Apprehensive About Perth
Nov 23rd 2007, 8:49 am
#31
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Re: Apprehensive About Perth
Ha-ha I'm committed now so will have to give it a year & c how it goes,
Anyway, it will b a change of scenery for a while and hopefully the starting point of many adventures into the East....
Thanks Jo for one of the most in-depth replies.
Anyway, it will b a change of scenery for a while and hopefully the starting point of many adventures into the East....
Thanks Jo for one of the most in-depth replies.
Nov 23rd 2007, 8:53 am
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Re: Apprehensive About Perth
omg i hate those flies i went out to take some picture of insects and flowers in my garden and was surrounded lol Does anyone know how to keep them away HELP
Nov 23rd 2007, 8:59 am
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Re: Apprehensive About Perth
Jumbo, if you get fed up with Perth you can always pop over to Bali. Only about 3-1/2hr flight and I definitely recommend it. It leaves Perth for dead.
Nov 23rd 2007, 9:04 am
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Re: Apprehensive About Perth
Interesting thread and nice to hear some mixed opinions 
Im 29 and my wife is 23 and we are hopefully moving to Perth in January 457 permitting. I used to be a big clubber but am mellowing out now and are more than happy to have a meal and a couple of bottles of wine rather than going mad for the evening.
I had a few concerns about Perth but we went earlier in the year for a couple of weeks and it was great. Seems to be a really relaxed lifestyle with tons of outdoor space and an interesting work ethic when you compare it to the pressure cooker which the UK is becoming. I think the evening "entertainment" will get very tired very quickly but we are moving there to change our lifestyle and conentrate on more important things like spending quality time together and leading more of an outdoor lifestyle than what we can get in the UK and im sure Perth will give us that.
At the end of the day a place is what you make it, if you look for things to do then you will find them but if you want them to come looking for you then your probably going to be bored pretty quickly. Ive been investigating entertainment for the past few months and have been quietly surprised, there does seem to be quite a lot going on in the Perth/Freo area but as its so spread out and nothing seems to be centralised I think most of it will mean someone being a nominated driver which is a bit of a bummer but no great deal really.
Hell even Carl Cox is playing Perth Big Day Out in February
This is a good site: http://enjoyperth.net/2007/10/big-da...-2008-line-up/
Im 29 and my wife is 23 and we are hopefully moving to Perth in January 457 permitting. I used to be a big clubber but am mellowing out now and are more than happy to have a meal and a couple of bottles of wine rather than going mad for the evening.
I had a few concerns about Perth but we went earlier in the year for a couple of weeks and it was great. Seems to be a really relaxed lifestyle with tons of outdoor space and an interesting work ethic when you compare it to the pressure cooker which the UK is becoming. I think the evening "entertainment" will get very tired very quickly but we are moving there to change our lifestyle and conentrate on more important things like spending quality time together and leading more of an outdoor lifestyle than what we can get in the UK and im sure Perth will give us that.
At the end of the day a place is what you make it, if you look for things to do then you will find them but if you want them to come looking for you then your probably going to be bored pretty quickly. Ive been investigating entertainment for the past few months and have been quietly surprised, there does seem to be quite a lot going on in the Perth/Freo area but as its so spread out and nothing seems to be centralised I think most of it will mean someone being a nominated driver which is a bit of a bummer but no great deal really.
Hell even Carl Cox is playing Perth Big Day Out in February
This is a good site: http://enjoyperth.net/2007/10/big-da...-2008-line-up/
Nov 23rd 2007, 9:07 am
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Re: Apprehensive About Perth
Interesting thread and nice to hear some mixed opinions
Im 29 and my wife is 23 and we are hopefully moving to Perth in January 457 permitting. I used to be a big clubber but am mellowing out now and are more than happy to have a meal and a couple of bottles of wine rather than going mad for the evening.
I had a few concerns about Perth but we went earlier in the year for a couple of weeks and it was great. Seems to be a really relaxed lifestyle with tons of outdoor space and an interesting work ethic when you compare it to the pressure cooker which the UK is becoming. I think the evening "entertainment" will get very tired very quickly but we are moving there to change our lifestyle and conentrate on more important things like spending quality time together and leading more of an outdoor lifestyle than what we can get in the UK and im sure Perth will give us that.
At the end of the day a place is what you make it, if you look for things to do then you will find them but if you want them to come looking for you then your probably going to be bored pretty quickly. Ive been investigating entertainment for the past few months and have been quietly surprised, there does seem to be quite a lot going on in the Perth/Freo area but as its so spread out and nothing seems to be centralised I think most of it will mean someone being a nominated driver which is a bit of a bummer but no great deal really.
Hell even Carl Cox is playing Perth Big Day Out in February
This is a good site: http://enjoyperth.net/2007/10/big-da...-2008-line-up/
Im 29 and my wife is 23 and we are hopefully moving to Perth in January 457 permitting. I used to be a big clubber but am mellowing out now and are more than happy to have a meal and a couple of bottles of wine rather than going mad for the evening.
