spalen

Has this site gone down ? I cant get on , Ive been on there once about 3 weeks ago and since then been getting server errors when I try to connect to the forums or anything other than the main homepage. Homepage was ok for 3 weeks then now its just gone - website not found.

mlbonner

nope can't get on for you either - tried doing it via google, same error.

manxfamily

yes it appears to be no more, I spoke to ABC Diamond about this one (anyone who has been on the site will know ABC Diamond!)

We think they have either forgotton to renew their domain fees or have decided it not worthwhile continuing with it, after all at the last look I think it had only 107 members.

Shame though, it was a close knit community which really served its purpose and was soley aimed at the Brisbane issues. This site seems a bit unfriendly and cold at times

mlbonner

Keep with it - most of us are nice really

I guess with however many thousands of members there are on here, they'll always be 'one or two' that like to try and spoil it.

chippy dave

Hiya manxfamily,

I post on there under dave and sammy but lately it had gone really quiet had,nt it so i wonder if they,ve pulled the plug on it.Strange if they have because i,m pretty sure the administrater posted recently saying how good he thought the site progressing.Who knows it may be back on after xmas.I was,nt as active on there because we are unsure where we,re going again Perth/Brissy.


dave

manxfamily

I suppose the administrators could be away for christmas and forgot about renewing their fee. Anyway well see soon enough.

So how far are you on making a decision between Perth or Brissie?

We had the same thing but elected for Brissie 100% now.

ABCDiamond

I thought it was run by the same people that run Poms in Perth, so I emailed them, but they haven't replied.

If it doesn't re-appear this maybe of interest to you.
http://www.brisbane.abcdiamond.com
I am still working on it though

Bix

It continues to evolve and mature like fine wine

Gaz&Rach

Just joined your forum, Look forward to seeing others join in soon.

Rachel

chippy dave

we feel stuck in the middle of the pair of them,it can go one to the other from one week to the next.The truth is i can,t see anything pushing us one way without worrying it should be the other even a rock solid job offer.We,ve been to Perth and loved the place the only concern was work,i,ve since learned it may not be as bad as i,d thought.Also we,ve got friends there.

I really like the look of SE Queensland i just wish we would have spent some time there when we were in Aus.We have recently met some great people at the 1st two north west meets (next one on sunday) and most of them are going to the Brissy area around the same time we hope to go over.

The job situation will always be better around Brissy for me.

The good thing about our dilemma is that it could be worse.There could be a third or forth area in the running

Have you been to either area and if so what has made up your mind for you?

dave

Gaz&Rach

Dave

When we started this process we did a bit of research as to where to go. Focused on capital cities first then looked at what else was around or just somewhere in that state. Sidney was a no-no straight away, then looked at Melbourne, looks very nice but the weather is not what we want and the overly cosmopolitan feel that we read about didn't appeal either. Perth I had been told is very nice and very hot but when looking at WA as a whole it doesn't seem to have much when compared to all that Queensland has to offer. I read that most of population of WA tend to live in or near Perth. But saying all that, I never got to go there as we had a limited budget so had to decide on one state to visit. We chose QLD and visited Brisbane, Noosa & Airlie Beach where we went on a boat trip to GBR, fantastic experience!!! We also went to Steve Irwins Australia Zoo which we also loved. Despite our love of theme parks we never made it to Dreamland, etc. but will do when we eventually move there for good.

Gaz loves nature, wildlife, oceana, etc. and I like them but love surfy beaches and the nice laid back feeling of the city so it is just a great place to live for us with so many things to do that we love. We've two sons aged 14 and 3. Oldest will be going to Uni when he leaves high school and there seems to be a good choice, youngest - well at the moment he just likes the kangaroos, the beaches, all the nice clean playgrounds everywhere and the artificial lagoons. I wish I was 3!!!

Gaz keeps seeing Perth on tv and saying "Perth looks really nice you know" but I have to just ignore him, I don't want to be in the dilema that you're in!

Well that's what I liked about Brissie, QLD but I'm sure there's plenty of people who love Perth & WA.

Happy New Year
Rachel

Ps are u chippy2 on austimeline?

chippy dave

Hello rach,

In answer to your question no i,m not chippy2 but i think i know who you mean,Although i hav,nt looked on timeline for a while now (i,m a bit fed up with waiting for something to happen) when it does it does.Glad your set on one area take my advice and don,t put another in the way it,ll give you a problem.

I know we could try one and if that dos,nt work for what ever reason try the other,but i don,t want to keep relocating our little girls are only 5 and 6 and we want them settled sooner rather than later.

dave


ps. whereabouts in manchester are you?

Gaz&Rach

Dave

I know what you mean about the kids settling. Now we've decided on Brissie we're in a dilema about which suburb! We didn't get much time to look round at various ones so we'll have to maybe rent Holiday accomodation for a couple of weeks before putting the kids in school. We dont want them to swap and change schools til we decide which suburb is best for us. I've been trying to find out about the schools in different areas as this will help us decide where to settle. Good schools are one of, if not the, most important factors, especially for our oldest son.

As for the waiting, well I keep getting stressed about it, then I realise I've got a lot more stress to come when we try to sell our house! So it's just not worth it.

I'm North Manc - dyu know Failsworth? Where are you?

Rachel

ABCDiamond

Have you any ideas on what part of Brisbane yet ? Inland, Bayside etc ?
When are you planning on arriving over here ?

vickymills

try

http://s6.invisionfree.com/BrisbaneB...ex.php?act=idx