Moving to Sydney - Advice
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Moving to Sydney - Advice
gday guys
Im moving to Sydney for my work in a couple of months from the Sunny coast.
Havent really spent much time in Sydney, but looking forward to somewhere new, just want to pick your guys brains for the best place to live in regards to consistant/good range of surf, places to drink/party, people etc. I really want to be within walking/short drive distance to the surf and cant be too far from the city (e.g not past say Narrabeen). Im just looking to rent a small apartment with the misses, not too fussed but dont wanna pay huge $$ in rent.
A few places im thinking are Cronulla, Curly & Deewhy.
Any opinions/advice would be apreciated
Im moving to Sydney for my work in a couple of months from the Sunny coast.
Havent really spent much time in Sydney, but looking forward to somewhere new, just want to pick your guys brains for the best place to live in regards to consistant/good range of surf, places to drink/party, people etc. I really want to be within walking/short drive distance to the surf and cant be too far from the city (e.g not past say Narrabeen). Im just looking to rent a small apartment with the misses, not too fussed but dont wanna pay huge $$ in rent.
A few places im thinking are Cronulla, Curly & Deewhy.
Any opinions/advice would be apreciated
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No to Northern beaches. Smaller swell window. Super crowded all the time. Cronulla is good. A few hidey holes and a long long beachie to spread crowd sometimes. Access south is good too and there is good fun south.
Also, the northern beaches mean you might run into too many RS weirdos.
Also, the northern beaches mean you might run into too many RS weirdos.
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Laper, Malabar or Botany.
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and if you stray from Sinny's accepted norms meet a whole world of grief (and a bundi).
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what about matraville.puurri wrote:Laper, Malabar or Botany.
i was thinkning about brooklyn. how long do you think it would take to get to palm beach from brooklyn in a tinny?
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purple pyramids wrote:what about matraville.puurri wrote:Laper, Malabar or Botany.
i was thinkning about brooklyn. how long do you think it would take to get to palm beach from brooklyn in a tinny?
it takes aprox 25mins depending conditions.
dont know how a sunny coast person would go around the hawksebury. if you wanna know about life on the river go see a movie called "oyster farmer"
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If you go northern beaches I would look at Collaroy for a unit. Not far from Longy or Narrabeen and there is the club and pub and a few eateries, near a golf course if you are that way inclined. Bus into the city. Good park if you have kids and it also has a few good walks around to Brownwater. 10 minutes to the mall if you need big shops.
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Mid week by the looks of that picture.Ringmaster wrote:
Al this is gold. "She didn't realise I was fairly high and spent much of the evening trying to figure out why a purple and orange cow wanted me to climb a tree."
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Of course there are boundaries set so some people can feel right at home, in some parts of sydney. Gods country sticks out on the northern beaches, some say this starts at north of mona vale, but I think it starts at worry-wood. If your not caucasian and don't work in a restaurant don't worry about going there, you won't feel welcome - but if you are, you won't be confronted with issues that you see in other parts of sydney and can safely hold onto those left'ist views if you have them - plus it has the added bonus of dino living there.dinosaur wrote:Just a bit of advice to help with your move. In Sydney you will notice a lot of people with darker skin than yourself and your good lady wife. They will also have different color hair, different shaped eyes and faces. These are people, they are not aliens or animals or slaves or servants. They are Human beings and are just like you and me, although at the start everyone will be a little bit more advanced than you as your are from Queensland. These strange looking (to you) creatures are people of other races, whom there are a lot of in Sydney. They hold many positions in our society from the highest office to the unemployed and everything in between. Remember this is Sydney not Queensland. You cant run them down in your car or hunt them on the weekends. If you chase and lynch one of these people, for talking to your wife, you will go to jail.
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Ringmaster wrote:
this bloke i know who knows this other bloke, had a bachelor party on the beach about 6 months ago. was about 50 of em and they surfed and hassled the crap out of each other all day. that photo looks similar to some the photos i saw from the party.
in the night had fire on beach, beers, stories, some other stuff and a full moon. apparently it was a real good time
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^^^^^^Yes, puurri
If you want to find an area that is similar to the one you currently live in I would suggest either Cronulla or Blacktown.
One is full of redneck fcukwits insterspersed with long fringed, zack effron wannabes, the other is further from the beach than cronulla.
If you want to find an area that is similar to the one you currently live in I would suggest either Cronulla or Blacktown.
One is full of redneck fcukwits insterspersed with long fringed, zack effron wannabes, the other is further from the beach than cronulla.
