......also 2nd handed car here is reli cheap tho......and driving lisence here and convert into HK one......and in  
Wollongong u dun need to pay for learning to drive.......once u get ur learner lisence...u can buy a car and u can ask ur friend who knows how to drive to teach u driving.....

and the most sucks stuff living in dorm is that internet in wollongong is reli exp....
as arthur mentioned.....A$ 30 per month but u can only d/l 20GB stuff....but if u move
to outside.....it also costs u A$ 30 per month.......but for unlimited quota.........inc land
line also......but the most vital thing is......buy ur car first b4 moving out!


RE arthur: i'm now still waiting offer fr some banks......and in in fact u cannot expect
too much once u grad fr wollongong....and r u gonna study ur master in here?

回上文。

1. I-House 的房確比 Kooloobong 細，但係同樹仁的單人房差唔多，加上其實都好多位放野，所以空間感唔覺好細。

2. 好多人都話 North Wollongong 唔安全。到今日為止，我都唔覺 I-House 或者附近會有 D 咩危險，係好靜，出面的確有酒吧，但係 D 人醉左咪行開少少囉，你唔著得太掛張的話 (女仔) 佢係唔會踩你的，我在呢度住左 6 星期，飲醉酒問題唔算好大，夜晚走廊有時會有人哎，不過都係一陣半陣的，唔會太離譜的。況且唔係度度都係咁，如果你真係怕嘈，係可以要求住點靜的地方，我覺得嘈的地方係好集中的，而且人都好 Considerate，你覺得好騷擾的話，你 Voice Out，佢地就識做架啦。

3. 住 I-House 其實問題只有一個，其他都唔係問題，就係 Fire Alarm ，唔明點解可以 41 日走 8 次火警，真係離譜。但你頂得順的話應該係無問題的。

4. 上網來說，一個月 20 GB 夠用有突啦，即使你要聽下歌果 D 頂多都係 14 - 15 GB 到，好難會過 20 GB 的真係，同埋條 Fixed Line 係宿舍俾你的，你出去租屋的話係會 Unlimited ，但係都唔係成日上網掛，尤其頭一兩個 Session ，最好識多點人，如果太快搬出去的話，你的 Social Circle 會變得 Limited。我明白，而讀緊或讀過的人都知在澳洲好悶，會成日堡劇，成日 Download 好多野，20 GB 唔夠，但反而我覺得在你自己的取向啦，看看你是否真的咁有需要看劇集等等。況且我覺得如果要堡的話，裝無線會比Download 劇化算點，始終有其他節目，更加全面，月費都係 A$50/mo ，大家 Share 都唔會太貴的。

b) 我個人來說都係聽英文歌的人呢，人地大聲播英文歌無咩問題的，同埋劇集都無睇過，都無問題，而家住 I-House，酒吧都未去過，我個邊可算是最嘈最Wet，我都頂得順，相比上年樹仁宿舍 D 人玩 Happy Corner 同埋播埋 D 唔知咩歌好嘈要投訴數百萬次就泥要報警，的確好好多。飲醉酒方面，佢唔會點騷擾你的，且有人騷擾你的話，你哎之後係會好多人幫你手的。
不過呢 D 都係西方人的文化，有時來到澳洲都要識應下呢度的文化的，唔過底線，其實無咩問題的，而且佢地人都幾好，肯同佢地一齊傾的話，佢地會好尊重你的文化，唔敢亂來同埋會好好朋友的。

5. 買車呢，可以買的，不過你自行判斷，因為還有好多其他支出如牌費、保險等要考慮啦。CityRail 其實都算方便，如果你想去遠的地方，可以考慮該處留宿的。而且返學後都忙，未必有咁多時間出街。

6. 膳食方面，我覺得最好有人煮的會好好多囉，我確不是太忍心見到有的同學住出面或 Kooloobong 要自己煮，但係餐餐杯麵/公仔麵填肚，或者打邊爐等等，即使買送都可能要就著，好少見到佢地有食下魚咁，呢點真係好唔健康囉，呢度 College 的膳食服務我感到極度滿意，那麼真係值得一試，節省時間可以多溫習也有一個均衡飲食。

7. 關於 I-House 貴的問題，以下數據可以參考:
I-House Rent A$233/Week
Kooloobong Rent A$128/Week
Keiraview Rent A$170/Week
Outside Rent A$100 - 150/Week

Expenses:
Food:
Average A$7.00 Per Meal (Total A$147.00/Week)
Travel:
Keiraview > Uni A$3.30/Trip (Weekly A$16.50)
Figtree > Uni Approx A$4.80/Trip (Weekly A$48.00)
Dapto > Uni Approx A$7.60/Trip (CityRail + Shuttle) (Weekly A$76.00)
Internet:
A$6.25/Week
Kooloobong (A$1/Hr)
Est. First Instalment if lived outside/self-catered A$500 - 1000 For Furnitures/Kichenttes
(Catered Residence $100)

我覺得雖然 I-House 貴，不過除開係抵的。

另外，今日行過 Weerona 返 Uni 要 25 - 30 分鐘腳程，I-House 15 分鐘，所有時間以往學校大門口為準。

PS: 我計劃讀完 Wollongong 去英國或美國讀 Master。另外想問呢我有興趣在 Wollongong 度做個 Exchange 出去英國讀一個學期先，想問易唔易去度架?

