Is Melbourne the best state to live in Australia?
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Melbourne is known as the garden state of Australia.
which states are considered the best states to live there, anyone?
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It depends on what you are after I guess. If you would still like to work then perhaps the bigger cities?
Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Kind Regards
Genie
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state or cities?
melbourne is a city in the state of victoria
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Originally posted by laurence82:
state or cities?
melbourne is a city in the state of victoria
Well if a job is on his mind I would think he wouldn't want to live in say Geelong?
Anyways my bad Victoria = Melbourne yes.
Kind Regards
Genie
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melbourne sucks.....please don't come.
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I'm thinking of migrating "back" to Melbourne too. I'm in SG now, but I was transferred to Sydney 3 years ago to work for my company's regional HQ. Was there for 2 years, but moved back due to some unforeseen circumstances.
While I was there, I had a chance to stay in Melbourne for abt 2 weeks in addition to the business trips that I take there every once in a while. I really like Melbourne.. much more than Sydney. It's a lot more "organized", i.e. the city planning was actually done right. More importantly, I feel a lot less like the Asian outsider..... not in the office, but in general.
I'm looking for suggestions on where the best suburb to live in Melbourne if anyone can help. I've learned my lessons from Sydney where I lived far away from any SG food, and Asian community in general... hehehe... I'm not looking for a gazillion dollar homes next to the Yarra or anything like that. A simple townhouse, or just a small-medium sized home is fine.
Any suggestion is much appreciated.
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no one wants to offer any suggestions??
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no idea which is the best....thinks every country is the same somewhat.
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Originally posted by laurence82:
state or cities?
melbourne is a city in the state of victoria
i thought melbourne was a colony of china?
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Originally posted by Vrrroommm:
I'm thinking of migrating "back" to Melbourne too. I'm in SG now, but I was transferred to Sydney 3 years ago to work for my company's regional HQ. Was there for 2 years, but moved back due to some unforeseen circumstances.
While I was there, I had a chance to stay in Melbourne for abt 2 weeks in addition to the business trips that I take there every once in a while. I really like Melbourne.. much more than Sydney. It's a lot more "organized", i.e. the city planning was actually done right. More importantly, I feel a lot less like the Asian outsider..... not in the office, but in general.
I'm looking for suggestions on where the best suburb to live in Melbourne if anyone can help. I've learned my lessons from Sydney where I lived far away from any SG food, and Asian community in general... hehehe... I'm not looking for a gazillion dollar homes next to the Yarra or anything like that. A simple townhouse, or just a small-medium sized home is fine.
Any suggestion is much appreciated.
If you're looking for suburbs with Asian communities and food, three placesthat come to mind are Hawthorn, Doncaster and Box Hill. Of the three, Box Hill's probably the cheapest. Still and all, you're presently probably not going to find anything on the sunny side of 500K.
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Originally posted by vito_corleone:
i thought melbourne was a colony of china?
That's Vancouver - why do you think UBC is known as the University of a Billion Chinese?
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Originally posted by Rooney9:
Melbourne is known as the garden state of Australia.
which states are considered the best states to live there, anyone?
Melbourne works just fine for me.
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I was born in melbourne. I'd be please to answer any of the queries here
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melbourne sounds like another cesspit swimming with more nasty people and violent criminals.if i wanted these kinda people around me i wouldnt need to go back to singapore or to some maximum security prison.......just looking at some people here who hail from melbourne irks me! only people in melbourne seem to be their equivalent of the wealthy fried kuay teow stall owner , nightclub bouncers or the successful conman.
so far i have only seen more shit coming outa from melbourne from sgforum ,local newspapers and radio news apart from it being rated as one of the liveable cities in the world.
they must have rated it by the amount of beautiful strippers in one area alone.maybe i should go check out melbourne when i go there for a holiday.
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Just two hours ago, I was standing at a traffic light when someone in the passenger seat of a taxi showed me the finger and shouted, "go home you fucking asian". This isnt the first time it has happened to me, so yea, melbourne is a pretty nice place to stay.
