Hi there,

My family are emigrating to Melbourne, landing on February 9th and just wanted to know what you think of the place. We are planning to move to Ferntree Gully.

J

:scared: :scared: Why Ferntree Gully????

Good Question.

Any particular reason why not ? You've got me worried.

J

world's most liveable city 03,04 and 2nd 05 to vancouver canada thats according to the economist intelligence unit. surely it must be a good choice been there just loved the city. good night life,loads of restuarants ( good food),pleasant friendly people. of course there is the oz open tennis (jan) the mcg (cricket ,aussie rules) plus the f1 comes to melbourne.

enjoy your stay and all the best keep us posted

des

Cause thats where I live.

Just ignore him, he lives near FTG. Don't let it put you off.

OzTennis

Snap, beaten to the punch!

OzTennis

Really, in that case sell the place to me!

Theres not a great deal special about FTG other than Shane Warne & Steve Irwin were born here.
Don't get me wrong, I love it, we have a great house with a fantastic view over to Glen waverly.
Its a super location as Knox city shopping centre is 5 mins drive away, the dandenongs are only 15 to 20 mins & the city within a half hour drive.
Its a far better suburb than its near neighbour Rowville which IMO has no character at all.
There are loads of nice suburbs around the area though including Berwick, Wantirna, Croydon hills etc etc.

How comes you are still up ? Isn't it 2:40am over there ?

We are currently looking for caravan parks to go into for our first 2 weeks there, apparently the estate agents wont let us get a rental accomodation until we land and then it takes 10 days for us to move in, bit of a pain but there you go!!!

Did you emigrate over and if so how was your experience ?

J

I work nights, thats why I was on so late.
Ive been here 6 years now & loving it. It does take about a year though to settle properly, sometimes longer & for a few, well they never really settle.

I remember our first 6 months here, my Mrs would have gone back to Scotland in a flash. Now she loves it here, we both became citizens this year & are now proud to call Australia home.

We're coming to Melbourne too. We're landing on 3rd Feb & staying in a holiday park until we find a rental house.

We are planning to live around the Carrum or Mt. Eliza area.

Surely Bordy will let you camp in his garden for a while

Hi
We're landing on 17 Feb and probably staying at the Chelsea Gardens caravan park for the first 3-4 weeks. No idea where we'll end up after that - depends on many things....
Rachel

Wow, see you at Chelsea Gardens then, we're there til the 23rd of Feb.

Let me have your details.

J

Just sent you a PM