My Wife and I are taking the plunge and are getting the application started this week and although really excited, we're clueless amateurs at the moment!
This is a pretty broad question to say the least but what are the main differences between Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane? We've been to Sydney and Cairns for a holiday if that helps as a basis for comparison.
Sorry to ask such an unanswerable question (that probably gets asked all the time!) but there is so much information on the web I don't know where to start!
Have you no idea where you want to be perhaps you should start by having alook at the weather channels for different areas in australia as if you suffer from heat stroke or cant stand the heat too much certain places may not be for you but i think you need to get your thinking cap on
Location: Brisbane but heading back to Victoria 3 weeks to go!
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Yes ive been to melbourn and love the 4 seasons that victoria has. am now in brisbane and its totaly different, humid in summer and tropical. but at the moment its beautiful like english summer. so how you tolerate heat would be a good start.
My Wife and I are taking the plunge and are getting the application started this week and although really excited, we're clueless amateurs at the moment!
This is a pretty broad question to say the least but what are the main differences between Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane? We've been to Sydney and Cairns for a holiday if that helps as a basis for comparison.
Sorry to ask such an unanswerable question (that probably gets asked all the time!) but there is so much information on the web I don't know where to start!
Many thanks,
John.
Hi John, welcome to PIO. We were in a similar dilemma, although we are now almost settled on Brisbane as our area of choice. All I can suggest is research, research, research. Australia & NewZealand magazine is fairly helpful, as is Southbound, and if you are anything like us you will be watching anything and evertything to do with Australia on TV, from Billy Connolly to Rex Hunt.
We considered all parameters such as work, climate, housing, shopping, schooling, beaches, etc... It is such a huge decision that you have to do all you can to get it right first time.
Good luck mate,
Paul
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I suppose a better question might have been; what made you choose your area as the place you wanted to live?
In terms of climate, it looks like a general rule of thumb that the further North you go the more humid it gets. True? Perth, Brisbane being sub-tropical, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney being "temperate" is that a fairly good albeit generalised take?
We are both office managers in Bournemouth although I also have a degree in hospitality management which our guy at migrationexpert.com (feel free to feedback about them if you have had any experience) thinks will help with our points.
Hi Guys and welcome to PIO, Its peoples prefrence I think.We have only been to Perth and loved it so we are starting there.
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HI, it is a minefield. At end of day dont worry if you do get it wrong and want to try elsewhere. we been in brisbane 2 months now and yes its gorgeous, sunny all yr etc etc. But for us its not cutting it. we may well end up trying sydney, i have lived there before and it ticked all my boxes. But we wanted to try somewhere else. the country is huge although i know a lot of it you wouldnt live in. It si so hard to make a decision whilst based in the uk and not having time to actually look around.
