lauralp517

Hi! My partner and I have been in Melbourne for two years now, how long are you planning on staying for? :-) we are both 26.

Nikey - you're not the first person who has said that about Darwin - might have to take a trip there! :-) Surfndirt - haha i know! We have such a huge list on our 'want' list that something will have to give! Yeah we're pretty keen on Melbourne, not sure if we'll find a suburb with all of our wants in though, jan juc is gorgeous though, we're down there quite a lot. Rupert - the problem we're having is that we've seen 'some' but not all, it would be physically impossible to see every single suburb in each city, and none of the ones we've seen have ticked every box, my thoughts were that someone would see our wish list and think - oo i live there! lol. Nicky Nook - we might have to head back to Sydney for a holiday and check out the suburbs there, a few people have mentioned it. Sprintman - i'm a successful author and write from home/ on the beach/ coffee shops so where i can find a job isn't really an issue. My partner is a chef so will be able to pick up part time work anywhere. Woo! Thanks guys for all the suggestions! Definitely have some food for thought! :-)

Tonyman - where in perth would you suggest? We went there for a three week holiday and didn't really get a good feel for it. Its definitely beautiful, but the city seemed pretty quiet and there didn't seem a whole lot to do. Nickynoo - any particular suburb in the east of sydney? Think i might have to head back up there for a couple of weeks to check it out. Lastonealive - yeah we lived in brisbane for a year and a half and really loved it there, the city was great and there was always plenty to do, plus great public transport, we then moved to melbourne to see what we thought of it down here. Hmmm, brisbane is definitely a possibility. Thanks for the suggestions guys!!!

lol. ok, say that a job wasn't an issue. THEN where would you say was the best place to live?

Hi everyone! Myself and my partner have been in oz for 3.5 years and are just now going for permanent residency. We have moved around a bit and have visited many places - we travelled the whole of the east coast, across to victoria, perth (the only places we haven't been are darwin are and ayres rock). There are so many beautiful places in australia we really don't know where to settle. The things we are looking for: Important - within twenty minutes of somewhere my partner can surf, within 40minutes drive of a big, well equiped city, within 40 minutes drive of a good airport, very close to train station into the city, somewhere there are a lot of things to do. Now i imagine there are HUNDREDS of places like this all over australia........but which one would you recommend? --->we are a 26 year old active couple looking to start a family. Looking forward to any replies!!

Your posts make me laugh!! I've been over here about a year, and since have practically turned vegetarian, and i used to be a complete chocoholic!! Now, maybe once every 2 months or so i head to surfers paradise to the british sweet shop and get some LOVELY english chocolate!! hahaha!!!! And any aussies i've spoken to don't understand it at all!! Ugh is all i can say!! haha!!