What is a nice location to live in Australia?
I'm planning for the future, I'm thinking Australia, where's a nice place to live there? I'm looking for good weather, close to a beach, friendly people, some sort of marketplace... All around good place.
Sydney - 8 Answers
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Noosa; that's where i live located on the sunshine coast of queensland Noosa is very close to the beach. one of the beaches is famous (noosa main beach) in hastings street (also famous). Noosa has graet shopping, really friendly people, great weather not to hot in the summer and not to cold in the winter.
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Consider first this... Australia is a HUGE country (9/10ths the size of the United States), and has a very hot steamy tropical north, down to a freezing icy snow covered south. It depends on what you want regarding climate, but life style wise, it is fairly uniform Australia wide. My personal favourite is around Coffs Harbour in New South Wales. A few hours north of Sydney, low cost of living. Lovely warm (but not excessively hot) summers, and not freezing cold winters. Local farms fruit and veggies provide low cost of living (to eat), but real estate prices are escalating rapidly. Tasmania, frightfully cold in Winter, Summers very mild, cost of living is low, but due to a big piece of water between Tasmania and the mainland, there is a sense of isolation. Wages are the lowest in Australia. No matter where you live in Tasmania, you will always be within a few hours of the coast. I personally live in central Australia in the Northern Territory. The town of Alice Springs is very much a community and you have a sense of belonging. The people look out for each other and as a standard of life (compared to other places I have lived) , I have never felt more welcomed. The cost of living is high, but the wages/salaries well exceed the national average. In Alice, only in January and February for only a matter of a few weeks, the heat and humidity is almost intolerable. 47 celcius with humidity well exceeding 60% is really hard to take. However, come the months of March through May and from late August through to early November, you could not find a better climate in the world. Cool evenings and warm days. Perfect climate. If you are looking at moving to Australia, you should find a spot, settle, look at the pros and cons, talk to those around you voicing what you seek, and you will easily be pointed in the direction of the location and climate that suits you best.
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Gold Coast Queensland
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Sydney, thats all I have too say. If you go to Queensland all your going to find is a bunch of bogans or as Americans call them hillbilly's if you into going out to restaurant, nightlife, live concerts, big city's, good shopping areas then Sydney is the place for you. If you go to Queensland or anywhere else you will get bored very quickly unless you like small towns. I mean seriously who wants too live in some boring town on the coast of Queensland called Noosa that no one has heard of I've lived in Australia my whole life and never heard of it, I'm sure no one else has.
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Explain "good weather" what's good?
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Sydney is nice, but it's very expensive.
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I like sydney most, because of its attractions, neat place, shopping areas, restaurants, sydney harbour etc .. Good schools are also there in Sydney . Beaches includes Coogee, Balmoral, Bondi, Manly,etc .. sydney harbour cruising is another activity conducted there.
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Personally I think Wollongong (New South Wales) is a really nice city to live in. Low cost of living, Great beaches, University of Wollongong is also good, Free shuttle bus around town, Approx. 1 hr drive from Sydney etc but although its has a low job rates. Or you could try Perth. It's in Western Australia (Kinda far away from the other big cities) but it has also awesome beaches, has a population of 1.7 million people, high job rates, Cheaper cost of living if you compare it to Sydney or Melbourne but a bit more expensive than Wollongong and also has great buildings in the CBD area. Hope that helps =)
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