Can someone sell Perth (and Oz) to me!
#16
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8 weeks is plenty to of seen alot of perth I have seen more than some that move here , I have driven from north to south when some friends have never heard of certain suburbs .My opinion is my opinion yours is yours......I was obviously fortunate to come from the south of the uk , I do not like british pubs so to speak , I just like somewhere to socialise....suburbia is boring , glad your enjoying your time here and where you live , I am very happy for you, again we are all different , yes I have my views and it is what I previously said !! ............paragraphs and full stops what am I in an english class now .
There are plenty of lovely places around here to socialise, we manage it most weekends with friends but I guess you need to spend a bit of time in an area to find the places.
Alison x
#17
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Yes, it's just like England...NOT!
And I've been her a bit longer than 8 weeks Oooo, and I have a job with fab prospects!
#18
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Hi I have been here for 8 weeks now when I first arrived was pretty amaze by the weather the friendliness the gala parrots , the great v8 cars I have been to oz before not Perth why we chose perth I do not know , everyone kept selling it to us , we are from Bournemouth Dorset is busy place with a beautiful beach however wanted a new start and weather , and hopefully better life style,
when we came ON HOLIDAY 4 years ago we went to Queensland , Adelaide , Cairns , and Sydney , I would say sydney is busier nice expensive for property near the city ,
Brisbane is a lovely set out city great lagoon in the middle great shops, beaches are north or south i felt north was dated apart from noosa which is $$$ , south tacky(sufers typical of a benidorm beach with skyscrapers , byron great .
then my view of Adelaide very much like England in the city , great beaches , Pretty much dead , not great job prospects , booooooooooooooorrrrrrrring ,
Cairns We loved the great tropical feel lagoon , so much for kids along the front , kurunda typical hippy markets new age stuff quirky .......I liked the old railway that goes around the mountain , and barron water falls stunning, the drive to port douglas is stunning .........................then we come on to perth , we took a gamble and moved somewhere we have never been ,some may say brave some may say daft.........well so far I can honestly say to live here near civilisation up near the city or fremantle which is a great place small but great , costs alot of wonga , near the city you have the quirky old style houses with jarra floors , build to english standards in the 30's yeh these are near shops , life and cafes and restaurants pubs in mt lawley mt hawthorn subiaco ...................talking mega money some little houses up in the 1/2 MILLION mark , some are 700,000 dollars if your lucky , rentals typical 4 bed 650 a week plus......................we want to move nearer the city as currently we live in bogansville , and slate me if you want , rockingham may be 36 minutes drive from the city but it is the most boring place ever ....south if your not sure where , schools here are full of feral kids , and by the way if you have kids , if you move to any suburb not around the city send your kids to private catholic or lutheran schools they average about £50 a week schools are amazing compared to state run schools,my eldest boy despite him having a tattoo at 16 and a tounge piercing a typical tall justin bieber lookalike , he could not stand one day at the state high school here in rockingham..... unless your in a suburb like applecross rossmoyne willeton subiaco (perth modern ) all these have good reputations , suburbs closer to the city are more $$ ........but in life you get what you pay for ,
Rockingham is for old people who want to sit by their pool read a book feed ducks in the many surrounding lakes..also it is full of bogans well i will define the ozzy slang for you , full of feral kids, funny looking people I personally think they are imbreds with 6 toes so many bogans live for quantity not quality
I have a neighbour who stuck his head over the fence , saying my pool is better than your pooL And my cinema room makes your looks silly I was trying not to laugh , as I am renting my hovel for $500 a week a thrown up house yes with pool etc , but what shit TUST ME ...and for some messy haired imbred thinks he has it all , they are the type of people to when they have money keep their holden and do it up get a nice new exhaust on it instead of upgrading to a bmw lets say bogans like to live in their confort zones and like buying shit ....Rockingham well I live here as i secured a rental at the time had no idea on areas so i am trying to just give you my feelings on the experience so far .......hopefuly i will get out of my lease as so many problems with house .
...perth is not really for someone from the uk who likes shopping pubs , and a fun life UNLESS YOU LIVE NEAR FREO OR THE CITY ...........I also like to chill dont get me wrong but here where I am its hang your self or poke your eyes out boredom
I remember reading british expats before I moved seeing posts like perth is boring , I thought yeh yeh bullshit , I bet there is lots over there I read replies perth is not boring it is only boring if you are a boring person , ok i will agree perth is boring if you are in suburbia otherwise it is pretty great but pricey I did think when reading b ex pats before .moving on to other areas of perth
secret habour is stunning beautiful houses , but again miles form civilisation , stepford wives ..........mandurah beautiful foreshore pelicans great dome restaurant ................ok to visit !!! .has to be boring to live
north of the city is nice cottesloe beach is a busy beautiful beach not far from fremantle .ocean reef is ok .......well further north you go it gets to be very british rougher , we stayed in connolly for the first three weeks and i would say joondalup is as british as rockingham .especially in areas of butler , always the english who start a fightin the pubs up there !! ..all areas are suburbs like little housing estates which i detest , i used to live on a council estate a while ago , and it reminds me of a community estate , the houses nearer the city some are on stream tree lined roads just beautiful ,apple cross is just beautiful ............
