Coppock

I know most of you already over there will say "work", but what if work wasn't an issue?

If you're already in aus, what made you choose your suburb?
If you're going to aus, what do you consider to be your main priorities in choosing a suburb, state or region???

. . . other than work.

Thanks!

welshthing

Hi we are in the process of applying and one of the reasons we chose our destination was based on the fact that we have some family there and of course there is a city nearby.

Steve

leigh&ivan

Hi

Take a look at http://www.livingin-australia.com
It gives profiles on Australian Cities, giving info on lifestyle, houses, climate, crime rate, population, economy etc..
See which one ticks all the boxes for you

Leigh

Coppock

Thanks, what suburb are you going to?

cheers for the web address, i've been on the site before but its been updated a lot since i was last on.

louise

Hi

We chose where we would like to live whilst on our Rekkie in 2005.

I used to live in Oz quite a long time ago so decided it was definitely the East coast for us.

Cheers

Louise

Kymus

We were in Oz 3 years ago & have just gone back for a month to pick a place before we move in October & we love the sunshine coast, very differant going to look this time though with eyes to live there but loved it even more, wew thought we would go to Noosa but have deceided on mooloolaba because its only a hour from Brisbane where we have frinds.

louise

We loved the sunshine coast too, mooloolaba was lovely, never got as far up as Noosa.

We've decided on Cleveland (or surrounding suburbs) we fell in love with it.

Louise

Kymus

Where is Cleveland? why did you choose here?

louise

Hi

Cleveland is in the "Bayside" Area, east/south east of the city.

When we were there Cleveland and the surrounding areas had such a feel good factor that we all liked.

We are obviously bound by my OH finding work, but this would be our 1st choice.

Louise

Kymus

cool sounds like as good a reason as any.

Coppock

so for the people that decided on a rekkie first, how did you decide what areas to visit? I have family in perth so feel compelled to visit there, but i think gold/sunshine coast would be more to my liking, but the SA has its good points, feel very spoilt with choice sometimes. What makes you decide where to check out in the first place?

cop3

Wow - thought I was seeing things when I saw your thread - we are also the Coppock family (living near Gainsborough, Lincs) and are hoping to move to Melbourne later this year. My OH has was born in Macclesfield and still has family there now.

In reply to your original question we went on a reccie in 2005 and visited Brisbane area and Melbourne - we loved them both but really felt at home in Melbourne especially along the Great Ocean Road and slightly inland in Ballarat.

Kymus

climate & good surf.

moneypenny20

We found it easier to rule places out and see what we ended up with. It was very easy in the end and we couldn't be happier with where we are

gedge

we chose a suburb that we thought would give us best options for getting to where we may end up working (in the city), as it turned out i got a job further out of the city so ended up commuting in the opposite direction to everyone else