lwelsh

Yes we did!

 

Lived in Canberra for nearly a year and decided it just wasn't for us, a bit like your husband found it small & rather boring. Have now lived in Adelaide for 3 years and love it, we live south of Adelaide and just 10mins drive from some fantastic beaches (better than driving 2 hours to Batemans Bay!!), McLaren Vale (10mins away & the Barossa Valley (1 hour) if you enjoy a glass or 2 of wine. Housing is cheaper here than Canberra, obviously you don't get paid as much as you would in Canberra so swings & roundabout's, we rented for a year when we first came here and then bought as we knew this was the right place for us.

 

Adelaide city is great, plenty of shops, restaurants, bars, things to do, yes it is small compared to Sydney & Melbourne but with a population of over 1 million its not that small.

 

We settled here easily and both got jobs within a month of moving here, that was 3 years ago and I know the job situation in Adelaide has changed since then but there are jobs out there.

 

It was a scary thing to do after moving from the UK to Canberra and then a year later moving to Adelaide but so glad we did it, come for a visit first if you can to check out the suburbs and areas.

 

Any questions more than happy to help.

 

Rich

Thanks so much for this Rich! We might be in touch with questions in the next few weeks. I hope you don't regret saying that ?

I guessed that what you meant! I really love Canberra, and genuinely have no idea why it gets such a bad press, but I suppose it's bot for everyone!

Great idea Emu! Think that's

what we'll do. Thanks everyone for your help

My husband and I along with our 2 year old son have been living in Canberra for just over a year and are thinking about possibly moving to Adelaide. Although I have settled her very well and would happily live here for many year, my husband isn't quite so settled! He is working in a job he hates (I am a sham), he finds Canberra very small and a little boring, and it is also much colder than we were expecting! We would also love to be closer to the coast! Just wondering if anyone had any words of wisdom of advice? What do those who live in Adelaide feel about it? How easy was it to settle in there? Thanks in advance