Where should I live in Brisbane

[jasebert]

Hi all,

I have the opportunity to live in Brisbane and I was wondering where I should live if I choose to move there.

I am working in the CBD, so somewhere that is no more than 30 mins away from the CBD.

Just a list of suburbs that are nice, easy to get to and from the city, kid friendly (good schools) is all I am after.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[ShinymetalASS]

West End, Southbank, Highgate Hill, Woolongabba, Annerley, Dutton Park.

Basically Southside of river on the aouth/southeast side of the city

[ShinymetalASS]

p.s. dont live western suburbs on the northern side of the river. like a bloody yuppy rabbits warren.

[Sanura]

go south side. Here are some suburbs that may interest you:

Closer in:
Highgate hill, west end, dutton park, buranda, stones corner, fairfield, yeerongpilly, yeronga, to name a few.

Further out:
Macgregor, Mount Gravatt, Carina, Coorparoo, Holland Park, Camp Hill, Tarrigindi, Moorooka, to name just a few. I can put a better list together later, if you want, but they might be a place to start.

[ShinymetalASS]

See? Sanura has the idea. Not that we LIVE NEAR EACH OTHER AND NEVER SEE EACH OTHER!

[Benwah]

Brisbane, Bogan one day, a desolate wasteland the next.

How can you stand to live somewhere so cold in winter and hot in summer, and the DUST oh god, you guys are tougher than me.

[Sanura]

Oh Shiny, I blame you anyhow. I will come to your house for drinkies sometime, just give me a date (preferably not before an assignment is due, or I am not in town). We will have to celebrate my finishing of university.

[Manshoon]

Shiny lives about midway between me and Sanura.....and I dont see either of them.....I see more of Madcat and Elentari who are on the other side of the river!

[TheGlassPrison]

u should check out bardon, paddington, toowong, red hill, indooroopilly, chapel hill,, all very nice areas and about 15-20 out of the city.. good luck with the apartment searching

[Sanura]

Well shoon, give me a call sometime and I will see you!! Bah, y'all are stinky. I am going to have to invite both you, and shiny over for dinner one day just to make you all quiet about not seeing me ;)

Oh, on that note, I should be moving sometime soon :( They should be resuming the house for the new tunnel in october, and since we have cats (and do intend to take em with us when we rent another place) we are going to start looking soon. So, who knows? Perhaps I won't be living this close to you in a months time! Still close enough to go out for drinkies and have a fun time though *grin*

I say we all go out after I get back from sydney (I am back on the 21st, but too late for drinkies on that day) for celebratory 'W00t I have finished university, but now I guess I actually have to get a real job' drinks. Or stay in and get drinks/food, I don't mind. Up until then I really have assignments etc due, though between the 2nd and the 5th and the 8th and 13th I would be up for some fun. So there, I have even given you dates! Call me or msn me (shiny, I don't think you have my msn addy, I can send it to you if you want) and we can sort something out.

[ShinymetalASS]

u should check out bardon, paddington, toowong, red hill, indooroopilly, chapel hill,, all very nice areas and about 15-20 out of the city.. good luck with the apartment searching


Worst places to get into and out of. Shitty traffic jams and even shittier drivers. Used to live in Chapel Hill.

HATED IT. Would never go back there. EVER.

Its like living in a suburban rabbit warren where everyone drives pseudo 4wds to their kids school.

YUPPY TRAFFIC JAM RABBIT WARREN HELL!!!

:)

[Salted_Chipmunk]

Moggill road is the cuntiest road that ever did cunt.

Stay away from Centenery suburbs if your working in the city too. That highway is shithouse.

Red Hill is the shiznit. It has the location of Paddington withouth the price tag.

[ShinymetalASS]

Moggill road is the cuntiest road that ever did cunt


This statement does not accuratley reflect the cunt factor of Moggill (and Milton) Roads. The Two Big M's In The Big W.

Red Hill is as far west as I would ever live.

[stinky]

Well shoon, give me a call sometime and I will see you!! Bah, y'all are stinky. I am going to have to invite both you, and shiny over for dinner one day just to make you all quiet about not seeing me ;)


what? huh? who're all me?

[Xythan]

Newfarm...

