Originally Posted by HelenTD

Some northern suburbs and the Rockingham-Mandurah area are well-known to have high numbers of British migrants. You're hard-pushed to hear anything other than British accents at some shopping centres. For your sanity, you might need to consider living in suburbs closer in, mingling with other nationalities as well. It's mainly Western Australians where we live, with only one other British family in our immediate area.

Originally Posted by Alfresco

It rains a lot in Brisbane, but doesn't get too hot or cold.

Originally Posted by Kelli28

It gets cold in July and august, you just have to find ways of keeping warm

Originally Posted by Kelli28

Yeah I have a few city suburbs to check out, subi and the areas around there I can't go to far north as I need to be close to the airport.

Originally Posted by fish.01

I think you might be judging it on this amazing year....usually it doesn't rain that many days (less than perth or any other capital) and it does get too hot sometimes!!

Originally Posted by fish.01

At night...I've still been sunburnt during the day in august!!

Originally Posted by bcworld

Temperature doesn't affect whether you get sunburnt or not though. After New Year we had 20C days in Melbourne with UV13...it could've been 10C and still UV13.

Coldest max I ever experienced in Brisbane was 13C I think.

Originally Posted by Kelli28

Oooh I feel qualified to answer this iv lived in brissy central Queensland and just moved to Perth, ok so I've only been in Perth a few days but I can give you my observations.
Perth traffic seems better than brissy although I guess there are still people on holiday at the mo. I prefer the Queensland style housing eg highsets it's just weird to sleep downstairs. Alchohol is a complete rip off here I had to ask in the bottle shop if they had the right price on the bottle of Malibu pre mix stuff that you add ice too, I was paying $12 in qld the same bottle was $24 here! Think I'll be doing my liver a favor for a while. The last and main difference is the amount of poms I feel like I'm in benidorm or something the amount of English here is astounding and so far there pissing me off, as an example today I was taken to some friends of my cousins my jaw must have hit the ground when I seen them all sunbathing in 40c the kids too, I was soo angry! I had a think about it and I've came to the conclusion that maybe it's because they are surrounded by other poms who have only spent a few years in the sun these people need to get out and meet some of the Australians that have lived here all thier lifes and take a look at how good they look for it!

Oh and I think it's frezzing in Perth haha although I'm possibly the only pom to think that.

Originally Posted by demi7

We are intending on going over to live in Queensland when we get our visa..if we are so lucky to get it granted but as it gets closer I am considering Perth..

Anyone got any advice or recommendations for Perth???

Originally Posted by lauralollipop

I have to agree, Perth is VERY isolated and boring, its so backwards, if you like living in the 70's, and have lots of money u will love Perth.

And its VERY hot and dry - too hot!!! and yes its FULL of POMS, we lived in Melbourne for a year and half and hardly ever met another POM, here you can hear northern pom accents booming and shouting at their kids, it makes me cringe and I wonder if I sound like that lol!

Unfortunately I am stuck here for now so I am trying to make the best of it, but If we could go anywhere else in Aus we would jump at the chance!

Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack

Would they be northern accents in the main?
What about booming southern accents?

Originally Posted by lauralollipop

or maybe the Southerners talk quieter