Guest jandk Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Hi there, We've finally overcome some truly impressive procrastination over the whole Sydney vs. Melbourne quandary, and booked ourselves flights - a cool 6 days before our visa entry expiry date. So this leads us inexorably to the next dilemma of where exactly within Melbourne to base ourselves. We're looking for a temporary let while we find our bearings (and with luck city jobs) in the coastal suburbs and are looking for some advice. We've visited St Kilda previously and it seems up our street, but we see various mention of "dodgy bits". Can anyone give any specific recommendations of roads for wide-eyed newcomers to avoid ? Also how do Elwood and Brighton compare with respect to their bars, restaurants and outside spaces ? We are young(ish) professionals without kids to worry about... Jo & Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petals Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 If you have been to St Kilda before its easy to find the dodgy bits. Down on the Esplanade there are nice apartments. Dodgy bits all around the city, like every other city. You can get the light rail to the city from St Kilda or the tram Elwood is a nice suburb closer than Brighton and Brighton is very nice. I lived in Elwood many moons ago and loved it, walking distance to Ackland Street, which used to be much different to what it is like now though much more European before. If you have no children and want to be close to the city there is Southbank, East Melbourne South Yarra all walking distance. Check our Realestate.com.au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest marie and kevin Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Hi there, We've finally overcome some truly impressive procrastination over the whole Sydney vs. Melbourne quandary, and booked ourselves flights - a cool 6 days before our visa entry expiry date. So this leads us inexorably to the next dilemma of where exactly within Melbourne to base ourselves. We're looking for a temporary let while we find our bearings (and with luck city jobs) in the coastal suburbs and are looking for some advice. We've visited St Kilda previously and it seems up our street, but we see various mention of "dodgy bits". Can anyone give any specific recommendations of roads for wide-eyed newcomers to avoid ? Also how do Elwood and Brighton compare with respect to their bars, restaurants and outside spaces ? We are young(ish) professionals without kids to worry about... Jo & Keith hello there we live in ellwood its pretty cool we moved here about 7 months back its a bit quiet at night but its not far away from st kilda or south yarra /paran if you want we can meet up for a coffee sometime just a bit of info we like you are young ish im 32 and marie is 30 im not trying to be a dick but i think i can remember how to have a good time we only joined this website today so this is a whole new thing for us so be kind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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