Mrs Jackaroo

I've just seen a job ad for Archerfield in Brisbane - I'd never heard of this suburb though so was wondering if anyone here knows anything about it?

Cheers

Rach xxxx

rabsody

Very industrial, wouldn't be much to do in the lunchbreak i.e. no shops, truckie cafes etc. There's an airstrip there too. As a female, I wouldn't be too keen to work there myself, but different strokes for different folks!

doub

Hi Rach,

(famous) for it's airport (GA not jets) pretty industrial area, surrounded by Salisbury, Coopers Plains ...... a little bit grim in parts but not too bad on the whole .... southside. Pretty good (but busy at times) road links though

sorry about all of the ()

Mark

doub

yer, not good for shopping unless you want to buy some steel or timber

>Trigger<

Next door to INALA....run for your life..

Mrs Jackaroo

Oh its not sounding too good so far!!

The job is actually for hubby at the airport so that side of things doesnt worry me

Vim Fuego

Went for an interview out there actually (for Toll, the big trucking company) ... my second in Oz ... as the other posters have mentioned, it's very industrial.

I'm sure there is some appeal to not being part of the 'CBD Set' but it would wane pretty quickly for me.

Didn't get the job anyway so it wasn't a big dilemma

Mrs Jackaroo

This is basically going to be a way of us getting out of NSW and heading to QLD - we want to be closer to the coast (an hour + at the moment) and also try and get away from the extremely cold winters here. We're also an hour outside Sydney CBD here and that doesnt bother me one bit - in fact I'd prefer it that way

>Trigger<

How far does your hubby want commute from Archerfield?

Mrs Jackaroo

Well ideally he'd like to cycle to work like he does now.......but if need be no more than a 20 min drive I suppose.

>Trigger<

Big problem..you aint gonna be able to live closer to the coast and a 20 min drive to work...not in Archerfield anyway!

Mrs Jackaroo

What about Brissie Airport - theres also jobs going there?

>Trigger<

Any north or south bayside suburb would fit the bill..probably northside would suit more as you wouldn't need to pay the tolls on the gateway bridge.

But you can rule out cycling as he'd need to get on the highway to reach the airport.

Most decent suburbs are probably at least an 45 mins/hour away from the airport during peak times.

Have a look at Northside..Redcliffe,Brighton,Scarborough,woody point

or Southside..Wynnum,Manly,Wellington point or Cleveland

Mrs Jackaroo

Thanks very much - I'll check them out

doub

don't forget Birkdale Trigger! it takes about 30mins to the airport from here (about the same to Archerfield) BUT you have got to get accross the bridge which can get a little busy at peak times. And the bayside is by the sea although you won't find any beaches to speak of.