Arrived!
Sep 6th 2016, 12:14 am
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Arrived!
Arrived on 19th August. Sorted driving licence, Medicare and tax file number.
Blue skies every morning and only 2 days rain since we arrived (Gold Coast). Prices of things similar to UK! Maybe slightly more expensive if you compare the £/$
Just loving the space and lack of people everywhere. UK is bulging at the seams and this is a breath of fresh air in more ways than one.
Have bought annual passes to Seaworld/Wet n Wild/Warner bros/Paradise Country. Unlimited access for a year for £50 for all 4 parks!
Yep, work is on the agenda but not just yet!
Blue skies every morning and only 2 days rain since we arrived (Gold Coast). Prices of things similar to UK! Maybe slightly more expensive if you compare the £/$
Just loving the space and lack of people everywhere. UK is bulging at the seams and this is a breath of fresh air in more ways than one.
Have bought annual passes to Seaworld/Wet n Wild/Warner bros/Paradise Country. Unlimited access for a year for £50 for all 4 parks!
Yep, work is on the agenda but not just yet!
Sep 6th 2016, 5:30 am
#2
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Location: Brisvegas
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Re: Arrived!
Welcome to sunny Queensland.
Sep 6th 2016, 5:42 am
#3
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Joined: Nov 2006
Location: Blue Mountains, NSW
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Good luck with your new life 
Sep 6th 2016, 7:14 am
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Location: Western Australia
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Re: Arrived!
Arrived on 19th August. Sorted driving licence, Medicare and tax file number.
Blue skies every morning and only 2 days rain since we arrived (Gold Coast). Prices of things similar to UK! Maybe slightly more expensive if you compare the £/$
Just loving the space and lack of people everywhere. UK is bulging at the seams and this is a breath of fresh air in more ways than one.
Have bought annual passes to Seaworld/Wet n Wild/Warner bros/Paradise Country. Unlimited access for a year for £50 for all 4 parks!
Yep, work is on the agenda but not just yet!
Blue skies every morning and only 2 days rain since we arrived (Gold Coast). Prices of things similar to UK! Maybe slightly more expensive if you compare the £/$
Just loving the space and lack of people everywhere. UK is bulging at the seams and this is a breath of fresh air in more ways than one.
Have bought annual passes to Seaworld/Wet n Wild/Warner bros/Paradise Country. Unlimited access for a year for £50 for all 4 parks!
Yep, work is on the agenda but not just yet!
Sep 7th 2016, 10:48 am
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Re: Arrived!
Thanks guys! :-D
Sep 7th 2016, 11:01 am
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Re: Arrived!
Arrived on 19th August. Sorted driving licence, Medicare and tax file number.
Blue skies every morning and only 2 days rain since we arrived (Gold Coast). Prices of things similar to UK! Maybe slightly more expensive if you compare the £/$
Just loving the space and lack of people everywhere. UK is bulging at the seams and this is a breath of fresh air in more ways than one.
Have bought annual passes to Seaworld/Wet n Wild/Warner bros/Paradise Country. Unlimited access for a year for £50 for all 4 parks!
Yep, work is on the agenda but not just yet!
Blue skies every morning and only 2 days rain since we arrived (Gold Coast). Prices of things similar to UK! Maybe slightly more expensive if you compare the £/$
Just loving the space and lack of people everywhere. UK is bulging at the seams and this is a breath of fresh air in more ways than one.
Have bought annual passes to Seaworld/Wet n Wild/Warner bros/Paradise Country. Unlimited access for a year for £50 for all 4 parks!
Yep, work is on the agenda but not just yet!
Sep 7th 2016, 11:03 am
#7
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Joined: Apr 2004
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Re: Arrived!
Welcome. I hope you'll all be very happy here.
Sep 7th 2016, 8:47 pm
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Location: Singapore to Surfers Paradise to... Tenerife... to Gran Canaria!
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Re: Arrived!
Arrived on 19th August. Sorted driving licence, Medicare and tax file number.
Blue skies every morning and only 2 days rain since we arrived (Gold Coast). Prices of things similar to UK! Maybe slightly more expensive if you compare the £/$
Just loving the space and lack of people everywhere. UK is bulging at the seams and this is a breath of fresh air in more ways than one.
Have bought annual passes to Seaworld/Wet n Wild/Warner bros/Paradise Country. Unlimited access for a year for £50 for all 4 parks!
