Brisbane 'burbs'
Aug 25th 2014, 4:26 am
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Re: Brisbane 'burbs'
Aug 25th 2014, 8:55 am
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Re: Brisbane 'burbs'
I will be the dissenting voice 
As polly said it's definitely not like London but after 11 on the weekends there would be dozens of pubs/nightclubs open in the city centre alone (and of course far more in the valley, southbank, west end etc)...this was the case decades ago.
I have lived out in the suburbs and now inner city and the inner city is far better for life though still quiet compared to London of course. Personally that makes it even more important to live inner city as it so quiet when you go into the burbs. As grayling said in the burbs it will be all over after 7pm (except at the big shopping malls and the odd cafe strip) but inner city you can still have queues to get into cafes at 11pm.
Note even some inner suburbs are quiet after 7pm but at least most are not far away from others that aren't.
Your problem may be budget if you don't have much equity in play. Inner Brisbane is a 600,000+ (3bed starter) market with most homes a lot more. Given this you can either try to find a townhouse that takes pets closer in or look for some quiet outer suburb with good connections or rent in the inner city.
As polly said it's definitely not like London but after 11 on the weekends there would be dozens of pubs/nightclubs open in the city centre alone (and of course far more in the valley, southbank, west end etc)...this was the case decades ago.I have lived out in the suburbs and now inner city and the inner city is far better for life though still quiet compared to London of course. Personally that makes it even more important to live inner city as it so quiet when you go into the burbs. As grayling said in the burbs it will be all over after 7pm (except at the big shopping malls and the odd cafe strip) but inner city you can still have queues to get into cafes at 11pm.
Note even some inner suburbs are quiet after 7pm but at least most are not far away from others that aren't.
Your problem may be budget if you don't have much equity in play. Inner Brisbane is a 600,000+ (3bed starter) market with most homes a lot more. Given this you can either try to find a townhouse that takes pets closer in or look for some quiet outer suburb with good connections or rent in the inner city.
We have friends to put us up when we first get there so can take our time visiting all the burbs and deciding where to settle. May not be able to buy until we get some inheritance one day........
Aug 25th 2014, 9:06 am
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Re: Brisbane 'burbs'
Well we are aiming to have kids soon after we arrive so we aren't exactly going to be going out every night! We're not that bothered about the nightlife- we just want it to be warm after dark so we can sit outside at home or go to a restaurant and for there to be other people about. In Shrewsbury for 9 months of the year it's too cold to leave the house in the evenings and those awful orange streetlights make it look so dreary!!
We have friends to put us up when we first get there so can take our time visiting all the burbs and deciding where to settle. May not be able to buy until we get some inheritance one day........
We have friends to put us up when we first get there so can take our time visiting all the burbs and deciding where to settle. May not be able to buy until we get some inheritance one day........
You get to see beautiful starry skies at night too.
Aug 25th 2014, 9:13 am
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Re: Brisbane 'burbs'
Aug 25th 2014, 9:26 am
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My personal preference suburb wise is the southside, you get better value for money and have great access to places like the Gold Coast Hinterland which is a beautiful area and obviously the coast if beaches are your thing.
One thing to be extremely careful about literally anywhere in SE Queensland is termites, they will quite literally destroy a house before you know it. We werent so bad as I could rebuild walls that were eaten myself but if we had to have a builder do the work it would have been extremely expensive.
One thing to be extremely careful about literally anywhere in SE Queensland is termites, they will quite literally destroy a house before you know it. We werent so bad as I could rebuild walls that were eaten myself but if we had to have a builder do the work it would have been extremely expensive.
Aug 25th 2014, 9:31 am
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It makes you look silly.
Well we live about an hour from Shrewsbury and we certainly dont have 9 months of the year where it is too cold to leave the house. As you say it does make the poster look a bit silly. In actual fact it is never too cold to leave the house at all. In Australia it was too hot 14 months of the year
And just a kind word of warning to both of you, this trolling will stop. Thank you.
