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

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.

In relation to major cities in the USA crime is low. As in every major city around the world we are no utopia but crime levels will almost certainly be lower than anywhere in America.

In the north of the country you may get the occasional hurrciane/cyclone but that is it. In sydney the worst thing you will get from mother nature is sunburn
The closer to the CBD you get the higher the prices are. Median prices I believe are approx $450k to A$500k

Home loans can be taken over any period you choose to pay it off, usually with a maxiumum over 30 years but its a case by case situation.

Isaac yes we only have 5 free to air channels but cable is very common and inexpensive here

I think we only have about 5 free local channels as well, Abc, Cbs, Fox, Nbc, and Pbs not sure though,


Thanks for the info I searched on crime stats a lot today and it seems pretty mild comparred to here I read about Anita Cobby though and that was really sad and terrible what happened to her, but crime doesnt seem to be anything comparred to what it is here.

Just relax and it'll come :P
(get that one Gnappy)

No, I had to google it :( But after reading the full quote I remember it.

In the north of the country you may get the occasional hurrciane/cyclone but that is it. In sydney the worst thing you will get from mother nature is sunburn
The closer to the CBD you get the higher the prices are. Median prices I believe are approx $450k to A$500k

Home loans can be taken over any period you choose to pay it off, usually with a maxiumum over 30 years but its a case by case situation.

$450-500K for a house?! :o
No wonder one needs to make at least 65K a year there. I guess some places in Canada are that high, but it varies widely. Where I live, if you spent $450,000 on a house you'd get a probably 3000-4000 square foot brand new house with EVERY amenity you could think of. For $200,000 here you can get a very nice house.

No, I had to google it  :(   But after reading the full quote I remember it.
$450-500K for a house?!  :o
No wonder one needs to make at least 65K a year there. I guess some places in Canada are that high, but it varies widely. Where I live, if you spent $450,000 on a house you'd get a probably 3000-4000 square foot brand new house with EVERY amenity you could think of. For $200,000 here you can get a very nice house.

Not here.

Shoot in cali for half a mil you can get a box big enough to fit a bed,

I think we only have about 5 free local channels as well, Abc, Cbs, Fox, Nbc, and Pbs not sure though,

You forgot WB and in most major cities the religous channel (my personal favorite, I watch it anytime I can't find something good on) :nahnah:

You forgot WB and in most major cities the religous channel (my personal favorite, I watch it anytime I can't find something good on)  :nahnah:

WB???? Ohhh is that the channel 7th heaven comes on I used to love that show back in the day not sure if that is it though.


Religious channel??

I have always had cable so I am talking about the old school free channels I guess I dont know about new ones :ph34r:

WB???? Ohhh is that the channel 7th heaven comes on I used to love that show back in the day not sure if that is it though.
Religious channel??

I have always had cable so I am talking about the old school free channels I guess I dont know about new ones :ph34r:

Yes the religous channel, I believe it's done mostly by Catholics.

Yes, 7th Heaven is on the WB. I think Gilmore Girls too.

Yes the religous channel, I believe it's done mostly by Catholics.

Yes, 7th Heaven is on the WB. I think Gilmore Girls too.

Ever since about 1970, the Washington, DC area has had channels 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13. And that was just VHF. And on UHF, it was 20, 22, 26, 32, 45, and 50. So, when I would read about Britain having like 2 or 3 channels, I wanted to throw up. :haha:

Yes the religous channel, I believe it's done mostly by Catholics.

Yes, 7th Heaven is on the WB. I think Gilmore Girls too.

I'd like to nail the mum on the Gilmore Girls....hell I'd do the daughter as well, preferably at the same time.

I'd like to nail the mum on the Gilmore Girls....hell I'd do the daughter as well, preferably at the same time.

:thumbup:

Thanks for the info I searched on crime stats a lot today and it seems pretty mild comparred to here I read about Anita Cobby though and that was really sad and terrible what happened to her, but crime doesnt seem to be anything comparred to what it is here.

