BRISBANE BUT WHERE

calNgary · 22-09-2005, 02:00 PM

HIYA IM A NEWCOMER TO THE SITE SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME ,I AM PARTNER TO GARY AND MOTHER OF 2 CHILDREN AGE 2&7,WE ARE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS AND AFTER MUCH RESEARCH (IVE NEVER BEEN )BRISBANE IS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD ,BUT WHERE IN OR AROUND IS BEST ,MY PARTNER IS A DIESEL ENGINEER AND IM A CARER,WE ARE BOTH IN OUR EARLY 30S SO OBVIOUSLY NEED WORK ,ANY IDEAS OF A GOOD LOW CRIME AREA THATS NOT REALLY QUIET BUT NOT MAD BUSY,HELP OR ADVICE WELCOLMED THANKYOU ,ALSO IS THERE ANY YOUNG FAMILYS PLANNING TO MOVE TO THAT AREA ,,THANKYOU

dodge · 22-09-2005, 09:13 PM

hi , and welcome to brisbane...
the work for a most engineers is either archifield area or just over near the airport areas not good places to live , but if u go looking remember the golden rule, water or near the water is much cooler in summer, but be aware of mossies and midgies.

calNgary · 22-09-2005, 10:36 PM

thankyou for your help ,i have looked at caboolture and morayfield as the rental properties seem reasonable ,but i got a little put off by another posting i read saying watch the crime ,i suppose it depends were you are comparing too ,but can anyone shed any light,,deception bay is another area that caught my interest ,whys it so confusing at the beginning ,,cal

dawn · 23-09-2005, 06:42 PM

Hi.
We too are virgins to this site, but have found it fantastic for giving us much required advice. we are Brisbane bound late 06 :) and having same problems as you in finding good area for our 9 yr old son. if i find out any good suburbs i'll keep you posted.

keep re- searching as much as poss! can never have too much info.
good luck keep in touch
Dawn :D

calNgary · 23-09-2005, 10:01 PM

hiya dawn thanks for your reply ,its so daunting if you dont know the areas ,i keep thinking we will pick somewere and get there to find its manchesters equivelent to moss side(but maybe not as bad ),gary was over there for a year but that was 17yrs ago and things will have changed so much,i think we are going to rent just incase ,how long have you been in the process for,have you had your medicals and everything ,thats the only bit im worried about cause i have a liver disease ,it dosnt bother me now ,but might in 15 /20 yrs ,thats why we havnt told family or the kids yet ,just incase i knocked back ,,anyway enough for now keep in touch and good luck with everything ,xxcal

dwaldron · 23-09-2005, 10:36 PM

*cough*

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manchesters equivelent to moss side

You don't have to worry about that pretty much anywhere in the country, so don't concern yourself with such thoughts.

calNgary · 23-09-2005, 10:47 PM

well!!!! you know what i mean, i know no were is quite that bad (i hope),we actually live about 10 / 15 mile away and its lovely here no real trouble ,good schools ,etc but were not too far away from the hustle n bustle of manchester if we wanted it ,somewere in oz similar but sunny ,with no idiotic rules and regulations ,and probably more people that speak 'english' than there is in england nowadays ,,anyway time for bed ,,,xx cal

dodge · 23-09-2005, 11:08 PM

u talk about bad areas. well every town has these areas cant be helped, But the ones to stay away from if any would be browns plains , ipswich, sunnybank, anywhere there is cheap housing and single mums is a NO NO
Anyway the crime rate here is 1/10th as it is in the UK , sure u can be robbed , but u can be robbed any suburb any time if u dont have security measures. I love brisbane over sydney i have 2 kids and we live on the outer part of brisbane on the water at cleveland, we have a range from 300,ooo $ homes to 4 million dollar homes, Savage garden lives here ect. The south east part of brisbane is still a growing area and has a good reputation for young and execetive family envoirment... sorry for my poor spelling ....just got back from a big night on the town and a wee bit hung over
my advise is to stay to the coastal part of brisbane
ps bring me a mini cooper please

calNgary · 24-09-2005, 01:11 PM

thanks so much for the info and if i could fit a mini cooper in my case i would bring you one ,,thats if we are accepted,we are hopefully (if accepted) going to rent for a few months just incase ,i guess we are looking for a family type area but not to far from work (were ever that may be),any tips are more than gladly welcome,bye for now ,xx cal

dodge · 24-09-2005, 10:28 PM

have a look at www.realnet.com.au for homes to rent /buy.
always rent short term as you may not like the area that you first pick. Its better to break a short term leas over a long term. The only thing i am fussy over these days is congestion of traffic. there is a lot of new homes getting built on the north side of brisbane ( decption bay) which our roads cant cope with the extra traffic, the trip to the city can be 45 mins where on a good day u can do it in 25. , nowhere bad as the ring road around london but after a while 20 mins of traffic is 20 mins less partying with the babes