Sunshine coast or not
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Sunshine coast or not
I am moving from Victoria to Qsland,wife and three kids 10.7.and 5yrs.we want to know is the Noosa area worth a look.(Retired LFB any questions answered)Arrived in oz 2yrs ago,Geelong,Vic weather cold windy and erratic
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Re: Sunshine coast or not
my brother is lucky enought to live in noosa and we've stayed there several times. it is gorgeous and you're not far from the glasshouse mountains etc if you want a change from great surf. there's a web cam on noosa beach if you search. good luck
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We went On holiday to the Sunshine coast last Nov/Dec, it was fab, Noosa was lovely but the beach was really smelly, something to do with algae ! Its very cosmopolitan & a bit pricey. Mooloolaba/Maroochydore are also really nice, we wanted to move to Mooloolaba but the DIMIA said that we could only go to Maryborough part of Qld so we have now decided to go to Adelaide with a view on moving to Mooloolaba after 2 years. Good luck with what ever you decide.
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Re: Sunshine coast or not
Originally Posted by Knobby
I am moving from Victoria to Qsland,wife and three kids 10.7.and 5yrs.we want to know is the Noosa area worth a look.(Retired LFB any questions answered)Arrived in oz 2yrs ago,Geelong,Vic weather cold windy and erratic
We're hoping to go to Melbourne -- Is the weather as cr*p as everyone says it is?
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Originally Posted by klmar
Spent christmas day on sunshine beach at Noosa -- It rained !!
We're hoping to go to Melbourne -- Is the weather as cr*p as everyone says it is?
We're hoping to go to Melbourne -- Is the weather as cr*p as everyone says it is?
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Re: Sunshine coast or not
Originally Posted by Knobby
Yes,I dumped all my warm clothes before leaving england,I bought some more soon after arriving in Geelong.Hence moving to Qsland
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Re: Sunshine coast or not
Originally Posted by Pollyana
Well don't dump the clothes yet - it gets nippy at night up here in winter, and many houses have no real heating.
If you are near Noosa whats it like,schools,social,Weather shops etc etc.
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We went to Noosa last October with the view to relocating there. However we decided against the place because even though it was lovely it felt a bit pretentious.
Our preference is Coolum Beach. Much more down to earth, more realistic real estate prices and the beaches are a lot nicer, as were the people.
Our preference is Coolum Beach. Much more down to earth, more realistic real estate prices and the beaches are a lot nicer, as were the people.
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Re: Sunshine coast or not
Originally Posted by Knobby
Hi,Pollyana thanks for the reply,how cold is cold?in Geelong we put our heating on some nights midsummer??I guess we have just had a bad spell of weather(2years)
If you are near Noosa whats it like,schools,social,Weather shops etc etc.
If you are near Noosa whats it like,schools,social,Weather shops etc etc.
Answered lots of questions on noosa in a couple of threads recently, try a search they will come up, basically Noosa is a very upmarket holiday resort at the northern end of sunshine coast, the southern end is just as nice but has a lot more jobs and is just that half hour closer to brisbane which is always handy. Caloundra, Buderim, Alexandra headlands, Mountain creek and mooloolaba seem popular with poms although I dont know where they head to in mooloolaba its mainly all units now. Were in noosa now but will be moving down to the southern end of coast in about 2 weeks when our house settles mainly due to all of our work being there.