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According to the latest available figures there are more than 1.3million Britons living in Australia. That figure just represents the number of residents who were actually born in the UK and do not include the millions more who boast British heritage but were born ‘down under’.

Maybe it’s the lure of great weather and a far more laid-back lifestyle that lures so many Britons to Australia as the number currently living in Australia outnumbers the amount of Australian-born residents living in the UK by almost 13 to one!. At the turn of the 21st century the amount of Australians making their home in Britain was slightly more than 106,000 and that figure has remained fairly constant throughout the last decade. The majority of those are young adults under 30 getting a taste of their parent’s land of birth; having a year or two out before returning to Australia to study or resume careers.

Whether it’s Australians living in Briton or vice versa there are an awful lot of people that find themselves dwelling on the opposite side of the globe to their families and friends. Keeping in touch used to be an expensive and long-winded process, but no longer. It is easy to call Australia from the UK using a landline or mobile and vice versa but those methods can be expensive. So, when looking to make cheap calls to Australia, search no farther than the internet. Contact your relatives or mates and tell them download a chat or VoIP software package. That way the only barrier to keeping in touch will be your resolution to do so, and possible time differences.

The amount and quality of services offered by VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) has grown over the last couple of years. Users can now take their choice of free instant messages, free voice calls, free video calls or alternatively make cheap calls to mobiles and landlines in Australia from either their computer or a smart phone device. There is also a choice of payment when making calls to landlines or mobile phones in Australia; the user can take out a monthly subscription for unlimited calls (subject to reasonable usage) or choose to purchase credit in advance which can be redeemed on a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) basis.

Calls made over the internet are encrypted meaning that there is no danger of your calls being intercepted, so if you are one of the many Britons who have friends and family living in Australia turn to the internet to keep in touch.