hello,

after a lot of thinking, etc... and the usual life decisions, i'm making a move to australia this fall / winter...

any current residents have any advice, etc... on where is a good place to live?

my girlfriend has family in brisbane, and we'll probably be doing a tour of the country, etc... but i'd like to get some independant opinions as well, beyond what we come up with.

i'd like to live somewhere funky, sorta replicating a university town feel or something similar... i'm 22, just out of university, and we're looking for all the usual amenities and such that characters of our age are used to... :)

my vote goes to Brisbane for obvious reasons :)

hey eva2000, where in brisbane do you live specifically? where's nice to live, where would you want to live, where would you not want to live?

i've been superficially looking around the spring hills / springwood ? area...

I choose Melbourne for obvious reasons :D I'll elaborate later on...

Go Sydney go!

Reasons why:

Largest tech market in aus!
ALOT of entertainment
We had the olympics :D

And more...

Originally posted by i am a
hello,

after a lot of thinking, etc... and the usual life decisions, i'm making a move to australia this fall / winter...

any current residents have any advice, etc... on where is a good place to live?

my girlfriend has family in brisbane, and we'll probably be doing a tour of the country, etc... but i'd like to get some independant opinions as well, beyond what we come up with.

i'd like to live somewhere funky, sorta replicating a university town feel or something similar... i'm 22, just out of university, and we're looking for all the usual amenities and such that characters of our age are used to... :)

If you want a nice, tropical, white sandy beach w/ lots of coral reef and blue water, check out Cairnes (you won't be disappointed!). If you want a small Uni town where the Uni makes up 1/3 to 1/2 of the population (a small town though), you have choices from Armidale onward.

Come join us in the most isolated city in the world, Perth! :)

I'm surprised you even have internet access in Perth :)

oh you'd be surprised :)

Besides saying Canberra (note bias), I'd be saying Brisbane. If you go much further north the weather takes some getting used to (unless you're used to it already of course).

But those Queenlanders do some wacky voting... maybe Melbourne? :D

Originally posted by Lawrence
Besides saying Canberra (note bias), I'd be saying Brisbane. If you go much further north the weather takes some getting used to (unless you're used to it already of course).

But those Queenlanders do some wacky voting... maybe Melbourne? :D

Nothing but sunshine down here in the most livable city in the world today :D

Lowest crime rates in the nation, Bracksy, Aussie Rules, better roads than Sydney, relaxed...... What more do you want? :D

Oh, of course there's sunshine BC, you just can't see it because of the rain and clouds. :D

Ive never been out of the states :bawling:

Australia sounds reallyyyyy nice, plus I have a ton of Aussie friends online.

What do the Aussies that frequent this board think of
Violet Crumbles?:D
Im told this is a light, airy chocolate treat..thats very addicting and ya can eat 'em by the dozen? True?

Come to Queensland. They dont call it the sunshine state for nothing. Beautiful one day perfect the next.
Lot less busy than Sydney and Melbourne or 2 main competitors more relaxed.

WOW! They don't have violet crumbles in America? They're nice and addictive but I can't remember eating one for years... we have better things than violet crumbles though :P~

And I'd have to agree with madmatty.. move to the Gold Coast, the sunshine state. It's the "Hawaii" of Australia.

Originally posted by chaos
WOW! They don't have violet crumbles in America? They're nice and addictive but I can't remember eating one for years... we have better things than violet crumbles though :P~

And I'd have to agree with madmatty.. move to the Gold Coast, the sunshine state. It's the "Hawaii" of Australia.

The Coast is getting too crowded for everyone's likings (particularly residents).... :(

And Lawrence, re : your smart-arse remark, let me make you aware that we've been in a frigging drought for the last 3 years :rolleyes: (we only received 14mm out of about 64mm rainfall last month!!!!) and the sun's pouring down again.... I'd kill to get rain down here at this rate.

Originally posted by i am a
my girlfriend has family in brisbane, and we'll probably be doing a tour of the country, etc... but i'd like to get some independant opinions as well, beyond what we come up with.

i'd like to live somewhere funky, sorta replicating a university town feel or something similar... i'm 22, just out of university, and we're looking for all the usual amenities and such that characters of our age are used to... :)

If you're from Vancouver, and you like it, then only Melbourne or Sydney will satisfy....

You have the best idea.. travel around and get the feel.. you will find that most residents here are loyal to their environs, but I have enjoyed something in almost every part of Oz that I've been to.

Originally posted by BC

And Lawrence, re : your smart-arse remark, let me make you aware that we've been in a frigging drought for the last 3 years :rolleyes: (we only received 14mm out of about 64mm rainfall last month!!!!) and the sun's pouring down again.... I'd kill to get rain down here at this rate.

Maybe I'll just admit that I haven't been to Melbourne for about seven years :) - I'm just pulling stereotypes.

But seriously, that's fairly shocking rainfall. Correct me if I'm wrong, but coastal areas tend to have more consistent weather? What are they predicting for the winter? All we've heard for Canberra is to expect a "very cold" winter. We've already had down to -5 or -6 (Celsius) a few nights during May!

Originally posted by Lawrence


Maybe I'll just admit that I haven't been to Melbourne for about seven years :) - I'm just pulling stereotypes.

But seriously, that's fairly shocking rainfall. Correct me if I'm wrong, but coastal areas tend to have more consistent weather? What are they predicting for the winter? All we've heard for Canberra is to expect a "very cold" winter. We've already had down to -5 or -6 (Celsius) a few nights during May!


I was just about to ask you about those wonderful cool nights :D

They're predicting average rainfall..... But that was what they said 3 months ago and I think we got 1 wet month (April, where we got about 130mm in 3 days) and 2 dry months (about 14 and 30 mms in May and March respectively)..... Quite frankly I expect to see this drought last for a long while. It seems us Victorians are stuck in a weird latitude... :bawling:

About the only thing consistent about our weather is that we get sunshine for 26 out of 30 days per month (approx).... And has been for the last 2 years. <sigh>

Originally posted by chaos
WOW! They don't have violet crumbles in America? They're nice and addictive but I can't remember eating one for years... we have better things than violet crumbles though :P~

And I'd have to agree with madmatty.. move to the Gold Coast, the sunshine state. It's the "Hawaii" of Australia.

I am in Ohio and I have Violet Crumbles in the cupboard....they are a little hard to find though. Of course I have Vegemite too... ;)