[Sanura]

annerley, buranda, camp hill, cannon hill, carina, carina heights, coopers plains, coorparoo, dutton park, east brisbane, fairfield, fortitude valley, greenslopes, highgate hill, holland park, holland park west, kangaroo point, macgregor, moorooka, mount gravatt, mount gravatt east, new farm, newmarket, norman park, salsbury, southbank, south brisbane, stones corner, sunnybank, sunnybank hills, tarrigindi, upper mount gravatt, wishart, yeerongpilly, yeronga, morningside

A quick list of southside locations. There may be some in there that you don't want to go to, but it is just a quick list of the suburbs that my partner and I are looking at at the moment. Maybe give them a go :) That is the rental list that I would go for. Avoid Inala like the plague, and if possible, Acacia Ridge by association. If you want to look further out, let me know, and I can include a few more.

[The Avatar]

I should move to brisbane.

Do you guys have a store called "Woolworths" there? I work in one at the moment.

WOOLWORTHS!! I'll say it louder because you might have trouble understanding the name.

What about a fine resturant call Mcdonalds? We have them here in Sydney see, M-c-D-O-N-A-L-D-S!

Hey, anyone ever seen a delightful little comedy called Deliverance? ;)

[jasebert]

Thanks for the ideas guys.
I have had a look at rent is very similar to ACT, if not a tad cheaper. To buy is definantly cheaper.
Basically it has to be close to the city and now I know to look Southside, so if I need any more information, I will let you guys know.

[pinchy]

Whats the suburb of GRANGE like?

[dwarfthrower]

I've been thinking of moving to Esk.

[Sashasword]

Posted by: dwarfthrower
I've been thinking of moving to Esk.

Don't you like civilization or something?

Esk is where all the wild, bong smoking hippies live.
And it's really dry and really cold there at the moment too.

If you're going to live anywhere, at least pick somewhere that is familiar with the idea of public transport. At least you'll get better mobile reception.

And for jasebert - not sure I can provide much helpful information that hasen't already been given, except to say that I live in Geebung and I really like the area.
All around the area are interesting industrial places - very useful sometimes.
Also, we are near three shopping centres: Chermside, Toombul and Hypermarket.
Closer to us is a Jack Purcell's butcher which has some really good stuff, and a bit furthur away (halfway to Chermside) is another butcher that does the world's best hams. The name escapes me atm, sorry.

Oh, and for the boys, Geebung has a legal bonk shop just down the road. It also has a male on their books for the ladies (by appointment).
I think that's kind of cool.

Don't know if anyone cares, but I just thought I would share it in case it is helpful.

[jasebert]

Thanks all for your help. It looks like I am moving to QLD, just ironing out some details with my employment contract.
Thanks heaps to Sanura. You rock.

[Sanura]

No probs - hope the info helped :)

[kré]

not really sure how far out it is, but the only place i seem to be able to remember being some kind of 'not too bad' was capalaba

[Aurelius]

has anyone recommended www.ourbrisbane.com which has quite good guides to each suburb?

[Sanura]

Capalaba is WAY too far out for what they want. If they want to get to the cbd in half an hour, there is no way in hell that is going to happen from capalaba easily.

[kré]

Capalaba is WAY too far out for what they want. If they want to get to the cbd in half an hour, there is no way in hell that is going to happen from capalaba easily.
k, i remember getting there in about 20 or so from the cbd, but yeah, that was nowhere near peak hour or anything.

[bronco]

I used to live across the road from Carindale Shopping Centre. It was actually Carina Heights, just off Creek Road. It was a two story townhouse with 3 bedrooms for about $210/wk. Quite new, swimming pools, lock-up garage. It was a great place.

Major shopping centre right there, buses to city every 5-10 minutes taking about 20 minutes (I love the BusWay) and driving is a piece of piss with the Riverside Expressway. The best part is, when the State of Origin is on you can get a bus directly to underneath the stadium :cheer:. Generally nice people in the area, bit more boganish if you keep going East towards Capalaba.

[LisaJ]

A friend of mine lives in Colllingwood Park, near Redbank...anyone know what that suburb is like?

[StevoMadness]

I used to live across the road from Carindale Shopping Centre. It was actually Carina Heights, just off Creek Road. It was a two story townhouse with 3 bedrooms for about $210/wk. Quite new, swimming pools, lock-up garage. It was a great place.

