Advice on some suburbs please - Melbourne & Brisbane
Oct 5th 2009, 12:25 am
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Re: Advice on some suburbs please - Melbourne & Brisbane
I'd say Cleveland would probably hit the spots for you up this way followed by Wellington Point then Victoria Point Other than the fact it's an hour's commute by rail which may be outside your radar it has parks ,shops (of the low level typical town type as opposed to man made shopping centres, and a sunday market ,8 drinking establishments (4 -5 pubs,football club,rsl,bowls club ) oodles of restaurants (english,thai, chinese, italian and the typical fast food outlets,)a marina and a small man made beach nearby at Raby Bay
Oct 5th 2009, 12:38 am
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Re: Advice on some suburbs please - Melbourne & Brisbane
http://download.translink.com.au/tim...5_250,N250.pdf There may well be other services as well
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Oct 5th 2009, 8:08 am
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Re: Advice on some suburbs please - Melbourne & Brisbane
Well we've got 2 kids who'll be 6 and 2 (maybe 3) when we move so I need to be somewhere that's got parks and places for kids to go nearby. Me and the OH aren't really the clubbing kind but we like to out for a meal and a drink every now and again, and I like to be near shops and places to keep me occupied, I'm at home with our youngest so I don't want to be living in hicksville with only a new shopping mall for miles around. Living near the beach would be nice but hey most people say that as long as we're not more than say 45mins away from it 
Oct 5th 2009, 8:10 am
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Oct 5th 2009, 11:33 am
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Re: Advice on some suburbs please - Melbourne & Brisbane
It depends on what you mean by 'beach'. If you mean golden sands etc then lots of suburbs on the southside are within 45 mins of Southport/Surfers as long as you're not too far from the Pacific highway. If you just mean the sea then many of the suburbs already mentioned are way closer - Cleveland, Wynnum etc.
Are you wanting to go to the 'beach' every day or just on weekends?
Also, you're doing the whole thing backwards - putting the cart before the horse. No point finding a suburb you love only to find the job is then over the other side of town. Take comfort in the fact that you will find an acceptable suburb that is with 40 mins of work within a reasonable budget and is not more thn 45-60 minutes from the beach no matter where in Brisbane he is working.
Once he has a job then his workmates will be a much better source of advice than a bunch of bitter old muppets on here who have only ever lived in Warrington or Redlands and can't ever imagine anything being better.
Are you wanting to go to the 'beach' every day or just on weekends?
Also, you're doing the whole thing backwards - putting the cart before the horse. No point finding a suburb you love only to find the job is then over the other side of town. Take comfort in the fact that you will find an acceptable suburb that is with 40 mins of work within a reasonable budget and is not more thn 45-60 minutes from the beach no matter where in Brisbane he is working.
Once he has a job then his workmates will be a much better source of advice than a bunch of bitter old muppets on here who have only ever lived in Warrington or Redlands and can't ever imagine anything being better.
Oct 5th 2009, 12:06 pm
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Re: Advice on some suburbs please - Melbourne & Brisbane
So the only solution is to look for a job in the Bayside 
As an idea of travel from this 'way out' location
Bus Route 281 - City
Departing 7:19am Victoria Point Bus Station
Arriving 8:00am Buranda Busway Station (Stones Corner/PA Hospital)
Actual drive time, by car, is about 40-45 mins, at the same time of day. It takes longer, the closer to 9am you aim to arrive.
Oct 5th 2009, 11:59 pm
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Re: Advice on some suburbs please - Melbourne & Brisbane
Well we've got 2 kids who'll be 6 and 2 (maybe 3) when we move so I need to be somewhere that's got parks and places for kids to go nearby. Me and the OH aren't really the clubbing kind but we like to out for a meal and a drink every now and again, and I like to be near shops and places to keep me occupied, I'm at home with our youngest so I don't want to be living in hicksville with only a new shopping mall for miles around. Living near the beach would be nice but hey most people say that as long as we're not more than say 45mins away from it
Oct 6th 2009, 12:26 am
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Re: Advice on some suburbs please - Melbourne & Brisbane
I agree. Exactly the same choice for Brisbane.
Oct 6th 2009, 1:18 am
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Re: Advice on some suburbs please - Melbourne & Brisbane
Without meaning to cause offence to anyone - I would say from your original list only Bentleigh is going to tick the boxes. Maybe have a look at Cheltenham, Mentone, Highett, Mordiallic, Chadstone, Doncaster, Burwood - you'll get 3 bedrooms in the $350 - $375pw range. If you decide on Melbourne, you're really going to have to decide which is more important to you as a family - to be somewhere closer to the city but a more modest/older house, or live much much further out but live in a larger swisher house.
That is why I updated the original list after I got feedback from people.
Oct 6th 2009, 9:58 pm
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So, are your lists done?