Yep, work is on the agenda but not just yet!
Blue skies every morning and only 2 days rain since we arrived (Gold Coast). Prices of things similar to UK! Maybe slightly more expensive if you compare the £/$
Just loving the space and lack of people everywhere. UK is bulging at the seams and this is a breath of fresh air in more ways than one.
Have bought annual passes to Seaworld/Wet n Wild/Warner bros/Paradise Country. Unlimited access for a year for £50 for all 4 parks!
Yep, work is on the agenda but not just yet!
After the Gold Coast the rest of the country can hardly compare. Step into Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide or Perth and you will be kissing the ground like the Pope after you return to the Gold Coast and step off the plane.
Nothing else even comes close.I'm enjoying a few glasses of red on the other side of the world but I'll post some info as to our favourite places on the Gold Coast for everything from coffee to food to good beer. Enjoy the lifestyle - this is truly Australia!
Sep 7th 2016, 11:04 pm
#9
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Re: Arrived!
Hi astera,
I love the Gold Coast. I've been coming here for 30 years now. Mum lived here and my bro lives in Brisbane. I wouldn't really choose anywhere else. I know the non touristy parts, off beaten track. The climate has to be the best Aus has on offer too.
Would love to hear your favourite places as I don't know everywhere, I find it hard to move from the places I love in Tweed and Coolangatta but now I'm here for good I've time to try out new places!
Enjoy your glass of red, it's a midi Tooheys new for me!
I love the Gold Coast. I've been coming here for 30 years now. Mum lived here and my bro lives in Brisbane. I wouldn't really choose anywhere else. I know the non touristy parts, off beaten track. The climate has to be the best Aus has on offer too.
Would love to hear your favourite places as I don't know everywhere, I find it hard to move from the places I love in Tweed and Coolangatta but now I'm here for good I've time to try out new places!
Enjoy your glass of red, it's a midi Tooheys new for me!
Sep 8th 2016, 12:18 am
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Re: Arrived!
You don't even realise how lucky you are. You've actually hit the jackpot here.
After the Gold Coast the rest of the country can hardly compare. Step into Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide or Perth and you will be kissing the ground like the Pope after you return to the Gold Coast and step off the plane. Nothing else even comes close.
I'm enjoying a few glasses of red on the other side of the world but I'll post some info as to our favourite places on the Gold Coast for everything from coffee to food to good beer. Enjoy the lifestyle - this is truly Australia!
After the Gold Coast the rest of the country can hardly compare. Step into Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide or Perth and you will be kissing the ground like the Pope after you return to the Gold Coast and step off the plane.
Nothing else even comes close.I'm enjoying a few glasses of red on the other side of the world but I'll post some info as to our favourite places on the Gold Coast for everything from coffee to food to good beer. Enjoy the lifestyle - this is truly Australia!
Sep 8th 2016, 12:56 am
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Location: Melbourne
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Re: Arrived!
The GC might be great if you can find appropriate work or your circumstances allow you to work remotely etc. But a major problem with the GC is lack of a range of jobs to suit everyone. Your quality of life might not be so spectacular if you're commuting to Brisbane 5 days a week!
Sep 8th 2016, 2:00 am
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The GC might be great if you can find appropriate work or your circumstances allow you to work remotely etc. But a major problem with the GC is lack of a range of jobs to suit everyone. Your quality of life might not be so spectacular if you're commuting to Brisbane 5 days a week!
Sep 8th 2016, 4:46 am
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Glad to hear everything is going well so far Belle
Sep 8th 2016, 8:27 am
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Gold Coast is having truckloads of gov and private cash thrown at it, as is typical for anywhere holding a major 'games' event, yawn..... Might be a few more jobs than there used to be.
As for the weather, yep lovely now, best time, the dodgy bit is summer, humidity and all the rain then.
As for the weather, yep lovely now, best time, the dodgy bit is summer, humidity and all the rain then.
Sep 8th 2016, 9:25 am
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Gold Coast is having truckloads of gov and private cash thrown at it, as is typical for anywhere holding a major 'games' event, yawn..... Might be a few more jobs than there used to be.
As for the weather, yep lovely now, best time, the dodgy bit is summer, humidity and all the rain then.
As for the weather, yep lovely now, best time, the dodgy bit is summer, humidity and all the rain then.
