pete jackson

Hi there all, a long shot a know, we are hopefully flying out to Brisbane on the 4th September. Any body else going then, will be flying from Heathrow. Pete Scarborough North Yorkshire to Brisbane somewhere!!

Buzzy--Bee

Maybe you could move to Scarborough in Brisbane ?



Buzzy

pete jackson

No, would feel like we havent moved!! Place called Whitby 30 miles from us and our friends have just gone to Whitby in NZ!!

matt-and-jenny

Hey Pete
Not only do you have the namesake of the director, but also ciggies sold here in Aus. (maybe you already know this)

MrsDagboy

And a now deceased rugby league star .

Nick11

As someone who spent 4 years at teacher training college in Scarborough, I have to ask, what's Brizzie got, that Scarborough hasn't!!! (Hm -I know it's a tough question )
Nick (Oz bound - not in pursuit of a teaching job!!!)

pete jackson

Scarborough has zero prospects, full of pound shops, crappy amusements, and lay abouts everywhere!! And of course the weather is crap even now its summer, and if it's good you have to go inland to get rid of the fog coming off the sea! Oh yeh the council have just spent about 30million pounds over there 20 million budget putting a few rocks up against the sea wall, and there are reports that its already damaged!! Will that do for now! So Brisbane it is for us!!!

Nick11

You forgot the parking - bloody nightmare

pete jackson

Walk into town its easier! Anyway you wont stay long as there is nowt to do anyway, unless you are under 5 and like donkey rides at £2.50 a go!!Pete

Buzzy--Bee

Whitby in NZ is a lovely suburb... spent a day looking at houses there once.



Buzzy

pete jackson

Anyone got there flights booked for 4th september yet from heathrow??Pete

steve & Heather

Hi Pete

Know what you mean about Scarborough I am originally from Filey now in Devon and hopefully moving to Gold Coast in September dependant on house sale.

Steve

pete jackson

Hi Steve, I moved to filey when I was 6 and moved to Scarborough about 1998. Now married and 26, we are off to Brisbane!! what a small world! Scarborough is as bad as filey, everyone knows everyone!! Pete

scissors

hi there steve
we ve got friends who live in scarborough,north yorkshire,we absolutely love it the,far better than where we came from in peterborough maybe you know are friends
Anyway,i think you ll find brisbane very different to scarborough,having been here almost a year im getting to know it pretty well
Brisbane it a big city but there s many different areas to it,the city centre itself has plenty of shops but not much in the way of nightlife,unlike scarborough where you can fall from one pub to another,you wont find that in brisbane city centre,if you want night life then fortitude valley is the place to go,although its a way to walk but the trains run there regularly.Southbank its another area of the city,great for families with its man made beach and public barbecue areas,great to go either for a day or an evening out with your familt and friendstake your own barbecue stuff or picnic its a fab way to while away the hours,there are resturants but they do close very early,believe me you ll have trouble getting a meal after 8.30 at night,we ve tried it!
the city cat is a great way to get around the city,it will take you across and down the river with various stops along the way.towong has a great pub/resturant,theres riverside for wining and dining and the storey bridge from the city cat at night is a great sight to see.
parking isnt easy in the city and is quite expensive,we ve found,often its easier and cheaper to get the train in,if you get a traveler ticket it cost $6 for the day and you can travel on the trains buses and the city cat all day,great value for mony and you dont have to worry about parking although the train here are extremely slow to what we re used to in the uk.
hope this helps,i love brisbane but i also love scarborough,north yorkshire,there both very different nin charactor but there alot to be said for both places

tracey