karensoutherden

Hi Beccie excelent news that you are settling the weather was so you wern't home sick
take care karen x

funshine

Hi Beccie - we are also currently looking for rentals - with a POOL and are being just as disappointed as you... what areas you liking at the moment?
Tracey

Beccie

Hi Tracey,

Nightmare looked in lots of areas around Brisbane but hard as we have never been before, we have been looking in the east and then victoria point and redlands but went down to our friends in the west last night and its lovely so gonna have a look next week. How about you?

We've decided if we can't get an inground pool we will buy an above ground one and just make the garden good once we leave might save hassle and give us many more options !!

Happy hunting !!

tiger222

Hey Tracey and Beccie -

We'll be joining you in the Brisbane rentals search once we arrive on Tuesday morning (fly out tonight!)

When/where is the next meet up?

Catherine

funshine

We have liked the looks of Chapel Hill/Kenmore area - we went to Sinnamon park and thats also nice - these are all west of the city.

Would be great to meet up - where is the info on that - is that under a different forum... I think there are a few of us in Brisbane.

The storms here have been awful and we have friends who have had a terrible time in The Gap (also actually a nice area).

Has anyone been to South Bank? Our little one loves it there.

Hope everyone is ok.

Tracey

funshine

WOW - excellent - the journey begins!!!

Beccie

Have a good flight over Catherine and yes we will all have to meet up soon.

We went to southbank the night before last amazing place great fun, we went to Lone Pine Koala Sanctury today that was just the best place ever I cuddled a koala and fed kangaroo omg they are so sweet can't believe I tried kangaroo on the barbie a couple of days ago never again

We are looking at kenmore and bellbarie as well so will be really close to you !!

Beccie

OMG had to search for this thread !!

Well Tracey & Catherine finally found a house in Moggill 2 minutes from Bellbowrie very near Kenmore so will be quite close, couldn't get a pool so looking at buying above ground one as garden big enough!!

Hope you have arrived safely Catherine and get online soon

Hows things with you flyaway and movement yet

So glad to be here its lovely been spending time with friends and finding our way around got a lovely little car yesterday so at least I'm mobile when the rental vehicle goes back unlike O/h

Enrolling kids in Kenmore High tomorroe ready for end of Jan when they go back move to new house on 10/12 can't wait to go shopping you know what its like need loads of bits until shipping arrives thats what I keep telling o/h anyway

Baby75

Hi All we are very very quite eh

Im moving house next week looking forward to it and a fresh start whoo hoo

Beccie

Good luck with that where you moving too ?

It is quite on here everyone too busy to post making new lives I guess

Baby75

very true we are not moving to far down to Caloundra about 30 minutes were we are now

Royston

hi all!

I got my visa back in August and are moving out to Brisbane on 17th Jan on my own. I havent got a job and dont know anyone out there, I suppose Im just getting nerves at the moment given the world wide slow down, I guess Im worried if Brissy been effected by the recession and if its getting harder to find work for architects? anyway I hope that all of you that have moved out already are having a great time and that the weather is not too hot?
Anywords of advice or reassurance would be most appreciated !!!

Cheers

Royston.

PS to top it all off, I didnt get a Xmas bonus as Im leaving, everyone else did. That money would have come in realy handy. - tut

Beccie

Hi Royston,

I'm here in Brisbane and its lovely hot and sunny we have had lots of storms lately but mostly at night quite spectacular though!!

It was announced last night on the news that its official Australia have avoided a resession so good news. There seems to be lots of jobs so stay positive not looked at you field though.

Once your settled shout and we could arrange a January meet up as there seems to be loads of us in this area, good luck and have a good journey.

Beccie

Royston

Hi Beccie

Thanks for the info, id love to meet up if anyone wants to.
I have been keeping a eye on the BBC weather and seen the temps slowely rising over the last month or so. I have booked a couple of weeks in a hostel while I look for more permanent accomodation - hopefully ill be able to rent a studio apartment for a while, so if you hear of anything let me know!!
Ill be emailing loads of companies soon to see if I can get some interviews lined up, theres just so much to do, almost finished selling everything on Ebay, now need to get the house finished and pass uni. (big exam in a week)

Anyway need to get wrapped up nice and warm to go to work -rain and high winds at the moment.

Cheers
Royston

funshine

Hello Brisbanites (is there such a word)... and future Brisbanites...

Its been HOT here - 32 degrees and then a massive thunder storm.

We have been looking for jobs since we arrived 20th October - it is a very slow process here - lots of up front work to be done writing responses to selection criteria etc... I think it will be slow now until after the holidays - I think the schools go back late Jan! so end of January will be a good time to start looking for a job - the agents have said that Feb is their busiest month - lets hope so.

We are off on a holiday to South Africa for most of Jan - so maybe we can arrange a meet-up early Feb?

Hope everyone is doing OK...

We are still looking for a rental as what we have seen so far hasn't been that great. We have also decided that we need to keep the cost down because we don't have jobs! This is the best place to look for rentals... http://www.realestate.com.au/ - click on RENT - but I am sure you know about this already

Tracey