I had a few concerns about Perth but we went earlier in the year for a couple of weeks and it was great. Seems to be a really relaxed lifestyle with tons of outdoor space and an interesting work ethic when you compare it to the pressure cooker which the UK is becoming. I think the evening "entertainment" will get very tired very quickly but we are moving there to change our lifestyle and conentrate on more important things like spending quality time together and leading more of an outdoor lifestyle than what we can get in the UK and im sure Perth will give us that.
At the end of the day a place is what you make it, if you look for things to do then you will find them but if you want them to come looking for you then your probably going to be bored pretty quickly. Ive been investigating entertainment for the past few months and have been quietly surprised, there does seem to be quite a lot going on in the Perth/Freo area but as its so spread out and nothing seems to be centralised I think most of it will mean someone being a nominated driver which is a bit of a bummer but no great deal really.
Hell even Carl Cox is playing Perth Big Day Out in February
This is a good site: http://enjoyperth.net/2007/10/big-da...-2008-line-up/
Nov 23rd 2007, 9:29 am
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Re: Apprehensive About Perth
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Nov 23rd 2007, 9:38 am
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Re: Apprehensive About Perth
its a tough old life...
but its just got to be done....
aston (happy as a pig in sh1t ,with the flies)
Nov 23rd 2007, 9:41 am
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Re: Apprehensive About Perth
I agree, I had dinner in the Kalamunda Hotel last Monday night and its lovely and you could indeed be in a country pub in England. However, a lot of people want the best of both worlds, they want the hussle and bussle of their local town centre and they want to put it somewhere the sunshines more. It doesn't work like that and people who expect it to really get on my lallies!
Nov 23rd 2007, 9:52 am
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Re: Apprehensive About Perth
Interesting thread and nice to hear some mixed opinions
Im 29 and my wife is 23 and we are hopefully moving to Perth in January 457 permitting. I used to be a big clubber but am mellowing out now and are more than happy to have a meal and a couple of bottles of wine rather than going mad for the evening.
I had a few concerns about Perth but we went earlier in the year for a couple of weeks and it was great. Seems to be a really relaxed lifestyle with tons of outdoor space and an interesting work ethic when you compare it to the pressure cooker which the UK is becoming. I think the evening "entertainment" will get very tired very quickly but we are moving there to change our lifestyle and conentrate on more important things like spending quality time together and leading more of an outdoor lifestyle than what we can get in the UK and im sure Perth will give us that.
At the end of the day a place is what you make it, if you look for things to do then you will find them but if you want them to come looking for you then your probably going to be bored pretty quickly. Ive been investigating entertainment for the past few months and have been quietly surprised, there does seem to be quite a lot going on in the Perth/Freo area but as its so spread out and nothing seems to be centralised I think most of it will mean someone being a nominated driver which is a bit of a bummer but no great deal really.
Hell even Carl Cox is playing Perth Big Day Out in February
This is a good site: http://enjoyperth.net/2007/10/big-da...-2008-line-up/
Im 29 and my wife is 23 and we are hopefully moving to Perth in January 457 permitting. I used to be a big clubber but am mellowing out now and are more than happy to have a meal and a couple of bottles of wine rather than going mad for the evening.
I had a few concerns about Perth but we went earlier in the year for a couple of weeks and it was great. Seems to be a really relaxed lifestyle with tons of outdoor space and an interesting work ethic when you compare it to the pressure cooker which the UK is becoming. I think the evening "entertainment" will get very tired very quickly but we are moving there to change our lifestyle and conentrate on more important things like spending quality time together and leading more of an outdoor lifestyle than what we can get in the UK and im sure Perth will give us that.
At the end of the day a place is what you make it, if you look for things to do then you will find them but if you want them to come looking for you then your probably going to be bored pretty quickly. Ive been investigating entertainment for the past few months and have been quietly surprised, there does seem to be quite a lot going on in the Perth/Freo area but as its so spread out and nothing seems to be centralised I think most of it will mean someone being a nominated driver which is a bit of a bummer but no great deal really.
Hell even Carl Cox is playing Perth Big Day Out in February
This is a good site: http://enjoyperth.net/2007/10/big-da...-2008-line-up/
Nov 23rd 2007, 9:54 am
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Re: Apprehensive About Perth
ianhutch1, very good post, ur right.
I'm defintely not looking for a UK style environment, it is a pressure cooker in the UK these days, everything seems to be rush, rush, work, work, road rage, road rage, buy, buy, drink, drink and I just seem to increase in velocity as the weeks go on, hurtling in one side of the weekend and out the other with another hectic week ahead.
I think a booming economy has alot to do with it, everyone wants everything immediately as if there's some great unknown urgency. (can u tell I'm stressed with my lifestyle at the moment!!)
