First hand experience of Benowa
Feb 3rd 2006, 5:28 pm
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First hand experience of Benowa
Hi, does anyone have first hand experience of Benowa on the Gold Coast.
My wife has a job offer and we aim to be there the middle of March and will obviously need to live in that area or close by. We are interested in comments on Benowa State School, Pindara Private Hospital and housing etc.
We spent a month on the Gold coast in Dec 2004 and are going back with 136 skilled independent - visas.
My wife has a job offer and we aim to be there the middle of March and will obviously need to live in that area or close by. We are interested in comments on Benowa State School, Pindara Private Hospital and housing etc.
We spent a month on the Gold coast in Dec 2004 and are going back with 136 skilled independent - visas.
Feb 3rd 2006, 6:43 pm
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Re: First hand experience of Benowa
Originally Posted by neil248
Hi, does anyone have first hand experience of Benowa on the Gold Coast.
My wife has a job offer and we aim to be there the middle of March and will obviously need to live in that area or close by. We are interested in comments on Benowa State School, Pindara Private Hospital and housing etc.
We spent a month on the Gold coast in Dec 2004 and are going back with 136 skilled independent - visas.
My wife has a job offer and we aim to be there the middle of March and will obviously need to live in that area or close by. We are interested in comments on Benowa State School, Pindara Private Hospital and housing etc.
We spent a month on the Gold coast in Dec 2004 and are going back with 136 skilled independent - visas.
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Feb 5th 2006, 12:13 pm
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Re: First hand experience of Benowa
Originally Posted by Jonahs_mummy
Please check my website - in the store is a great free download of a suburb guide for the Gold Coast. You want page 6. Lots of other info on their too - have a gander!
http://www.goldcoastsmile.com/smile_store.htm
http://www.goldcoastsmile.com/smile_store.htm
Feb 5th 2006, 10:30 pm
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Re: First hand experience of Benowa
Originally Posted by neil248
Thankyou, your website has some good links. It looks like Benowa is not a hotspot destination for expats !
It's not mate, but 10 minutes in most directions there's stacks of decent and not so decent spots.
It really is worth getting a holiday rental (from memory, Broad beach is good for these) on the Coast when you arrive and do the rounds in a car.
Search on here for posts about the GC and also specific suburbs.
Paul.
Feb 6th 2006, 4:29 pm
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Re: First hand experience of Benowa
Originally Posted by diddy
It's not mate, but 10 minutes in most directions there's stacks of decent and not so decent spots.
It really is worth getting a holiday rental (from memory, Broad beach is good for these) on the Coast when you arrive and do the rounds in a car.
Search on here for posts about the GC and also specific suburbs.
Paul.
It really is worth getting a holiday rental (from memory, Broad beach is good for these) on the Coast when you arrive and do the rounds in a car.
Search on here for posts about the GC and also specific suburbs.
Paul.
Feb 6th 2006, 7:16 pm
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Re: First hand experience of Benowa
Originally Posted by neil248
Thanks for that paul. We will be taking a holiday let for a few weeks and will look very carefully at where we live. Any chance of being a bit more specific about Benowa as my wife will definately be working there. I realise that your opinion of a place may not be the same as someone else but more detail would be welcome.
Claire
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Feb 6th 2006, 7:17 pm
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Re: First hand experience of Benowa
Originally Posted by Jonahs_mummy
Hi Neil - just realised who your OH is!
Claire
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Feb 6th 2006, 7:19 pm
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Re: First hand experience of Benowa
Originally Posted by mandi248
Feb 6th 2006, 10:08 pm
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Re: First hand experience of Benowa
Originally Posted by neil248
Thanks for that paul. We will be taking a holiday let for a few weeks and will look very carefully at where we live. Any chance of being a bit more specific about Benowa as my wife will definately be working there. I realise that your opinion of a place may not be the same as someone else but more detail would be welcome.
I like living right on the coast, even it if means sacrificing a bigger house in the suburbs.
Paul.
