Anyone heading for Buderim this year?
Apr 18th 2005, 6:06 am
#76
BE Enthusiast
Joined: May 2004
Location: UK, Cheshire
Posts: 321
Re: Anyone heading for Buderim this year?
Originally Posted by chippy dave
Hello everyone,
I,ll jump on this thread as it is very interesting to our situation.There,s a couple of posters on the thread who know our dilemma of whether we should move to Perth or SE Queensland (hello paula,peter and rich)
dave
I,ll jump on this thread as it is very interesting to our situation.There,s a couple of posters on the thread who know our dilemma of whether we should move to Perth or SE Queensland (hello paula,peter and rich)
dave
Rich
Apr 18th 2005, 11:40 am
#77
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Aug 2004
Location: Buderim on the Sunshine Coast.
Posts: 812
Re: Anyone heading for Buderim this year?
Originally Posted by chippy dave
Hello everyone,
I,ll jump on this thread as it is very interesting to our situation.There,s a couple of posters on the thread who know our dilemma of whether we should move to Perth or SE Queensland (hello paula,peter and rich)
Well the more we think on it the more we are coming round to the idea of going to the east coast.My research on the east coast has been on here or friends at the northwest meets who have been to this coast (we,ve only been to Perth) and it all sounds very appealing.
I,ve always liked the idea of Buderim/mountain creek due to the reports of the schools,affordable housing and fairly close to the beach
Anyway bye for now and if i think of anything we might need to know i,ll shout out.
dave
I,ll jump on this thread as it is very interesting to our situation.There,s a couple of posters on the thread who know our dilemma of whether we should move to Perth or SE Queensland (hello paula,peter and rich)
Well the more we think on it the more we are coming round to the idea of going to the east coast.My research on the east coast has been on here or friends at the northwest meets who have been to this coast (we,ve only been to Perth) and it all sounds very appealing.
I,ve always liked the idea of Buderim/mountain creek due to the reports of the schools,affordable housing and fairly close to the beach
Anyway bye for now and if i think of anything we might need to know i,ll shout out.
dave
If you want to borrow any videos,then we could bring them to the next meet etc, we've got get a new life(Mooloolaba),(Strathpine),(Gold coast), and a place in the sun (Buderim,Noosa.)plus a couple more.
Any luck with the house yet??, we popped into the estate agents yesterday to have a chat about how its going, or should i say (not going) two viewer's in 7wks, bloody awfull.
Anyway she said "they've never known the housing market to be this slow for a long time, and it bad up and down the country".
So we've decided to drop the price £10,000 see if that helps us,
Have you heard from DIMIA , any pre grant yet?
Paula&Peter.
Apr 18th 2005, 12:13 pm
#78
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 987
Re: Anyone heading for Buderim this year?
Originally Posted by chippy dave
Hello everyone,
I,ll jump on this thread as it is very interesting to our situation.There,s a couple of posters on the thread who know our dilemma of whether we should move to Perth or SE Queensland (hello paula,peter and rich)
Well the more we think on it the more we are coming round to the idea of going to the east coast.My research on the east coast has been on here or friends at the northwest meets who have been to this coast (we,ve only been to Perth) and it all sounds very appealing.
I,ve always liked the idea of Buderim/mountain creek due to the reports of the schools,affordable housing and fairly close to the beach
Anyway bye for now and if i think of anything we might need to know i,ll shout out.
dave
I,ll jump on this thread as it is very interesting to our situation.There,s a couple of posters on the thread who know our dilemma of whether we should move to Perth or SE Queensland (hello paula,peter and rich)
Well the more we think on it the more we are coming round to the idea of going to the east coast.My research on the east coast has been on here or friends at the northwest meets who have been to this coast (we,ve only been to Perth) and it all sounds very appealing.
I,ve always liked the idea of Buderim/mountain creek due to the reports of the schools,affordable housing and fairly close to the beach
Anyway bye for now and if i think of anything we might need to know i,ll shout out.
dave
We have been to Perth but not to Queensland before but the more research we seem to do we are leaning towards Buderim it does look a really nice place to live much greener and lush than WA although did love Perth itself.