Major shopping centre right there, buses to city every 5-10 minutes taking about 20 minutes (I love the BusWay) and driving is a piece of piss with the Riverside Expressway. The best part is, when the State of Origin is on you can get a bus directly to underneath the stadium :cheer:. Generally nice people in the area, bit more boganish if you keep going East towards Capalaba.

I live at Carina Heights, it is like he said. Everything you need is right there, and peak takes me about 25-30 mins to get to the city where I work.

[annie]

You see, people on the southside think that the western suburbs suck. People in the western suburbs think that the southside sucks.
Anyway, stay away from Darra, Inala, Goodna etc - anything ipswich way should be avoided.
I suggest Toowong, Indooroopilly, west end, new farm, newmarket, highgate hill, paddington and stuff.

[ShinymetalASS]

I've been thinking of moving to Esk.


It's like natural disaster magnet.

Besides, my grandma lives in Toogoolawah, and she aint no bong smoking hippy

[jasebert]

Here is another one.

Does anybody know of any good real estate places so I can give them a call?

[dwarfthrower]

Shiny should be able to give you a list of ones to avoid.

[Javaira]

Sanura, has a good list.

I live in that sort of area and like it the most. The other suggestion I would make is stay in Canberra, it really is a lovely place.

Easy to drive around, shops open at night, belconnen markets, nerds everywhere. Oh I miss Canberra.

[jasebert]

Sanura, has a good list.

I live in that sort of area and like it the most. The other suggestion I would make is stay in Canberra, it really is a lovely place.

Easy to drive around, shops open at night, belconnen markets, nerds everywhere. Oh I miss Canberra.

It was thought about but I really need the change. I can always come back in a couple of years time if worst comes to worst. But need to experience some different things. And I am only 25, and have been asked to move twice (once to Melbourne, which I turned down, and now). If work is going to pay for it and pay me more for moving, then it is an opportunity that I should take.
But I am still nervous and wondering if it is the best decision, but at least if I try it, I will look back and say I gave it my best shot, rather than say I wonder what it would have been like.

[jasebert]

Also, from the web, I hear that there are some good 'girls in my area' Bli Bli way :D

[Aurelius]

Sanura, has a good list.

I live in that sort of area and like it the most. The other suggestion I would make is stay in Canberra, it really is a lovely place.

Easy to drive around, shops open at night, belconnen markets, nerds everywhere. Oh I miss Canberra.

When Cortez reached the new world, he burnt his ships. That way his men were more motivated.

[LisaJ]

You see, people on the southside think that the western suburbs suck. People in the western suburbs think that the southside sucks.
Anyway, stay away from Darra, Inala, Goodna etc - anything ipswich way should be avoided.
I suggest Toowong, Indooroopilly, west end, new farm, newmarket, highgate hill, paddington and stuff.

A friend of mine lives in Collingwood Park, went there to check it out. He loves it cos its a new estate and basically has no neighbours, downside, cant get broadband cos of pair gain technology, he is in a wi-fi deadspot and can hardly get any mobile phone coverage. He's going to be living on dial-up for a while.

[jasebert]

No way. That sucks. I am not living there. Has to have ADSL at least. ADSL2 preferred.
Well I am off tomorrow to make the trek to Queensland to find myself a place to live. Fingers crossed all goes to plan. I am staying at Southbank and leaving on Sunday 9th July.

[ShinymetalASS]

You'll be staying near me :p Very very near me :rolleyes:

[L]

Moggill road is the cuntiest road that ever did cunt.

Stay away from Centenery suburbs if your working in the city too. That highway is shithouse.

Red Hill is the shiznit. It has the location of Paddington withouth the price tag.

I think Shiny had a bad experience over my side of town :D

Red Hill, Paddington, Bardon, Rosalie, Toowong, Ashgrove are all great places to live and 10 minutes from the CBD... I live in Bardon, right near the Toowong Cemetary, and even at peak hours it takes me 10-15 mins to reach West End where I work.

Previously I live on Arthur Tce Red Hill and that is a very nice spot. Sure the mean income of the area is right up there but that just means you don't have to worry about parking your car on the street.