Aug 25th 2014, 9:34 am
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Unfortunately if that is the case then the heat and humidity of Brisbane may also cause a similar problem but in reverse dont you think.
Aug 25th 2014, 9:57 am
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Edmonton Canada, now that was too cold to go out. We had -24 and it was so cold it hurt.
I think England has a pretty mild climate, its rarely extreme, as in Canadian cold extreme or Australian Heat extreme. Parts of both get temps that could in realilty kill you.
Britains soggy drizzle days may be a bit annoying but nothing a hot pot of tea and a couple of digestives when you get home wont cure
I think England has a pretty mild climate, its rarely extreme, as in Canadian cold extreme or Australian Heat extreme. Parts of both get temps that could in realilty kill you.
Britains soggy drizzle days may be a bit annoying but nothing a hot pot of tea and a couple of digestives when you get home wont cure
Aug 25th 2014, 10:09 am
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Not necessarily. I couldn't cope with the temps in Hertfordshire and was ill because of it for much of winter but have no problems dealing with the temps and humidity here. Granted I've not lived in Shrewsbury or Brisbane but the point is, we're all different and cope differently with certain climates.
Aug 25th 2014, 10:12 am
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Do you really think that you can't go out in the evening for 9 months of the year.....in Shrewsbury
So what will she make of the inside of Queensland houses in winter?
Aug 25th 2014, 10:15 am
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Not necessarily. I couldn't cope with the temps in Hertfordshire and was ill because of it for much of winter but have no problems dealing with the temps and humidity here. Granted I've not lived in Shrewsbury or Brisbane but the point is, we're all different and cope differently with certain climates.
Aug 25th 2014, 10:17 am
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Edmonton Canada, now that was too cold to go out. We had -24 and it was so cold it hurt.
I think England has a pretty mild climate, its rarely extreme, as in Canadian cold extreme or Australian Heat extreme. Parts of both get temps that could in realilty kill you.
Britains soggy drizzle days may be a bit annoying but nothing a hot pot of tea and a couple of digestives when you get home wont cure
I think England has a pretty mild climate, its rarely extreme, as in Canadian cold extreme or Australian Heat extreme. Parts of both get temps that could in realilty kill you.
Britains soggy drizzle days may be a bit annoying but nothing a hot pot of tea and a couple of digestives when you get home wont cure
I know people cope with different climates in different ways but even for my wife who does feel the cold she would say maybe 4 months of the year would be uncomfortable.
Aug 25th 2014, 10:36 am
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Re: Brisbane 'burbs'
Edmonton Canada, now that was too cold to go out. We had -24 and it was so cold it hurt.
I think England has a pretty mild climate, its rarely extreme, as in Canadian cold extreme or Australian Heat extreme. Parts of both get temps that could in realilty kill you.
Britains soggy drizzle days may be a bit annoying but nothing a hot pot of tea and a couple of digestives when you get home wont cure
I think England has a pretty mild climate, its rarely extreme, as in Canadian cold extreme or Australian Heat extreme. Parts of both get temps that could in realilty kill you.
Britains soggy drizzle days may be a bit annoying but nothing a hot pot of tea and a couple of digestives when you get home wont cure
and I think that British people are inclined to whinge about UK weather - too cold for 9 months does sound a bit 'Little Englander'. Unless there is a medical condition. But I hear old Miss Moneypenny too...One of the things I am not so sure about now- are UK winters really as bad as people make out? They are not as cold as the ones in Germany....but I know there have been a spate of cold ones. The winters I knew 12-15 years ago were even quite mild.
I also wonder if the summers are not as bad as people make out -sure it ain't 30 every day, like on the continent but you can sit out of a pub from April to September, even if you have to put a jumper on.
You often have to put a jumper on in Melbourne too, in summer, as it cools down fast apart from the hottest days.
Aug 25th 2014, 10:38 am
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UK weather varies quite a bit so hard to talk about the months you can do anything when talking about the whole of the UK. Slash City is a lot different to Brighton.
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