avice on pakenham

paul and jo · 05-05-2008, 08:54 PM

me and and my family are about to move to melbourne ,can anyone give us any info on what it is like to live in pakenham,schools,and opportunities on opening a barber shop.

any advice would be grateful
paul.

ashmalog · 15-05-2008, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by paul and jo

me and and my family are about to move to melbourne ,can anyone give us any info on what it is like to live in pakenham,schools,and opportunities on opening a barber shop.

any advice would be grateful
paul.

i am out in berwick at the moment on a reckie and we are going to look at pakenham today so will check it out for you, my OH is a barber also so he will check those out for you. he has been offered a job in mornington and berwick whilst here and there are loads of barber shops. they pay a min of $22 an hour and a full time post is 40hrs here. so far we have found this side of melbourne beautiful, not long to the city - 40-60 mins, trains brilliant and cheap, lovely green areas and loads for kids and families. skate parks, cinemas, loads of open areas for kids to play and the play areas are massive - not the piddly little swing and slide you get in the uk - they really seem to invest in family life here. i will try and attach some photos if i can (not wonderful at IT but i will have a go). if there are any other places you want info on let me know cos we have been all around. it depends what you are looking for really.

paul and jo · 17-05-2008, 03:56 PM

thanks, we really like the look of geelong,highton looks lovely as does torquay . did youre husband find it hard to get the barber jobs?did he have to do a cut ? or did they just offer him the jobs with his experience? . hope to hear soon
all the best
paul

ashmalog · 18-05-2008, 09:59 AM

hi paul and jo, well i have had a look at Pakenham and it is very nice. about 10-15 mins from Berwick. they seem to be building a lot of new houses which are very spacious and community minded, popped into the lakeside estate and was very impressed with the layout of the houses and estate, all placed around a largelake - hence the name. it appears pakenham is up and coming and it has everything in the town, doctors, supermarkets, real estate, little shops etc, everything you would want really. quite a few schools and nice play areas for children. some people say that it is on the lower end of the economic scale but i thought it was lovely, no rough looking houses, no grafitti, very clean. i suppose it is just small in comparison to somewhere like berwick and that is why they are building and investing. there was a few barber shops in the town. my OH just walked into shops and chatted to the owner but he did previously send them his cv and told them he would be visiting so in a way they were expecting him. he did take his kit with him but not had to do a cut so far - i suppose the conversation was the best thing really- for him anyway as he can talk to anyone about anything!!!
not been to geelong but apparantly beautiful. torquay very expensive as it is the surfers region so everyone gows there on their holidays, my friend has been and said that it is more expensive to live there but very nice. on a whole we have found australia very clean, very friendly and the only reason we want to go back to the uk is to pick up our boys and to come out again!!! don't want to go back. you see the life you could have out here and you wonder what britain is offering you.
we have been in melbourne 12 days and love it and not seen half of it. so much to see. loved the city and didn't feel threatened or claustraphobic like i do with london.
are you coming out to check the place out prior to emmigrating? we are so glad we did as some of the areas we had on our list we crossed off our list straight away as it wasn't for us - i couldn't move somewhere without looking around first particulary not with kids, we are upheaving them as it is - it would be worse if we were in an area we didn't like aswell.

paul and jo · 18-05-2008, 10:30 AM

thanks once again for the info,we would love to come out for a visit but would find it hard with a 3 yr old . our best friends live in point cook so we are staying with them when we land .they will watch both kids while we have a look .enjoy the rest of youre hol you lucky people !!!