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Your a real people person arent you Ron !!Rockin' Ron wrote:DY is a cesspool. If you like ghettos full of unemployed, idle, fat, mute south pacific milkshakes then DY is your place. You WILL get your car stolen.
Narrabeen is overrated in almost every way and has a lot of idiots who think they are tough. The entire beach closes out.
Curl Curl is the new venue for the sheep dog championships by virtue of it being so crowded that a talented kelpie can make it all the way from one headland to the other on top of the heads of kooks.
Cronulla is a hotch potch of pseudo-intellectuals, rugby league players and westie red necks. There is no middle ground.
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Thanks for the replies.
Dinosaur - yes I am from Queensland and although I do have a thing against Indian cab drivers, we have people from other countries here too. Just not as many! haha
So far it seems as though the northern beaches arent really getting the thumbs up by many and cronulla has a few votes. i know the traffic is shit everywhere in Sydney but whats the run from cronulla to the city or paramatta like? Is there much to do round there if the surfs flat? any good pubs?
If you guys had to pick a place to live close to the beach in the sydney area where would you pick?
Dinosaur - yes I am from Queensland and although I do have a thing against Indian cab drivers, we have people from other countries here too. Just not as many! haha
So far it seems as though the northern beaches arent really getting the thumbs up by many and cronulla has a few votes. i know the traffic is shit everywhere in Sydney but whats the run from cronulla to the city or paramatta like? Is there much to do round there if the surfs flat? any good pubs?
If you guys had to pick a place to live close to the beach in the sydney area where would you pick?
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ditto. (also surrounding burbs).iggy wrote:maroubra (serious)
Nulla is insularity personified, but good local breaks and to the south in and past the national park. Local shoireistas don't think about working or going elsewhere as it's abt 70 minutes to city by train or road in peak hour.
Parra has reasonable housing around and to the west with a good freeway system north/south. 'burbs to the east and southeast tend to be "ethnically insular".
"The Hills" are whitebread aspirationals dreaming of Hanson redux.
Tempe and Marrickville areas are reasonable.
The northern beaches; well each to their own.
If you're in IT then Ryde and northward are the go. Anyway good luck.
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You'll get more surf than the Sunny Coast thats for sure.
Serious question though.....unless your gunna build a highrise or something or drive cabs (don't laugh, mate of mine now owns 3 houses from driving cabs in Sydney) why would you do it?
With the internet it kind of makes the whole concept of living in a city moronic (ok maybe too strong a word......redundant).
Plenty of crew here get their income from Sydney.....work online....fly to Syd once or twice a fortnight (45 mins from Ballina).
You'd have to question the whole concept of city living circa 2009.
Fer fcuks sake there's 10 restaraunts in the main drag of Lennox, and all the bands, art galleries and kulcha a north shore fashionista could cram into their skinny jeans.
OK, the coffee.
Yep got me there.
We're a bit short on Asian and middle eastern people but there's a thriving Bundjalung nation culture here.
Anyway, just asking.
Serious question though.....unless your gunna build a highrise or something or drive cabs (don't laugh, mate of mine now owns 3 houses from driving cabs in Sydney) why would you do it?
With the internet it kind of makes the whole concept of living in a city moronic (ok maybe too strong a word......redundant).
Plenty of crew here get their income from Sydney.....work online....fly to Syd once or twice a fortnight (45 mins from Ballina).
You'd have to question the whole concept of city living circa 2009.
Fer fcuks sake there's 10 restaraunts in the main drag of Lennox, and all the bands, art galleries and kulcha a north shore fashionista could cram into their skinny jeans.
OK, the coffee.
Yep got me there.
We're a bit short on Asian and middle eastern people but there's a thriving Bundjalung nation culture here.
Anyway, just asking.
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try campbelltown
30 mins to Thirroul and surrounding waves.
30 mins to Parra by train.
Cheap rent.
10 mins to the haunted town of Picton if you like ghosts.
No beach but.
Yet with todays super duper technological mastery you can check the waves on your computer thingymajig on a surfcam.
Also nice walks in Burragorang National Park
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30 mins to Thirroul and surrounding waves.
30 mins to Parra by train.
Cheap rent.
10 mins to the haunted town of Picton if you like ghosts.
No beach but.
Yet with todays super duper technological mastery you can check the waves on your computer thingymajig on a surfcam.
Also nice walks in Burragorang National Park
become a Westie!
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