patsy88

hi can anyone tell me what brisbane is like i have twins 16 years old(boy and girl) hubby is a plasterer,

alkristensen

hi, its a river city. Pretty nice, man made beach which is great in the city centre at southbank.

City centre about half to one hour to a GREAT beach andf funfairs theme parks etc.

Friendlier people and cheaper housing than sydney and warm alot of the year.

What do you want to know, you were a bit vague.

Al

patsy88

as much as possible ,

ridds

check out ourbrisbane.com for a pretty comprehensive overview of suburbs, whats on, living etc.

alkristensen

as above

ridds

Okay, other useful sites are:

Brisbane City Council
Brisbane City Life
Wikipedia
Lonely Planet

IMHO, Brisbane is great. It has grown up at lot in the last 10 years from a provincial sleepy city into something more vibrant and fun. Lots to do for kids and families but plenty also for the singles and lucky couples with no kids (i'm a sleep deprived parent, can you tell? ) it is growing rapidly and as a result there is pressue on infrastucture like roads and public transport, but certainly no worse than where I was living in the UK.

If you have specific questions it might be more helpful, otherwise do a forum search for Brisbane and you'll get loads of threads which discuss various aspects of Brisbane.

Cheers

Buzzy--Bee

Here's the link to my reccie report on Brisbane -

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=412993

Buzzy

Centurion

If your more specific with your questions you may get better responses. I'm afraid I dont have time to sit down and write an essay about a large city, but be happy to help for anything in particular you want to know.

themerlin

And don't forget water

brisnick

brown. very brown. oh, and did i say brown??

oh for the greener days of years gone by..............

ridds

who could forget?

patsy88

brown water your kidding.is there a water shortage over there,and thanks to you all ,it is the twins i am worried about ,meeting new mates,

ridds

Not brown water (yet!) but a very brown landscape. Brisbane is under level 5 water restrictions due to continuing drought.

I don't have teenage children but there are a few on this site who do - they may be able to give you some help. There is also a youth forum on this site - maybe they should get online there and ask the opinions of others in the same situation?

Pollyana

If you are serious, there is a major water shortage here, not just Brisbane but much more widespread than that. have a read of the local paper online http://www.couriermail.news.com.au/
and do a search on here for drought
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=443746
and
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=441205
might do you for a start.......

Pollyana

We have green water, very freaky, not all the time, but every few days the water that comes from the hot water tank is a sort of pale green colour. We're not on tanks or anything, guess it might be where the reservoirs are so low.