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We moved from Adelaide a year ago. Love love love it here on the Gold Coast

Yes I could come its less than a hour, will read back thru what dates it was as I work a sat or a sunday which is a real bummer. Whats the plan? What are you ladies doing?? ))

We are living in Pac Pines, been here 8 months but we feel we are missing out on the 'aussie' lifestyle so are now looking at Varsity, Robina and Mermaid for another rental. Its just too much of a trek from here to everywhere:(

Ive just come across this thread, am wondering if you will do a girly get together on the gold coast? Im in Pac Pines and need to meet new people. Im no spring chicken but still young at heart

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If anyone is interested our house will be available in a few weeks time, dates are flexible.......4 bed large villa style house with pool in Carter Street, Pacific Pines rent is $560 a week, in a quiet cul de sac, is walking distance to shopping centre, macdonalds, zaraffas, noodle bar, primary and high school etc etc. If anyone is interested PM us for more details.:biggrin:

Hi Michelle, Are you the same Michelle i spoke to in adelaide from Noarlunga? We moved from Morphett Vale to Gold Coast in October, have moved to Pacific Pines, we loved Robina and looked at a few houses there and in Mudgeeraba too but settled on Pac pines, we liked the idea of it being more like the uk, its like a little town of its own, with shopping centre and a good tavern opposite a huge park with a lake, great playgrounds for the kids, its all very pretty and clean, has 3 or 4 primarys, high school and nice houses that are good value. Our daughter Tegan (11) has settled in really quickly to her new school which I was worried as she had moved school twice in SA as we were living in Seaview Downs and then bought in MV. Arundel is about 5 to 10 mins drive from here. Harbourtown here is bigger than Adelaides lol just a bit of shopping info there. Theres a Westfield 5 mins from Pacific Pines or you have the huge Robina shopping centre 5 mins from Mudgeeraba. If you fancy meeting up when you arrive we would be happy to, fire away with an anymore questions you want answering. Lorraine:xmas10: ps i looked into schools in Mudgeeraba and theyre all really good primarys but there is no High School (only private), it would be Robina or Palm Beach I think

We may be breaking our lease in Pacific Pines, Its a lovely 4 bed large home with a salt water inground pool, in a quiet cul de sac, the house is in the catchment for Pacific Pines Primary/High School, walking distance to shopping centre and tavern. Rent is $560 pw. Thought we would ask on here before we make it official to see if anyone is looking for a property like this, PM us if you would like any further details. :biggrin:

Hi its been a while since I posted on this thread but we have made the move and are living in Pacific Pines, my youngest is 3 and driving me mad at the moment !! I am a more mature mum lol.....if anyone knows of any play groups not too far from here or want to meet up for coffee and chat Im free most days :-)

a nice house came up there, but we didnt get it anyway, think they wanted hubby already working which is impossble with being in adelaide still and even with a letter from prospective employer it was a no. Oh well its obviously wasnt meant to be. We now are going back to plan a and staying in a hotel for 2 weeks and will be viewing heaps in 2 weeks time lol

Hi giggle, good to hear you are there, we move 18th oct from Adelaide yipppeee cant wait, packing up the house now!! We have just put an application in for a rental in Molendinar, its basically next to Ashmore and seems close to everything. Our first choices were Pacific Pines or Robina but this lovely house has come up and suburb is really central so hope we get it!! Maybe we can all meet up?? Lorraine:cool:

We are considering Molendinar for a rental, does anyone live there and know if its a nice area to live in? The house is at Crestwood Heights?

Well we have sold the house, way too quick really!! One way flights booked to Gold Coast for 18th October,so its bye bye to Adelaide and Hello Queensland:cool:

Just wondering if anyone has used 'You Pack' for shipping interstate??

Our daughter was 16 when we began the visa process but when we finally lodged she was 18 and 19 when it was granted in Feb 2011. She was in full time education at 16 but then went to work as didnt want to come to Oz, she then split with her boyfriend and decided she wanted to come so we said you need to get to college (she was 18 now), she was not at college for the whole year and we thought this may cause a problem when our case officer picked up our case but thankfully it was granted no probs. She really didnt want to go to college as wanted to earn but ended u doing a course she really enjoyed and worked part time in 2 shops, to help her cope with all this and because I couldnt have moved without her she paid no housekeeping, we said keep your money and we helped her out financially so she stayed in full time ed. Hope this helps and good luck :wink:

I asked myself that question too.....well we were renting, as you do to begin with but because we have a big family and needed a big house we felt unhappy paying out so much rent when we found out we had enough deposit to buy, so we found a house, a really nice house but once we started living a normal life realised that theres not mcuh around, theres not many places to go out and schools in the area are not great (high school) and until we went to the Gold Coast in Jan we were all just plodding along so about a year but before that the kids and especially older ones were all saying the citys ok but thats about it. Wish we hadnt bought now

