What_a_life

Got some crap ones, no doubt, but also got some very good ones. Im pleased that you see that some of us are enjoying it,so thats good.
Enjoy Newcastle

vkendell

Hi there, we'd be keen on meeting up with any families. I'm English and a SAHM of two boys, aged 3.5 and 10 months. My NZ husband commutes to Sydney. We live in Terrigal. Have been here since April. Love this area (although I'm not a fan of the hotter months!), but would just like to make some friends. Has anyone organised any meet-ups?

tiger222

Hello Vkendell -

Welcome to the Central Coast. We're just down from you in MacMasters Beach. I have been to some 1-1 meet ups but not anything formal. I'd be happy to meet up with you and your boys for a cuppa. Look for a PM for details.

Catherine

ekiec

High V, we are also in Terrific Terrigal. If you want to catch up that would be good. Although this weekend is manic in terrigal with the nippers carnival at the beach and fair by the sea fete at the School. We are split with the kids wanting to be at both places. However we could meet somehow. Cheers : )

tiger222

The fair by the sea fete is enjoyable. We went last year and probably again this year. We could meet you, if you're so inclined.

Catherine

jellibaby

We moved to Umina (bottom - North Pearl Estate) May 2010. Absolutely love the house and its proximity to Pearl Beach (great for dog walking and picnic - over priced for houses) and the even changing shops of Umina. We just got a new Woollies last year, Bunnings and Dan Murphys are coming, and a massive Aldi's opened this week. We moved down from Port Macquarie as I just could not get a decent well paid job up there. Where we are on the estate is awesome as its right next to the reserve and apart from the waterfall in the corner (which is awesome after heavy rain), we hardly hear a soul for days on end but, once we leave our idyllic little corner its now really really busy. Even in the year we have been down here the traffic has massively increased and with holiday season fast approaching its going to get busier.

My main reason for moving was to be commuting distance to Sydney. I got a contract job quickly which included a daily commute in to Sydney. Central Station was only an house away and all was great. Then I was really lucky and landed contracts which were 'working from home'. This brought about a rapid change in thinking.

Yes the beaches are beautiful but its getting busier and busier. In fact its almost turning into a busy Sydney suburb now. Dan Murphy's is about to open in West Gosford and they are building a Costco up there too. Except the road access is not going to be widened or improved.

Of course CC is much noisier than Port Macquarie. We didn't get on with them all going to bed at 8pm up there! Now we just don't like what the CC is becoming. We're selling our house pretty much for what we paid for it to get out. For us it was a bad decision. Yes its commutable but there are plenty of other places in Aussie to try.

Our main reasons for wanting out is the increasing cost of utilities - they're going up and up and it won't be long before our 1600 per year rates are going up either. Petrol is $1.50 at the moment and they change it daily (how can they do that?). The cost of housing is very over priced which is why we are selling to get most of our money back and moving somewhere cheaper OUT of New South Wales. After we did the comparisons on what it costs to live in each state - say with the insurances, car costs, extra taxes on cars and houses and the like we realised just how much 'we' have been ripped off. So now we're off to somewhere a lot cheaper (hopefully).

Our house is on the market and as its four bedrooms, and there's only two of us really its a family home anyway. We're gonna take our time to find a great next 'home' and to that end we're buying a Winnebago to travel round Oz.

On the face of it and compared to the UK crush - the CC looks idyllic - but there are better value places to live. But, each to their own.

stevemich

We are in Narara too (moved from Sydney 2 years ago) - hope you are enjoying the Coast
Steve