bubbs100

Hi All, First time post so hopefully in the right place. My wife and I along with our 2 children are moving to Melbourne in July 18 and i'm planning on visiting this May for a week to spend some time in local suburbs. Only problem is that i don't know where to start. We would be looking for a family friendly area that is commutable to the CBD, say max of around an hour door to door. i'll likely get the train to work. What sort of areas should we consider? We're not fussed on being close to the beach as we know that when it comes to buy, this will likely be out of our range (c.500k AUD). Also, could someone give me a steer on whether a salary of 130k AUD would be enough for a family. I'm just trying to get a feel as to whether my wife would need to find work quickly or we could manage on my salary. I know this is difficult to answer, but i'm just looking for a very broad response. We don't want to eat into savings as this will be used to help buy a house. I'll be working straight away as will have a job lined up before we move. I'v got a million other q's but will start with these first. Cheers Chris