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Originally Posted by mrbond (Post 7187012)

Thanks again. If you could PM me the managers email address that would be great.

Nothing ventured nothing gained as they say.

Cheers.

Absolutely :D

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Originally Posted by mrbond (Post 7176406)

Hi missmileyselina

Thanks for your post.

How do property prices fair with the other cities? Are they cheaper in comparison?

Are there any 'cad' areas in Darwin, places you'd not want to live?

What's the traffic like at peak times?

Thanks.

Hey, Im sorry for the delay in my reply! Property is quite expensive in Darwin and you get what you pay for - like anywhere else! for rentals, you have a lot of choice at this time of year and not so much in the dry season. Traffic is not bad AT ALL especially for me living in England and Sydney! Traffic is more laid back like Darwin living style generally. As for bad areas, people warned me about Palmerston (sorry poster who lives there!) when I first got here but I have friends who live there and I think its a really nice place. Sure it has bad parts, like any city does. The poster who said there are bad streets rather than bad parts of Darwin has hit the nail on the head. There are probably slightly dodgy parts of a few of the suberbs, but I wouldnt rule out any whole subrurb/part of darwin...
Hope this makes sense :0)

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Originally Posted by divaboy (Post 7174480)

A rough sort of plan was to be leaving perth May time up to broome which i've told will be full of work at that time or make may way to straight to darwin at roughly the given times you said .....

Is it a case of if you get there early it will easier to find a job but if you come mid season if you keep looking you'll find something ??

Really appreciate your opinions , like to have as much knowledge as possible before I embark on my travels :)

Hey, sorry for the delay!
There will be lots of casual work in Darwin June. Nice time to come too! Am jealous you will get to see Broome, I hear it is gorgeous and have not made it to WA yet.
I wouldnt worry too much about getting here for the start fo the dry season (especially if you ahve other plans en route!) as lots of casual workers dont stay for long hence the casual jobs keep coming up again all throughout the dry.
I hope you this helps :0)

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Originally Posted by missmileyselina (Post 7202935)

Thanks for the reply missmileyselina :-]

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Originally Posted by mrbond (Post 7204394)

Thanks for the reply missmileyselina :-]

No worries MrBond, I hope you continue to consider Darwin :0)

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Originally Posted by missmileyselina (Post 7169458)

Hello all considering becoming a Darwinite,

I am living and working in Darwin, thanks to an employer sponsorship and RSMS visa. Darwin is probably not for everyone but I love it here :0)

To me Darwin is a compromise, because it is not as busy or hectic as a usual City (Sydney, Brisbane etc) it has a part City feel and part feel of a small coastal town on the Coast. If I like the feel of a small coastal town why didnt I settle in one? Well I tried and couldnt find work, but I could in Darwin. There is not as much work as in the other cities (Sydney, Brisbane etc) because it is not as big, and the wages arenâ€™t as good but I am willing to sacrifice that for the slower pace of life. As I said it is a compromise of small coastal town with no work, to big busy fast paced city with more choice and better paid jobs.

I do not work in IT but believe there to be plenty of work in that area, particularly with growing rural communities in the NT. The national job search websites tend to neglect the NT a bit and you may be best looking at NT news (the local paper which has a website) direct and also the NT government website www.nt.gov.au The government has a recruitment drive on themselves at the moment too.

The one down thing about living in Darwin (cos I am honest although bias cos I love it!) is it is a high standard of living. Rent is high, buying a car is more expensive and even general daily shopping seems higher, due to a lot of groceries being transported a fair way to reach us. So i guess this combined with lower wages could really put people off.

I guess it depends what you want as I am certainly comfortable financially, although wish I coudl be saving a bit more (but when and who doesnt?!) and I dont feel the pressures that I did when I was living and working in Sydney, people arent rushing around, people are laid back, friendly and say 'g'day!' when they pass you, we have the best sunsets in the dry season and the best storms in the wet season! Okay I will stop now as I am sounding bias again hehe...

If you want to ask me anything, feel free, as well as my current home being Darwin, I have lived in Coffs Harbour and Sydney, then also visited Brisbane n travelled the east coast (but those were as a tourist â€“ so had a different perspective), during my time in Australia and I am happy to help if I can :0)

Thanks for listening/reading guys. Have a good day :0)

I would be relocating to darwin shortly, probably in October. Where can i find cheap accomodation in Darwin and at what rate.. its just me n wife so a studio would do
thanks

Hi Flair
the bottom line for Darwin, and anywhere near, is there isn't cheap accommodation to be honest. It's the old story of not many houses and loads of people looking. A friend of mine was looking a couple of months ago and he was one of 32 looking at his flat and that was people waiting outside to go and look inside! Anyway the average rental in Palmerston Darwin is at least $450 a week. Check out www.eldersrealestate.com.au

Chris

We have just secured state sponsorship to Darwin, For last 6 months virtually nothing on it and all of a sudden everyone wants to go there. We leave in January so middle of wet season, figured if we like it at its worst then it can only get better. Been looking at properties in Fannie Bay, anyone living near there can give us a real review on the area??

Fannie Bay is a fabulous area to live with an appropriate price tag attached. I would live there in a heartbeat though I would be careful not to live to close to the shops.

Hi

there are some cheap ($300p/w) studios in the city - check out www.realestate.com.au

Not much more $ to get a 1 bed in parap, fannie bay, stuart park, coconut grove - which are all near to the city.

I agree with that fannie bay is a lovely area but I also tend to avoid the shops at night (great italian restaurant there tho).

There should be a lot of accommodation about in October as all the tourists will have left and 'the build up' will be starting, so any dry season only residents will be going/gone too.

Rent is high here and so what a lot of people do is share, including couples. You can get a nice 3 bed unit/house for 550-600 so it works out a lot cheaper. people do this in the city, the inner subrubs (mentioned above) and the northern suburbs. It is also a good way to make friends :)

If I can help with anything else, just gimme shout :thumbup:

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Originally Posted by Vicky88 (Post 7769031)

Fannie Bay is a fabulous area to live with an appropriate price tag attached. I would live there in a heartbeat though I would be careful not to live to close to the shops.

Ive been looking at a property in George Street right alongside the coast (from google it looks like it anyway). We hopefully will be earning good money too so it shouldnt be a problem, Besides I used to live in a 4 bed flat in central london, nothing can be as expensive as that!!!!