sparks124

have just started to apply for skills assesment and are looking to move to brisbane/gold coast. if anyone has moved to these areas i would love to get your views and experiances. look forward to hearing from yoy.

manxfamily

`There are lots and lots of people on here already in or moving to Brissie.

Do a search on Brisbane and Brisbane related questions and you will be given hundreds of relative threads to read.

Either that or ask a more specific question.

Pollyana

what's Brisbane like?

Dark

possoms

PMSL have you got daylight savings there?

Pollyana

Oh no, far too radical, they banned that on the grounds it would scare the animals - cows would be confused and not give milk, and chickens would be confused and stop laying eggs..........oh and there was something about the extra daylight would make the furniture fade........

Just checked outside, still dark Winter must be over though cos the geckos are back on the windows.

possoms

Sorry Polly I know you dont have it but knew it was one of your bugbears I always remember you talking of keeping the curtains closed cos of your fading furniture.

Pollyana

Thought it might be a bit tongue in cheek - still, hasn't come up for a while now so its all worth another airing!

One of the good points of the new house - we have blinds, not curtains, and they let in more light even when closed

Have to admit to a really weird thrill now - I can't wait to be in the UK in 3 weeks time....cos I'll be there when the clocks change! WOW!!!!!! An unusual experience for a Qld resident! It will rank alongside the excitement of the First Trip to Sainsburys


(apologies to the original poster for hijacking, Brisbane is lovely, if still dark, Apparently its a "fair dinkum night for a wander"..........two guys just walked up the hill past the house and I heard one of them say that, word for word! Its 3am FFS!!!!!)

possoms

You do make me laugh

The walkers sound like a local blokey here who always takes his dog for a walk around 4am, says theres no one about then ... you dont say!!!

Pollyana

Could understand it if there was a dog with them, but no, just two blokes, walking up a very steep hill, and we are 30 minutes walk from any pubs, which makes it odder! Back to the normal silence now....punctuated by the Bloke snoring. He'll wake up shortly and harangue me for being online at this time of night
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To the poor, no doubt confused, original poster - I'm in Aspley, north Brisbane, pleasant peaceful suburb, know nothing about schools or kids, but can answer other questions if theres anything specific you want to know.

We have a good supply locally of Mr Kipling, Jaffa cakes, and Foxes Glacier Mints, reasonable cheese, and lettuce at 89 cents. You have the local English idiot, (that'll be me) but most people are friendly. Lots of medical centres, malls and schools, close to the motorway to the Gold and Sunshire Coast, and good roads into the city.
Next question? (will answer in the morning, need sleep now )

mand8002

We live in Ormiston which is about a 35-40min drive into the city, just under an hour to the gold coast and about an hour to the sunshine coast. I think Brisbane as a city is great, compared to Leeds anyway.
We love it here and would not live anywhere else.

Perthforme

Good on ya

Timber Floor Au

Weve had the geckos lol, here for a week or so now, love the noise they make. You know its warmin up, when they start chirpin

funkybuddah

Sorry, but what are geckos

Hellhound

female computer GEEKS

NJJ

'Tis more hilly than I first expected.