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Re: WA V QLD
Originally Posted by Mike-T
(Post 9946115)
Good Luck Paula
Personally, i would not want to live in Bunbury, or Rockingham area. The houses are reasonabally priced in comparison to Perth suburbs, but you have to ask yourself why?? If you want to live within walkin distance to a beach in Perth, you would be paying a LOT of money. We live one suburb back from the beach, and can drive there in 4 minutes. This suits us. At the end of the day we are a working class family, and we have a lovely house with a pool, and world class beaches less than 5 minutes away. YES, it can get cold in winter, but not like UK cold. YES, it rains in winter, but if/when you've lived here for a while, you will welcome the winter rain, coz we REALLY need it. Take what you can from this thread. I think there are some bitter people who have regretted leaving Perth, It is (IMHO) the best place to live in this wonderfull country...especially if you have young children. I love Brisbane, but I would not want to live there after living in Perth for 8 years. Once again good luck.......if you make the move it won't be easy for a while, but eventually, it will be worth it. We live in Brisbane because we choose to do so, we've come back here from the Middle East because of the quality of life and the weather. My husband's job enables us to live wherever we want because it's all web based. Just means him working odd hours because his consultants are mainly based in the Middle East. |
Re: WA V QLD
We are all different and want different things, personally I wouldn't live in Perth for any money but I also wouldn't live in Sydney or Melbourne either. If someone loves living in Perth good for them but for me and many others the isolation would be a killer.
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Re: WA V QLD
Originally Posted by Amazulu
(Post 9942223)
MY opinion only (before the attacks come in - each to their own):
It's Legoland mixed with The Stepford wives and Too many Poms and Bogans |
Re: WA V QLD
Originally Posted by Mike-T
(Post 9946115)
Good Luck Paula
Personally, i would not want to live in Bunbury, or Rockingham area. The houses are reasonabally priced in comparison to Perth suburbs, but you have to ask yourself why?? If you want to live within walkin distance to a beach in Perth, you would be paying a LOT of money. We live one suburb back from the beach, and can drive there in 4 minutes. This suits us. At the end of the day we are a working class family, and we have a lovely house with a pool, and world class beaches less than 5 minutes away. YES, it can get cold in winter, but not like UK cold. YES, it rains in winter, but if/when you've lived here for a while, you will welcome the winter rain, coz we REALLY need it. Take what you can from this thread. I think there are some bitter people who have regretted leaving Perth, It is (IMHO) the best place to live in this wonderfull country...especially if you have young children. I love Brisbane, but I would not want to live there after living in Perth for 8 years. Once again good luck.......if you make the move it won't be easy for a while, but eventually, it will be worth it. Rockingham is 40km from the city and one of the fastest growing areas simply because house prices in the good suburbs with good schools in Perth are way out of the reach of most families. It only takes 35 minutes into the CBD by train so that is another plus. House prices in Perth are a joke. We had a budget of $500,000 and that didn't even come close to being able to afford a house in the areas we liked in Perth. Different story 40-45km out of the city. |
Re: WA V QLD
Originally Posted by kips
(Post 9946944)
Exactly like Ellenbrook, Connolly, Butler, Merriwa, Clarkson, Kinross, Currambine, Tapping, Joondalup and Quinns Rocks north of the river ?
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Re: WA V QLD
Originally Posted by Amazulu
(Post 9947035)
don't know, don't care
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Re: WA V QLD
Originally Posted by Bernieboy
(Post 9947045)
Then kindly move along.
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Re: WA V QLD
Originally Posted by kips
(Post 9946944)
Exactly like Ellenbrook, Connolly, Butler, Merriwa, Clarkson, Kinross, Currambine, Tapping, Joondalup and Quinns Rocks north of the river ?
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Re: WA V QLD
Hi Kips
Sorry if it sounded like I was "having a go" at Rockingham area. I wasn't. For me, it is just too far away from the CBD, just the same as Butler, or Yanchep. That's all!! |
Re: WA V QLD
Originally Posted by Kim67
(Post 9946326)
If you're referring to me being bitter about leaving Perth, you're wrong. I get stir crazy there after a few months now, hence only having stayed there for eight months the last couple of times we've lived there.
We live in Brisbane because we choose to do so, we've come back here from the Middle East because of the quality of life and the weather. My husband's job enables us to live wherever we want because it's all web based. Just means him working odd hours because his consultants are mainly based in the Middle East. I didn't mean to come across in that way....sorry. Few beers last night.:huh: I really do like Brisbane, and as I said I'm sure we would have settled there if we had gone there. But, again after living in Perth for so long, i couldn't live in Brizzy now. I love our WA summers. Our kids are settled here, and we just find it so "easy" to live here. Fabulous beaches and weather to match it. I really was just trying to offer MY opinion to the OP, who was looking for a more beach/water sport lifestyle. |
Re: WA V QLD
Originally Posted by chris955
(Post 9946334)
We are all different and want different things, personally I wouldn't live in Perth for any money but I also wouldn't live in Sydney or Melbourne either. If someone loves living in Perth good for them but for me and many others the isolation would be a killer.
We live in a BIG city. If we want to go somewhere, we do the same as most people in the world do.....we get on a plane a go there. We're closer to Bali/Singapore etc, than we are to Sydney. LOADS of opportunities for exciting weekends away. |
Re: WA V QLD
Originally Posted by Mike-T
(Post 9947243)
Hi Kips
Sorry if it sounded like I was "having a go" at Rockingham area. I wasn't. For me, it is just too far away from the CBD, just the same as Butler, or Yanchep. That's all!! Doesn't help that all our friends live in places like Stirling, Iluka and Fremantle and they don't want to travel to Baldivis so we end up meeting in Perth/Fremantle. Our friends in Stirling put us up for the night if we meet for dinner or a party in Perth so both of us can relax with a drink or two. Living in Baldivis is a compromise for me. We considered buying land close to the ocean at Seascapes in Halls Head and Yanchep but decided both were too far out and Yanchep has no train line. |
Re: WA V QLD
That's exactly what we did Kips.
We downsized from our brand new 300m2 house in the outer suburbs to a house half the size (bigger block though) closer to perth, in an older suburb. We have no regrets whatsoever, despite most of our friends thinking that we were mad. After 3 years and countless weekends of hard work, we have the place nearly finished now. :-) Good friends of ours are in Golden Bay, and are "living the dream" I can see the appeal. He works local and she takes the train to CBD every day. HUGE house, and all the trimmings to go with it. But they just live so damn far away from us...........LOL |
Re: WA V QLD
Thank you everyone for your repies. We will continue doing our research and see what we decide. Think WA has won though xx
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