Where in Australia would you live if your job only required an internet connection?
Mar 20th 2012, 12:36 pm
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Where in Australia would you live if your job only required an internet connection?
Thinking of returning to Australia after many, many years, but I'm split between living in Sydney which is where all of my family is from, and trying something new now that my job is mainly done via the internet.
To be honest I haven't travelled much in Australia apart from Sydney and Canberra, so I don't have much to go on.
But it's basically for me, my wife and kids, so nothing too remote or far away from civilisation.
I was thinking either Queensland or really taking the plunge and giving Darwin a try. Any thoughts?
To be honest I haven't travelled much in Australia apart from Sydney and Canberra, so I don't have much to go on.
But it's basically for me, my wife and kids, so nothing too remote or far away from civilisation.I was thinking either Queensland or really taking the plunge and giving Darwin a try. Any thoughts?
Mar 20th 2012, 12:43 pm
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Re: Where in Australia would you live if your job only required an internet connectio
Byron Bay for me.
Mar 20th 2012, 1:21 pm
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Mar 20th 2012, 1:24 pm
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Re: Where in Australia would you live if your job only required an internet connectio
Tassie maybe, if I could deal with the isolation from the mainland... otherwise, probably Toowoomba. Cooler climate in both places, and further away from the madding crowds.
Mar 20th 2012, 1:56 pm
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Mar 20th 2012, 2:31 pm
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Mar 20th 2012, 3:09 pm
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Re: Where in Australia would you live if your job only required an internet connectio
How is Surfer's Paradise, pretty lively, lots of stuff to do? Any major drawbacks apart from that annual drunken kids' crusade where they all head up there to get completely hammered and make the nightly news?
Mar 20th 2012, 9:19 pm
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Re: Where in Australia would you live if your job only required an internet connectio
Personally I wouldn't live in Surfers if you paid me - well, $500,000pa might just tip the scales. Plenty of much nicer places to live around the Gold Coast, and don't forget that the Gold Coast also covers the inland places that are in easy reach of the beach.
Mar 20th 2012, 9:24 pm
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beside a 24-h McCafe with free wifi.
Mar 20th 2012, 9:30 pm
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Re: Where in Australia would you live if your job only required an internet connectio
Surfers is a dump, LOADS of crime and very plastic and superficial. The Gold Coast hinterland is very nice. I would avoid any of the big cities.
Mar 20th 2012, 9:42 pm
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Re: Where in Australia would you live if your job only required an internet connectio
For me - Eagle Bay is where I'd be hanging out.
Mar 20th 2012, 9:45 pm
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Re: Where in Australia would you live if your job only required an internet connectio
maianbar or bundeena NSW
Mar 20th 2012, 10:27 pm
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Re: Where in Australia would you live if your job only required an internet connectio
It's a question I've considered, and as far as Tassie was concerned, I thought of somewhere outside of Launceston. Cheap land, not too rainy, and within easy reach of the airport for a quick hop across to Melbourne if the isolation gets too bad and you hanker after some culture.
Mar 20th 2012, 11:04 pm
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Re: Where in Australia would you live if your job only required an internet connectio
I second Bundeena NSW, what a gorgeous place! Also Stanwell Park in NSW, right in the middle of the National Park, little cove beach, surrounded by massive trees. looks like heaven!