All these built up new housing estates are rubbish still expensive houses thrown up not built to last , and so much building still going on , this place has the weather .....it is spread out over a large area ........beaches are stunning especially rottnest island it has to be one of the best beaches I have ever been to the sea is turquoise and see through...and I would say it is better than whitehaven beach on the whitsundays queensland..................personally all i can see australia has to offer is better weather ....food is about the same if you shop around , coles and woolworths are like tesco and asda, super iga is like sainsburys prices ..........over all about the same for food and eating out as was back in the uk ...houses to buy are more expensive for what they are may have garage pool etc but slung together .............rent is not cheap if anything i find it expensive .........depends on suburb tho .........when i get out of port kennedy rockingham i may have more of a positive view on perth but for now ...........so so ..............hubby earns alot more here so thats good .................any questions just ask as i am sat here bored on my bed looking out the window at ducks !! ....wishing I was somewhere I can go and sit like a pub garden and have a good old laugh .........
when we came ON HOLIDAY 4 years ago we went to Queensland , Adelaide , Cairns , and Sydney , I would say sydney is busier nice expensive for property near the city ,
Brisbane is a lovely set out city great lagoon in the middle great shops, beaches are north or south i felt north was dated apart from noosa which is $$$ , south tacky(sufers typical of a benidorm beach with skyscrapers , byron great .
then my view of Adelaide very much like England in the city , great beaches , Pretty much dead , not great job prospects , booooooooooooooorrrrrrrring ,
Cairns We loved the great tropical feel lagoon , so much for kids along the front , kurunda typical hippy markets new age stuff quirky .......I liked the old railway that goes around the mountain , and barron water falls stunning, the drive to port douglas is stunning .........................then we come on to perth , we took a gamble and moved somewhere we have never been ,some may say brave some may say daft.........well so far I can honestly say to live here near civilisation up near the city or fremantle which is a great place small but great , costs alot of wonga , near the city you have the quirky old style houses with jarra floors , build to english standards in the 30's yeh these are near shops , life and cafes and restaurants pubs in mt lawley mt hawthorn subiaco ...................talking mega money some little houses up in the 1/2 MILLION mark , some are 700,000 dollars if your lucky , rentals typical 4 bed 650 a week plus......................we want to move nearer the city as currently we live in bogansville , and slate me if you want , rockingham may be 36 minutes drive from the city but it is the most boring place ever ....south if your not sure where , schools here are full of feral kids , and by the way if you have kids , if you move to any suburb not around the city send your kids to private catholic or lutheran schools they average about £50 a week schools are amazing compared to state run schools,my eldest boy despite him having a tattoo at 16 and a tounge piercing a typical tall justin bieber lookalike , he could not stand one day at the state high school here in rockingham..... unless your in a suburb like applecross rossmoyne willeton subiaco (perth modern ) all these have good reputations , suburbs closer to the city are more $$ ........but in life you get what you pay for ,
Rockingham is for old people who want to sit by their pool read a book feed ducks in the many surrounding lakes..also it is full of bogans well i will define the ozzy slang for you , full of feral kids, funny looking people I personally think they are imbreds with 6 toes so many bogans live for quantity not quality
I have a neighbour who stuck his head over the fence , saying my pool is better than your pooL And my cinema room makes your looks silly I was trying not to laugh , as I am renting my hovel for $500 a week a thrown up house yes with pool etc , but what shit TUST ME ...and for some messy haired imbred thinks he has it all , they are the type of people to when they have money keep their holden and do it up get a nice new exhaust on it instead of upgrading to a bmw lets say bogans like to live in their confort zones and like buying shit ....Rockingham well I live here as i secured a rental at the time had no idea on areas so i am trying to just give you my feelings on the experience so far .......hopefuly i will get out of my lease as so many problems with house .
...perth is not really for someone from the uk who likes shopping pubs , and a fun life UNLESS YOU LIVE NEAR FREO OR THE CITY ...........I also like to chill dont get me wrong but here where I am its hang your self or poke your eyes out boredom
I remember reading british expats before I moved seeing posts like perth is boring , I thought yeh yeh bullshit , I bet there is lots over there I read replies perth is not boring it is only boring if you are a boring person , ok i will agree perth is boring if you are in suburbia otherwise it is pretty great but pricey I did think when reading b ex pats before .moving on to other areas of perth
secret habour is stunning beautiful houses , but again miles form civilisation , stepford wives ..........mandurah beautiful foreshore pelicans great dome restaurant ................ok to visit !!! .has to be boring to live
north of the city is nice cottesloe beach is a busy beautiful beach not far from fremantle .ocean reef is ok .......well further north you go it gets to be very british rougher , we stayed in connolly for the first three weeks and i would say joondalup is as british as rockingham .especially in areas of butler , always the english who start a fightin the pubs up there !! ..all areas are suburbs like little housing estates which i detest , i used to live on a council estate a while ago , and it reminds me of a community estate , the houses nearer the city some are on stream tree lined roads just beautiful ,apple cross is just beautiful ............
