cranni

Perth is a lovely City.
But we love Bunbury, settled and happy here, but love our trips to Perth.
I have never felt Isolated, I do feel a long long way from home, but I would feel that anywhere in Oz.
Tis is home now, forever I hope.
Denise

asher

hey just a quick query

why is Canberra never defended in these posts? or even mentioned is it a ghost town or is it just that it doesn't appeal to migrants?

penky

Went to Canberra once (supposed to be for a few days) stayed for 3 hours got back on the train & left!!

aston man

perth is for boring people like me...

i get so bored looking out my window at ,well...i am not going to bore you any more,,,

i get so bored looking at my local waterfall.....and driving up my boring mountain everyday ,bores my shitless..

people here are so weired,there so strange ....i have found,why do they invite you so freely into their houses,strange fluckers,and why do they have barbies in mid winter,nutters......please get me out of here.....

i long for those walks to my old local shop to barge passed all those pricks in hoodies..
i miss coranation street and dead enders,i miss pork pies and cornish pasties,fish and chips,black puddin....

worzel

"Last edited by aston man : Today at 3:34 am."

Did you stay up late or get up early to write that???? Villa aren't in the Champions League are they or are you a closet Man U fan

themerlin

Melbourne won't be bigger for much longer

Shakmaty

Why didn't you address "better"?

So how soon will it take for Brisbane to double the size of it's population and catch up with Melbourne, then?

themerlin

Well they sat it will overtake it in 20 years

better? Well it's warmer, horses for courses and all that .

People get very defensive about there new chosen city don't they .

ACE

I am with you AZ, this place kick ass.


To OP
We love it here we live South of Mandurah in Port Bouvard and although it would not be everyones cup of tea it is a beautiful area with fantastic beaches, canals, the estuary, loads of open space, plenty of wildlife, and a warm and friendly community, heaps of sporting and recreational clubs, great restaurants, the Margaret River wine region is only an hour or so away and my boys go to a fantastic school which is a three minute down the hill.

As far as being over run with Brits is concerned I don't have any British neighbours, my children don't have any British friends (at school), my husband doesn't work with any Brits (oil industry) and I know of only one brit at work (private high school). However, I am proud to say that we have some great British mates whom I consider to be close friends as well as some close Ozzie, Kiwi and South African friends.

In my previous life as a singer/actress I worked and lived in dozens of countries worldwide and I can honestly say for me this place is the best, I feel lucky to be able to bring my children up here. I personally found the Gold Coast to be a bit tacky and full on but some people love it. If you prefer a quieter, slower pace of life and want a nice place to raise your children then maybe Mandurah is for you, if you like a livelier life and envisage yourself regularly traveling interstate then I would say definitely stick to the eastern states. Think about whether you prefer a seasonal climate, more typical of Perth, cool wet winters with dry hot summers or if you prefer a more tropical climate with dry warm winters and high humidity in the summer months. More importantly consider where your best work prospects would be, if you work in oil, gas, mining etc then I would say the west coast is the place to be. The wages being paid in the resources sector are just ridiculous at the moment. I am not saying that money is everything but if you have given up a good standard of living in the Uk most people want to be able to achieve at least that here and lets face it anywhere sucks if you are stone broke. I don't really know what the boom sectors are over east but someone on here should be able to set you straight.

Anyway good luck.
ACE

Shakmaty

"They"?
Agreed

I'm not defensive, but certainly would consider myself an advocate for Melbourne, I absolutely love the place. To me it doesn't matter about the comparable sizes of Melbourne and Brisbane, it was you that made the point and I was just wondering how it was to be achieved

movin'on

Thanks Ace
This is the kind of info I'm looking for!

themerlin

read / heard about it a few time. Then again Australia is the land of misleading statistics

themerlin

Not you, people in general, even if they have only lived in the place for a few days

Funny though reading a lot of posts on here, loads people seem to love Perth / Brisbane at first and get bored, not really seen the same in Melbourne, maybe that says something.

BrisbaneBound2008

I agree!!!! Sharks are so misunderstood and vitally important to the planet and our survival - esp in terms of global warming but no-one tells us about that! Saw the most amazing documentary the other day at an Adventure Film Festival - Sharkwater. Got me angry, made me cry, really motivated me to see things in a different light! Just watch the trailer on the homepage of the website...
www.sharkwater.com

Not sure when its out in UK or OZ but doing rounds in US at the moment.

cranni

Looks Amazing, would love to see it.
Denise