Originally Posted by bruce n sheila

Do your friends live in rockingham !! Obviously they like quantity not quality if they shop in red dot . If they have that much money I guess they are tight penny pinchers I have a few relatives like that ! They are Jewish infact .

Originally Posted by Japonica

My in-laws, between property and savings, are worth almost two million. That said, my sister-in-law still shops at Red Dot and will drive twenty minutes past the local shops to save $2 on a tub of yoghurt elsewhere. Both have high paying jobs (one is FIFO for the past decade, the other is a senior-level government worker). They own property all over the place (bought long before the boom). I don't think I'd consider either of them bogans. There are people who truly have money who still shop in discount stores. That's probably part of their fiscal plan over the past decade that helped them acquire as much wealth as they did.

Everyone has their own opinion, obviously, but the world is not as black and white as it appears. And as for, "If you on here are likening yourselfs and want to achieve being proud to be bogan then enjoy !!!!" I can't speak for others, but my point is that because someone shops at IKEA or Target, or lives in a certain neighborhood, it doesn't necessarily make them a bogan. It's all too easy to slap labels on people...

I'd like to chat about this more, but I've got to get going on my application for my postgraduate coursework. Some of my friends say go for that PhD but I'm not sure. I think I'll go ask my fellow bogans what they think...

Originally Posted by saintstu

I'm moving to Perth (from Brighton) in less than 4 weeks, and I can't wait.

Now I know it's got an Ikea, I'm even happier.

Only one thing could make it perfect... Does the Ikea in Perth sell the £1 HotDogs?

Originally Posted by bruce n sheila

Hi I have been here for 8 weeks now when I first arrived was pretty amaze by the weather the friendliness the gala parrots , the great v8 cars I have been to oz before not Perth why we chose perth I do not know , everyone kept selling it to us , we are from Bournemouth Dorset is busy place with a beautiful beach however wanted a new start and weather , and hopefully better life style,

when we came ON HOLIDAY 4 years ago we went to Queensland , Adelaide , Cairns , and Sydney , I would say sydney is busier nice expensive for property near the city ,

Brisbane is a lovely set out city great lagoon in the middle great shops, beaches are north or south i felt north was dated apart from noosa which is $$$ , south tacky(sufers typical of a benidorm beach with skyscrapers , byron great .

then my view of Adelaide very much like England in the city , great beaches , Pretty much dead , not great job prospects , booooooooooooooorrrrrrrring ,

Cairns We loved the great tropical feel lagoon , so much for kids along the front , kurunda typical hippy markets new age stuff quirky .......I liked the old railway that goes around the mountain , and barron water falls stunning, the drive to port douglas is stunning .........................then we come on to perth , we took a gamble and moved somewhere we have never been ,some may say brave some may say daft.........well so far I can honestly say to live here near civilisation up near the city or fremantle which is a great place small but great , costs alot of wonga , near the city you have the quirky old style houses with jarra floors , build to english standards in the 30's yeh these are near shops , life and cafes and restaurants pubs in mt lawley mt hawthorn subiaco ...................talking mega money some little houses up in the 1/2 MILLION mark , some are 700,000 dollars if your lucky , rentals typical 4 bed 650 a week plus......................we want to move nearer the city as currently we live in bogansville , and slate me if you want , rockingham may be 36 minutes drive from the city but it is the most boring place ever ....south if your not sure where , schools here are full of feral kids , and by the way if you have kids , if you move to any suburb not around the city send your kids to private catholic or lutheran schools they average about £50 a week schools are amazing compared to state run schools,my eldest boy despite him having a tattoo at 16 and a tounge piercing a typical tall justin bieber lookalike , he could not stand one day at the state high school here in rockingham..... unless your in a suburb like applecross rossmoyne willeton subiaco (perth modern ) all these have good reputations , suburbs closer to the city are more $$ ........but in life you get what you pay for ,

Rockingham is for old people who want to sit by their pool read a book feed ducks in the many surrounding lakes..also it is full of bogans well i will define the ozzy slang for you , full of feral kids, funny looking people I personally think they are imbreds with 6 toes so many bogans live for quantity not quality

I have a neighbour who stuck his head over the fence , saying my pool is better than your pooL And my cinema room makes your looks silly I was trying not to laugh , as I am renting my hovel for $500 a week a thrown up house yes with pool etc , but what shit TUST ME ...and for some messy haired imbred thinks he has it all , they are the type of people to when they have money keep their holden and do it up get a nice new exhaust on it instead of upgrading to a bmw lets say bogans like to live in their confort zones and like buying shit ....Rockingham well I live here as i secured a rental at the time had no idea on areas so i am trying to just give you my feelings on the experience so far .......hopefuly i will get out of my lease as so many problems with house .

