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Old Dec 10th 2009 | 12:26 am
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thank you poppy for the message thayt has helped me alot thanks again
 
Old Dec 10th 2009 | 12:31 am
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It seems to me that there are a lot of brits in Queensland - more than I noticed in Sydney. but perhaps I was too busy to notice.

There are lots of trees in Queensland. When I moved up one of the things that I noticed was the variety and amount of trees compared to NSW.

If you are migrating looking for trees then I would seriously consider the reality of the trees advice

Perth is nice but is very far from anywhere else. You are already far from home, its hard being far from the rest of Australia. It is nearer Asia.

Personally I think Adelaide, Canberra and Brisbane are not a great choice. yes I know lots of people love it there but they are cultureless, small towns pretending to be cities. Bored bored bored.

Sydney I love. I would live there forever if I had half of Greyling's current account balance.

Melbourne - don't know. My husband is there now and says its cold and raining so therefore it must be like that all of the time. I am going shopping there Mon/Tues so will probably love it.

There are lots of places to see but it will depend on expectation and what you are looking for.
 
Old Dec 10th 2009 | 12:48 am
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Lot's of girlie feelie opinion and sweeping statements on this thread but I'm afraid they are not substantiated by facts.

Just one more to consign to the bin:
2006 cencus English born QLD 161,425 NSW 218,834

Just means you need to get lot's of opinions and hopefully facts to back them up.
 
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I would strongly suggest checking out Adelaide and Melbourne. Personally I think they offer a really good lifestyle as well as work opportunities. It really depends what you are after.
What kind of IT work you be looking for? My husband is a computer programmer.

To the person who said Adelaide doesn't have any culture obviously hasn't spent much time there, it is very multicultural and celebrates this through many festivals such as Womadelaide, Fringe festival, Festival of Arts, just to name a few. Adelaide also has great weather, great food, beaches as well as beautiful National Parks and gardens.
 
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[QUOTE=Bix;8162095]Lot's of girlie feelie opinion and sweeping statements on this thread but I'm afraid they are not substantiated by facts.

erm, whether or not you connect with a place is mostly based upon the opinions that you have of it. Never, never would I move anywhere based upon a stuffy statistic. So yeah, maybe just 5% of the population in Sydney is British, if we forget travellers etc. It doesn't change my opinion that every second accent I hear in Sydney is English, and when in Australia I go to Sydney every three weeks and my opinion is still the same. Sydney is a mecca for travellers, which in my experience are very often Brits.
 
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Melbourne is cooler than most places in winter but then it gets hotter than most states in the middle of summer, phew. Sydney is better weather wise and great beaches but it is full of English people. In Queensland there is a wet and windy season and less trees than anywhere else and in WA it is stunning but there are a lot of shark attacks at the beautiful Cottesloe beach, although sharks are everywhere.
No offence Poppy, but that description is a classic
 
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from the thread i wrote that my husband is in the IT busness this is the list what he can do:

Technolagy manager
technical engerneer
mircrosoft
networking
PCIDSS sercuraty standerds

sorry for some of the spelling mistakes
 
Old Dec 10th 2009 | 11:52 am
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Originally Posted by debb1e
from the thread i wrote that my husband is in the IT busness this is the list what he can do:

Technolagy manager
technical engerneer
mircrosoft
networking
PCIDSS sercuraty standerds

sorry for some of the spelling mistakes
Have you checked to see if you actually qualify for a visa? The first place to start is www.immi.gov.au and look at booklet 6 for skilled visas. Also your husband will need his skills assessed by ACS. http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?acti...killassessment

Once you've done that you can start thinking about where you might like to live. We have lived in both Adelaide and Perth and are/were very happy in both. I would still be in Adelaide but my husband's work brought us here to WA. No sharks have eaten us yet, but then I guess it's only a matter of time according to some.
 
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whether or not you connect with a place is mostly based upon the opinions that you have of it.
Naturally.

Never, never would I move anywhere based upon a stuffy statistic.
Neither would I but a range of statistics help to build a picture and limit the possibilities of dissappointment.

It doesn't change my opinion that every second accent I hear in Sydney is English.
Well, as the English are out-numbered 28-1 I find that remarkable. Perhaps 27 out of 28 don't talk when you are around.
 
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Have you checked to see if you actually qualify for a visa? The first place to start is www.immi.gov.au and look at booklet 6 for skilled visas. Also your husband will need his skills assessed by ACS. http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?acti...killassessment

Once you've done that you can start thinking about where you might like to live. We have lived in both Adelaide and Perth and are/were very happy in both. I would still be in Adelaide but my husband's work brought us here to WA. No sharks have eaten us yet, but then I guess it's only a matter of time according to some.
LOL! Talking of which, what's happened with the whale carcass off Burns Beach?
 
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and if you are confused about the less trees thing Queensland, I meant in the cities compared to other states cities
Perhaps the QLD government wanted to reduce dog urination in the city.


it is part of the reason I decided not to move to Queensland. I like to see a tree or two.

So do the dogs.
 
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It doesn't change my opinion that every second accent I hear in Sydney is English.
Well, as the English are out-numbered 28-1 I find that remarkable. Perhaps 27 out of 28 don't talk when you are around.
It's funny that someone who lived in Perth would pick up on this in Sydney...if anywhere is little England it's Perth!

Perth's population is notable for the high proportion of British-born residents. At the 2006 Census, 142,424 British-born Perth residents were counted,[39] narrowly behind Sydney (145,261),[40] despite having just 35% of the overall population of Sydney.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth,_...a#Demographics

Joondalup, WA is 23% British born!

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It's funny that someone who lived in Perth would pick up on this in Sydney...if anywhere is little England it's Perth!

Perth's population is notable for the high proportion of British-born residents. At the 2006 Census, 142,424 British-born Perth residents were counted,[39] narrowly behind Sydney (145,261),[40] despite having just 35% of the overall population of Sydney.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth,_...a#Demographics

It is indeed.
Maybe when Poppy is in Sydney she visits an English enclave sumat like the Bayside in Brisbane. That could distort ones view eh?
 
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My friend emigrated to Rowville in Melbourne, it is great for the stepford wives kind of upbringing that some people want for their kids. You know? The American dream but in Australia.
He could be right about Rowvillle.

Rowville is the personal example I use to describe a middle no-man's land in Melbourne's suburbia. It does not have the cachet of the inner suburbs, the established feel of other middle suburbs, nor some of the pull of the outlying semi-rural areas - or brand new estates.
 
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Melbourne - don't know. My husband is there now and says its cold and raining so therefore it must be like that all of the time.
About time too - we are rejoicing in this little wet patch of ours! It was both warm and wet in November, bizarre...
 


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