brisnick

But that's why I never head down there. If I wanted Poms, I'd move back to the UK!

phoenixinoz

You obviously don't know the Bayside then.

They're as rare as rocking horse shit

brisnick

Nah, nearly every other post is about Brits moving to Bayside. And more than half the Poms from work live down there.

JackTheLad

Only the good ones live down this way!

Mrs JTL

Billabong

We go down to the wrong side (South) regularly for a curry and you are right - far too many POMS

Besides, they eat to much cheesecake down there

Try the more civilized north side like North Lakes, Redcliffe Peninsula, Albany Creek, Ferny Hills etc

Del Boy

Redcliffe is definately going more upmarket now, ever since Main Roads have painted over its alter-ego name on the signpost on the highway with green paint. Can hardly make it out now unless you look really carefully Personally, I quite liked it.

dynamite

Definitely don't want to be living in a too british area like Bayside.

Are North Lakes etc reasonably priced?

Diane

manxfamily

We are moving to the Sandgate area, a bit coastal and not quite as far out as Redcliffe, also its on the rail system. Schools look good and there are shops, parks etc close by.

chaval

same as...

with regards to northlakes take a look : www.northlakes.com.au

cheers

JohnAndNetta

Have to agree....we live on the Bulimba / Balmoral border. Superb location. 2 minute walk to Oxford St. Great shopping centres 10-12 minutes (Carindale and Cannon Hill for food shopping), Best cafe/restaurant precinct in Brisbane (in my humble opinion). Only about 12 mins drive to the Story Bridge. Close to the Gabba, Southbank, West End, 15 mins to airport. A short ferry trip to New Farm, Teneriffe, or 18 mins to the city by citycat. And we live next door but one to Brisbane Lions Nigel Lappin! Didn't realise there were other Lions amongst us.

Seriously though - the Bulimba / Balmoral/ Hawthorne area is very nice indeed and I believe the schools are supposed to be quite good here too, though no kids, so can't confirm.

Good luck with your choice.

Netta

worplace

We live in forest lake and think its a great place for kids (I think north lakes and springfield lakes are very similar).
The lake means you have always somewhere to take the kids for a walk when they are playing up.
Lee

geordie mandy

With a user name like that you must Geordies, Is that area as attractive as Kielder water or is it more urbanise?
Mandy

DunRoaminTheUK

Our only pre-requisites are a safe and clean neighbourhood for our boy and a homely house which will help us settle quicker.

Nationality, creed, religion, sexual tendencies (discounting kiddy-fiddlers), favourite colour, football-team, favourite film, whether they're left-handed or right-handed and whether like they to take a piss with the loo-seat up or down are totally irrelevant as I like to think that people are people and discriminating against them because of their national origin is fuelling the fires of xenophobia and small-minded-ness.

annqldau

Have to agree we sort of went 'treechange' still quite close to Petrie but in the quieter trees all round bit get koalas, kangaroos, possums and lots of different birds in the garden.

Pollyana

Yep, give me my northside beer-and-pizza any day