1.gas fee in australia is not reli expensive tho.....only around 7 HKD per liter...if u buy a
car
in small capacity (1.3 -1.8 L).....then overall expenditure is not over 40 AUD per
month........(only drive in Wollongong)
2. catering in I-house is not good tho......nearly there's only fried stuff provided in everymeal..........
3.there's lots of robbery , bullying....etc occured around i-house, especially on thursday
bcoz there are lots of gangs, dealers, prostitutes.......stay in those pubs around i-house.
my friends got an egg thrown by those aussies outside i-house when they walked to
the town centre for dinner......also one of my friend NEARLY being robbed by some
gangs outside i-house when he walked to the church for worship on SUNDAY morning..
4.2nd car here is reli cheap.....u only pay transfer fee (around 1000 HKD - 2000 HKD)
and the price of ur car is alright......also buy a car is for ur safety
5.once u live in kooloobong.....u will become independent, u will learn how to cook
(not may student only cook instant noodle for every meal....i'm sure)...
also rooms in kooloobong is reli larger then i-house.......u can only spend 5 mins to walk
to sckol.....
so y we choose i-house?
6.in fact......for me.....when i stay in kooloobong.....i only spend 30 AUD to buy
around 1 week food......it's far less then living in i-house.......
7. u can buy 2nd handed furnitures......for my house.....i can buy a brand new fridge
for 30A$......TV for 20A$ (u can also resale them)......u can buy it on
tradingpost.com.au......so moving out
is the best to save $......

1. 無渣車，唔知
2. 今年 I-House 的膳食服務好好多啦，煎炸食物的確存在，不過一週都係數餐係有煎炸野啦啦，但係一餐晚餐有四個選擇，且四個都唔會係炸哂，所以問題唔大，唯一可能會較熱氣咁解。I-House 的 Catering Head 講過佢地係無 MSG 的，如有特別需要的話，可以在申請時要求，例如要清淡野呀咁，咁佢會特別照顧你啦。
3. 「小心防火，提防盜賊」一向係出國留學最重要的兩點，所以去邊都要小心被人偷野，在 Kooloobong ，被人入去爆格的機會仲高 (早幾日先有人在度被人偷衫)，而家 I-House 保安大幅提高左，門口裝哂鐵閘，入房要用鎖匙卡過三關先返到房。
I-House 極近 Nth Gong Stn，雜係少不免，不過個站係有兩邊的，向住雪梨方向左面 (即I-House 果邊) 係住宅區，普遍來說係安全的，但係另外一邊確是恐怖一點，因為有兩間酒吧在另一邊的不遠處 (過條大路就到) ，所以真係好雜，如無必要，唔好在夜晚自己在果度行 (本週三去 Glasshouse 返來行過果頭就係有個同行的女仔被人在車上錠M 記汽水杯，好彩落緊雨，本身都濕，就無咩事。) 個站其實係隔開左兩個世界，同埋附近都無咩鋪頭，夜晚呢度的香港人都唔出街啦，所以無咩事的。
Carrie, 我想你的朋友係過左 Nth Gong Stn 被人襲擊，因為我地呢度有 Security Notice Board ，無報導過果 D 咁的事。站的另一邊，即係 I-House 左落果邊，夜晚試過行出去，都無問題。
5. 無錯，住Kooloobong 係會獨立的，但係我唔係叫人個個學期住哂，都係一個半個學期，I-House 會方便你去 Settle Down 同埋支持你去完成首學期的學業，起碼你會覺得好過點，在 Kooloobong 港人較多，如果你想在澳洲繼續過香港一般的生活的話，Kooloobong 當然係首選啦。Kooloobong 煮野要看你地洗得幾多在食度同埋時間，佢地不時都會有湯圓食啦，夜晚食飯呀咁，而且唔駛走火警，返學行 5 分鐘，我有時返學的時候係會都想住 Kooloobong 的，因為朝早真係趕餐死咁。
7. $30 雪櫃、$20 電視 !? 在邊買呢，好有興趣添。
但係買電視要裝天線，衛星穫嗎?
果 D 通常幾多錢?
另外如果住 Kooloobong 或者出面又想長住的話，建議考慮裝無線，機費 A$200，月費都係 $49.99 多人分都係十幾蚊，好過上網 Download 堡劇。但係出去住要小心，因為隨時果 D 租約玩你住無幾耐要你走，或者突然要你走就好煩。
不過在香港學車牌係有需要的，因為有牌會好點，車的話你起碼去 Hertz 都租都得，仲可以儲 Asia Miles 返香港隨時唔駛錢。
如果你要做 Part-time 的話，Uni 都有唔少 Job ，你可以做我地 I-House/Weerona/Keiraview/Gundi Hotel Shuttle 的司機，或者做 Food Court 的清潔咁。