Hyacinth
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I'm new to pomsinoz but have visited family here many times. I know and understand the problem of wanting new friends in a new, town, city., or country. My advice to people is visit the many sports and social clubs which exist in every town and suburb. Membership is open to everyone and the facilities are excellent and cater for different tastes and interests. I've visited many different clubs and I've been amazed at what they offer. Some of the many things are dancing, TVs showing many different sports, bingo, pokies, raffles and draws to support the clubs, fabulous restaurants and cafes serving discounted drinks and meals if you are members, and last but not least entertainment in many forms. If you're interested in sport and have kids what better place to start than a sports club, surf, football, rugby, aussies rules, etc etc. Your kids will make new friends and so will you. There's also the services clubs again with great facilities. New members are welcome and it's usually only a couple of dollars or even free to join. Try a few different ones until you find ones where you feel comfortable and the most welcome I'm sure you will be glad you did.
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Thanks, we're well aware of all of the above and have joined many a club however we have found bayside to be a little more pretentious and it's just not for us hence the post on pomz hoping to meet some more like minded people that hopefully don't feel it's about what they do and what they have! We're prettey laid back and just keen to connect with some people (hopefully with some things in common)that want to catch up, enjoy a laugh and hopefully from there gain a friendship.
We are child free so that alley isn't an option, but gosh the people that have kids I have to admit i'm sometimes a little envious of how much easier it might be to meet others through all the activities kids do now adays!
Thanks again for the advise, we'll keep plodding along but we just always feel it's silly not to put ourselves out on here too especially since we know others will be coming or have come over to the same situation
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What a good idea why don't more towns do the same thing. It would ensure a flow of young families to areas where they would normally have difficulty settling due to financial restraints. Obviously there would need to be rules regarding it being a non profit making investment for at least 10 years to encourage people to stay in the area long term. I'm sure the powers that be could make a contract to ensure there would be no abuse of such a system. Lots of ideas come to mind what do other members think the pros and cons are.
