OOPS only just seeing this now! We've been in Toowoomba for 22 months now and in all honesty it's been great. We were posted here with the ADF and for a first posting it's been perfect climate wise and the people are just lovely! There are some brilliant schools too, PM me if you require advice re schools and decent 'burbs to live in. I teach in a lovely school in the town which people are falling over themselves to get their kids into.

Any further questions, just give me a shout!

Jen

Have you chosen your location yet? My husband has been given an offer of Chinchilla.

Yeah unfortunatley we where given Roma and we have accepted . My company should help with housing etc but it is hard to find housing there. My visa is just about to be started so hope 4 weeks or so.

We weren't sure and was given choice of Roma or Chinchilla we chose chinchilla on the fact it was slightly more inland are you working for Toyota?

miss typed - was not as far inland I meant

Hiya, Chinchilla is ok but Toowoomba is by far the best of the selection,If you lie rural settings and want a large back yard/ acerage plus its a nice run to the coast out of peak times or over the boarder to NSW and then down to Sydney if you want. It s a couple of hours from Byron Bay, but you will learn in Oz that distance means nothing really but then again I have been know to drive for 3 hours get a drink and the sunday paper and drive 3 hours home again. The mining towns are very expensive to live in if you can find a house and the groceries etc are similar due to the higher income in teh area plus the cost of transport.
The flood/ tsunami last year was a freak of nature and you can be flooded anywhere even here in the UK. It just means you pick your property and stay out of any that are within the 100 year flood zone.

Toowoomba was my first choice but no job offer there. Chinchilla friendly I have made friends with a local lady via facebook she has told me highs and lows. Looking forward to meeting her when we arrive. She love Toowoomba too.