where is the best place to live in australia?Im
18 and am going to move there. I need relatively cheap rental and i
want to live in a city but not a huge city. I would also prefer to live
near the beach.
Other - Australia - 14 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :1 :
Melbourne, i guess is a good place,
2 :
sydney.
I can't tell you from experience about the other cities as I've lived
in sydney my whole life. It's not that big a place, you can find decent
rent even in these hard economic times (you just have to do a bit of
research beforehand) and the beaches aren't too far away either. All the
best!
3 :
Geelong. That is on the coast, only 40mins from Melbourne and is a good size
4 :
Albury its cute kinda big but not as big:)
5 :
Perth will be a good idea.
Its a small city which has easy access to the beaches.
6 :
There
are too many choices to offer an opinion really. But here goes. I live
in Western Sydney which is nowhere near the beach, the closer you get,
the more expensive. You are going to have to consider what temperature
you feel comfortable living in, believe me it will make the difference
between getting out and doing things and spending life in front of the
a/c drained of energy because of the heat. Perth would be my pick
though, people are flocking there at the moment, but remember, it is the
most isolated state capital city in the world, so it takes ages to go
anywhere by plane, but it does have the same weather as Sydney. Sydney
is overpopulated, and unbearably hot Dec-March, also there is so much
development going on, people are selling thier little houses on thier
big blocks of land built in the 50's and developers are knocking them
down and putting up huge apartment complexs in thier place, which
personally breaks my heart. Brisbane is even hotter and in my opinion is
just Sydney without the Opera House and Bridge and our harbour. If you
can put up with a bit of heat, the Gold Coast is great, about an hour
drive from Brisbane, you can get a good rental deal there because alot
of people have bought investment properties there, and now there is a
big oversupply, gorgeous beaches, pretty young population but very
touristy though. If i could live anywhere in Aus, I'd move to Tassie in a
minute, if i couldnt live in Perth, everything is still green there, we
have been on water restrictions for ten years, everybodies plants and
lawns are dead and brown. For you, I'd suggest definately somewhere near
or just outside Brisbane, Melbourne or Adelaide I'd think. Only come to
Sydney if you want to party by the harbour. Forget all about Darwin
unless you want to spend your life with fan and a bottle of drink
permanently in hand, waiting for the next cyclone/hurricane to destroy
your house. Australia has been a wonderful place to live in overall, we
Aussies very proud of our quirky little country, and as long as you
remember to give out the occasional "G'day", you will be fine.
7 :
Melbourne.
8 :
Tasmania
is good if you can handle cool to cold weather. Australia is not a
real cheap place anymore unless you go where no man wants to go and
that's not usually near a beach.
9 :
If you want to live in
a Capital City near a beach then you'll want good warm weather, so that
rules out Melbourne and Hobart. But then you want it to be cheap, So
that rules out Sydney and Perth.
That leaves you with Adelaide, Darwin and Brisbane.
Adelaide would be far cheaper for accomadation near the beach and
Brisbane itself is a not exactly on the beach anyway, and Darwin has too
many crocodiles..
Your choices would be better if you look at non-capital cities like
Broome, Karratha, Geraldton, Mandurah, Bunbury, Cairns, Surfers
Paradise, Gold Coast, Coffs Harbour, Newcastle, Woolongong, Whyalla,
Ceduna.
I wouldn't go any further south because the weather is too cold.
10 :
Well
Australia is a pretty suburban place, so even being in a big city
doesn't mean you are in a crowded place.
Sydney used to be the economic capital of Australia with most head
offices located here. It is also one of the most expensive cities to
live in. However you can live outside and commute (such as those people
living in the beautiful blue mountains).
Melbourne on the other hand is the cheapest big city in the world to
live in. Good transport and many businesses are choosing Melbourne of
Sydney. However Melbourne seem to be a bit up themselves because they
are the number 2 city and feel insecure about it.
Brisbane and surrounding area is nice, with the gold coast part of the
metro rail system and the sunshine coast also not far away.
Smaller cities on the beach include Wollongong, Newcastle and Geelong.
But from an international point of view, these places are more like
gloried country towns. But they are close enough the big cities to get
you the best of both worlds.
Adelaid and Perth are nice cities but far from anywhere else.
I grew in Townsville, a lovely tropical city where people go to travel
and never leave (in fact it is such a friendly city, people have
suffered all sort of problems travelling townsville and they can say is
how friendly townsville people are>
11 :
id suggest
brisbane...big enough but cheap com paritive to sydney...i wouldn'ty
live in a country town because they r too small and u woin't find
employment easily enough!...go brisbane!...beaches and tropical!
12 :
The
Blue Pill has good advice!
I would pick Tasmania too. I went their for a holiday for a month and it
was the best, so beautiful. It's the right amount of busy and
peaceful... and I'm a big nature nut and Tassie is full of it. You can
drive from the top of Tassie to the bottom in about three hours, so any
city you live in wont be huge! There are some historical places too like
Port Arthur...
If I were you I would visit the website of each city to find out what
they offer.
13 :
COnsider Brisbane because it's near
Queensland and in Queensland, Gold Coast is the best place to stay
because of the wonderful beaches there. As a matter of fact, the water
is clear and also many clubs there.
14 :
maybe Adelaide, its cheap, and has beaches, and is quite small,
My fav is Brisbane
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