...perth is not really for someone from the uk who likes shopping pubs , and a fun life UNLESS YOU LIVE NEAR FREO OR THE CITY ...........I also like to chill dont get me wrong but here where I am its hang your self or poke your eyes out boredom

I remember reading british expats before I moved seeing posts like perth is boring , I thought yeh yeh bullshit , I bet there is lots over there I read replies perth is not boring it is only boring if you are a boring person , ok i will agree perth is boring if you are in suburbia otherwise it is pretty great but pricey I did think when reading b ex pats before .moving on to other areas of perth

secret habour is stunning beautiful houses , but again miles form civilisation , stepford wives ..........mandurah beautiful foreshore pelicans great dome restaurant ................ok to visit !!! .has to be boring to live
north of the city is nice cottesloe beach is a busy beautiful beach not far from fremantle .ocean reef is ok .......well further north you go it gets to be very british rougher , we stayed in connolly for the first three weeks and i would say joondalup is as british as rockingham .especially in areas of butler , always the english who start a fightin the pubs up there !! ..all areas are suburbs like little housing estates which i detest , i used to live on a council estate a while ago , and it reminds me of a community estate , the houses nearer the city some are on stream tree lined roads just beautiful ,apple cross is just beautiful ............

All these built up new housing estates are rubbish still expensive houses thrown up not built to last , and so much building still going on , this place has the weather .....it is spread out over a large area ........beaches are stunning especially rottnest island it has to be one of the best beaches I have ever been to the sea is turquoise and see through...and I would say it is better than whitehaven beach on the whitsundays queensland..................personally all i can see australia has to offer is better weather ....food is about the same if you shop around , coles and woolworths are like tesco and asda, super iga is like sainsburys prices ..........over all about the same for food and eating out as was back in the uk ...houses to buy are more expensive for what they are may have garage pool etc but slung together .............rent is not cheap if anything i find it expensive .........depends on suburb tho .........when i get out of port kennedy rockingham i may have more of a positive view on perth but for now ...........so so ..............hubby earns alot more here so thats good .................any questions just ask as i am sat here bored on my bed looking out the window at ducks !! ....wishing I was somewhere I can go and sit like a pub garden and have a good old laugh .........

Originally Posted by mrs i

Have you been around all the areas in rockingham to pick a place to rent or buy?rockingham is a big place and there's lots nice streets here.I live in a lovely place in rockingham with great neighbours.some streets are rough but it's like that everywhere,uve just got to do ur homework and find a nice street.when I was looking to rent and then buy a house I looked in the free weekly paper how many crimes and what crimes where comitted in each suburb.!! I rented for 6 months.which gave me enough time to get a bit of a feel for places and then bought.if you really hate rockingham why don't you look on the real estate on the internet to see if you like any rentals maybe up closer to Perth where there will probably be more going on.x

Originally Posted by Weebie

If I lived in Rockingham my friends would disown me. Snobbish yes but Perth is Snobbish.

Originally Posted by Weebie

The second largest Ikea in world.

Originally Posted by Weebie

If I lived in Rockingham my friends would disown me. Snobbish yes but Perth is Snobbish

Rockingham is an awful area. Not only will you live in a shit dangerous area but another factor is that the locals won't respect you or even associate with you. Could be worse could be in Mandurah.

If you don't have many Aussie friends and live in these areas you now know why.
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Originally Posted by Weebie

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I"m from Perth and this is fairly accurate.

I own a home in Wembley but currently live in City Beach (actually i'm currently in Vancouver for a another day looking for work) lol But as soon as I can't afford in these nice areas I'm moving to a new city.

Like I've said in other posts status here is everything. You might have a bigger house in the Outer suburbs or making loads more money than back home but the locals are still laughing.

There is an actual facebook page which takes the piss out of all the Brits who live in the Nothern Surbubs.

Originally Posted by Dorothy

What? You truly are an idiot if you think Perth's IKEA is the second largest in the world.