Ferris Bueller was right when he said
"Life moves prety fast, if you don't stop and look around once in a while you may miss it"
I'm defintely not looking for a UK style environment, it is a pressure cooker in the UK these days, everything seems to be rush, rush, work, work, road rage, road rage, buy, buy, drink, drink and I just seem to increase in velocity as the weeks go on, hurtling in one side of the weekend and out the other with another hectic week ahead.
I think a booming economy has alot to do with it, everyone wants everything immediately as if there's some great unknown urgency. (can u tell I'm stressed with my lifestyle at the moment!!)
Ferris Bueller was right when he said
"Life moves prety fast, if you don't stop and look around once in a while you may miss it"
Nov 23rd 2007, 10:05 am
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Re: Apprehensive About Perth
I really have found that enjoyperth website a good source, I was really worried that Perth would be too quiet for us but I signed up the the mailing list and they send emails every couple of days detailing what is on in Perth over the next few months and its quite surprising really how much is on.
Im sure there are loads of people in the same boat as us, we could always join forces and open a nightclub if things get too bad
Hope to meet up with you when we get out there, always good to meet new people
Im sure there are loads of people in the same boat as us, we could always join forces and open a nightclub if things get too bad
Hope to meet up with you when we get out there, always good to meet new people
Nov 23rd 2007, 10:07 am
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Re: Apprehensive About Perth
Interesting thread and nice to hear some mixed opinions
Im 29 and my wife is 23 and we are hopefully moving to Perth in January 457 permitting. I used to be a big clubber but am mellowing out now and are more than happy to have a meal and a couple of bottles of wine rather than going mad for the evening.
I had a few concerns about Perth but we went earlier in the year for a couple of weeks and it was great. Seems to be a really relaxed lifestyle with tons of outdoor space and an interesting work ethic when you compare it to the pressure cooker which the UK is becoming. I think the evening "entertainment" will get very tired very quickly but we are moving there to change our lifestyle and conentrate on more important things like spending quality time together and leading more of an outdoor lifestyle than what we can get in the UK and im sure Perth will give us that.
At the end of the day a place is what you make it, if you look for things to do then you will find them but if you want them to come looking for you then your probably going to be bored pretty quickly. Ive been investigating entertainment for the past few months and have been quietly surprised, there does seem to be quite a lot going on in the Perth/Freo area but as its so spread out and nothing seems to be centralised I think most of it will mean someone being a nominated driver which is a bit of a bummer but no great deal really.
Hell even Carl Cox is playing Perth Big Day Out in February
This is a good site: http://enjoyperth.net/2007/10/big-da...-2008-line-up/
Im 29 and my wife is 23 and we are hopefully moving to Perth in January 457 permitting. I used to be a big clubber but am mellowing out now and are more than happy to have a meal and a couple of bottles of wine rather than going mad for the evening.
I had a few concerns about Perth but we went earlier in the year for a couple of weeks and it was great. Seems to be a really relaxed lifestyle with tons of outdoor space and an interesting work ethic when you compare it to the pressure cooker which the UK is becoming. I think the evening "entertainment" will get very tired very quickly but we are moving there to change our lifestyle and conentrate on more important things like spending quality time together and leading more of an outdoor lifestyle than what we can get in the UK and im sure Perth will give us that.
At the end of the day a place is what you make it, if you look for things to do then you will find them but if you want them to come looking for you then your probably going to be bored pretty quickly. Ive been investigating entertainment for the past few months and have been quietly surprised, there does seem to be quite a lot going on in the Perth/Freo area but as its so spread out and nothing seems to be centralised I think most of it will mean someone being a nominated driver which is a bit of a bummer but no great deal really.
Hell even Carl Cox is playing Perth Big Day Out in February
This is a good site: http://enjoyperth.net/2007/10/big-da...-2008-line-up/
Mate you've got nothing to lose. As you can see Perth doesn't suit everyone, but where does? I spent quite a few years in Perth but personally prefer the eastern states. Just go for it and enjoy yourself. At the end of the day it's just another life experience.
Nov 23rd 2007, 10:12 am
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Re: Apprehensive About Perth
[ This is a good site: http://enjoyperth.net/2007/10/big-da...-2008-line-up/[/QUOTE]
Agree with you there Hutch.
If your stuck for beers, there will be an Oldhamer there next spring there hopfully -lol
Dave
Oldham
Agree with you there Hutch.
If your stuck for beers, there will be an Oldhamer there next spring there hopfully -lol
Dave
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Nov 23rd 2007, 10:13 am
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Re: Apprehensive About Perth
Ha-ha owning a nightclub sounds good...we could take it a step further and create our own Eutopian society? Or am I just being silly now 
Nov 23rd 2007, 10:26 am
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Re: Apprehensive About Perth
Have stuck you on my buddy list which is currently serving as my reminder of people to contact once we arrive to meet up with