migration to Australia?

Question

My family is planning to migrate to Australia from Hong Kong and is considering which city to settle down, any suggestions?

Answer 1

depends what kind of life style you are after.
Sydney - very busy, very populated, polluted, very multicultural
Melb - interesting weather, friendlier than Sydney, my choice
Adelaide - Perth - cities are really beautiful, no hussle bussle, like a big country town,

Or move out to the country....small communities are very stress free environments to live in.

Answer 2

G'day

Melbourne!!! Wellll... where should I start?
1. First of all... some people do not like the weather in Melbourne (you can have 4 seasons in one day). However, if you read the first article from The Age newspaper, you will find out that the weather is still more preferable than the other cities. Sure you can have 42C day like last month, but almost immediately you'll get a much cooler weather pretty soon afterwards. It is very rarely that you got 2 or 3 consecutive days of hot weathers (unlike Sydney, Brisbane or Perth).
2. Melbourne is a city of diversity. If you are a newcomer, and you do not look 'Anglo-Saxon', you do not feel like an 'alien', since you can find almost every race in the world walking in the city. They are both immigrants and overseas students.
3. THE FOOD!! Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Thai, All-you-can-eat, African, Lebanese, Mexican, Sea Food... anything else? All available and lots of them in a very-very-very affordable price
4. Pretty good public transport system. With one ticket, you can switch from train, tram and bus. They do not always come on-time, but still reliable and improving (www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au).
5. SHOPPING!!! Original branded clothing sold very cheap. There are even shopping tour, where the participants are taken to retails outlets just for shopping. Big temptations for ladies.
6. Crime rates... just read the second article on the bottom.
7. Cost of Living... I'll say it's second most expensive city after Sydney. Altho I have to say that some cities in Queensland can be more expensive to live.
8. Night Life... hmmmm... I'll say the centre of nite activities will be Crown Casino and Docklands. Altho there are still plenty of cafe's and clubs scattered around the suburbs as well.
9. Tourist attraction. This is the area that I think Sydney is better than Melbourne, since it has most of it's attraction within its suburbs. Most Melbourne attraction are pretty much out of Melbourne, such as the gold mines in the cities of Bendigo and Ballarat, The Great Ocean Road, Lakes Entrance, Grampians, skiing in Mt. Buller etc.


There are quite a number of suburbs where a large community of Hong Kong immigrants live. Some of them are Wheelers Hill and Box Hill.

Running out of ideas, but I hope that I can at least give you some more informations that have been provided by the answerers before me.

Good luck and welcome to Melbourne. I've been living in Melbourne for 16 years, visited some other capital cities in Australia and still giving Melbourne 10/10 for the best city in Australia.

Answer 3

As Hong Kong is a massive city, I would recommend either Sydney or Melbourne.

I have had people compare Melbourne to Hong Kong.

Melbourne is nice and clean. Very friendly people. You can move to the suburbs and still be close to the city. Also the schools are great, and really great universities (they are getting better and better all the time). In Melbourne Doncaster and Donvale are really nice suburbs to live in - still close to the city (via the freeway) but a nice area to have a house with a backyard to have BBQ's ect. Lots of public transport as well.

Goodluck.

Answer 4

All cities in Australia have advantages and disadvantages. You can have a good life in any of them - and millions of people do. I presume you will be working in Australia so look where your skills are most in demand. This should cut down the choices of which city to go to. If you get a good job offer, take it and the decision is made.

The most expensive city to live in is Sydney followed by Melbourne and Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart.

Answer 5

Our monetary gadget is up the sh*t too. Many places are retrenching artwork force and not in any respect many are recruiting. countless the mines and different commercial organizations are ceasing productions. even as situations are good there is call for for civil engineers and quite some labor accessible. i imagine you should do as Ozmaniac said and are available over and complete your Masters. with any success in 2 years element will be extra effective interior the monetary gadget and quite some massive places do employ graduates.

Answer 6

I'm a Sydneysider; I love it, though a lot of people with kids prefer smaller, slower paced cities. I'd recommend Adelaide or Brisbane if you have little kids.

Answer 7

You guys would love MELBOURNE It has wondeful public transport great places to see;\lots of entertainment and is relatively cheap to live.