Definitely avoid anywhere further out west like Indooroopilly, Chapel Hill and Kenmore etc as the traffic is a nightmare.

Someone said Collingwood Park... that is right out in the 'burbs. You may as well get a place in Ipswich as live there.

[Seeker]

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[ShinymetalASS]

I think Shiny had a bad experience over my side of town :D
.

Damn straight. North side of river on western side of town any further out than red hill SUCKS ASS.

Pretentious pseudo yuppie wannabes.

May I recommend having a lovely look around the area in which you shall be staying. West End, Southbank, Gabba, Highgate Hill, Dutton Park, Fairfield, etc.

It fucking rocks.

Yes, it's all because I live there!

[Frau Farbissina]

No way. That sucks. I am not living there. Has to have ADSL at least. ADSL2 preferredHey jasebert you should be able to find ADSL2 easily enough, TPG have ADSL2 available at South Brisbane, Roma Street, New Farm, Valley, etc - http://tpg.com.au/dslam/

iinet/ozemail have ADSL2 at New Farm, Valley, South Brisbane, Spring Hill, Woolloongabba, etc - http://iinet.com.au/dslams/updates/Well I am off tomorrow to make the trek to Queensland to find myself a place to live. Fingers crossed all goes to plan. I am staying at Southbank and leaving on Sunday 9th July.Good luck with the search, lots of real estate agents around West End / Valley / Woolloongabba will give you a current rental list with addresses to check out, or if you're looking to share you could try the hippie accommodation notices on Triple Zed - http://www.4zzzfm.org.au/services/index.cfm - sample notice: "Looking for an Independent and Savvy Female Vegetarian
to share an Art Deco Apt in Fortitude Valley, $200PW"

And if you're up for some drinking with brizgeeks just post something here (http://www.zgeek.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29566), I think most of the Brisbane folk have that thread subscribed.

[jasebert]

I got here ok. I will be looking for places tomorrow. I am hoping to get a place by Wednesday (fingers crossed).

Will keep you guys updated. I aint up for going out drinking yet. Have no $$$$$ atm.

[Spades]

Have no $$$$$ atm.


me neither - wanna rob a bank?

[Sanura]

I got here ok. I will be looking for places tomorrow. I am hoping to get a place by Wednesday (fingers crossed).

Will keep you guys updated. I aint up for going out drinking yet. Have no $$$$$ atm.

Good luck! I've been looking for rental places for the past few weeks and it has sucked (but then, I want to take my kitties with me, and 99% of places don't allow pets)... and all my experiences in the past (bah, that was when there were more renters than properties though... people were signing up for places without even inspecting they were going so fast) tell me that most brisbane realestate agents doing rentals suck. But, I sincerely hope that you will be able to find something quickly and easily.

[jasebert]

Good luck! I've been looking for rental places for the past few weeks and it has sucked (but then, I want to take my kitties with me, and 99% of places don't allow pets)... and all my experiences in the past (bah, that was when there were more renters than properties though... people were signing up for places without even inspecting they were going so fast) tell me that most brisbane realestate agents doing rentals suck. But, I sincerely hope that you will be able to find something quickly and easily.

Dont say that. I only have 5 days to find a place......

[jasebert]

me neither - wanna rob a bank?

I want to, but i do not want to get butt rapped in jail for it.

[jasebert]

Found a place. Had to end up choosing Coopers Plains because that was the best place out there from what I could see. The place looks nice, and I have 2 weeks to move in there. So I should be up here around the 15th July.

[ShinymetalASS]

Where the hell is that?

[annie]

Near Sunnybank/Robertson.

[ShinymetalASS]

Oh. OK. Like Runcorn area?


May I recommend a good Asian Restaurant?

:D

[jasebert]

There does seem to be a high asian population, but that does not phase me.

[L]

Good luck! I've been looking for rental places for the past few weeks and it has sucked (but then, I want to take my kitties with me, and 99% of places don't allow pets)... and all my experiences in the past (bah, that was when there were more renters than properties though... people were signing up for places without even inspecting they were going so fast) tell me that most brisbane realestate agents doing rentals suck. But, I sincerely hope that you will be able to find something quickly and easily.

Okay I have a foolproof method (so far anyway) to get you into any place, with cats, whether pets are allowed or not... This method has worked for us over our last three moves... all to places that said No Pets... We have three cats.

