Beoz

Not sure where in Australia you are referring to. I live within 9km of Sydney CBD and my son plays or trains for football (soccer to avoid weirdo AFL confusion) 5 times a week mostly on astro turf however his home ground Saturday games are on grass. We live 5 mins from a surf beach. No snakes or spiders at his football. You sure you have the right information there?

the troubadour

far more kids outside in UK at least when I lived there than in Australia. What age are we talking? Stranger danger is huge here to the extent that young children are usually not allowed to play outside house confines without a parent present.

the troubadour

Who knows? Probably higher in inner city. But whatever foreigners being allowed to purchase houses distorts the market and encourages money laundering at the very least. Try buying a house in China.

Beoz

Do us all a favour. Refer to Perth rather than Australia.

Beoz

Alrighty then.

brits1

Wash your mouth lol it’s Football we always called in football while in Aus if anyone said anything it we still said football and Not Aussie No Rules (our nickname for AFL. Off subject now but Inwould like to add that I am sooooo chuffed for my team Manchester City FC world war three may happen when we verse (cannot even bring myself to type it but….here goes ) Man Utd (my DH is a red😳) in the FA cup (our boys are blues and will be going to Wembley) but my DH and I will be in Bulgaria (maybe a good thing lol) but just a shout out to all the “Football Fans in a Australia keeping the Faith in the beautiful game.

the troubadour

I live close to CBD and it would prove hard to find a rental. Perhaps if lucky a share house but probably not as many these days as in previous times . Of course you could be lucky. A Back packer that stayed by us for a short time, found buying a camper van the best option. There are free camp grounds around the metro area but not entirely attracting the best of people . Lots of drug manufacturing in inner city so many places are taken by a certain clientele.
Obviously you could get lucky in finding a place just may need to search further out.

the troubadour

WestHam and Tottenham coming to Perth in July. Plan to see them. Would prefer to see Liverpool though.

the troubadour

It's far removed from being alright but that is the course that the country has taken.

Moses2013

Not Perth but this must be one of those modern suburbs in Australia . It seems the gardens are really smaller these days and those who have a large garden are only focused on their lawn.
Where is the biodiversity they always talk about? It's great they don't want to sell, they could at least plant a few trees. Story is from last year so no idea if they still held on to it.
https://www.news.com.au/finance/defi...3495432c92142a

Beoz

Surprised it hasn't been compulsory purchased. Oh wait, new government in NSW that don't promote people's freedoms as much as the former lot. Watch this space. Mind the pun.

brits1

OMG Liverpool …you have lost all my respect now lol it should be good though seeing Spurs and the Hammers play, we once watched Wolves play in Perth and it was just great to watch an English team play in Aus especially in Perth.

brits1

reminds me if when we first built in Canning Vale)in Perth) it was mainly very large homesteads, a few garden centres and mainly semi rural hence why we bought and fast forward within a couple of years most sold and it became a very built up area at first it was not so bad as the land was sold with large blocks but as the land became more expensive the developers charge more for much smaller blocks and houses became very close to each other (one of the reasons we moved…again)

the troubadour

House across the road from me has a rental sign outside. Just waiting to see if a repeat of last two times tenures are repeated. Both those included constant closed blinds, seldom going out and alleged illegal practices.

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