Living in Australia
Thinking about moving to Australia?
But where are you going to live?
Choosing where you want to live in Australia is not straightforward. Australia is a big place, as if you didn’t know. Australia has big cities, it has small towns. It has beautiful beaches and it has barren outback. Australia also has a good selection of islands.
Where are you going to live?
Check out the links to the left and the right to help you decide where to live.
This is where we will be adding videos of town, city and suburb reviews for places all around Australia. By people who really live here. And if you do already live here, you can add a review of your home town
Go on, Own Your Town on BobinOz.
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Good day, I live in South Africa, and with crime and EVERYTHING going on here, my husband is thinking of moving to Australia, but I love my country so much. How is Australia work wise, living, crime? Are we as South Africans able to get good work and make a decent living. I would really appreciate your input is this very delicate situation. Regards, Francisca
Plenty of South Africans do live and work here and make a decent living, so I don’t see why not. Check out the hundreds of pages on this site and you’ll find out all about what it’s like to live here.
Hello we are quite a young couple considering to move to Austrailia but need abit of guidance on where to live! we love the sun beach we have a labrador like yourself and wish to bring her along too she loves swimming ! we wouldnt want right in the middle of a city somewhere quite relaxing would be good but not lonely
Thanks ! Sounds amazing!
Amy
Hi Amy
I think you need to read my Quick Guide to Choosing a City in Australia
At a wild guess, I’d say Adelaide sounds ideal for you, although some people do say there’s not much to do there. But do have a good look at the page I suggest and also all of the useful links suggested on that page along with the comments on all of them.
Happy hunting!
Hi.
Myself and my husband (both in our late 30s) have been considering Austalia on and off for years. I was never sure about moving as it is so far from family. At the moment we live in the Highlands of Scotland (my family live in the Western Isles which is 4 hrs by road/ferry or 30 mins by plane from us). We have 4 young children (10, 8, 7, & 4yrs) and would love to give them a better life especially weatherwise as up in the north of Scotland weather really is very grey dark depressing and not that much to do. Although it is a beautiful part of the world when the sun is shining it is just too rare an occurence! My hubby is an engineer and has been in touch with a recruitment agency recently who are looking for engineers in Brisbane.Would it be possible to buy a decent 4/5 bed house in Brisbane with a budget of 450 AUD? Did you find it hard to leave family behind? We definitely suffer from a bit of SAD in the winter so really do need to get some sunshine and some smiles on our faces! Enjoyed reading your 20 reasons to move to Oz – I’m almost convinced! Regards Johan