Carbery

Hi - as said by others there is no substitue for driving around suburbs and seeing for yourself. Maybe getting a rental for 6 months before committing to an area you might not like in the long run.
One thing to bear in mind which has not been mentioned - if you have 2 teenage or close kids who will be wanting to get out and about and you dont want to spend your life as a taxi driver check out the public transport options in your desired area - public transport on the GC IMO is pants!

moneypenny20

Where exactly is that bit?

sammyg

Yes BC, that is true to some extent but as you say Mr Leavers agenda is pushing for the extra numbers on the beat (and rightly so!!) as the gold coast is so under-resourced police-wise.

All adds impetus to his campaign for more numbers when serious events occur?

bcworld

Yeah, that's pretty transparent really.

I'm at a work conference in Surfers in a couple of weeks...off out looking for some Kevlar clothing at late night shopping tonight.

steve`o

the coppers are all far to busy taking pictures of motorists doing 10k over the limit on the new tugen bypass

sammyg

Have fun, and try not to get shot

Well ya know the solution to that steve o - do 9k over and you'll be right

steve`o

lol
did see on the news the other night that the Tugun bypass was the most "profitable" road in Qld racking up almost a million dollars in fines

sammyg

Well Steve, i can tell you now that samantha has paid into the government fund to the tune of $233 on the exact stretch of road you're talking about!! She should know better as it's always in the same spot!

stu

Carbery

Maybe they could spend some of the money on all those broken glass screens

moneypenny20

It's just me that thinks the broken 'crazed' look is preferable to the original then?

hantsfamily1

Broadbeach Waters....wonderful place.

oz miller man

Tweed Heads, Banora point, Terranora, Billambil Heights, Piggabeen, Cobaki Lakes, Fingal, Duranbah, Cudgen.

Ok, maybe Tweed is the only one classed as the gold coast but the rest are all walking distance to Tweed or within a 5 minute drive

Worth thinking about if you are not limited to the top end for work n stuff.
Cheapest beach side living on the Goldy, airport on your door step and the Byron hinterland as your back yard all with the bonus of not having to call yourself a Queenslander

sammyg

Yeah, i kinda agree with that - except maybe bilambil??

If you work on the coast broadbeach and below is the go imo, however if you work in brissie just that bit too far to drive everyday.

I have a friend who lives in tweed and it takes him 40 mins to get to work at Southport, put another hour plus on top of that to get to brissie?? Nooo thanks

To the OP, it is beautiful and lesss developed down the bottom end of the coast, however, be aware there is not much in the way of work from what i can see - however, if you can get the work it is the spot to be in, again, imo

stu

oz miller man

Bilambil heights was the spot we had our eyes on the most back in the UK when looking at rentals on realestate.com.au every night, not sure but i thought it was a decent area? apart from the traffic into Tweed been a nightmare at certain times of day. I know it has the most amazing views back towards the coast and Tweed river.
If you get work in this area you are laughing the Kingscliff to Byron stretch of coast is like another world compared to the Goldcoast.

moneypenny20

I'm afraid I'm going to to be totally anal but the Gold Coast stops at the border. Tweed ain't in the GC. Saying that, those areas are nice and if the husband was prepared to live somewhere with Wales in the name, we'd have possibly gone there.