Originally Posted by wombat42

with a population a one million it is not too crowded or too much traffic. The beaches are nice, such as Glenelg and for swimming, but the waves are too small for surfing. There are atractive hills surrounding the city which have many national parks for bushwalking etc. Also houses are alot cheaper then Sydney and Melbourne.
Before you pack your bags l now have the downside ... adelaide also has the highest number of people over 60 in the country or retirees, which makes some people see Adelaide as one large boring retirement villiage. Also there is a very high youth unemployment rate and the general unemployment rate is aslo alot higher then the rest of the county.
Many skilled and educated young people leave to state to find employment.

Originally Posted by wombat42

some people see
Adelaide as one large boring retirement villiage.

Originally Posted by janeyray

I loved the lovely German type village in the hills!

Originally Posted by sackofspuds

I imagine that living somewhere like Exeter in Devon is about as similar as you could get in the UK to living somewhere like Adelaide.

Originally Posted by gdcollectables

Hi Janeyray

(sorry sackofspuds) I think the German Village is Hahndorf!

Lots of German influenced, shops, beers, foods, etc.

Originally Posted by bridiej

Tracy, have you been over to http://s2.invisionfree.com/Adelaidebrits/

Originally Posted by gdcollectables

Hi Janeyray

(sorry sackofspuds) I think the German Village is Hahndorf!

Lots of German influenced, shops, beers, foods, etc.

Originally Posted by alinora9

Hi this is a great thread finally found some people talking lenghty about Adelaide.My family and i are intending to go to adelaide and all the research i have done is spot on .What you have all said is everything i have found out, but i didn,t know about the old folk but hey we live in worthing so we are use to that and i don,t think this is bad.In the uk we work all hours and i think most of us want some piece and time with family and Adelaide to me doesn,t sound boring, i for one wouldn,t want to move to a place that was hectic, been there done that. Its time for the kids and what a place to bring them up god i hope we get there must keep this thread going to share our points.

I have looked into mount barker area they seem to be developing it alot, when you say shops what scale are we talking about? I am thinking jobs !!!

Thanks Tracy

Originally Posted by wombat42

l lived in Adelaide for 18 years and moved recently to the west coast of Victoria. The thing l miss most about Adelaide is the Fantastic weather, it is almost perfect, except during summer you might get 10 -15 days where it is too hot. Where l live now in winter it is 12C and raining every second day, in Adelaide during
winter it is 16c-20c every day it hardly rains and the sun is shining most of the time.
Adelaide is an attractive city surrounded by parklands, with the river Torrens flowing through it, with a population a one million
it is not too crowded or too much traffic. The beaches are nice, such as Glenelg and for swimming, but the waves are too small for surfing. There are atractive hills surrounding the city which have many national parks for bushwalking etc. Also houses are alot cheaper then Sydney and Melbourne.
Before you pack your bags l now have the downside,
Adelaide is known as the city of churches, because many people in the eastern states see it as being a boring and conservative place where nothing ever happens, except for a few bizarre
serial killings cases that occoured recently such as the Snowtown
killlings or the bodies inthe barrels case, which made headlines all over the world. adelaide also has the highest number of people
over 60 in the country or retirees, which makes some people see
Adelaide as one large boring retirement villiage. Also there is a very high youth unemployment rate and the general unemployment rate is aslo alot higher then the rest of the county.
Many skilled and educated young people leave to state to find employment.

Originally Posted by bob and ginnie

The summers are hot. The secret is NOT to live in the city, which is built on the coastal plain. Go and live up in the Adeliade Hills, some 1,500 to 2,000 feet up.

Originally Posted by bob and ginnie

Housing in Mount Barker is going ahead and prices are about $200,000 (75,000 GBP)for a 3 bedroom house on a good sized block to $300,000 (115,000GBP)for a 4 bedroom house on a half acre block (110 yards x 22 yards . . . yes, YARDS!)
Mount Barker has all the major supermarkets . . .at present, 4 . . . and all the main stores, and has 3 Primary and High schools. It is on the South Eastern Freeway and is half an hour's drive at 60 MPH (110 km/h) to the city centre (Adelaide).

Originally Posted by welshpom

... or head South to the Fleurieu Peninsular, where it tends to be milder all year round - 5c cooler in summer and 3c warmer in winter.


I like Mt. Barker for all the reasons you gave, however I'd recommend living just outside it, as it's turning into a bit of a suburb of Adelaide, there's just too much building going on there at the moment for my liking. There are lots of smaller town and villages around Mt Barker that still have a country feel.

Originally Posted by sackofspuds

I imagine that living somewhere like Exeter in Devon is about as similar as you could get in the UK to living somewhere like Adelaide.