suzeq

Hi everyone,

I am new to the site and im wanting some advise if possible.

We are in the application stage at the moment and my husband is a chef so is fine for the points etc.

We are interested in moving to Mandurah. We have both been to Oz prior to having kids and we both loved WA, Perth and Freo but we didnt go as far as mandurah.

My questions are:

Is it a nice area?
Does it have good schools?
What is the employment like?
Does it have restaurants and bars etc ?

We have also looked at Wannanup which has cheaper house prices and what looks like alot of new housing being built . Any info on this town would also be great.

We are in our early 30's and our boys are 8, 5 & 4.

Thank you
Suzy x

kar-kier

Have a search about this, there was a topic about Mandurah just a few days ago.

I live there, and really like it. Primary education is good, but most send children to private secondaries as seemingly the secondary education is poor. My husband is a teach in Pinjarra, so can't comment on the employment. There are quite a few restaurants and bars.

Wannanup is nice, we are in Halls Head, which is just before Wannanup. As far as I'm aware Wannanup comes under the city of Mandurah, it is one of the suburbs . . . but could be wrong!

The Dean

Hi Suzy,

Visited Mandurah last year (my BIL is there), and it's certainly beautiful, but it reminded me of the place in The Truman Show movie, all a little superficial.

Nice enough, but no more.

Sorry.

ellieh

Hi Suzy
We moved to Mandurah 2 years ago and love it. We did stay in Port Bouvard Wannanup last year it was really nice but crowded for my liking and as you said there is a lot of building going on not great when you are trying to sleep in at the weekends. Im sorry i can't help with the schools. There is loads of restaurants and pubs here and bbq everywhere lol.

If you need any more info just ask
ellie

petereb

I'm a chef whose about to start work in Mandurah after working in Bunbury for six months.
I started looking for a job on Tuesday morning and had a job offer on Tuesday afternoon so you shouldn't have a problem finding something.

Condor of Bermuda

Suzy,

these are currently advertised in Seek.com.au:

http://www.seek.com.au/jobsearch/ind...archfrom=quick

A good friend of mine owns Murphy's Irish Pub in Mandurah and has an ad in that link. Situation may be different when you get here, but it's an indication.

daunted

so the rumours true then?? another one escapes SGR - good luck

petereb

Thankyou, although don't believe all the rumours you hear, most of them aren't true.....

suzeq

thank you all for your info. Its very helpful.

What is SGR? And what are the rumours??

We are very much looking forward to our new life in Oz and south Perth.

Its all about research at the moment so all info given in great.

Kind Regards
Suzy x

petereb

Sorry, private joke...

daunted

yeah sorry Suzy. Dont worry rumours are what makes the world go round and i dont listen to them - just teasing, heard you had a new job thats all