We loved Slovenia and had a very similar itinerary of activities. Unfortunately, we did not have time to visit Lake Bohinj. Hopefully, we will be able to go again sometime as it looks beautiful. We had a rental car for transportation that we picked up at Zagreb Croatia airport. It did make traveling more convenient.
@thisretiredlife72915 күн бұрын
You will have to go back and check out Lake Bohinj it was a highlight for us. I can see how having a car would make life easier. We made the public transport work and then headed on to Austria. It's an advantage for you guys that you don't have to drive on the opposite side of the road like we do.
@AFFpinky7 күн бұрын
Yall two seem like a wholesome couple, thank you for visiting our contry, hope you had a good time. Hopefully you also went to Bled and to other attractions in that area 😊
@peterquigley27007 күн бұрын
Hey there! Thanks for watching our little video! Our video on our trip to Bled and Bohij drops in about 12 hours!! H@pe you have a look.
@icemonster3238 күн бұрын
Thanks for this informative vlog! May I please ask if most shops (including the open market) accept credit cards?
@thisretiredlife72918 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! We had no issue using credit cards. We only needed to use cash when making small purchases, pretty much the same as at home.
@kevinandange11 күн бұрын
Wow. This looks like a beautiful place. We hope to visit Slovenia one day. Thanks for showing us around 😊👍
@thisretiredlife729111 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! Put Slovenia on your list for sure it is a beautiful country.
@fuoridalsentiero15 күн бұрын
What an amazing adventure in Slovenia! Exploring castles, caves, and the thrill of bear hunts makes for such a captivating journey. The stunning landscapes and rich history are truly unforgettable. Thank you friend for sharing this incredible experience with us. We join your channel! Best wishes, Chiara & Donato Fuoridalsentiero.
@thisretiredlife729113 күн бұрын
Thanks for joining! We had a wonderful trip. Slovenia certainly has some beautiful landscapes and we loved learning about the history.
@pianistvioletasudilovskaia687017 күн бұрын
Hi! We live in Ljubljana and love it here. Reach out for collabs!
@thisretiredlife729113 күн бұрын
Sounds interesting. What can you offer?
@samoinborut133918 күн бұрын
Great!
@thisretiredlife729113 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@DIYGuyUSA20 күн бұрын
Nice video! You had a similar itinerary as we did (minus the Bear hunt). However, we spent a few days at Lake Bled before heading to Piran. It was beautiful and worth the short trip.
@thisretiredlife729120 күн бұрын
We certainly had the same itinerary, next video is Piran and then Lake Bled and Lake Bohinj. Glad its bringing back memories for you. There were plenty of Americans there when we were.
@boyan6423 күн бұрын
Unfortunately, it is not secret any more..😢. I wish could be.
@thisretiredlife729120 күн бұрын
We can see why it is gaining in popularity!
@adergas124 күн бұрын
Hope you enjoyed Ljubljana.
@thisretiredlife729120 күн бұрын
We loved it! Our time in Slovenia was the highlight of our time in Europe.
@DIYGuyUSAАй бұрын
Ljubljana is a beautiful small city and a great place to start day trips to other places in Slovenia.
@thisretiredlife729113 күн бұрын
You’re right, Slovenia is a beautiful country.
@peterquigley2700Ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed the vid DIYGuy. We really loved Slovenia. Next week we will drop a vid on postjonja , the cave, castle and a hunt for bears. After that one on piran. H@pe you subscribed and liked as we would love to grow the channel. Cheers.
@DIYGuyUSAАй бұрын
We just got back from a trip in September to Slovenia and Croatia! Looks like you may have had a similar itinerary. Looking forward to your videos. Keep up the good work.
@candoit123Ай бұрын
is it asset test or income test (whichever is lower) or is it added. Income test reduction + asset test reduction = total pension? And, if an asset is earning income, is the income from the asset goes to income test (reduction) + same asset in the asset test reduction = total pension
@matthewrendle9321Ай бұрын
And for people prince character stayed my grandfather huts their is more on google
@matthewrendle9321Ай бұрын
My grandfather helped Fred fry hut near the stoneys the ones her were no built after the second war
@thisretiredlife729113 күн бұрын
That's a great link to the history of the area!
@matthewrendle9321Ай бұрын
Most definitely is a gem id you can rugged because most people do not know about we Victoria has to offer
@thisretiredlife729113 күн бұрын
Very true! But it did mean we had the place to ourselves :)
@pamelahirst94932 ай бұрын
dumb question...is the $204 per fortnight for a single the gross income or net after tax?
@darrynpickstone46212 ай бұрын
Hi, im 61 years of age australian born and living off my super and bank savings at moment over in Philippines since 2022 as i couldnt afford to live in australia etc. My question is do i need to be living back in australia to get the pension, what i have read is that i need to be back in australia for 2 years prior to receiving the age pension, or is it 2 years after the age of 67 years ? so i dont loose the pension when i move back overseas ?? Any help or ideas please . thanks When does the yearly cycle start from which Month > so i can organise my return around the date .thanks
@translumination20023 ай бұрын
So if a couple makes $360 a fortnight = $9,360 pa do they have to pay tax on this? They just do a tax return to declare it?
