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Re: Considering Brisbane??

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Originally Posted by heilel (Post 10356764)

I recently (about 2 months ago) moved to Brisbane from the UK with my wife and 2 young kids and work in Toowong.
I settled on living in Taringa, which is fairly pricey, but seeing as I can walk to to work I haven't bothered buying a car yet and when I DO get a car, I won't be using it for commuting, so will save lots of money that way.
Taringa, Indooropilly and their surrounding areas are lovely and loads of facilities and very good schools as well.
That and there's loads of public transport to wherever you want to get to as well. The city centre is very close and accessible.

I agree. The train, citycat, busses and major bikeway from Toowong make the city very accessible. The area also has some of the cities best schools, some great streets with lovely old character homes, the university, mt coot-tha, pubs, cafes, shops etc. It is a great area of Brisbane imo but would need more info to know if it was right for you...note that Brisbane is a river city, not a beach city, so if you love the beach I wouldn't recommend it, except maybe redcliffe.

Re: Considering Brisbane??

Hi,I'm also new to the forum
Me an my husband are trying to make our way out there we are finding it difficult to settle on a place to go. we originally was settling on Perth until we got told it's not good at the moment for bricklayers so I'm just wondering if this is the case all over Australia,iv read the above and noticed brisbane is looking quite promising,we also have children to think about so good parks and schools so we can settle in and make new friends and meet other families
Any suggestions would be great
Thanks

Re: Considering Brisbane??

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Originally Posted by Dominich1981 (Post 10365483)

Hi Dominich1981 and welcome to the forum. :)

I hate to put a downer on things but do you have a visa or do you know if you entitled to one?

Have a look here, which will give you a start. Apologies if you have the visa side of things sorted. If you do, if you let us know what sort of visa you have / are applying for, we can help you further.

See how you go. If you get stuck you can ask question in this forum. Good luck.

Enjoy B.E. :)

Re: Considering Brisbane??

Hi,we have passed the point scheme,we are wanting to start the process soon as but my wife is wanting to find a suitable place to go first where's there work an also schools,
With the visa side would you suggest going with a company or doing it yourself ?