The schools have a good reputation as everyone keeps going on about Mountain Creek,Primary and High School.Over 2,000 pupils does seem a bit scary as there are only 200 pupils in his little Primary School he is at here.
Although I am sure it works.
House prices seem to be slightly higher and I think we would both need to work.
Hubby is A butcher by trade but prepared to do anything at first to get some cash in.
I wonder what the work situation is like around the Sunshine Coast area or would we have to travel further do not really want to do this but we shall have to see.
It would be great to speak to someone who knows Perth and The Sunshine Coast really well to be able to give us an idea of what would best suit us.Anyone Out there?
Just cannot afford to go to the Sunshine Coast before we validate.
Good Luck in your decision.
Dreamaway
Apr 18th 2005, 12:20 pm
#79
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Aug 2004
Location: Buderim on the Sunshine Coast.
Posts: 812
Re: Anyone heading for Buderim this year?
Originally Posted by Dreamaway 10
Sounds like we have a lot in common.
We have been to Perth but not to Queensland before but the more research we seem to do we are leaning towards Buderim it does look a really nice place to live much greener and lush than WA although did love Perth itself.
The schools have a good reputation as everyone keeps going on about Mountain Creek,Primary and High School.Over 2,000 pupils does seem a bit scary as there are only 200 pupils in his little Primary School he is at here.
Although I am sure it works.
House prices seem to be slightly higher and I think we would both need to work.
Hubby is A butcher by trade but prepared to do anything at first to get some cash in.
I wonder what the work situation is like around the Sunshine Coast area or would we have to travel further do not really want to do this but we shall have to see.
It would be great to speak to someone who knows Perth and The Sunshine Coast really well to be able to give us an idea of what would best suit us.Anyone Out there?
Just cannot afford to go to the Sunshine Coast before we validate.
Good Luck in your decision.
Dreamaway
We have been to Perth but not to Queensland before but the more research we seem to do we are leaning towards Buderim it does look a really nice place to live much greener and lush than WA although did love Perth itself.
The schools have a good reputation as everyone keeps going on about Mountain Creek,Primary and High School.Over 2,000 pupils does seem a bit scary as there are only 200 pupils in his little Primary School he is at here.
Although I am sure it works.
House prices seem to be slightly higher and I think we would both need to work.
Hubby is A butcher by trade but prepared to do anything at first to get some cash in.
I wonder what the work situation is like around the Sunshine Coast area or would we have to travel further do not really want to do this but we shall have to see.
It would be great to speak to someone who knows Perth and The Sunshine Coast really well to be able to give us an idea of what would best suit us.Anyone Out there?
Just cannot afford to go to the Sunshine Coast before we validate.
Good Luck in your decision.
Dreamaway
We went to Adelaide and Perth last year, we really liked Perth out of the two, but the more we heard and the more we saw of Brisbane the more we thought it was right for us, though having never been to Brisbane before our friends think we're a bit mad.
Our feeling are if we really dont like it, though im sure we will, then we will move to Perth.
paul
Cheshire.
Apr 18th 2005, 12:28 pm
#80
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 987
Re: Anyone heading for Buderim this year?
Originally Posted by cantwait
Hi
We went to Adelaide and Perth last year, we really liked Perth out of the two, but the more we heard and the more we saw of Brisbane the more we thought it was right for us, though having never been to Brisbane before our friends think we're a bit mad.
Our feeling are if we really dont like it, though im sure we will, then we will move to Perth.
paul
Cheshire.
We went to Adelaide and Perth last year, we really liked Perth out of the two, but the more we heard and the more we saw of Brisbane the more we thought it was right for us, though having never been to Brisbane before our friends think we're a bit mad.
Our feeling are if we really dont like it, though im sure we will, then we will move to Perth.
paul
Cheshire.
Apr 18th 2005, 1:45 pm
#81
BE Enthusiast
Joined: May 2004
Location: Sunshine Coast
Posts: 535
Re: Anyone heading for Buderim this year?
