[ Outline ] · Standard · Linear+ I've Been To Bondi, Sydney, Australia

[Isaac_Putin]

Beautiful beach. It was Australia's winter time, but there were surfer's everywhere. The architecture in the area is great. It doesn't look like a dumpy little beach town. I almost thought of Croatia looking at the surrounding buildings and hills.

[diane26]

ok one more cause I am having trouble finding it online, what is the average price of housing in the sydney area. Like 3 bedroom maybe 4 bedroom home in a good area. I can find plenty of houses online but not the cost and what is the average home loan in Aus. length that is of the loan.

[Isaac_Putin]

ok one more cause I am having trouble finding it online, what is the average price of housing in the sydney area. Like 3 bedroom maybe 4 bedroom home in a good area. I can find plenty of houses online but not the cost and what is the average home loan in Aus. length that is of the loan.

Diane, I don't know what the cost is, but it has to be more reasonable than the U.S. Crime rate seemed very low. We are out at night a lot in Sydney and Melbourne and everything seemed orderly and safe.

By the way, while we were there, Australia was running public service announcments encouraging peopel to move there. I was really surprised about that. I remember reading something about Australia estimating that it needed to increase it's population pretty dramatically to achieve certain things.

[diane26]

Diane, I don't know what the cost is, but it has to be more reasonable than the U.S.  Crime rate seemed very low.  We are out at night a lot in Sydney and Melbourne and everything seemed orderly and safe.

By the way, while we were there, Australia was running public service announcments encouraging peopel to move there.  I was really surprised about that.  I remember reading something about Australia estimating that it needed to increase it's population pretty dramatically to achieve certain things.

THanks Issac I was trying to look up realesate online and was having a hard time finding a cost or what is a good affordable area away from the snakes and spiders:P and such.

The wolf Creek movie creeped me out but heck that is childs play to the daily crime we have here. For my profession it would be easy for me to get a visa for the family to move there allthough I am thinking 10 years down the road. Give or take but I am seriously considering it. I want to be able to enjoy life not just be worked to death always trying to stay safe and get by ya know.

[Isaac_Putin]

THanks Issac I was trying to look up realesate online and was having a hard time finding a cost or what is a good affordable area away from the snakes and spiders:P and such.

The wolf Creek movie creeped me out but heck that is childs play to the daily crime we have here. For my profession it would be easy for me to get a visa for the family to move there allthough I am thinking 10 years down the road. Give or take but I am seriously considering it. I want to be able to enjoy life not just be worked to death always trying to stay safe and get by ya know.

Australia is probably the first, second, and third choice for an American to consider moving to if you were going to leave here. Except for what side of the road you drive on, it seemed identical to America to me.

Less tv channels, though. I think there were like 5 in my Sydney hotel room.

Also, it is a freaking 13-hour flight from Los Angeles to Sydney. 13 hours!!! So, if you move, you will basically be leaving your friends and family pretty much for good.

That is not a casual flight -- I can tell you that. I watched something like four full-length movies on the trip up. On the positive side, beer and wine were free and unlimited. Being someone who loves free stuff, I drank three glasses of merlot (maybe more - who knows?) and passed clean out. When I woke up again, all the lights in the plane were off. I had to use the bathroom and almost threw up getting out of my seat. I staggered down the aisle into the bathroom, holding onto seats the whole way.

[diane26]

Australia is probably the first, second, and third choice for an American to consider moving to if you were going to leave here.  Except for what side of the road you drive on, it seemed identical to America to me.

Less tv channels, though.  I think there were like 5 in my Sydney hotel room.

Also, it is a freaking 13-hour flight from Los Angeles to Sydney.  13 hours!!!  So, if you move, you will basically be leaving your friends and family pretty much for good. 

That is not a casual flight -- I can tell you that.  I watched something like four full-length movies on the trip up.  On the positive side, beer and wine were free and unlimited.  Being someone who loves free stuff, I drank three glasses of merlot (maybe more - who knows?) and passed clean out.  When I woke up again, all the lights in the plane were off.  I had to use the bathroom and almost threw up getting out of my seat.  I staggered down the aisle into the bathroom, holding onto seats the whole way.

Glad I wasnt on that flight.

Friends I can keep in touch via internet we dont see eachother a lot anyway and only family I have is dad and step mom and I would try hard to convince them to come too LOL.

[Isaac_Putin]

Glad I wasnt on that flight.

Friends I can keep in touch via internet we dont see eachother a lot anyway and only family I have is dad and step mom and I would try hard to convince them to come too LOL.

Not to bum you out, but you would really have to think of the logistics of it. By the time you move, your sons could be of the age where they flatly refuse to go. I know people whose kids stayed behind and finished high school with friends rather than move with family. So, this is the kind of thing that you would have to do soon, or would have to make a great "marketing push" to them that being on the other side of the world would be good for them.

[diane26]

Not to bum you out, but you would really have to think of the logistics of it.  By the time you move, your sons could be of the age where they flatly refuse to go.  I know people whose kids stayed behind and finished high school with friends rather than move with family.  So, this is the kind of thing that you would  have to do soon, or would have to make a great "marketing push" to them that being on the other side of the world would be good for them.

Actually Issac the kid aspect would be the easiest part. They are very eager to go new places and expiearnce new things us moving to CO they are more excited than us to go and to live where there are beaches they would be in heaven.