Hello all. I am currently working in Melbourne but are looking to relocate my family to Brisbane (assuming I can find suitable work) at the end of the year. We are looking around North to North East of the city, anywhere up to as far as say Brighton away. We have a young family - a few kids primary school age. Could anyone recommend any suburbs to look at (or not look at) around that area? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Northside is alot more family friendly than southside though :)
I grew up on the northside, and the general rule of thumb is the more 'green' you see (as in the more trees, etc), the more family the suburb.
Places such as Everton Park, Albany Creek, Bridgeman Downs, Newmarket, Ascot, Northgate (stay away from Nundah though), plus suburbs further out are pretty good too, Samford, Banyo, etc.
Im with yug on that one - Ascott is a nice place (lived there for 3 - 4 odd years) if you get a place close to racecourse road youll have access to publice transport really close, daycare centre / schools are just around the corner and on racecourse road you can find pretty much every bank and a woolworths / bakeries / restaurants and cafes.
What can I say!
It really depends on how much you are looking to pay for a house/rental.
I rent in Paddington, a fun and pretty hip city suburb but unfortunately quite expensive.
Its a bit more like something you'd find in Melbourne than what most of Brisvegas offers and its still kiddy friendly, lots of middle to upper income families are moving here lately.
As for southside as long as you steer clear of Logan, especially Springwood you should be fine.
I had the unfortunate horror of growing up there so I'm allowed to say its bad, on a good note I can hotwire your car if you lose your keys lol. [:P]
Yeah avoid southside man (sorry boat) its all flat, there just aren't any trees, and for some reason its always 10 degrees hotter there. Look arounf Paddington, Milton, and Auchenflower, thats where I was living and they're great places.
ahhhh Brisbane... how I miss thy smiling ladies in their light swishy skirts... sniff
quote:Originally posted by Malus
I had the unfortunate horror of growing up there so I'm allowed to say its bad, on a good note I can hotwire your car if you lose your keys lol. [:P]
Hahahaha, I live in Fortitude Valley, so I can hotwire your car AND sell you drugs :)
I've lived in Paddington, Milton, Rosalie, Auchenflower, Toowong, Indooropilly, Albany Creek, Aspley, Hamilton, Everton Park, Nundah, Northgate, Toombul Samford, The City, Fortitude Valley.
But I've never lived on the Southside ... too scary :P
quote:Originally posted by Malus
As for southside as long as you steer clear of Logan, especially Springwood you should be fine.
I had the unfortunate horror of growing up there so I'm allowed to say its bad, on a good note I can hotwire your car if you lose your keys lol. [:P]
Hmm... just jump across the highway to woodridge and its even worse :P
I am on the southside, however I am on acerage on the logan river out towards Redland Bay. Technically I'm still in Logan, but if you walk 500m down the road you are in Redland Bay, so I consider myself exempt from the Logan Bogan status! [:)]
I find the Northside extremely confusing to navigate if I'm over there.. its all a bunch of main roads going in lord knows what direction, its a crazy mess!
Im with Major Clod on this one..
ive lived both sides
Southside is where it is at..
Its actually way more relaxed in my opinion than the north side.. at least in terms of traffic.
try suburbs like bulimba, manly, wynnum, even out as far as cleveland.. (where i am kinda from originally)
although one of my friends does have the wynumm post code tattoed on his nuckles... :) . enough said
as long as you stay coastal in my opinion... your sweet
Yeah I agree with that actually, I've been lost a few times around my own neighbourhood, but once that's sorted I do prefer the hills and the winding roads to the efficient straight grid system where everything looks the same, its a better walk/drive, and its closer to the city, no river's to cross so meh.
quote:Originally posted by tojo
try suburbs like bulimba, manly, wynnum, even out as far as cleveland.. (where i am kinda from originally)
although one of my friends does have the wynumm post code tattoed on his nuckles... :) . enough said
yeh i lived around those areas for a few years too.
in Thorneside. Where did you live?
howdy,
im a southsider, we dont reall accosiate with the northeners. we got better pubs down here :)