Originally Posted by RAG62
Hi Rachel,
We also have to think about the children as well - if they go onoto college university then living southside would make things easier for them to commute. Moo is a long way of you are doing it 5 days a week.
Rich
We also have to think about the children as well - if they go onoto college university then living southside would make things easier for them to commute. Moo is a long way of you are doing it 5 days a week.
Rich
I'm planning to do a course with Queensland Uni as an external candidate (a lot of courses can be taken this way). Rachel
Apr 18th 2005, 5:47 pm
#82
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Oct 2004
Location: manchester/secret harbour (perth)
Posts: 412
Re: Anyone heading for Buderim this year?
Originally Posted by cantwait
Good news to hear your coming round to the idea of Brisbane...
If you want to borrow any videos,then we could bring them to the next meet etc, we've got get a new life(Mooloolaba),(Strathpine),(Gold coast), and a place in the sun (Buderim,Noosa.)plus a couple more.
Any luck with the house yet??, we popped into the estate agents yesterday to have a chat about how its going, or should i say (not going) two viewer's in 7wks, bloody awfull.
Anyway she said "they've never known the housing market to be this slow for a long time, and it bad up and down the country".
So we've decided to drop the price £10,000 see if that helps us,
Have you heard from DIMIA , any pre grant yet?
Paula&Peter.
If you want to borrow any videos,then we could bring them to the next meet etc, we've got get a new life(Mooloolaba),(Strathpine),(Gold coast), and a place in the sun (Buderim,Noosa.)plus a couple more.
Any luck with the house yet??, we popped into the estate agents yesterday to have a chat about how its going, or should i say (not going) two viewer's in 7wks, bloody awfull.
Anyway she said "they've never known the housing market to be this slow for a long time, and it bad up and down the country".
So we've decided to drop the price £10,000 see if that helps us,
Have you heard from DIMIA , any pre grant yet?
Paula&Peter.
Hello Paula,
No we,ve had no luck with the house yet i spoke to our agent at the weekend and they said the same as yours it,s flat.At the mo i can,t see us selling theres no movement in the lower bracket so we are going to struggle.
We hav,nt heard from DIMIA but they won,t have recieved our meds yet.The panel doc said they would ring us when the blood tests were returned,that was 2 weeks ago and we,ve heard nothing yet.
How about you have you heard anything from DIMIA yet?
dave
Apr 18th 2005, 6:11 pm
#83
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Aug 2004
Location: Buderim on the Sunshine Coast.
Posts: 812
Re: Anyone heading for Buderim this year?
Originally Posted by chippy dave
Hello Paula,
No we,ve had no luck with the house yet i spoke to our agent at the weekend and they said the same as yours it,s flat.At the mo i can,t see us selling theres no movement in the lower bracket so we are going to struggle.
We hav,nt heard from DIMIA but they won,t have recieved our meds yet.The panel doc said they would ring us when the blood tests were returned,that was 2 weeks ago and we,ve heard nothing yet.
How about you have you heard anything from DIMIA yet?
dave
No we,ve had no luck with the house yet i spoke to our agent at the weekend and they said the same as yours it,s flat.At the mo i can,t see us selling theres no movement in the lower bracket so we are going to struggle.
We hav,nt heard from DIMIA but they won,t have recieved our meds yet.The panel doc said they would ring us when the blood tests were returned,that was 2 weeks ago and we,ve heard nothing yet.
How about you have you heard anything from DIMIA yet?
dave
No we haven't heard anything from Dimia yet, though they should have recieved our med's and police check's by now.
I hope the property market hurry up's, it's sure bad at the moment, a house round the corner from us has reduced its price by £50,000 and still not sold it, it's a bargain but no one else thinks so, what chance do we have, at least we've not got the visa yet? but at this rate we will be giving the bloody thing away so we can get to oz, anyway things can only get better???????
Good luck with the house, you've been up for sale longer than us, so you must be really hacked off now.
Paula..
