Dorothy

My bloody dog ate a giant hole in my new cable knit sweater, too. I nearly froze to death taking him for a walk at 6 am.

Paul & June

Dorothy, Oz, is your dog called Toto ?

Buzzy--Bee

Don't be silly. Why would anyone name their dog after a 1980s progressive rock band?



Buzzy

Dorothy

His name is Moose in honour of our Canadian heritage.
I didn't call our dog toto, but I do have a pair of sparkly red CFM shoes.

fnord

Hi,

I've been in the Gold Coast, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Sydney and I vote for the Gold Coast. Melbourne's weather is far too unstable. Compared with London weather london feels beautifully stable. Melbourne can be 40 degrees (and I'm not exagerating) and in 30 minutes can be 18 C . You can be in the beach and be suddenly faced with sand blast (which 2 local teenager girls were very wary of and adviced us against it). I went there in January and It felt very cold in the morning so we couldn't use the swimming pool in the early morning (which I very much like doing). Oh! and the flyes... they are so aggresive.... You really need to carry around: shorts, long trousers, jumper and a jacket in case the weather changes for no reason. I heard Perth can be pretty hot and dry so it depends what you really like. The Gold Coast is beautiful it is hot but you have the breeze from the sea and is not too expensive to live near the beach (like in Sydney where I'll be moving) I really don't understand how some people can be so biased towards Melbourne. Good luck with your decision

Fnord's Wife.

Paul & June

Don't forget Perth has been renowned to have the most sunshine out of all them. Perth get's flies too thou.

Blossom

Didn't you know you're not allowed to say that Melbourne gets cold, it offends some people!

hantsfamily1

And thus someone who has been there enough times to know that its cold in my opinion.

The Crow

How long did you LIVE in Melbourne for? Summers generally range from 28oC-42oC - which is pretty cold for sure

The Crow

It doesn't offend - it's just stupid. It's mid-winter and 15oC - yes, that's cold up to some parts of Australia - but hardly freezing. The bonus of having a 'winter' is having skiing (though it hasn't even been cold enough in the alpine regions to produce any snow yet).

MattW82

15 degrees in the middle of winter is exceptionally warm in comparison to the UK. Hell, it's barely warmer than that today and we're now officially in summer! Mid winter we often get days where is doesn't get above 0.

tonychef

well if i had your choice i would go to melbourne ( fantastic city ) having been to all the cities and stayed them for at least a month, my choice would be

1st melbourne ( very european and great social life )
2nd sydney ( love to visit but still fantastic)
3rd adalaide ( could live there but cold in winter, so is melbourne)
4th brissy ( never thought of living there but still good)
5hth darwin ( just australian, live life to the full but no jobs for me )
6th perth ( MMMMm )

and its not the gateway to coral bay( to expensive and a tourist trap ) which is a 3 day drive , if you go a little further north you will find
exmouth and the cape range national park ( which is paradise )

Blossom

Yes but don't forget once you have acclimatised yourself to the heat, the winter months do feel cold.

On my return to the UK I didn't feel the cold for a couple of years but now my body has adjusted to the temperatures over here, I now feel cold when everybody else feels freezing.

Thus when living in mid NSW, on my visits to Melbourne the temperature was a lot colder than that I was used to, hence to me I felt freezing cold in Melbourne during mid winter!

breezeboylan

It was our reason for picking Perth and have no regrets at all To us the climate was vital in our choice of country/state.
Tracie