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Old Apr 2nd 2014, 10:29 am
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Just applied for our skilled independent visa 189 yesterday but are undecided on Perth or Melbourne. My wife is a Secondary school Maths teacher and were wondering if any teachers out there have any advice.

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I wouldn't have thought that either city would have a particularly greater need for maths teachers than the other. Children and schools in both locations. What about your occupation, have you researched opportunities?

If there is no particularly industry pull for you, then you are in the fortunate position of being able to make your decision on non work related factors.
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If you're into your outdoors lifestyle, I would go for Perth. If you want a less isolated place, go fro Melbourne..
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If you're into your outdoors lifestyle, I would go for Perth. If you want a less isolated place, go fro Melbourne..
Don't think Perth is any more outdoorsy than Melbourne, is it?
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Main thing I would be checking is teachers used to be required to do 'country service" unless they could get the highly coveted private jobs. County in WA could be slightly further from Perth than desired, like 20 hours further Might be different now but Country victoria might sometimes be bogan but hell it would be preferable to outback WA.

But then Outback WA might appeal to some, just dont confuse autsralian 'country' with rose thatched cottages......
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Main thing I would be checking is teachers used to be required to do 'country service" unless they could get the highly coveted private jobs. County in WA could be slightly further from Perth than desired, like 20 hours further Might be different now but Country victoria might sometimes be bogan but hell it would be preferable to outback WA.

But then Outback WA might appeal to some, just dont confuse autsralian 'country' with rose thatched cottages......
Do you remember the poster who did country S A and ended up being so remote she put her location as something like '100km from a pint of milk' ?
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Don't think Perth is any more outdoorsy than Melbourne, is it?
I was wondering if a place can be outdoorsy. I maintain it is the person..
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Do you remember the poster who did country S A and ended up being so remote she put her location as something like '100km from a pint of milk' ?
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Originally Posted by Bermudashorts
I was wondering if a place can be outdoorsy. I maintain it is the person..
Agreed, although some places are more conducive to being outdoorsy than others. I shouldn't think there's much between any of the cities in Australia.

It's very rare in Melbourne that we can't do an outdoors activity that we have planned, and cancellations have been more often due to extreme heat than cold or wet.

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Originally Posted by jad n rich
Main thing I would be checking is teachers used to be required to do 'country service" unless they could get the highly coveted private jobs. County in WA could be slightly further from Perth than desired, like 20 hours further Might be different now but Country victoria might sometimes be bogan but hell it would be preferable to outback WA.

But then Outback WA might appeal to some, just dont confuse autsralian 'country' with rose thatched cottages......
If you want 'country' in Australia best to stick to regional centres and semi-rural.
Also fairly affluent areas.
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Originally Posted by Keefo
Just applied for our skilled independent visa 189 yesterday but are undecided on Perth or Melbourne. My wife is a Secondary school Maths teacher and were wondering if any teachers out there have any advice.

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I work for a top school in Perth, British teachers are really valued, we have employed many
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