Apr 18th 2005, 6:38 pm
#84
BE Enthusiast
Joined: May 2004
Location: UK, Cheshire
Posts: 321
Re: Anyone heading for Buderim this year?
Originally Posted by RReed
I'm planning to do a course with Queensland Uni as an external candidate
Rachel
Rachel
Rich
Apr 18th 2005, 11:30 pm
#85
BE Enthusiast
Joined: May 2004
Location: Sunshine Coast
Posts: 535
Re: Anyone heading for Buderim this year?
Originally Posted by RAG62
Do they do "surfing?" as a course
Rich
Rich
. I am having problems with bodyboarding at the moment - the waves seem much stronger (and warmer) than the Welsh waves I am used to. It's only a matter of time before I break something!Rachel
Apr 19th 2005, 7:04 pm
#86
BE Enthusiast
Joined: May 2004
Location: UK, Cheshire
Posts: 321
Re: Anyone heading for Buderim this year?
Originally Posted by cantwait
So we've decided to drop the price £10,000 see if that helps us,
Paula&Peter.
Paula&Peter.
Rich
Apr 19th 2005, 8:34 pm
#87
Just Joined
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 3
Re: Anyone heading for Buderim this year?
Hi,
My husband and I (and three children) are moving to Buderim/Mountain Creek on August 1st and can't wait. We are going on a student visa as we were five points short for our original PR visa. So, Richard (my husband) is going to study at the Tafe in Mountain Creek for two years as a hairdresser! That way, we should have the points we need to stay at the end.
We chose Sunshine Coast as we have been to Noosa before and love that stretch of coast and we also want to give our three children a true australian lifestyle which we think we can achieve on the Sunshine Coast. So, we have sold our house and are just waiting for our third baby to be born (due on July 2nd and we leave a few weeks later ...must be mad!) then we are off. We are renting at the moment until we go, sold most of our stuff except for one container load of stuff which will be shipped out when we are settled.
Our children are Lily, 6 and Tom 2, and then there will be baby! Lily is enrolled at Mountain Creek primary and although we hope to rent in the school zone, because Rich is studying at the Tafe they said she will be able to attend anyway. Lily is getting quite emotional about leaving so it would be great to hear from anyone with other children of this age that maybe in the same boat soon! My biggest fear at the moment is for her, settling into a new country, new school and making new friends as she is quite shy!
Sorry for waffling on - it's just been great to find this thread!
Any info from anyone on anything to do with all this would be really welcome!
Lucy
My husband and I (and three children) are moving to Buderim/Mountain Creek on August 1st and can't wait. We are going on a student visa as we were five points short for our original PR visa. So, Richard (my husband) is going to study at the Tafe in Mountain Creek for two years as a hairdresser! That way, we should have the points we need to stay at the end.
We chose Sunshine Coast as we have been to Noosa before and love that stretch of coast and we also want to give our three children a true australian lifestyle which we think we can achieve on the Sunshine Coast. So, we have sold our house and are just waiting for our third baby to be born (due on July 2nd and we leave a few weeks later ...must be mad!) then we are off. We are renting at the moment until we go, sold most of our stuff except for one container load of stuff which will be shipped out when we are settled.
Our children are Lily, 6 and Tom 2, and then there will be baby! Lily is enrolled at Mountain Creek primary and although we hope to rent in the school zone, because Rich is studying at the Tafe they said she will be able to attend anyway. Lily is getting quite emotional about leaving so it would be great to hear from anyone with other children of this age that maybe in the same boat soon! My biggest fear at the moment is for her, settling into a new country, new school and making new friends as she is quite shy!
Sorry for waffling on - it's just been great to find this thread!
Any info from anyone on anything to do with all this would be really welcome!
Lucy
Apr 19th 2005, 9:12 pm
#88
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Jun 2002
Location: Gold Coast- the best place in the world
Posts: 3,196
Re: Anyone heading for Buderim this year?
Originally Posted by lucyc
Hi,
My husband and I (and three children) are moving to Buderim/Mountain Creek on August 1st and can't wait. We are going on a student visa as we were five points short for our original PR visa. So, Richard (my husband) is going to study at the Tafe in Mountain Creek for two years as a hairdresser! That way, we should have the points we need to stay at the end.
