Melbourne all the way...

[email protected] if you need to ask some questions

Byron is a funny one.. half trendy half hippy. it's a town of 10k that swells to 30k during the holiday season check out http://www.byron-bay.com/
It's more where people escape to from the city.. or at least the most famous amongst a string of towns up the east coast from Terrigal to Noosa.
If all you need is adsl and a computer then it's coolio and the backroom gets the occasional good gig (bloc party and cut copy two weeks ago) plus a few festivals. Good nightlife for a town. And a great beach/cafe area.. good cinema too.

lol... yep, its the hippy that gets me.

Im just looking at those pics from Google. Fuck it, 6 months and thats where I will be. How can you go wrong in a place like that?

Perth :thumbsup :thumbsup

Very old gold mining towns Bendigo is nice the weather not to bad good places to eat some great little drinking holes.Benigo also has trams witch are fun

You left out the best city, Gold Coast :)

The beach city

i think melbourne sounds more like the kind of climate i could handle. i like it to be closer to being cold than warm.

anyone suggest good places to buy a house there? what can you get for say Australian $500k ?

Perth reminded me of Southern California, and Sydney reminds me on a small NYC.

And remember Fosters isnt Australian for beer.

Anyone want to send some VB's or Emu Bitters to NY???

Hey samsam, if you like being as close to the city as possible, $500k will get you a small "workers cottage" in Richmond (10mins east of city center), youd be able to get one thats been renovated nicely.... 2bed, 2bath, study, small deck... if your lucky you might find one with parking.

http://www.domain.com.au/Public/PropertyDetails.aspx?adid=2005109209

of course if you like being a little further out youl find alot more for you money... but I like richmond.

If you have any other questiond feel free to grab me on ICQ or email.

i do but "small workers cottage" ?

damn, i wanna bachelor pad.

i wanna nice red brick shack.

i wanna big housey place.

besides i dont mind being far inland if its a good area and nice people and stuff.

i heard the outskirts of brisbane

are great

Are you planning on immigrating to Australia? or just visiting?

heheh.. should have moved in 2001/2 when our dollar was half the US dollar and house prices half current ones :)

Things should be cheaper in Melbourne than in sydney. $US500k is AU$660k which should get you a decent place in most normal areas.

In Brisbane that will still get you into a big place 20 mins from the city with an inground pool and a back deck.

http://www.realestate.com.au/cgi-bin...fmt=&head er=


http://www.realestate.com.au/objects...1124261501.jpg

http://www.realestate.com.au/objects...1124261501.jpg

$AU650k not bad..... good bachelor pad.

yeah but you need the pool cause it's so hot!

it is? I could have sworn that byron was rich fucken yuppies from sydney...

Brisbane
http://quantum-x.ice.org/2005-08-03/...s/qx-wp-10.jpg
http://quantum-x.ice.org/photos/Abov...-pstorey-1.jpg

Sydney
http://quantum-x.ice.org/photos/Abov.../qx-wbps-3.jpg
http://quantum-x.ice.org/photos/Abov...r/qx-pks-1.jpg


Melbourne
http://quantum-x.ice.org/photos/Abov...S/qx-mps-3.jpg

All good from an exploring point of view..

moving to australia and buying a bachelor pad

brisbane looks too hot for me but i like it a lot, i just wish it wasnt so hot

i need a cool place like melbourne but without the sky high property prices. maybe near to melbourne but inland

Only in Summer... in winter it's perfect! :winkwink:

Have you looked into the immigration requirements yet?