Far Fae Hame

I will be coming to stay in approx. 2-3 months.
I have the option of anywhere in Aus to stay but we have narrowed it down to Brisbane or Perth, purely on what people we have met or stay in Australia have said and advised us?

Work wise it does not matter where I am based.
I have two teenage children Girl 14 and Boy 13.

What are the pros and cons? What would you recommend if you were to start on your voyage again?

All honest help would be greatly appreciated.

shade8

Hi
I came to Perth when mine were 4-8 and enjoyed every minute of living here great for a young family.Would I do it diffrent if starting again maybe especally witht eh kdis been older more to do in Brisbane or more Gold coast way.Plus a lot easier and cheaper to travel tot he other states.Not cheap from Perth.Are the kids looking forward to coming over?Good luck.

Elvira

Brissy.

definitely!

Far Fae Hame

Not sure if the kids are more scared than us, but we are all looking forward to just getting going :scared:

We have friends of friends and some work mates in both areas and they all swear by their own areas, which I suppose is to be expected

So its nice to get a neutral point of view?
My wife and I are coming over for a scouting mission, but we have only two weeks and we know it won't be enough, but we have to start somewhere!

Hopefully we will get it right?

shade8

Also consider where you will get work.No point I.T coming to Perth I would say.
www.seek.com.au

Amazulu

This topic divides a load of people on this site & generates a lot of debate! I think Brisbane is a craphole & much prefer Perth. For me Perth offers the ability to earn a good income & a great lifestyle. Renth put it perfectly recently when he said you either 'get' Perth or you don't. I get it, for others it's different.

Far Fae Hame

Work is not in the equation as I will be commuting back and forth to it anyway.

It is purely for the lifestyle aspect espescially for the kids

Far Fae Hame

I see where you are coming from

As I said in the initial post as expected, most people plump for their home place

I just wondered what attracted some to Brissy and some to Perth.
Is it for example the climate? The activities? etc............

A simple opinion was what I was looking for and at no time did I want to split or cause any hassle to anyone :scared:

Cheers

Lord Pom Percy

Neither, why do poms think Perth or brisbane are the only two places in OZ .

mand8002

I would say Brisbane but there again that is where we live and we love it. I had a place offered at universities in both places so could choose and we chose Brisbane due to Perth being more isolated from other places and also because there was a chance my husband could get some contract work with a company in Sydney.
I would love to visit Perth one day though and see what it is that people like about it.

Pootle

Melbourne of course!!

movetoperth

I can't comment on Brisbane as i have never been firther than the airport and that was 20odd years ago, but i do love Perth or "get it" as someone else said.

I like the climate, reatively low humidity, dry heat, cooling sea breezes. I would like the winter nights to be warmer but well they are no where near as cold as when i was a kid in scotland so i shouldn't moan.
I like the veriety of things we can do as a family, mainly outdoor activities.
The friendliness, the relaxed lifestyle, the fact that it is very family orientated.

But you could say most of these things about many aussie cities, sometimes its just down to fate, if you feel a pull towards one or the other even if you can't justify it maybe you should throw caution to the wiond and go for it.

Lynn

Bordy

Whatever floats your boat Lynn.

kiwichild

The only drawback to Brissy is it can get quite hot and humid during summer. It gets hot in perth too but not anywhere near as humid.

Brisbane has a pulse of life (which perth really lacks) and people are generally far more friendly, outgoing and chatty than perthites.

Personally I probably wouldn't choose either to live in tho, but if I had to make a choice it would definitely be in favour of Brisbane.

Jimclevs

Hi

.................. in that case............ Sydney

Jim