sharron pickett Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Finally, we have flights booked and our date set. We arrive in Brisbane 29th April. Now the fun starts, container, somewhere to live, somewhere to work etc. Hubby is an electrician, and went over some time ago for exams, and holds his A license. Where do we start? We have two sons, one 19 and one 13, so we need a nice area with work potential, and a good school. Any ideas anyone?? Sharron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaggieMay24 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 POI has related forums specific to each state, so check out Life In Queensland forum where you'll undoubtedly find lots of useful information. http://www.lifeinqueensland.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calNgary Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 First off work out what your bringing and what your not ,then get 2 or 3 shipping companys out to quote you. (make sure you play them off against each other on price). Second book some arrival accommodation for your first few weeks ,you can look on sites like Stayz or Take a break or you can go for a holiday let or Caravan and Cabin Park such as Brisbane Holiday Village. Once here ,if you still havent got jobs get out there and sell yourself, at least already having his Licence will put him a step ahead. God luck with everything, Brisbane is fab but heh im biased,lol Cal x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharron pickett Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 Thanks Cal and MM, some good advice. Just looking at at air bnb now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith and Linda Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 If you can give some idea on which area of Brisbane, north, south, east, west or even some suburbs, then you might get some good feedback on those area's and schools. You could also check out the sister site 'life in queensland' for some more local opinions, but it is not a heavily used forum as yet. Good luck Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina2 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Have a look at http://www.whereis.com you can put in Brisbane as a basic starting point press find, up comes a map. then you can press directions and start keying in different suburbs, and by entering a different suburn like Corinda it will give you route in Kms and Directions. You can ask it for schools in any suburb, or shopping centers, doctors all sorts of things, so once you have a job and know where you will be living you can work out distance to different suburbs. http://www.realestate.com.au will give you houses to buy and rent. Love western suburbs, older area lots of trees and QLD style houses but this may not be what you are looking for and it can be a bit expencive over there. As others have said work out a list of possible suburbs that are of interest then come back and ask people what they are like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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