Can anyone tell me the pros and cons of living on the Gold Coast. Do a lot of people commute to work in Brisbane? I really wanted to be near nice beaches but do people in Brisbane get to the beaches in good time? Do people in Brisbane regret not choosing to live nearer the beach? Do people in Gold Coast regret not choosing to live in Brisbane? I know everyone is different and how long is a piece of string and all that.. but just a few views would be nice. By the way i like reading negative posts as well as positive as its all information. Hubby is a forklift driver/production worker so work wise is it going to be difficult on the Gold Coast and probably need to commute? Southern suburbs may be near enough for work to the Gold Coast or am i wrong as the commute could be long??
Thanks
Georgie
We live in Wynnum in Brisbane. I too would have liked to live either Sunshine Coast or Gold Coast for the beaches but we decided it was too far to commute. I think Gold Coast in rush hour could take an hour and half if not more. We do regularly go to the Gold Coast though for the beaches and if you leave fairly early in the morning it only takes an hour.
Thanks
1 1/2 hours is incredibly long. Do you mean thats how long it would take to get to the city centre or just to reach the southern suburbs like say Springwood? I have looked on Travel Times web site but they always go on travelling at the max speed and no traffic congestion so i wanted someones opinion who has done it. Thanks again. How do you like living in Brisbane then? We are in Melbourne and wondering if we really should move up there or not. beginning to have doubts now.
Georgie
Location: From Bury,Manchester To Jimboomba, Brisbane
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Find an area you like inbetween the city and the coast,there are loads to choose from.I was pleasantly surprised that i never really need to go into the city as its traffic chaos,but if i really have to its under an hours drive.Same with the beach if i want to go to surfers its about 45mins. Most folk happily commute 30 mins to and from work some longer as everything is so spread out.Id find an area i like and then look for work rather than vice versa.hope this helps a bit ,have you looked at SEEK - Australia's no. 1 jobs, employment, career and recruitment site to see where jobs are?
Cal x
Just logged on to this website and picked up on your question.
Just returned from a rekkie trip to Gold Coast/Brisbane….amazing!!!!
When we went out we were quite sure we wanted to live in the suburbs south of the city, commute and be able to get to the beach easily. What i can say now is that regardless of the distances, i didn't really like the areas I had initailly thought of (Springwood, Sunnybank, Browns Plains).
We stayed in Surfers paradise and travelled north in search of areas we liked. I wanted to know what the commute would be so travelled on the highway at peak time. we set off at 7.50 from surfers and were in the city just after 8 (my commute is longer than that in Britain!).
The train is really conveinient, clean and fast. We're now looking the the suburbs of Helensvale, Pacific Pines, Oxenford, Coomarh.
Schools, playgrounds, BBQs are all lovely here and it's 20 mins from the beaches at Southport, Surfers and 30 mins from Broadbeach.
Hope this helps, let me know if you want more......
hi georgie i would recommend the coast over brisbane anyday. I hav been there four times now and absolutely love it, hoping to move there myself next year. I went over on a working holiday visa and had to commute to brisbane from broadbeach and i must say it was a real pain.
I would recommend you have a look at areas like pacific pines and surrounding suburbs. its a good point to commute from, has a new large shopping centre and has a great school. My girlfriend is from the gold coast and she might be able to tell you a it more if your interested. good luck with your decision anyway.
The Gold Coast is a 'city' in it's own right now. It has it's own airport and the work is immense. So many buildings, hotels and industrial going up that I doubt work would be a prob for your husband.
All depends on what time of day you travel in to Brisbane as to traffic. It's a city like any other so there's always lots but less at certain times of the day. However, personally compared to traffic round about where I live in England (I'm talking Kent to the Dartford Crossing, into London) it hardly compares!
i spent three weeks on a recce based near Labrador/Southport ( GOLD COAST ) in March/April this year and it was fantastic. It was a pleasure to be stuck in traffic on the couple of occasions we went to Brisbane as there was no Road Rage, No effing and blinding, well not that I saw but just moving traffic. Hopefully we will be accepted on a 457 visa and should be back there at back end of July so I am looking forward to the beaches and the scenery again.
Like every other city, there is always traffic but unless you live or work there you can stay away from it. Most of us are trying to get away from the hustle and bustle so why not chill with the locals.
Good luck to anyone moving out there in the future and maybe one day we will meet up.
Hi Georgie,
We're on the Gold Coast in Pac Pines and moving once the house is built, to Upper Coomera, both areas more to the north part, hubby works in south Brissie and it takes him 35-45 minutes to get there, did the journey yesterday myself after 9am and was there in 35 minutes, obviously peak traffic can take more, but it's not too bad a run. The train is pretty regular and at certain times there is an express service which cuts out some of the stations. Anyway how's the weather, 24degress and sunny here.