We chose Sunshine Coast as we have been to Noosa before and love that stretch of coast and we also want to give our three children a true australian lifestyle which we think we can achieve on the Sunshine Coast. So, we have sold our house and are just waiting for our third baby to be born (due on July 2nd and we leave a few weeks later ...must be mad!) then we are off. We are renting at the moment until we go, sold most of our stuff except for one container load of stuff which will be shipped out when we are settled.
Our children are Lily, 6 and Tom 2, and then there will be baby! Lily is enrolled at Mountain Creek primary and although we hope to rent in the school zone, because Rich is studying at the Tafe they said she will be able to attend anyway. Lily is getting quite emotional about leaving so it would be great to hear from anyone with other children of this age that maybe in the same boat soon! My biggest fear at the moment is for her, settling into a new country, new school and making new friends as she is quite shy!
Sorry for waffling on - it's just been great to find this thread!
Any info from anyone on anything to do with all this would be really welcome!
Lucy
My husband and I (and three children) are moving to Buderim/Mountain Creek on August 1st and can't wait. We are going on a student visa as we were five points short for our original PR visa. So, Richard (my husband) is going to study at the Tafe in Mountain Creek for two years as a hairdresser! That way, we should have the points we need to stay at the end.
We chose Sunshine Coast as we have been to Noosa before and love that stretch of coast and we also want to give our three children a true australian lifestyle which we think we can achieve on the Sunshine Coast. So, we have sold our house and are just waiting for our third baby to be born (due on July 2nd and we leave a few weeks later ...must be mad!) then we are off. We are renting at the moment until we go, sold most of our stuff except for one container load of stuff which will be shipped out when we are settled.
Our children are Lily, 6 and Tom 2, and then there will be baby! Lily is enrolled at Mountain Creek primary and although we hope to rent in the school zone, because Rich is studying at the Tafe they said she will be able to attend anyway. Lily is getting quite emotional about leaving so it would be great to hear from anyone with other children of this age that maybe in the same boat soon! My biggest fear at the moment is for her, settling into a new country, new school and making new friends as she is quite shy!
Sorry for waffling on - it's just been great to find this thread!
Any info from anyone on anything to do with all this would be really welcome!
Lucy
I hope it goes well for you. If it is any help my 3 children adore it here and never even think of going back. The lifestyle they have now does not compare!
Apr 20th 2005, 6:08 am
#89
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 987
Re: Anyone heading for Buderim this year?
Originally Posted by lucyc
Hi,
My husband and I (and three children) are moving to Buderim/Mountain Creek on August 1st and can't wait. We are going on a student visa as we were five points short for our original PR visa. So, Richard (my husband) is going to study at the Tafe in Mountain Creek for two years as a hairdresser! That way, we should have the points we need to stay at the end.
We chose Sunshine Coast as we have been to Noosa before and love that stretch of coast and we also want to give our three children a true australian lifestyle which we think we can achieve on the Sunshine Coast. So, we have sold our house and are just waiting for our third baby to be born (due on July 2nd and we leave a few weeks later ...must be mad!) then we are off. We are renting at the moment until we go, sold most of our stuff except for one container load of stuff which will be shipped out when we are settled.
Our children are Lily, 6 and Tom 2, and then there will be baby! Lily is enrolled at Mountain Creek primary and although we hope to rent in the school zone, because Rich is studying at the Tafe they said she will be able to attend anyway. Lily is getting quite emotional about leaving so it would be great to hear from anyone with other children of this age that maybe in the same boat soon! My biggest fear at the moment is for her, settling into a new country, new school and making new friends as she is quite shy!
Sorry for waffling on - it's just been great to find this thread!
Any info from anyone on anything to do with all this would be really welcome!
Lucy
My husband and I (and three children) are moving to Buderim/Mountain Creek on August 1st and can't wait. We are going on a student visa as we were five points short for our original PR visa. So, Richard (my husband) is going to study at the Tafe in Mountain Creek for two years as a hairdresser! That way, we should have the points we need to stay at the end.
