I am from Togo, and am looking to move my family and I, to either Australia or Newzealand. I would like to go to a clean country with friendly people. What one would you suggest.
Looking for a relaxed lifestyle with out any hassels
2007-03-15 00:26:38 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Australia ➔ Other - Australia
G'day,
For me it is Melbourne in Australia. This is why:
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.
Living closer to the beach will be the suburbs of Altona, Port Melbourne, Williamstown, St. Kilda, Elwood and Brighton to mention some that are pretty close to CBD. You can cross reference with some real-estate websites to know the rental costs (www.realestate.com.au or www.domain.com.au).
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.
2007-03-15 01:36:45 · answer #1 · answered by Batako 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am a NZ'dr and have an obvious bias ;-). but I have also lived in Aust and am now living in the UK. The things I miss the most about NZ is the openness and genuine friendliness of the people. Most of us have no alteria motives and enjoy and are facsinated by other cultures. It's bigger than you think too, most people don't realise that it is a larger island the England, but the real beauty is that because there are only 4 million people, you can have an entire beach of golden sands to yourself!
Clearly Australia and NZ are completely different countries and it is extremely difficult and quite improper to compare the two in the same breath. Both of our countries have their own uniqueness and breath taking beauty, but again, we are completely different to each other.
It really depends on what you and your family enjoy. Growing up in NZ for me was a great experience. We have a sports culture and have a huge amount of activities to offer all ages. You can drink the water from pretty much any lake or river and with the largest city having only 1.6 million people, you rarely have to cue for anything. Also, it's cheap and there are all the usual international brands available.
There is a strong international and cosmopolitan presence and we are an extremely racially and religiously tolerent society.
The other thing that I love about my country is that everyone is treated equally (unlike here in the UK!)...where it doesn't matter if you are white, black, old, educated, gay, male or female - there are strong laws to protect you from any sort of descrimination.
Hope this helps!
2007-03-15 15:38:03 · answer #2 · answered by Donna S 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
New Zealand, friendly people, real people, beautiful scenery, relaxed lifestyle there, if you insist on it. Australia, second choice.
2007-03-15 07:31:22 · answer #3 · answered by acolcres 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Australia if preferable bur Newzeland is equally good!
2007-03-15 07:34:28 · answer #4 · answered by V.T.Venkataram 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if your looking to move to either Aussie or N.Z then why did you ask a question about snow in invercargill,and in that question state that you live there? - last time i checked invercargill was in N.Z - sounds like you are talking $h!t
2007-03-15 09:05:37 · answer #5 · answered by FORKY 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Zewzealand will be better choice for you, good luck
2007-03-15 08:01:07 · answer #6 · answered by Shemit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