All these built up new housing estates are rubbish still expensive houses thrown up not built to last , and so much building still going on , this place has the weather .....it is spread out over a large area ........beaches are stunning especially rottnest island it has to be one of the best beaches I have ever been to the sea is turquoise and see through...and I would say it is better than whitehaven beach on the whitsundays queensland..................personally all i can see australia has to offer is better weather ....food is about the same if you shop around , coles and woolworths are like tesco and asda, super iga is like sainsburys prices ..........over all about the same for food and eating out as was back in the uk ...houses to buy are more expensive for what they are may have garage pool etc but slung together .............rent is not cheap if anything i find it expensive .........depends on suburb tho .........when i get out of port kennedy rockingham i may have more of a positive view on perth but for now ...........so so ..............hubby earns alot more here so thats good .................any questions just ask as i am sat here bored on my bed looking out the window at ducks !! ....wishing I was somewhere I can go and sit like a pub garden and have a good old laugh .........
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This is Perth
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Yep i will sell you OZ and also Perth and with the money i would buy a fantastic place in England and have friends and choice and a better freedom to chose, unlike the crap you get in OZ with coles and Woolworths also to include the banks.
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I just love the fact that you hate the place yet run a settlement service for new arrivals.
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And I can't imagine lack of choice of supermarkets being a huge factor in quality of life. Not for me, anyway.
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Perth is boring for some expats in my opinion because they live in the new suburbs from Joondalup and further north. to Rockingham and further south which are bland and boring, straight out the box identical housing and shopping malls with no character. If people researched a bit more and rented in some more established areas they'd blend in with more locals for a start and discover there's a lot more to offer, lots of cool shops and cafes, bars etc if you venture into areas like Subiaco, Leederville, Mt Lawley, South Perth, Scarborough, Fremantle etc. These areas are expensive to live in mind you, but there are quite affordable suburbs on the outskirts of them
This was copied and pasted from someone elses view .......................I guess they are just as opinionated as me however I think they are right .
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I worked the doors for 8 years , trust me its great if you go to places like aruba on the beach great chilled out bar over looking the beach , 1812 sophisticated bar , bar so great club , also klute , all these places are the other side of bournemouth I take it you never went that side !! ...........the only two places worth going in OLD christchurch Road are DNA an rnb club , and after that to the camel bar , great food dancing downstairs and sheesha pipes great eastern feel ..................go there did you ? didnt think so ...........
poole is a dive for pubs has the hog pub , proper pikie pubs along the quay by the harbour , I worked them all including oyster quay where the pikeys like having brawls throwing chairs around,
I even worked in the triangle in the gay pubs too hillarious , I even sued one ....made world news infact ...........so perth dull or bournemouth mmm I would say rockingham is dull has nothing going for it , fremantle has a great vibe but tiny , I like bournemouth and freo ...................the rest is shit ...........
#28
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As others have said if it needs to be sold perhaps it isn`t for you. I think you either love Perth or you hate it - personally we are very happy - good social life, very good friends, enjoying the outdoor life (fishing, kayaking, cycling, walking the dogs along the beautiful beaches). We live in Port Kennedy very happily, a car ride away from Freo & the cafe life if we want it - a couple of hours from Margaret River, some nice wineries on the doorstep. After 10 years living in the South of England I know where I`d rather be. Lifes great - maybe it`s the feral bogan in me!
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Spain for the continent and Bournemouth for the incontinent, that is what I have heard when I lived in the UK, that old people lived in Bournemouth, it was where you went to die or enjoy your senility.
But seriously, that is generalising isnt it?
Is there any suburb in the whole of Perth that you like? Do you have a criteria for friendships as well as in they have to tick the right boxes in order to fit in with you?
I would suggest you remove your crown Princess and take a step down from your high horse, because that is one hell of a self imposed height to fall from.
But seriously, that is generalising isnt it?
Is there any suburb in the whole of Perth that you like? Do you have a criteria for friendships as well as in they have to tick the right boxes in order to fit in with you?
I would suggest you remove your crown Princess and take a step down from your high horse, because that is one hell of a self imposed height to fall from.
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happy for you you have been in Australia for longer than 8 weeks , I visited adelaide glenelg infact as my fathers friend has been there 42 years even he said job prospects are not as good as perth , so I am glad you have a fab job ...........lol , adelaide glenelg is more like england as of the old buildings it is compared to the other cities, adelaide on a scale of trade job prospects is not great , as I was talking from our prospective on why wee didnt move there ...is poor compared to other states cairns is too .....perth and brisbane rank high for trades jobs we took all these into consideration before picking perth .