jad n rich

Caboolture not my cuppa tea.

If anyone wants beach closer to brisbane, Id suggest the beachside village of woody point which is near redcliffe which someone already mentioned.

These places are 24klm from the CBD, masses of development, including a rail line going into the area too.

vanman56

I have been her 1 year, Maroochydore, just about to get my perm residency, yes, visa processing takes 9/12 months!!! (spouse visa, my wife's an aussie).
Not allowed to work while this is being processed, there are ways around this but be prepared for 6/7 months of not being able to work...legally! Better if you are company sponsored. Have run out of money in the meantime and work is VERY difficult to find, oh, prepare to shell out $3000+ for your visas, each! Beautiful part of the world though, rather be poor and unemployed here than in UK, great for the kids too, do your homework before commiting and bring a lot of $$$$$$$$$! Good luck.

Bermudashorts

If you are not allowed to work then you must have come over on a tourist visa so that ws your choice and you must have known this in advance.

The perm visa for PP wont cost 3k each, they only need one application so it's 3k between them.

Kamie26

I've just moved away from the Sunshine Coast. I was there for three months and I absolutely hated the place, could not get away fast enough but thats just me. It offered nothing that I liked other than OK beaches and to be honest, once the novelty had worn off, I didn't go very often.

The main problem that I found was the lack of work, the situation is pretty dire. I was told by one of the agencies that I was registered with that the Sunshine Coast has one of the highest employment rates in the whole of Australia. Its too far to commute to Brisbane every day, you could be looking at a four to five hour round trip (depending on where you live and traffic) and the Bruce Highway is full of maniacs who seriously do not know how to drive.

I also found it incredibly difficult to meet people there. I found people to be very insular and there was not a great deal of opportunity to actually go out and meet people. This may not be an issue for the OP as she has children and I get the feeling that this may be one of the only ways that new comers integrate on the coast. A lot of places are very, very quite and in my opinion dull. People in my area seemed to be in bed by 7pm.

I had to get out and have moved to New Farm in Brisbane. While it's not a pretty as the coast and it's not where I would necessarily want to be for a massive amount of time, I am far more comfortable in the city. Plus I've only been here for six days and I already have four interviews lined up.

vanman56

Yes I did come in on a tourist visa and it was not the way intended to enter but I had little choice at the time, the intended way was to apply from outside Aus, but would have had to remain outside until the visa was granted, and immigration site posted that visas were taking 4/6 months to process at the time, so in we came it was only when I approached them 6 months later and my MP that it came to light it was taking 12 months! Glad you're right about the cost of the visa!!

Bermudashorts

Well you did have a choice, you could have waited for your visa like every one of us here did at one time. Some people seem to think they can decide to move to Australia on Monday and get visa on Tuesday but it doesnt generally work like that.

vanman56

Not so, we were in Qatar at the time and had to leave the country within 30 days and had just bought a house in Qld....not like the 'rest of us' at all!!

Nix and Mike

We moved from Brisbane North to the Sunshine Coast (Peregian) and absolutely LOVE it !!! Amazing schools (state and private) and LOTS of families and young people. If you have any questions, feel free to PM me. Best move we ever made.

Nix

lenehan101

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Amanda is looking for a reliable hairdresser, preferably from the UK

Lesley