We are currently living in Adelaide and are thinking about making a move to Queensland. We originally were heading to Queensland but I got cold feet at the last minute and talked my husband into coming to Adelaide as my brother lived here already and we'd got quite a lot of friends here. We came to Australia a lot on holiday before we moved and usually started in Adelaide and then moved on up the Sunshine Coast to explore. We always stayed at a resort though and didn't do any research on suburbs etc.
However, Steve has never really settled very well, he feels Adelaide is very backward and the wages are much lower here that in Queensland. There is not a lot to do when visitors come over although the beaches are beautiful, there are only so may wineries you can tour and he is worried that there will not be much in the way of job opportunities for the kids when they are older and he is also limited in his career prospects. We also pay a lot of tax and he is starting to talk me round. He thought initially he wanted to go back to the Uk but we recently went back on a break and we definately know we don't want to go back to live, so that leaves us with a problem. My brother has said he would come with us, he has no wife or kids and can also transfer his work.
I'm initally looking from Brisbane to Caloundra as a starting point. Steve works for Hansen Yunken as a site manager and he can transfer to the Queensland Office, he works on site so some travelling would be expected.
I'd appreciate it if you could give me some ideas about where you live and why you picked the suburb in the first place. We've got 3 kids aged 14, 12 & 4 so need schools, private or state. Please feel free to PM me with suburbs you don't like so we don't offend anyone publically. Obviously all my reasearch was based on Adelaide before we moved and to be honest, this is like starting the process all over again.
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Hi Jo we live in a suburb called warner and its very nice. 35 min from CBD and hubby gets to work 50 min rush hour traffic.Good schools in the area(according to friends and one is a teacher) good Kindy(ABC Center) my daughter attends and she loves it. Small shopping centre in warner lakes estate and larger westfield 15min drive from here.
Its great for kids and I go to a local playgroup twice a week which is great for meeting new mums...and only costs a dollar.
The best thing is that its about half way between sunny and gold coast so they are both accessible and Redcliffe is 30mins too.
We live Pacific Pines on the Gold Coast, this is about 40/50 mins from Brisbane (on a clear run) not too far from Mount tambourine or the beaches, great schools for kids lovely bbq & park areas.
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Have you had a look at north lakes ,i think we kids they could be an ideal place for a new start for you all,albany creek near the city is a lovely area with a few familys and seemingly good school.
Thanks, thats really helped. I've got a friend who lived in Warner and now lives in Albany Creek so i had a few ideas, I just wanted a wider selection of suburbs to have a look at.
When we moved to Adelaide, I knew what suburbs I was interested in as we'd been here before and I also had my brother to help me out. We've been in Adelaide 3 years and this move seems much bigger than when we moved to Australia in the first place.
Well we don't have kids....so maybe a bit unfair to comment but there does not seem a lot for them to do. The swimming pool is pretty average and never seems open, there is no shopping centre, no cinema, not many parks etc and all the youngsters seem to do is hang out at the chip shop in town !
There is one gym which costs a fortune per month, with no aircon (captive market).
In time Beerwah will come on, as the land on the new estates is selling well but in the meantime....we head to the coast for everything. And it takes about 25 minutes or so. Not that long, but long enough.
Now wait for the onslaught from the Beewarh mob :-)
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i dont think thats just Beerwah though ,there are loads of up and coming areas they arent fully developed yet ,so i wouldnt let that put you off too much ,as melly says in another couple of years everything will be there.
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