@craigtomkinson28373 ай бұрын
Lovely Ep and spots guys
@thisretiredlife72913 ай бұрын
Thanks for the kind words Craig.
@craigtomkinson28373 ай бұрын
Lovely ep and spots and cook up guys
@thisretiredlife72913 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@NielsSorensen-sh8tm3 ай бұрын
Did you replace the firewood. Free camp and you expect free hot water. Really
@thisretiredlife72913 ай бұрын
Glenhope station is not a free camp. For a fee you have access to the firewood, showers, which were warm enough, power if you need it too. Not sure where you got free camp from. I should have said it was a paid camp but I thought with those things available and the fact it was a station it would have been obvious.
@scottstanton8704 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@thisretiredlife72913 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@baits93014 ай бұрын
And if you've never worked a day in your life , you get full pension . Your allowed to earn 100 dollars a week , before it effects your pension lol . what are you going to do with 100 dollars . Enough to put fuel in your car , but not enough to pay your power bill that keeps rising . Polies need to be on the same scheme , not pension for life , even though their miilonaires . We need to look at where their making all this money .
@rosemarykingpate78324 ай бұрын
Living in the U.S., this is SOOOO confusing!!! What does a "homeowner" mean? Do you have to have paid off the mortgage??
@VivienneWest-k3n4 ай бұрын
Asset test is a DISCRIMINATE against any RETIRERS who can invest their money. The ASSETS TESTED is a cover-up for the word TAXES. BY TEXTING THE RETIRERS is a sign of DISRESPECT to those who have PAID their taxes. These thousands of dollars taken from the Elderly reduces their pension payments to up 40% lose. At the same time, there are many X members of parliament receiving thousands of dollars as they pension. This is a sign of VICIOUSLY.
@banuramkumar5754 ай бұрын
It is not good, if you have big house you have to live in that house until you die. You can’t sell the house or if you sell the house you have to to match the price so that it doesn’t affect your pension. Stupid rules makes old people stuck in their house life long. If they make extra profit in their existing house after selling,your pension will be cut or reduced. It discourages people to sell their house and buy a small unit.
@johnloveday87584 ай бұрын
very imformative thanks peter
@salamalycoom4 ай бұрын
Can we take the government to court for fraud? Super was promised to us to enhance OUR retirement, not to relieve the government retirement obligations.
@joevella66294 ай бұрын
The politicians are coming after our money ,we have paid tax all our working life and you get nill pension however our politicians get it and it's a full pension
@irenecakouros76404 ай бұрын
This is not a pension,it is a supplement.
@VivienneWest-k3n4 ай бұрын
Australia has Double standard when it comes to retirement, oc course there is the state pension. But when it comes to investment you have the Family Trust fund and you have pensioners who invest independently. The different between these two investments are Family Trust Fund allows the pensioner to keep their full pension but at the same time they families will look after them in whatever they want. Now this is were a pensioner decided to invest independently the government immediately reduces part of their pension under the "assets test, words for is Taxes ". The independent pensioner who invest is very "similar as family trust fund investment " thinks that they can then take money from your pension up to 40%. So a single pensioner investor will find themselves annually with $17,423.30 a lose of $11,594.70 from annual of $29,023. When it comes to fortnightly the reduce to $670.05 from $1,116., a lose of $445.95. You reckon the government will take any notice , they need their increase in their salary. 😱😱😱😱😱😱
@VivienneWest-k3n4 ай бұрын
If you want to keep pension transfer your asset to your family, under the FAMILY TRUST FUND just like wealthy people do and then your will full pension. Your family will help you whenever you need something which you under your pension is to expensed. Never invest as a single person because you will find yourself with the lose of about 40% of your pension. If single your pension annually would be $29,023, (single) but the government will take around $11,594.70 and you will only have $17,423.30 . When it comes to your fortnightly pension you only receive $670.05 out the normal amount of $1,116, a lose of $445.95 . This is called ASSETS TEST. it feels more like discrimination and victimise. Yet this government expects us , taxpayers, to give millions of dollars to aborigines and this has been going on since the 1970s. And then aborigines want to take over Australia with the help of the LABOR PARTY.
@VivienneWest-k3n4 ай бұрын
The asset test is a discrimination against anyone who is from the "lower level of society "!!!!!!!! if you sale your main asset, your house and independently invest your money. They then assess your investment and decide to reduce your pension. They only support of those who can cheat the system by forming a relationship with their children and create a "FAMILY TRUST FUND " and keep the FULL PENSION . A lesser person wil find themselves losing money from their pension (up to 40%) making it hard to balance in spending without touching their investment money. While a pensioner whose money in their children"FAMILY TRUST FUND " can still can ask their children for or help? to buy anything they want with no worries of struggling with they pension.
@auditingtheauditors56235 ай бұрын
It’s so offputting the music in the background of somewhere else
@kellikirby49385 ай бұрын
🐝
@jujumaccas6 ай бұрын
Number 1 Retirement Tip - own your own home by the time you retire so that you don’t have a mortgage or a landlord.
@youmeandtheGSDs6 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed this. The chicken looked great too! We camped at Fry’s Flat a couple of weeks ago and it was freezing (but beautiful) Love your floof 🐾
@CNile-se9xw6 ай бұрын
Been retired for 25 years & never ventured onto social media, it's for complete idiots. As for Elon, he's a total scumbag & you should've told him so & saved your time. 😉
@CNile-se9xw6 ай бұрын
Your chicken cook-up looked amazing & it's good to see young whipper snappers getting out there. 👍
@thisretiredlife72916 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@stanleyj.mitchell48516 ай бұрын
Know that area well. Camped at Fry’s first time this year. I have walked to from Fry’s to Sheepyard along the river then back on the road. And aren’t those huts and campgrounds the other way along the river something else. I just love it. Thank you.
@thisretiredlife72916 ай бұрын
Ive been going up there for over 40 years and still love it. Learned to flyfish on that river, I think I know every fish by name now.
@prancer47436 ай бұрын
Just make sure you retire with your own wealth forgetting the pension simple 👍😉😁
@thisretiredlife72916 ай бұрын
So true!
@Xyz999245 ай бұрын
I would love to keep working well into my 80s if health permits & employer still wants to hire me.😀
@garynew96375 ай бұрын
Some people don't have that option.
@prancer47434 ай бұрын
@@garynew9637 yes agree it takes discipline through life even after 2 devices and third time lucky all hard work and sacrifice 🤔👍
@prancer47434 ай бұрын
@@Xyz99924 my dad worked till 76 I’m a builder and doing my own house renovations no more customer work at 60 👍😉😀
@UnhingedHarry6 ай бұрын
Great video. I must get out there one day.
@thisretiredlife72916 ай бұрын
You should!
@webwhisper27016 ай бұрын
great video - thanks so much for sharing ☺️
@petesig936 ай бұрын
Yeah, bookings and timings are everything. When we toured Italy we spent three days in Florence a saw lots of it, but the main Cathedral of Santa Maria was 20 Euro entry. We had been used to going into grand cathedrals all over Italy for no charge, so gave it a miss. Later we arrived at the Pitti Palace to discover the 6pm closing time meant they shuffled everyone out at 5pm, so we had to race through and missed the costume museum upstairs. In Rome, after sheltering from a thunderstorm downpour for an hour, we queued for another hour to get into the Vatican, saw St Peters, but the Sistine Chapel was closed at 5pm and we missed that too
@petesig936 ай бұрын
To start the trail from Woolamai, park the car at Bass township then ride the 5 km to Woolamai on quiet rural back roads. In Wonthaggi the best place to stop is the Whistlestop Bakery on McBride St or the Wonthaggi Hotel (with the whalebones outside) just down the street. If you had followed the trail on further it loops around and ends at the Cape Paterson Rd, just a km away from the State Coal Mine. An easy route to follow.
@petesig936 ай бұрын
Do you know what the timeline is on an extension to Cape Paterson and Inverloch?
@thisretiredlife72916 ай бұрын
Not sure when that section opens but we read that the section from Welshpool to Alberton opened earlier this month.
@user-kt7gn6xw3v7 ай бұрын
What pension paid taxes to fund retirement through the pension scheme still paying. Government have siphoned off all this money thats why they keep increasing the retirement age their is no money left they have abused their power committed theft on a national scale where they will not be held responsible for the zero balance in the bonded pension fund for the working Australians
7 ай бұрын
You may want to check you're fact's again Buddy.......The current earning Threshold as I'm a pensioner coupled with Workforce Program is $11,800 a year or $226.92c PER WEEK or $453.84 per fortnight. Glad I stopped watching at .30.
@thisretiredlife72917 ай бұрын
HI HommTone The figures in this video relate to the Income and assets test. They are 100% accurate and can be confirmed on any government site or through Centrelink. The program/scheme you mention is actually called the Work Bonus program and allows Pensioners to reduce the amount of eligible income included in the Income test. The income figures in this video still apply. The work bonus program is a little more complicated than your figures suggest but certainly allow a pensioner to earn more income through employment and retain the pension. It is a great program for pensioners wanting to work while not losing their pension. Centrelink will be able to walk anyone through this program and there is information available on government pages on the internet. It is worth remembering that this program only applies to eligible employment and is not applicable to earnings from investments or super. Given your comments it might be a good idea that we do a video explaining some of the details of the Work Bonus program.
7 ай бұрын
@@thisretiredlife7291 They must be overpaying me!! And the printed guide I personally was given by C/link must be incorrect also!!