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melbourne is not ready.......show him the big arm F sign that looks like ultraman giving the death ray thing......ya need to defend yerself.,...if ya cant defend yerself....ya cant defend your country.he must learn to earn yer respect!
freedom isnt free.it must be earned!
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Originally posted by Vrrroommm:
I'm thinking of migrating "back" to Melbourne too. I'm in SG now, but I was transferred to Sydney 3 years ago to work for my company's regional HQ. Was there for 2 years, but moved back due to some unforeseen circumstances.
While I was there, I had a chance to stay in Melbourne for abt 2 weeks in addition to the business trips that I take there every once in a while. I really like Melbourne.. much more than Sydney. It's a lot more "organized", i.e. the city planning was actually done right. More importantly, I feel a lot less like the Asian outsider..... not in the office, but in general.
I'm looking for suggestions on where the best suburb to live in Melbourne if anyone can help. I've learned my lessons from Sydney where I lived far away from any SG food, and Asian community in general... hehehe... I'm not looking for a gazillion dollar homes next to the Yarra or anything like that. A simple townhouse, or just a small-medium sized home is fine.
Any suggestion is much appreciated.
Right now.... house/townhouse prices r abit crazy... i suggest u get an apartment.
Kind Regards
Genie
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I will be doing a master in Mel U next year. Family going along.
Think of renting an apartment or small house in the suburban. Priority is that it must be safe, cos my son will likely be studying in a primary school in the area.Any recommendation?
Am considering Preston, Northcote or Carlton North. Any comments?
Tks
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BBKen, I reply to your thread on the same topic. I didn't know you are bringing your family.
Those surburbs you mentioned are not suitable for Asian kids - they will feel very out of place there unless your kids are very independent.
You are better off finding some surburbs with more Asians - where Asians cluster, there are always good primary schools since Asians place high priority on education. There are also different Asian surburbs - stick to the ones with Singapores/Malaysians/Hong Kongers and you will be alright.
Suggest you do research on the schools first, then decide the surburb to stay. The trade off is that most of them are far from the city ( Melb uni) so you will need to stay near a train station or drive.
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I believe if one has decided to come here to further the studies, he/she should take the opportunity to blend in with the local and to learn about the culture. What a waste to come to Oz and spend most of your time hanging around your own Asian people!
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@honeymouse, I agree with you on the integration part into Australian society. In fact I find that Sporeans and Malaysians are the most cosmopolitan, i.e they easily adapt with Aussies unlike other Asians e.g mainland Chinese. This is partly due to the proficiently of English and the famliarity of Western cultures of Sporeans and Malaysians.
However in the case of BBKen, he is bringing his child to study in primary school here. My advice for him to send his child to a more 'Asian' school ( which is usually near an surburb with populated by Asians) is based on the following:
1. It will be a culture shock for the child coming from the Spore education system and jumping straight into the Australian system. Having Asian peers as classmates will help the assimilation.
2. He can easily find good primary state schools near Asian surburbs. He will have to stay in the school zone to qualify for entry into those schools.
So it consideration for his child's education that I recommend that he stay in or near an Asian surburb. It does not mean that he should only mix with Asians. In fact I encourage everyone who comes to Australia to mix with the Aussies and enjoy their culture.
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Kids are pretty adaptable so I don't think it's going to be a problem at all. Infact it might just be the perfect opportunity to expose him to a whole new world.
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eh???whats wrong witrh living near the whites???is it what i think it is or is it that bad??do they do drugs that easily there for primary school students??sex???weird discipline masters who yell at lil kids?what what???
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Originally posted by BBKen:
I will be doing a master in Mel U next year. Family going along.
Think of renting an apartment or small house in the suburban. Priority is that it must be safe, cos my son will likely be studying in a primary school in the area.Any recommendation?
Am considering Preston, Northcote or Carlton North. Any comments?
Tks
If your son is going to study here... then it really depends on which school he goes to.
Once that is decided then decide on suburb.
Carlton is a good suburb next to the city however it is pricey.
Preston is to the north..... asian community..... but I don't really like it. I think it should still be safe but it depends what you're comparing it to. I wouldn't choose Preston.
Northcote no idea....honeymouse any idea?
Kind Regards
Genie