Sydney / Melbourne / Brisbane / Perth / Adelaide or Gold Coast ? A little summary.

Scamp1976 · 01-07-2008, 12:06 AM

I have ofcourse done some research, this is what I have found :

Sydney : 'capital' city, about 7 million people ( although someone mentioned 4 million officially ). Huge traffic problems due to bad public transport. Extremely warm in the summer, rainy and cold in the winter. Good job opportunities, loads of nice things to do, lots of tourists. Hugely expensive living, and even more expensive real estate prices. Unaffordable living for most people.

Melbourne : Second biggest city in Australia with about 4 million people. Temperate climate, almost european-like weather. Traffic is a lot better here mainly due to the better public transport. The most 'european' of all Australian cities. Nice skyline. Rainy and cold in the winter, very warm in the summer. Good job opportunities since most big companies have their headquarters here. Many things to do, this city has it all except the weather. Reasonably expensive but still cheaper than Sydney. Real estate is expensive.

Brisbane : Third biggest city in Australia with about 2 million people. Sub-Tropical climate : Warm all year round. Traffic is terrible with the most congested city in whole of Australia they have huge problems with their public transport and too many roads so pollution is an upcoming problem. Nice skyline, Tropical rains during the summer, dry and warm winters. Water shortages. Reasonable job offers, with many IT jobs available during good times. In recession, Brisbane is usually hardest hit. City is not located on the coast but a little land inwards on a big river with a big port which is in use. Reasonably many things to do, this city needs public transport to solve it's congestion issues though. Very expensive, almost to the level of Sydney. Unaffordable house prices. Real estate is unaffordable for most people.

Perth : Located on the other side of the 4 'big cities' , Perth is isolated from the rest of Australia. Perth is the fourth biggest city with about 1 million people, but growing fast due to climate and wonderful beaches. Sub-Tropical climate like in Brisbane, traffic is reasonable, public transport is reasonable.
No water problems, reasonable job offers, City is located on some wonderful beaches, in a beautiful location with beautiful weather. It's an isolated city though, but the area is certainly very nice. Many things to do, quite expensive. House prices have been dropping since April 2008, so they are becoming more affordable.

Adelaide : Perth is the fifth biggest city in Australia, with about 900.000 population. Adelaide has a temperate climate with rainy cold winters and dry warm summers. Public transport is bad, but congestion seems reasonable. Job offers are low, especially during recessions, this town will get hit hardest during bad economic times ( last recession there was 20% unemployment in Adelaide ). This city is all about being laid back. Nothing moves fast, there's not an abundance of things to do, but the costs of living are cheap compared to the other big cities. If you like laid back style living, this might be the city for you.

Gold Coast : I have no idea about the gold coast. It's supposed to be beautiful and the weather is supposed to be holiday like all year round. Maybe someone can post a Gold Coast review ?

My ideal city ?
Melbourne, located at Brisbane's position, with Perth's beaches, and Sydney's bays and Adelaide's laid back people

If something in here isn't right, please tell me so I can amend it.

Georgie · 17-07-2008, 03:18 AM

Hi
Isnt it weird that Cabooltureshire has Level 6 water restrictions yet 30 mins up the road they have none! How annoying as we are looking at Morayfield, Burpengary areas. Might look a bit further north if jobs available. Can you tell me ******* and Jo if theres much for Forklift workers, factory workers or any work for unskilled (i hate that term as it makes people sound worthless) man in the area? Is it feasable to drive to Eagle farm area for work? I probably know the answer to that one already!!!

Do you know if Morayfield has any bad vibes? You can pm me on that one if you dont want to offend

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Anyone else from Morayfield area?

Cheers
Georgie

**calNgary** · 17-07-2008, 05:28 AM

Georgie dont let the water restrictions put you off ,we havnt really changed our way of living over here because of this ,being sensible is all you need to do,water tanks are the way to go and catch the rain ,we have only used town water for approx 4 weeks in the last year. we have baths, showers and have a pool to maintain ,its simple things like turning off the tap whilst you brush your teeth that make the difference.
Cal x

onecrankypom · 17-07-2008, 06:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Georgie

Hi
Isnt it weird that Cabooltureshire has Level 6 water restrictions yet 30 mins up the road they have none! How annoying as we are looking at Morayfield, Burpengary areas. Might look a bit further north if jobs available. Can you tell me ******* and Jo if theres much for Forklift workers, factory workers or any work for unskilled (i hate that term as it makes people sound worthless) man in the area? Is it feasable to drive to Eagle farm area for work? I probably know the answer to that one already!!!

Do you know if Morayfield has any bad vibes? You can pm me on that one if you dont want to offend

.

Anyone else from Morayfield area?

Cheers
Georgie

Caboolture is know under pine rivers council since the reorganisation of the councils up here making it one of the largest councils in the country only know this useless fact due to inlaws work on the council

KathK · 17-07-2008, 04:38 PM

To Scamp1976
I like your thread! - for those of us undecided it always helps to get an 'insiders' point of view!
As I've said before - there's only so much info you can gain from websites - average temperatures don't really tell you anything for example. As our VISA is 'hopefully' imminent, we now need to make pland for our rekkying trip - not easy with so much to choose from!

KathK

Pinhead · 17-07-2008, 05:03 PM

'Melbourne, located at Brisbane's position, with Perth's beaches, and Sydney's bays and Adelaide's laid back people '

Scamp I think you've just come up with that dream place in Oz that people talk about.