I thought that regarding the humidity but have spoke to people that live there, looked at weather since December and its not horrendous at all. when we went in Jan it wasnt humid one bit and I checked the weather everyday when we got back and again it wasnt overly high. apparently only a few days it can be unbearable but then here in adelaide it has been 37 to 40 degrees and still too hot to be outside so in both cases it means aircon and indoors or in a pool lol. hubbies been doing solar so is on roofs too, he was worried but after our extensive research is ok about it. The winters are nice sunny days mainly so thats what we like as in Adl it was proper cold last year, torrential rain some days and damn right depressing. Hope that helps

Awww bless ya, I remember you being on here when we were all going through the visa process. reckon you will love it there like we did. We keep getting told do it soon before its too late as it gets harder to leave the more connections you make. Maybe see you there one day, will post updates if we go as have to sell the house first

We are going to look at Springfield Lakes when we come back there in september, we looked at Robina and liked it because of its proximity to Surfers/Broadbeach for nights out for our adult kids (and us). Springfield Lakes sounds and looks lovely but is the city the only option for a 'night out on the town' , so to speak?? We dont want to have a lovely house by a good shopping centre but then nothing else around......can anyone tell us what peeps do for their social life whilst living around these suburbs?

Hi Zephyr, In our personal opinion we have found the houses in Adelaide are not cheap at all, unless you want to live by a beach down south without much around or in a not so desirable suburb or up North then they are expensive. We have bought and even though there are 2 little shoppin centre closeby we have to do a longish taxi ride to go anywhere decent for a night out. We are moving to Queensland, to the Gold Coast, we feel it offers everything we havent found here. We find it very quite and here and yes there are festivals in the city, wineries etc but thats not enough for us, we dont like it too laid back lol

In reply to urself and Blobby, we moved here last Feb and had never been to Australia before, well hubby had but about 17 years ago and not to Adelaide or Queensland, just Perth (which he said was too quiet and remote for him), Darwin and Sydney. For the visa we had to come to Adelaide or at least we thought we did as are on a 176 State Sponsor for SA. (also QLD was our first choice when we started the visa process but Electrician came off the list so she suggested Adelaide) We bought a house here quite quickly but wasnt feeling bowled over by it here,silly mistake... found theres not many places to go out unless one went into the city or Glenelg and thats it if you want any lively atmosphere. So in Jan we went to the Gold Coast for a holiday and we all said how much it was like the real Oz that we had all imagined, we went back last week to look at suburbs and went to about 12 different suburbs, every single one looked nice, unlike here, a lot of suburbs are very run down, old cars around, not very visually pleasing and the nice suburbs where you can buy/rent a lovely house are all very expensive or right up north or right down south. Whereas in QLD where we looked all looked very nice and no big variation. Also the winter here was cold and we had known it would be but the thought of nice warm winters in GC really appeals. Not to mention all the places to go out, a night in surfers or Broadbeach, theme parks for the kids and ours are from 2 to 21, my 21 year old is expecting her own baby and agrees its not the best here. I wont be too harsh because have been in trouble before for giving my point of view on SA. We moved all this way not to just be ok .....may be doing the wrong thing as we never came with a lot of money and may not be able to buy again but we are willing to take the risk, lifes too short to sit and be complacent. Hope this answers

Hi all, has anyone sold their house out here in Oz and not used an estate agent?? Theres a few sites on the net whereby it gets advertised on realestate.com.au, you get a for sale board etc but no hideous commission to pay. Seems a bit daunting so hoping someone on here has done it, maybe??

Has anyone moved interstate and who did you use for furniture removals? Or did anyone use a alternative method?? We are planning to move from Adelaide to the Gold Coast.

Hi guys, just came across this. We moved to Adelaide Feb last year and are moving to Queensland, Gold Coast this year. SA just hasnt done it for us

Hi girls, can i just ask whats it like living in Helensvale and Coomera? Are there plenty of shopping centres around? We are from Chelmsford in Essex originally and moving from Adelaide in a few months to the Gold Coast because its so quite here so we want to be in a busy suburb with things nearby and not a long drive, possibly walkable. Have just come back from a reccie and quite liked Robina, but drove through Helensvale but didnt have the chance to look properly. We have 5 kids from 2 to 20 so need schools, uni, Shops and Im guessing the only place for nightlife is Surfers? Do any of these suburbs have places to go out for a meal and drinks or is the closest place Broadbeach/Surfers for a proper night out?? Thanks in advance for any answers Lorraine