Better quality of Aussie life in Queensland ?
Aug 27th 2005, 1:23 pm
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Re: Better quality of Aussie life in Queensland ?
Originally Posted by Rooksie
it was for Bixie - i have been bending his hairy ears for weeks now!!!! 
defo queensland for us - fabbie thread - thanks!!
defo queensland for us - fabbie thread - thanks!!
Good on Ya ! The joys of Expats ! Hope things are great for you when you get out here ! (Then you can start posting UR rose tinted threads too !
)All the best ,
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Aug 27th 2005, 1:26 pm
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Re: Better quality of Aussie life in Queensland ?
Originally Posted by Bix
A loss to WA but a gain for Queensland 
It's a bloody big place though so are you going to enlighten us on where the donkeys tail ended up ?
It's a bloody big place though so are you going to enlighten us on where the donkeys tail ended up ?
i think we will just *know* when we get there - hopefully!?!?!?!
Aug 27th 2005, 1:27 pm
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Re: Better quality of Aussie life in Queensland ?
Originally Posted by steandleigh
Probably our spare bedrooms for the first few weeks, Bixie!!!
Aug 27th 2005, 1:32 pm
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Re: Better quality of Aussie life in Queensland ?
Originally Posted by Bix
Have I missed a thread somewhere ?
Aug 27th 2005, 1:42 pm
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Re: Better quality of Aussie life in Queensland ?
Originally Posted by steandleigh
Just go with the flow mate and all will be well
Aug 27th 2005, 1:49 pm
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Re: Better quality of Aussie life in Queensland ?
Originally Posted by Bix
Have I missed a thread somewhere ?
Aug 27th 2005, 1:50 pm
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Re: Better quality of Aussie life in Queensland ?
Originally Posted by Tass
Good on Ya ! The joys of Expats ! Hope things are great for you when you get out here ! (Then you can start posting UR rose tinted threads too ! )
All the best ,
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)All the best ,
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cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!
Aug 27th 2005, 1:54 pm
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Re: Better quality of Aussie life in Queensland ?
Originally Posted by Rooksie
didnt you know mate - oh yeah its all been arranged - all 13 of us!!!!
Aug 27th 2005, 1:55 pm
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Re: Better quality of Aussie life in Queensland ?
Originally Posted by Bix
Ooooooh.....I'm feeling unwell.......for a moment I thought you said 13.
been a bit heavy handed with the talc there matey!! you look like joan collins!! :scared:
Aug 27th 2005, 1:59 pm
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Re: Better quality of Aussie life in Queensland ?
Originally Posted by Rooksie
been a bit heavy handed with the talc there matey!! you look like joan collins!! :scared:
Aug 27th 2005, 2:39 pm
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Re: Better quality of Aussie life in Queensland ?
Originally Posted by steandleigh
Just go with the flow mate and all will be well
I'm worried how it will feel leaving family as we are all close, but I'm hoping that they will all follow. The main reason I want to take my kids out of UK is because of the way kids are nowadays on the streets. You are never far away from these kids at school or at the park or in the town centres and I just think its going to get worse. Do they have this kind of problem in QLD?(Chavs + Louts) Glad to see you seem to be enjoying it though!!
Is there a big problem with spiders mozzys and humidity?
These are the only things which we have doubts about(or at least the mrs does!)
Aug 27th 2005, 2:44 pm
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Re: Better quality of Aussie life in Queensland ?
Originally Posted by Roofman
After 1 year how are you finding things?
I'm worried how it will feel leaving family as we are all close, but I'm hoping that they will all follow. The main reason I want to take my kids out of UK is because of the way kids are nowadays on the streets. You are never far away from these kids at school or at the park or in the town centres and I just think its going to get worse. Do they have this kind of problem in QLD?(Chavs + Louts) Glad to see you seem to be enjoying it though!!
Is there a big problem with spiders mozzys and humidity?
These are the only things which we have doubts about(or at least the mrs does!)
I'm worried how it will feel leaving family as we are all close, but I'm hoping that they will all follow. The main reason I want to take my kids out of UK is because of the way kids are nowadays on the streets. You are never far away from these kids at school or at the park or in the town centres and I just think its going to get worse. Do they have this kind of problem in QLD?(Chavs + Louts) Glad to see you seem to be enjoying it though!!
Is there a big problem with spiders mozzys and humidity?
These are the only things which we have doubts about(or at least the mrs does!)
you know, we live in torquay and on thursday last week myself and some friends took our kids to Woodlands Leisure Park in Devon:
http://www.woodlands-leisure-park.co.uk/frameset.htm
the kids (all 14 of them :scared: :scared: ranged from 1yr to 10yrs) had a great time UNTIL a gang of teenagers punched my friends son in the face - he is 10 - and then got him to the ground and they kicked him in the ribs several times. His face was all bruised and he was terribly upset. Gets worse, we then moved to a different area but had to take the kids away and couldnt let them play on anything because of gangs of teenagers completely taking over the park. We left. FFS.
J - pis*sed off parent.
Aug 28th 2005, 5:46 am
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Re: Better quality of Aussie life in Queensland ?
Originally Posted by steandleigh
Each to their own - some love Melbourne - I couldn't live there. I can appreciate it as a city and also the surrounding areas and would love to visit again but it didn't feel 'right' for me. Some like Perth - to me it's too isolated, in terms of being away from the rest of Aus, many HUNDREDS on here will disagree (and quite rightly so - 'cos they love it there).
The next day it was crap - and so was the next day or so. I hated it - never really wanted to go back, I assumed that all the suburbs would be grey. I returned almost 2 years later - went to some beautiful suburbs in the SE and instantly changed my mind. And - like a good wine, Melly improves with age. Apart from moving to buy more land ie acreage - elsewhere, and a distinct lifestyle change, I would now live nowhere else! lol.
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Aug 30th 2005, 9:18 am
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Re: Better quality of Aussie life in Queensland ?
Originally Posted by MrsDagboy
I think what Brian is saying is that if you couldnt afford a loan on a decent house in Sydney for you to live in (say $500K upwards, either the repayments or cant save the deposit), then perhaps you could afford a loan on a much cheaper investment property eg $200K for a unit. Remember that the IP doesnt have to be in Sydney, plenty of places you can get decent units or townhouses for around the $200K mark.
The only thing to bear in mind is that the way the market seems to be turning, there is no guarantee that an investment property will make any capital gains in the short term.
(PS. I dont know your situation with regard to deposit/jobs/ability to service th eloan, Im just explaining what Brian meant )
The only thing to bear in mind is that the way the market seems to be turning, there is no guarantee that an investment property will make any capital gains in the short term.
(PS. I dont know your situation with regard to deposit/jobs/ability to service th eloan, Im just explaining what Brian meant
)Spot on, plus there is also the income from the rent.
Oct 29th 2005, 12:57 pm
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Re: Better quality of Aussie life in Queensland ?
Thanks for the great post, this has been really useful for me.
Does anybody know if we are more likely to find difficulty getting office jobs (Makreting & HR) in Brissie than we would in Sydney?
Does anybody know if we are more likely to find difficulty getting office jobs (Makreting & HR) in Brissie than we would in Sydney?
