JennyB

I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed by the whole prospect of moving to Brisbane and was wondering what / how those moving to Brisbane are planning to organise themselves when they get there - job first or house first? Staying where? Hotel, apartment, family! ? I'm hoping that hearing others plans will be an inspiration to me and give me a more concrete idea of where to start.

owieb

Try not to plan too much as things are going to change once you arrive.

You need to have somewhere to stay when you arrive and that should be your top priority, whether it's a house, appartment or whatever.

We booked ourselves into a cheap and cheerful holiday appartment in Perth for a couple of weeks, on the basis that we would find somewhere more permanent to rent once we arrived. We found a place in a few days, so just bailed out of the appartment.

Once in our new place we tackled jobs and everything else just fell into place.

Don't stress about it, have a basic idea of what you want to do and just go with the flow when you arrive.