I remember the good old days when the AUD was at around .6 of the USD. My income would nearly DOUBLE when I converted my USD earnings to AUD. If I made $5000 in USD, by the time it was in my Aussie bank account it would be around $8000-9000. These days it so close to 1:1, that there's no real advantage for me to get paid in USD anymore.
Thanks for your help. It will be interesting if our dollar passes the 1USD mark this year however it wont help us.