Even I am not sure who Anita Cobby is??? :unsure:

No, I had to google it  :(   But after reading the full quote I remember it.
$450-500K for a house?!  :o
No wonder one needs to make at least 65K a year there. I guess some places in Canada are that high, but it varies widely. Where I live, if you spent $450,000 on a house you'd get a probably 3000-4000 square foot brand new house with EVERY amenity you could think of. For $200,000 here you can get a very nice house.

Ah Ha!!! I finally cought you out with one! :P

I didnt pay that much but I live in a unit (apartment) so it differs, but yeah, Sydney is an expensive place to live. Qld is a whole lot cheaper, just as nice but not as populated.

jesus u can come here Gnappy but I am moving to Canada! What would an alcohol sales rep get in your parts? :P

Even I am not sure who Anita Cobby is??? :unsure:
Ah Ha!!! I finally cought you out with one! :P

I didnt pay that much but I live in a unit (apartment) so it differs, but yeah, Sydney is an expensive place to live. Qld is a whole lot cheaper, just as nice but not as populated.

jesus u can come here Gnappy but I am moving to Canada! What would an alcohol sales rep get in your parts? :P

Apparently Anita Cobby is one of the most horrific murders that has hapened in Australia she was Mrs. NSW I think it was and was a nurse was murdered by a gang of guys and was so brutilized they even found semen in her slice in her neck.


http://www.thecrimeweb.com/murder_of_anita_cobby.htm

I came across it when I was searching australian crime. Happened in 1996 at the same time we were having the Low Speed OJ Simpson chase.

Without wanting to alarm you in 96 I was 15 and barely gave a fuck about anything! :P

Without wanting to alarm you in 96 I was 15 and barely gave a fuck about anything!  :P

I forgot you are a youngen allthough so am I but even in my teen years big news murders always caught my attention.

I lived in Florida when Ted Bundy was Fired I think I was 10/11 can't remember the year but always been interested in that stuff so of course I read all the well known Australian Murderes

I forgot you are a youngen allthough so am I but even in my teen years big news murders always caught my attention.

I lived in Florida when Ted Bundy was Fired I think I was 10/11 can't remember the year but always been interested in that stuff so of course I read all the well known Australian Murderes

Hmm in Florida for the Ted Bundy murders, California for OJ, I'm thinking there might be some ties. :crazydude:

Even I am not sure who Anita Cobby is??? :unsure:
Ah Ha!!! I finally cought you out with one! :P

I didnt pay that much but I live in a unit (apartment) so it differs, but yeah, Sydney is an expensive place to live. Qld is a whole lot cheaper, just as nice but not as populated.

jesus u can come here Gnappy but I am moving to Canada! What would an alcohol sales rep get in your parts? :P

dude, the sky is the limit!

Bondi coming to Canada!?
:wub: :alc: :jigg: :jigg:

Apparently Anita Cobby is one of the most horrific murders that has hapened in Australia she was Mrs. NSW I think it was and was a nurse was murdered by a gang of guys and was so brutilized they even found semen in her slice in her neck.
http://www.thecrimeweb.com/murder_of_anita_cobby.htm

I came across it when I was searching australian crime. Happened in 1996 at the same time we were having the Low Speed OJ Simpson chase.

Wow, if you have to go back 9 years to find a spectacular crime in Australia, then that place has a lot going for it. In Baltimore alone, you would only have to go back about a week to read about a grisly murder.

dude, the sky is the limit!

Yeeha... my bags are packed!

Bondi coming to Canada!?
:wub:  :alc:  :jigg:  :jigg:

Better put on ur party hats :cheers:

Hmm in Florida for the Ted Bundy murders, California for OJ, I'm thinking there might be some ties.  :crazydude:

Oj i didnt live in cali but we were staying in a motel during the chase we were driving up from Amarillo Tx to Salem Or for my great granddad's funeral worst road trip of my life. Only calm part was watching the low speed chase in the motel in Sacremento.

Wow, if you have to go back 9 years to find a spectacular crime in Australia, then that place has a lot going for it.  In Baltimore alone, you would only have to go back about a week to read about a grisly murder.

We just had our first murder this past year not first but first for the 8 years I have lived in this city which isnt very big I often stopped on the store where the owner was murdered the shooter was his best bud who apparently is schizo. So not even a murder from a semi normal person. LOL My town is pretty safe.