Brisbane....is it as good as they say???
Oct 12th 2009, 1:16 am
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Re: Brisbane....is it as good as they say???
Meanwhile, figures released yesterday show that Victoria has become home to more than a third of refugees processed on Christmas Island this year.
Oct 12th 2009, 1:21 am
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Re: Brisbane....is it as good as they say???
"This year 641 people have been granted permanent residence after being processed on Christmas Island and found to be
refugees in need of protection.
Of those granted permanent residence, 229 went to Victoria, 173 to South Australia, 131 to Queensland and 68 to NSW.
"
...it's hardly relevant!
Oct 12th 2009, 1:26 am
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Re: Brisbane....is it as good as they say???
You guys really are getting a bit off topic..
Oct 12th 2009, 1:27 am
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Re: Brisbane....is it as good as they say???
I fear this thread is going off on an ever-so-slightly xenophobic tangent . . .
Oct 12th 2009, 1:28 am
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Re: Brisbane....is it as good as they say???
Given the article also states:
"This year 641 people have been granted permanent residence after being processed on Christmas Island and found to be
refugees in need of protection.
Of those granted permanent residence, 229 went to Victoria, 173 to South Australia, 131 to Queensland and 68 to NSW.
"
...it's hardly relevant!
"This year 641 people have been granted permanent residence after being processed on Christmas Island and found to be
refugees in need of protection.
Of those granted permanent residence, 229 went to Victoria, 173 to South Australia, 131 to Queensland and 68 to NSW.
"
...it's hardly relevant!
I decided to leave the actual numbers out, for effect 
Even if it was a third of all refugee grants, it would still only be 5,000.
Oct 12th 2009, 1:45 am
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Oct 12th 2009, 2:27 am
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Re: Brisbane....is it as good as they say???
The only thing I liked about Brisbane the first year I lived there was the weather. We were a childless married couple living in the burbs (because we had two dogs) and it was a bit boring. But after a year I started to love it, then we had three kids in Brisbane and it was a great place to bring them up. We also bought a house in a suburb that we loved living in, the kids were close to everything. We met heaps of great people at work, ballet, school and had a great social life. The perfect weather in Brisbane allows for a great lifestyle. We'll probably return there next year when we leave the dust bowl of Dubai.
Oct 12th 2009, 3:00 am
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Re: Brisbane....is it as good as they say???
I'm sure when Mr G turns up we may hear a different view on how "good" Brisbane is. 
Oct 12th 2009, 4:00 am
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Oct 12th 2009, 4:15 am
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Re: Brisbane....is it as good as they say???
Weather - I hate the extremes of humidity, lately we've been down to sinle fingure humidity, which is a killer. The 2-3 months of high humidity are just as bad. I miss grey rainy days, and I miss being cold. (I'm just weird!)
A lot of houses are kak - no insulation and no heating, they get hot in summer and cold in winter.
Too much traffic for the roads. The bus service isn't bad in places, but off the main routes you'd really struggle without a car. Coming from Brighton where the public transport was whinged about constantly, this has been a real eye-opener - they don't know how lucky they are back home.
The electrical grid is inadequate, as is seen every time there are storms bringing power lines down, frequent outages due to out of date equipment. The water supply is dreadful as the population has grown too fast for the existing infrastructure.
Red tape is worse here than you can even dream of. You need a licence to cross the road, but you can get away with breathing for free occasionally!
A lot of the people here are still living out their country upbringing, so if Australia seems to be 20 years behind the rest of the world, Qld is 20 years behind that.
And I just don't feel at home here - whih is why my views are very biased. I do occasionally now get flashes of "this is good, I could enjoy it" but after 6 years it still isn't home and I doubt it ever will be. The one thing keeping me here is the knowledge I couldn't get a job back home like the one I now have here. I'm finally back at the level I was at 6 years ago, but its been a long struggle to get back there, fighting a system that values Aussie experience above any other, and which can be horribly biased against immigrants trying to make a new start.
I wouldn't do it again - but that's a very personal view, and I personally know many people who have moved here and love it.
Good luck
Oct 12th 2009, 5:08 am
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Re: Brisbane....is it as good as they say???
I read somewhere that Brisbane occupies just about the same land area as London.
This is Brisbane with a population of about 12,000
Then we have the Brisbane local Council area, with a population of 1,027,000
But the Brisbane local government area covers an area with a population of about 1.8 million.
Therefore, when someone says Brisbane... which one is it ?
I also recall a few years ago someone asking what it is like in Brisbane. They were actually moving to Cairns, but thought it was close enough
Oct 12th 2009, 5:11 am
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Re: Brisbane....is it as good as they say???
Where do I start......
Weather - I hate the extremes of humidity, lately we've been down to sinle fingure humidity, which is a killer. The 2-3 months of high humidity are just as bad. I miss grey rainy days, and I miss being cold. (I'm just weird!)
A lot of houses are kak - no insulation and no heating, they get hot in summer and cold in winter.
Too much traffic for the roads. The bus service isn't bad in places, but off the main routes you'd really struggle without a car. Coming from Brighton where the public transport was whinged about constantly, this has been a real eye-opener - they don't know how lucky they are back home.
The electrical grid is inadequate, as is seen every time there are storms bringing power lines down, frequent outages due to out of date equipment. The water supply is dreadful as the population has grown too fast for the existing infrastructure.
Red tape is worse here than you can even dream of. You need a licence to cross the road, but you can get away with breathing for free occasionally!
A lot of the people here are still living out their country upbringing, so if Australia seems to be 20 years behind the rest of the world, Qld is 20 years behind that.
And I just don't feel at home here - whih is why my views are very biased. I do occasionally now get flashes of "this is good, I could enjoy it" but after 6 years it still isn't home and I doubt it ever will be. The one thing keeping me here is the knowledge I couldn't get a job back home like the one I now have here. I'm finally back at the level I was at 6 years ago, but its been a long struggle to get back there, fighting a system that values Aussie experience above any other, and which can be horribly biased against immigrants trying to make a new start.
I wouldn't do it again - but that's a very personal view, and I personally know many people who have moved here and love it.
Good luck
Weather - I hate the extremes of humidity, lately we've been down to sinle fingure humidity, which is a killer. The 2-3 months of high humidity are just as bad. I miss grey rainy days, and I miss being cold. (I'm just weird!)
A lot of houses are kak - no insulation and no heating, they get hot in summer and cold in winter.
Too much traffic for the roads. The bus service isn't bad in places, but off the main routes you'd really struggle without a car. Coming from Brighton where the public transport was whinged about constantly, this has been a real eye-opener - they don't know how lucky they are back home.
The electrical grid is inadequate, as is seen every time there are storms bringing power lines down, frequent outages due to out of date equipment. The water supply is dreadful as the population has grown too fast for the existing infrastructure.
Red tape is worse here than you can even dream of. You need a licence to cross the road, but you can get away with breathing for free occasionally!
A lot of the people here are still living out their country upbringing, so if Australia seems to be 20 years behind the rest of the world, Qld is 20 years behind that.
And I just don't feel at home here - whih is why my views are very biased. I do occasionally now get flashes of "this is good, I could enjoy it" but after 6 years it still isn't home and I doubt it ever will be. The one thing keeping me here is the knowledge I couldn't get a job back home like the one I now have here. I'm finally back at the level I was at 6 years ago, but its been a long struggle to get back there, fighting a system that values Aussie experience above any other, and which can be horribly biased against immigrants trying to make a new start.
I wouldn't do it again - but that's a very personal view, and I personally know many people who have moved here and love it.
Good luck