Where I chose to live and why-Queensland

Choosing somewhere to live in Australia is perhaps one of the biggest decisions you need to make.  Throw into the mix schools and work, and it’s important to get it right.

Hopefully, the fellow migrant posts here may help you.

For those that want to contribute, please let us know the general area that you live and why you chose that location. Was it work, lifestyle, family, convenience or education that helped you decide. Have you found any benefits or downsides since moving to you new location?

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Beautiful bayside Brisbane, is now our home.

We have lived here since we landed, after having the area recommended to us.

We are in the perfect spot with a 40 minute driving commute into Brisbane city and about 50 mins to the Gold Coast, making this the ideal place to live for the city and beach life style.

And great for my husband who works between the Gold Coast and Brisbane city so he’s nice and central.

There’s a great train link on the Cleveland line all the way into the city making my work commute easy and stress free, taking approximately 50 minutes into south bank Brisbane from Cleveland.

The area has plenty of private and state schools. The school our little boy is at is brilliant and he is thriving with all the outdoor activities they have on offer in school and outside of school.

We have plenty of open spaces nearby, lots of walking and bike trails, well kept clean parks suited for all ages, with free to use bbqs for those meet ups with the friends and the family.

The bayside has plenty of restaurants and cafés serving the yummiest of foods, nicely situated beside the harbors, there’s regular weekend and twilight markets happening in the area the ideal spots to find those unique gifts to post back to the family.

The cove beaches at Raby Bay are an ideal family spot with calm waters and a great separate beach for the fur babies. Plenty of the best beaches to explore are an easy drive either up towards the Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast or a short ferry trip across to Stradbroke island.

We are so very happy here as a family, here is where our heart lies and hopefully in the very near future we will buy our first Australian family home.

Thanks Kindly

Tanya

Originally from a small town in Northern Ireland, we immigrated 15 years ago, and have never looked back!
We arrived with 3 kids and no job, house or even area sorted out to go to!
But all fell into place so easily and we quickly called this place home.
Hubby is a Carpenter, and is always busy with work, and i own a Salon & Skin Clinic on one of the best beach towns in Australia, Mooloolaba.
Work is no issue on the Sunshine Coast if you’re willing to work and have a trade especially.
My children who are all grown up now have had the best childhood here, its safe, its friendly, and the work life balance you can have here is amazing with so many beaches so close.
Kids grow up with sandy feet, a love of water and a real sense of safety and family.
We have fantastic activities all around, beaches galore, water sports , and so many family orientated events.
All in all i cannot recommend the Sunshine Coast highly enough, and im confident that anyone moving here will settle very quickly and absolutely love it!

Karen & Robyn
Originally from Westmeath in Ireland, Karen and her daughter Robyn moved to Australia in 2008 and agree that its been the best decision of their lives!.
We had sponsorship already in place so we were very lucky and we also had some friends to guide us in the right direction. We chose Brisbane as we had friends here and the weather was a big draw card. Being in the Beauty industry, there was no issue getting employment and Robyn settled into the Aussie lifestyle very quickly.
We settled on the Northside of Brisbane and are loving it ever since. We feel it is a friendly and a very safe place to live and have made a lot of friends. Where we are located, has easy access to both the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast, the most beautiful beaches and hinterlands if thats also your thing! We wouldn’t want to live anywhere else

Hi my name is Claire and me and my family moved to Bundaberg in 2021, we came out here on holiday in 2018 and fell in love it with it. I am a psychiatric nurse and got a job over here, my husband is a builder and has gone self employed, the kids have settled in so well and as you can see loves interacting with the wild life!