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I will go to Australia for study english but I'm not sure wich city is better...Sydney, Melbourne, Pert, Canberra??? I need a easy city, where I can find a informal job, cheap, fun, friendly.... Thank you for help!!!!!

Answer 1

G'day,

Depending on where do you come from since it is better to find the city that does not have too many students coming from your country of origin so you will need to use English as your medium of conversation, rather than talking in your own mother tongue with your fellow compatriots. Example: Brisbane got many Japanese and Perth got many Indonesian students.

Living cost... Sydney and Canberra have the highest living cost, followed by Melbourne & Brisbane, then Perth, Darwin, Adelaide & Tasmania the lowest. I am attaching a weblink from one of the uni in Melbourne as an indication.

I am living in Melbourne and this is what you got in Melbourne:
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 second weblink 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 in summer, 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). Good for students, since not all can afford car.
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 third article on the bottom.
7. 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.
8. 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.

Hope this helps. E-mail me at [e-mail] if you have more questions abt study in Australia. Good luck for your study and welcome to Australia :)

Answer 2

Sydney is the place to go. It is fun, spectacular, plenty of things to do, a good range of jobs and housing and it also has the harbour and beaches.

All Australian cities are informal, friendly and fun. Perth is too far from anywhere else. The cheapest is Adelaide, the other three are much the same although Perth is rapidly becoming the most expensive.

Answer 3

i think u should go to a little city like shelby. it's cheap, fun and easy

Answer 4

Well, don't choose Sydney, trust me. Okay so maybe I've never been there but I've seen pictures and it looks like I could get lost within 5 minutes of landing. So, lets see, which name is the coolest? Uh..... PERT. Your welcome.