In Reply to: Could I survive in bali on $350A a week? posted by stuntcock on Friday, 25. December 2009 at 17:41 Bali Time:
I have 2 friends who live in Thailand on DPS and have done so for many years, I have also met many others doing the same from the UK and Australia.
They have a very good life there and multi entry non immigration visas are easy to get.
They possibly may have considered Bali but air flights to and from Thailand are more available and cheaper because there is more choice.
Also you are allowed to fly into and out of Thailand on "one way" airline tickets,not allowed usually by the Airlines for some other countries. One friend just returned for the obligatory 2 weeks in Australia after maximum 13 weeks out for less than $130 AU Bangkok to Perth with AAx and is flying back on a just as cheap Tiger Airlines flight.
Asia is very cheap and quite easy to live in on the small amount of DPS you receive compared to Australia,you just need to learn the ropes.
Pattaya in Thailand is full of expats living quite a high life on such a small amount of money.
I say go for it if thats what you want to do as you cant live here on DPS anymore!
Just remember though, you can get stuck on the welfare merry-go-round
And on return to Australia find it very hard to re adapt!