We chose Sunshine Coast as we have been to Noosa before and love that stretch of coast and we also want to give our three children a true australian lifestyle which we think we can achieve on the Sunshine Coast. So, we have sold our house and are just waiting for our third baby to be born (due on July 2nd and we leave a few weeks later ...must be mad!) then we are off. We are renting at the moment until we go, sold most of our stuff except for one container load of stuff which will be shipped out when we are settled.
Our children are Lily, 6 and Tom 2, and then there will be baby! Lily is enrolled at Mountain Creek primary and although we hope to rent in the school zone, because Rich is studying at the Tafe they said she will be able to attend anyway. Lily is getting quite emotional about leaving so it would be great to hear from anyone with other children of this age that maybe in the same boat soon! My biggest fear at the moment is for her, settling into a new country, new school and making new friends as she is quite shy!
Sorry for waffling on - it's just been great to find this thread!
Any info from anyone on anything to do with all this would be really welcome!
Lucy
I have a 6 year old and have the same worries myself about settling him in to a new school etc as he can be shy I think if you can get your children settled and jobs sorted everything else should fall into place.
Sounds like you are pretty well organised.All the best for the birth.Dreamaway
Apr 20th 2005, 6:35 am
#90
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 317
Re: Anyone heading for Buderim this year?
Originally Posted by lucyc
Hi,
My husband and I (and three children) are moving to Buderim/Mountain Creek on August 1st and can't wait. We are going on a student visa as we were five points short for our original PR visa. So, Richard (my husband) is going to study at the Tafe in Mountain Creek for two years as a hairdresser! That way, we should have the points we need to stay at the end.
We chose Sunshine Coast as we have been to Noosa before and love that stretch of coast and we also want to give our three children a true australian lifestyle which we think we can achieve on the Sunshine Coast. So, we have sold our house and are just waiting for our third baby to be born (due on July 2nd and we leave a few weeks later ...must be mad!) then we are off. We are renting at the moment until we go, sold most of our stuff except for one container load of stuff which will be shipped out when we are settled.
Our children are Lily, 6 and Tom 2, and then there will be baby! Lily is enrolled at Mountain Creek primary and although we hope to rent in the school zone, because Rich is studying at the Tafe they said she will be able to attend anyway. Lily is getting quite emotional about leaving so it would be great to hear from anyone with other children of this age that maybe in the same boat soon! My biggest fear at the moment is for her, settling into a new country, new school and making new friends as she is quite shy!
Sorry for waffling on - it's just been great to find this thread!
Any info from anyone on anything to do with all this would be really welcome!
Lucy
My husband and I (and three children) are moving to Buderim/Mountain Creek on August 1st and can't wait. We are going on a student visa as we were five points short for our original PR visa. So, Richard (my husband) is going to study at the Tafe in Mountain Creek for two years as a hairdresser! That way, we should have the points we need to stay at the end.
We chose Sunshine Coast as we have been to Noosa before and love that stretch of coast and we also want to give our three children a true australian lifestyle which we think we can achieve on the Sunshine Coast. So, we have sold our house and are just waiting for our third baby to be born (due on July 2nd and we leave a few weeks later ...must be mad!) then we are off. We are renting at the moment until we go, sold most of our stuff except for one container load of stuff which will be shipped out when we are settled.
Our children are Lily, 6 and Tom 2, and then there will be baby! Lily is enrolled at Mountain Creek primary and although we hope to rent in the school zone, because Rich is studying at the Tafe they said she will be able to attend anyway. Lily is getting quite emotional about leaving so it would be great to hear from anyone with other children of this age that maybe in the same boat soon! My biggest fear at the moment is for her, settling into a new country, new school and making new friends as she is quite shy!
Sorry for waffling on - it's just been great to find this thread!
Any info from anyone on anything to do with all this would be really welcome!
Lucy
Wishing you all the best and hope to see you on the Sunshine Coast sometime!
Carolyn