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hi

were in the process of looking at places in aus, considering adelaide as a possible. Any info on areas to look at and if adelaide. Is it a good location for a family, we have two boys 1 and 3 at the moment. So areas with good schools and parks would be places we would go for

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Hi there, a lot of people seem to be heading to Adelaide this year. If you do a search you should come up with loads of information.

Mrs G :thumbup:

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Here's a good thread on Adelaide to get you started :)

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=504349

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Hiya - we are also planning to live in Adelaide when we migrate sometime this year (am getting fed up with the wait though!)

I know there have been lots of posts about Adelaide and reading through them can be confusing when trying to pick an area to plan to move to (especially as we've never been and won't either til we get there!).

So....and sorry to hijack this post........I know this has already probably been done before but - for those of you who are familiar with Adelaide or who already live there....

If you want to be not too far from the centre (for work purposes - OH is a carpenter joiner), within a few miles to the beach, and in a pleasant area with a few shops - ie. not too quiet but not too hectic, where would you suggest. Or where would you definately recommend avoiding!

Thanks
Rachel

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As a carpenter you wouldn't need to be near to the centre as that is the Central Business District (CBD), where the offices etc are.

Anywhere should be OK if he's wanting to work in construction and if he's wanting industry (ie cabinetmaker or something) then he would probably be better looking North.

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Well said Mrs G, driving me nuts people keep asking the SAME question time and time again!! If you put Adelaide in the search all the threads will come up and will save us answering the same questions over and over and over!! :mad::mad:

Right rant over off to bed!! :D

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Adelaidebrits is a good site with loads of FAQ's and they mainly Adelaide bound on there.

We are also thinking of Adelaide for the quiet family life, the med type weather instead of the tropical, the cheap house prices, so on.

Tracey

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I've been busy doing some info on Adelaide Suburbs here: http://www.ozburbs.com/burbs/node/18

They're not all on there yet (I can only type so fast :D) so you'll have to keep checking back for more :)

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Thats fab Wendy - did I mention that I love you...:rofl:

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Sham

As I'm sure you can see - there are always New members (as are my Family & I) and we are all new to this - so obviously it's a whole new world for us! So naturally all of us are going to be asking these questions.

Where you not once in the same boat as us?

It is not done to irritate you - it's a matter of we are all just trying to find out about life in Australia - and just doing our research. Thought thats what these forums where for - for people to find out info about Immigrating?!?

Sorry our questions/posts irritate you:unsure:

NB* Wendy - Tx so much for all the friendly advice you have given us on the different threads/questions we have posted :)

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:unsure: Not sure about that beer now


:D
No problem :)

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Hi all,

I came to live in Adelaide in April 07. Even though I'd been here 7 years ago, things sure change!! Suburbs which I thought I'd like to live in, suddenly look so different and I guess I've changed too. Now I have a 5 year old and a husband who works in the city we needed a surburb with good train links and good schools. We also wanted to be by the sea, as that was our Aussie dream!
Hallett Cove is where we have put down our foundations and I can see myself living here for many years.
The best thing to do is come to Adelaide for a reccie or if thats not an option, spend sometime when you get here touring round and getting a feel for the different suburbs.
Good luck to all coming over.
Judi x

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I didn't mean to start anything here, I was just wanting to say to you that a lot of posts have been put on here recently about Adelaide. I want to go there too and I know I have found a lot of useful info from using the search.

Mrs G (who was signed in as the OH, oops!) :)

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Thanks everyone for your advice - and thanks Devonfamily for your comment too (I was a bit put off by a certain post on this thread - thought i'd keep quiet though as i'm quite new to this forum - i'll be braver next time!)

My OH and I decide on 3 or 4 areas to focus on as a result of some comments but then do a bit of research and find loads of negative points about them! Its a gamble when you go to somewhere completely new and have to settle and find work in a relatively short space of time - a reccie would be good but I'm not sure we'd find out enough about the place(s) to know if we'd want to live long term there - and we need to save every penny for the move!

Thanks guys - just want to repeat that this site is really helpful and keeping us motivated - now where is our bl**dy case officer!!

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The best thing to do is to rent until you are sure where you want to be. You'll probably know within 6 months of getting here where that is :)

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we are looking to rent after the first month (first month being our 'holiday' which might be either a luxury house with great pool and balcony near a beach etc... or a campervan!) but are planning to take at least one of our dogs with us so we'll be limited. OH wants to buy a big plot of land and build me a house - which will probably result in me living on a building site for a good couple of years so if i at least get the location right then it won't be all bad!!!

