changing £££££pounds to AU $$$$

[weedguru_animal]

imm oving to melbourne on 30th of august. i gunna have bout a grand english totake with me. now i wondering if neone knows the bestway ofme changing this english money into australian pounds.

i do have an aussie account already.
now would it be best forme to change my pounds upbefore i leave the uk. or wouldit be better to buy my dollars in australia???

also does anyone know if it ispossible to do a transfer from my english account to my aussie account,and how and is it costly??anyway help always appreciated.
have a good day people
animal

[13laze]

I'm not sure how you should convert it, but try and have some Australian currency just in case, for emergency or somthing

[mosherben]

well if you are thomas cook customer i know they do foreign exchange with no commision.

And umm based on http://www.xe.com/ucc you get AU$2389

[The curious orange]

take it to the post office they do it commision free, and you can change it back if you have any foriegn change after the holiday.
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[13laze]

Ohh, I never knew the post office did that.

I was gonna say to change the money at the bank. Or one of those currency exchange places at some malls.

[weedguru_animal]

thanks for the advice people, i kinda thought that the post office wouldbe the best bet. its not a holiday, ill onlybe leaving to come back and visit uk or wherever in the world i need to be for watver reason...
cheers tho people!

[MOT]

You should be able to do a commision free transfer between acounts in the UK and Aus, depending on whether the acounts are with the same or different banks.

[Weedguru_Fire_Inside]

Any British post office will convert your cash free of charge.

terms and conditions apply

[Weedguru Cusmar]

i'm sure they dont do it free, but maybe i just got ripped off my post office is a little dodgy.