Originally Posted by mcstu1 (Post 6528414)

Having planned to come to Canberra for the past 3 months.....i have lasted 2 days....it is dull and boring.....i know i should probably give it more time but first impressions and all that and i just feel i am in a dull american city in the middle of nowhere!!! were heading back to sydney today to reconsider our options

Originally Posted by eve209 (Post 6557257)

Thanx Quoll, sounds just fab the way you put it:thumbsup: might see you there!

Faircity - The OH has been contacted by the Australian Tax Office, we first got in touch with them at an EXPO in London - he is in IT, currently works as Network Manager and IT Security specialist in a College, I reckon I would give anywhere a go really and thanks to Quoll he has given us a nicer opinion of Canberra and if we do end up there and are having trouble settling we will just nip round quoll's house for a barbie by his pool and drink all his Ozzie plonk to cheer ourselves up:rofl:


Eve x

Originally Posted by POW148 (Post 6558174)

Just two days to come to that conclusion. No doubt those two days were Monday and Tuesday. Just what were you expecting, Bright lights, Live music, Dancing girls. Come on, give the place a chance.

We who live here in Canberra like the place very much. It is not so full of pollies and Public servants as some on here would have you believe. There are one or two plumbers and electricians, waiters, refuge collectors, postmen, Taxi Drivers and every other employment that you would come to expect in a civilised world. It may be the capital of Australia but really it is just a large country town.

If you found it dull here in Canberra, I guess you didnt look very far for entertainment. There is lots to do and see and most of the major tourist attractions here are free.

I visit Sydney on a regular basis and I think Sydney Harbour is one of the most beautiful places on this planet but there is no way I would live there. Give me "country town Canberra" over any major city, anywhere in the world.

Barney:thumbup:

Originally Posted by mcstu1 (Post 6558744)

If you mean the queing up on the road to Batemans Bay with everyone else on a bank holiday......
Whats wrong with catholic schools!!!!!!!
Think whatever part off australia your in it's more fun than a gloomy, cold and rainy part off England in an over priced house.

Originally Posted by eve209 (Post 6557257)

Thanx Quoll, sounds just fab the way you put it:thumbsup: might see you there!

Faircity - The OH has been contacted by the Australian Tax Office, we first got in touch with them at an EXPO in London - he is in IT, currently works as Network Manager and IT Security specialist in a College, I reckon I would give anywhere a go really and thanks to Quoll he has given us a nicer opinion of Canberra and if we do end up there and are having trouble settling we will just nip round quoll's house for a barbie by his pool and drink all his Ozzie plonk to cheer ourselves up:rofl:


Eve x

Originally Posted by quoll (Post 6558581)

LOL Quoll is a tea totalling "she" with no pool and a tiny little weatherboard on a quarter acre block with a very big vegie garden and no deck:eek:

However, always up for a latte!!!!

Originally Posted by eve209 (Post 6559669)

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Latte it is then, I'll bring the cakes!!! you do cakes dont you:lol:

eve xx

Originally Posted by quoll (Post 6556455)

The coast is just 100km away and Canberrans tend to flock there in the holidays and occasionally at weekends. In reality it is not that much further than you have to travel from Brisbane or Melbourne for top quality surf beaches. We also have the added advantage of being a couple of hours from the snow fields as well in the winter.

My version of a good suburb may not be yours. Personally I dont much like the soul-less new build suburbs which tend to be big houses on small blocks. My preference is for the inner suburbs - all depending on how deep your pockets are - Reid, Campbell, Yarralumla, Forrest, Red Hill (parts of), Griffith, Ainslie, Hackett, Aranda are all ones that spring to mind as being nice suburbs, well established, reasonable houses - in parts - and all within easy access of the city. The rental market here is tight and the sales are plateauing at the moment but they keep on saying they are getting better - www.allhomes.com.au is the place to check them out.

Schools are up and down and there are one or two to avoid but generally much of a muchness. About 50% of high school students actually go to private schools, mainly systemic Catholic, and that is something to consider.

Weatherwise we have it good - well, today was a bit of an aberration at only 5C but usually in the winter it gets up over 10C and is always sunny (not today). We dont get nearly enough rain which is fine if you dont like rain but it does mean we have water restrictions.

Lots of pools here - big swimming pools that is, actually, fewer homes with pools than there used to be - what with water restrictions and the hard work in maintaining them people are just not as interested in pools as they were a few years ago they go to the public pools instead. Lots of sporting activities for kids, a range of artistic type endeavours, usually a music program (band) in pretty much every school, quite a few horses on the outskirts. We also have several lakes and sailing and rowing are quite big as is waterskiing (on the river).

You could do much worse!

Originally Posted by copa (Post 6555501)

I like my 15 minute commute in Canberra ... a 1 hour plus each way in sydney gets pretty boring and annoying after a while..

if ysomeone doesn't like the outdoors, art galleries, no traffic, low crime, plentiful public facitilies, low pollution levels, decent schools, day trips to the snow etc.. then maybe canberra wasn't for the person who started this thread..

each to their own i guess..

Originally Posted by mcstu1 (Post 6528414)

Having planned to come to Canberra for the past 3 months.....i have lasted 2 days....it is dull and boring.....i know i should probably give it more time but first impressions and all that and i just feel i am in a dull american city in the middle of nowhere!!! were heading back to sydney today to reconsider our options