Just one question though (and sorry if its been asked before - he he ) - where can we search for rental properties and specify a pool and pets allowed. Any secret amazing property websites around - i've exhausted realestate.com.au....?

Wendy - your website re. adelaide suburbs is great - spot on for what we want to know.

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If you tell the agents that it's an outside dog, you'll be fine ;) Most Aussies have a dog, so it's nothing new to most landlords.

I don't know of any sites that let you search for a pool, but there is www.domain.com.au

Glad you like my suburb list, makes it worthwhile :)

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I reckon we'll be either delivering bottles of Champagne & Chocs to Wendys doorstep when we get there - or inviting her to a bbq to say "Thanks for All your Invaluable help"!

Wendy - you are one really great person you know! Yep I know we all just liase through this forum - but nothing is ever a hassle for you - you just seem to jump up and come to everyones aide with loads and loads of info and very good advice!

I have to say "Thank you so much" from us as a Family :):thumbsup:

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No problem, I know where to look for stuff so it's pretty easy.

Now stop it :frown: you're making me blush :o:D

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Check out this website - it is excellent.

http://www.adelaide-brits.com/forum/...bb7b854eb3612d


If you go into the reading room and archives gves a rundown of most suburbs.

http://z2.invisionfree.com/Adelaideb...?showforum=208

:thumbsup:

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Wendy is really lovely in person too,:wub: & you can always rely on her for decent advise, sadly you do get people who come on the BE, & say this question has been asked before, click on search, it might have been asked 1 million times before, but it wasn’t asked by you, so when you are new, you don’t know, so my suggestion to you newbie's is, please don’t get intimidated by people who don’t want to help you here, there are loads who will help you with your questions, because we all have been in the same positions as you are right now before we did the move, sadly some us forget it very quickly.
As I always say if you dont have anything nice to say dont say anything at all. :p

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Hi there Devon Family

I will be more than happy to help you as I too live in one of those 3 areas you have been looking at :thumbsup: i dont post that often on here for various reasons too :blink: there are certain people who post who i find rather rude and annoying..............but anyway I have been here just over 2 years now and life really is fantastic overe here but like you said we were all newbies once! I would be more than happy to help answer any questions you might have. :D

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Peoples lack of patience also drive me nuts - i agree there's loads of information out there but sometimes the amount of information is positively overwhelming and, as most of it's based on personal opinion, i don't think people can be blamed for asking for different views. If you're fed up reading it, then don't bother; I see you're already settled in Adelaide, enough said:frown:

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Here, here!

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Hi All,

Thats one thing I have noticed on this forum is that there are so many friendly and helpful people on here - which totally outweighs the odd person that is negative.

Stumlbing across this BE Forum has been brilliant for us as a family and we have found out absolutely loads of information already about immigrating to Adelaide - thanks to the really friendly people on here. Wendy has been great along with loads of other people (sorry I have got a memory like a sieve - so can't remember all the screen names). But Dave & I are very grateful for the help we have had from here.

We were referred to Immigration Agents in London 2 days ago - who put us in touch with an Independant Immigration Advisor - who is originally from Australia. He phoned us back this afternoon - as was very positive about our prospects. He will be phoning us back probably Monday with some more info ref my OH's Career and the points systems (he's a "Procurement Manager" in the Aerospace Industry). He reckons there are very good prospects for OH (Career wise) in Adelaide as there is a huge demand for his skills as per the CIPSA in Aussie.

Well once again tx to all you friendly folk on here who have come to our help as a family and for all the invaluable info you'v given us. It is so nice to know there are still such friendly and kind people in this world! :)

nite nite:D

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Hi Zedlee,

welcome to the forum!! :) There are some real nice parts to Adelaide but I think that you can't beat living in the Adelaide Hills. The scenery is stunning, schools are good, wineries everywhere, half an hour from the city, excellent place to raise a family, amazing wildlife, the locals are cool and house prices are realistic.

Here's a couple of links:

http://www.visitadelaidehills.com.au/home.asp

http://www.adhills.com.au/

http://www.adelaidehillswine.com.au/

http://www.southaustralia.com/AdelaideHills.aspx

Good luck,

Dave. :thumbup: