Has the cost of living in Sydney ever made you think about taking a break from the big smoke?
Faced with soaring rents and unrelenting cost of living pressures, some Sydneysiders have decided to hit pause and take a ‘financial gap year’.
They’ve chosen to swap the inner-city streets for the Australian outback or even head overseas.
🖊️ Pablo Viñales for ABC News Sydney.
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