NOTE: Likely not to work with dogs as real estate agents have a bit more of a negative view to them as they can stink... :)

The steps:

Apply and move in... No pets don't worry.
After a couple of months contact your real estate with this story: "My {insert relative name here} is going overseas for xxx months and he/she has asked me to look after his/her cats. Would it be okay if they stayed here while he/she is away?" You can whack on all the sob story you like about how he/she couldn't find anyone else to mind them etc etc.
Okay... Now hopefully you got that approval. We have yet to be knocked back on our last 3 tries.
Wait however long you said your relative would be away and then contact real estate and tell them that unfortunately your relative is no longer returning from overseas.
Usually... their response is to not worry about the cats as ...what the hell... you have already had them in there for the past xxx months.
Enjoy your now "Pets Allowed" home.


The only negative is that my sister wishes she could travel as much as my real estate agents seem to think she has. ;)

Give it a try :D

[jasebert]

Okay I have a foolproof method (so far anyway) to get you into any place, with cats, whether pets are allowed or not... This method has worked for us over our last three moves... all to places that said No Pets... We have three cats.

NOTE: Likely not to work with dogs as real estate agents have a bit more of a negative view to them as they can stink... :)

The steps:

Apply and move in... No pets don't worry.
After a couple of months contact your real estate with this story: "My {insert relative name here} is going overseas for xxx months and he/she has asked me to look after his/her cats. Would it be okay if they stayed here while he/she is away?" You can whack on all the sob story you like about how he/she couldn't find anyone else to mind them etc etc.
Okay... Now hopefully you got that approval. We have yet to be knocked back on our last 3 tries.
Wait however long you said your relative would be away and then contact real estate and tell them that unfortunately your relative is no longer returning from overseas.
Usually... their response is to not worry about the cats as ...what the hell... you have already had them in there for the past xxx months.
Enjoy your now "Pets Allowed" home.


The only negative is that my sister wishes she could travel as much as my real estate agents seem to think she has. ;)

Give it a try :D

Dude, that is awesome. I have to send this to my partners mum who is a property manager. That is just class.

[L]

Dude, that is awesome. I have to send this to my partners mum who is a property manager. That is just class.

Don't tell the enemy! :D

[jasebert]

Don't tell the enemy! :D

She is in the ACT. It is all good.

[Sanura]

Hahaha. How do you think we got allowed to keep these little cuties? A fairly similar method, however it was that "Grandma Died".... and we could actually, sadly, produce a death certificate if asked (though we didnt have to. We had been living here for four and a half years or so though, so they know that we can look after the place. We did actually seek permission for our current cats before we got them, though we had hidden one here in the past.

The problem is, however, that we were looking at units and townhouses, and I cant see a lot of owners going through the effort of dealing with body corp to allow us to have pets, as a lot of complexes (with regards to rentals, at least.. it seems to be slightly different if you actually own and occupy) just say no to pets. Sadly, we are just at the point of no longer wanting to hide our furry friends as we have had to do in the past.

Sorry for not being able to use an apostrophie in a few places in that post... keyboard seems to be disliking me, as it is opening up the find function when I click on that, or forward slash... weird.

[ShinymetalASS]

There does seem to be a high asian population, but that does not phase me.


Shit no, and I'm serious, there some exceptionally tasty places to eat around that area.

Best singapore noodles.


EVER.

:clap:

[jasebert]

Cool, I am a big noodle fan.

I did a test drive from my place into the city, around 15 minutes non peak hour so I am happy.

My partner has been offered a job as a receptionist if she wants to give it a trial, so hopefully that works out.

We need to organise drinks shortly (in 2 or 3 weeks if possible) so I can meet people.

[jasebert]

If anybody has done this before...
Has anybody transported two dogs? One that is 4kg and the other 30kg flying with them? Or any animals?

[Frau Farbissina]

Has anybody transported two dogs? One that is 4kg and the other 30kg flying with them? Or any animals?Hmmm, the 4kg pup might fit in the overhead luggage compartment ;)

Am sure there's lotsa dog folk on zgeek, if you start a 'Stuff you wanna know' thread you'll catch all the lookie-loo's that click on 'New Posts' and get more of a response.