Believe me coming from glasgow , any weather day is better here

but, oh, how i miss glasgow!

Restaurants, bars repeat......

Do I count as "old" at 42? Well there isn't an evening or a weekend where I don't seem to be busy........

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After having kids? So I consider myself as 'old'..in the context of entertainment.

The last thing right now I ever want to do is something that would appeal to a backpacker or student in terms of drinking places.

So restaurants and bars, with some live music is good for me.

I know.... You can't beat a good old firm punch up where cousins and best pals decide they've hated each other for centuries

mmmm, we obviously frequented different parts of Glasgow (mind you am from Killie, so Glasgow is positively posh

Another classic is that Melbourne has a Mediterranean climate which it most certainly doesn't. It has a very unique climate. Huge temperature fluctuations can occur especially during the summer, from 45c down to 19c in half an hour. many nights in summer can feel quite chilly once the sun has gone down, very different to the long hot balmy and virtually continuos summer nights in the Med. This week 26,33,18

Bloody good job too or I wouldn't sleep at night without expensive aircon.

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So Timmerman how did you find it?
Im in bris at the min, came here in may but finding it hard- not many young...ish, likeminded brits here and the aussies dont seem to friendly to outsiders.
Struggled finding work, there is a lot of construction work going on here but speaking to people work is drying up in QLD, so the jobs they do have go to australians, i think its more a case of "who you know and not what you know" when looking for a job.
im moving to melbourne on the 25th july, just got to find a temporary place to stay.
If anyone has any ideas on temporary accomodation for a min of 1month let me know.
thanks all

Hi Liam and Naomi,

Temp accommodation, like everything else, will depend on your budget, but there's quite a few serviced apartments around - try googling Quest or Punt Hill for ideas on location and prices. Otherwise if you're on your own there's always a backpackers. I know a few families have booked cabins at holiday parks for a while too - probably better in summer than winter though.

We've just returned to Melbourne (March) so still settling in, but we found a rental fairly quickly.

Good luck with the move - if you want any Melbourne info or tips, feel free to ask.

Liam, Have you tried Buzzy bee for accommodation? his post is immediately above yours.

thanks i saw that, but the site wont let me send any private msgs, as i havnt made enough posts.

Thanks Kiwikaye, ill give them a try. where is a good place thats fairly central for everything as we wont have a car?
You saying you have just returned back to melbourne must mean that its a nice place to live?

We love it. Lived here for 13 years before, then decided 2009 was a good year to go live in Christchurch . Oh well. So we're back (I'm actually a Kiwi, OH is the Brit).

We're a bit older now, but moved over here the first time in our twenties with no kids and lived in St Kilda which was fab - lots of bars and restaurants, close to the beach great transport to the city. Most of the inner city suburbs have good transport links - try searching Fitzroy, Richmond, St Kilda, Prahran, Brunswick - depends on what you want - quiet, lots of nightlife, parks, older property or new apartment, beach, shopping, etc. It will depend on where you're going to be working too. You'll get lots of moans about the trains here, but on the whole they're pretty good - not up to London tube standards though .

Thanks for the recommendation, derab, unfortunately we are already booked up for the time they want.

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