Has anyone lived in Brisbane and Melbourne?

Morexbs · 11-02-2013, 11:37 PM

I am contemplating a move to Brisbane from Melbourne and would like to know if anyone has done it (or the reverse) and how they found it?
Obviously each city has it's good and bad points but from where I am the grass definitely looks greener up north.Is it?

Tonz · 12-02-2013, 07:29 AM

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Re: Has anyone lived in Brisbane OR Melbourne??

No mate they are both ficticious city names nobody lives there at all.
Sorry just having a lend of your title, bit wired up at moment and see funny/wierd side to things too often.

cheap · 12-02-2013, 08:08 AM

Beware that if you move to Brisbane from Melbourne you will stand out like dogs balls because in the midst of a Brisbane "winter" you'll be running around in shorts and t-shirt

Morexbs · 12-02-2013, 12:35 PM

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Beware that if you move to Brisbane from Melbourne you will stand out like dogs balls because in the midst of a Brisbane "winter" you'll be running around in shorts and t-shirt

Yep,the last time I went up there the main item on the news was how bad the weather was because there had been 5 days in a row under 20 degrees.

**cs123** · 12-02-2013, 12:54 PM

The biggest thing you'll notice is that the weather is spectacular in winter and muggy as hell in summer. I'll take 40 degrees in Melbourne over 34 degrees in Brisbane.

You can work on your car every month of the year and winter is the best time for cruising.

Brisbane is less "sophisticated" that Melbourne and a lot more casual. If you're into the wine bar and restaurant scene you will be disappointed.

TheSneakiness · 12-02-2013, 01:43 PM

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The biggest thing you'll notice is that the weather is spectacular in winter and muggy as hell in summer. I'll take 40 degrees in Melbourne over 34 degrees in Brisbane.

You can work on your car every month of the year and winter is the best time for cruising.

Brisbane is less "sophisticated" that Melbourne and a lot more casual. If you're into the wine bar and restaurant scene you will be disappointed.

This.

Especially the first sentence. I lived in Melbourne for 13 years and Brisbane for the last 16 and I still cannot handle the humidity here.

Also you won't stand out as mentioned before in winter wearing a t shirt and shorts, I do it too.

gtfpv · 12-02-2013, 02:02 PM

i holiday in both . what can i say . my inlaws live on the goldcoast . i hate BRISBANE , but love the gold and sunshine coast , although they are losing thier gloss .
the brisbane summer is rediculous , infact my mother inlaw inher mid 60's refuses to go out in daylight then . but the plants and goldcoast is simply fantastic .
Melbourne , love it , st kilda is just as good as surfers , the sun can be out and your nice and cool .
i havent lived in either , but queensland weather is fierce and everyone hates the summer .

u2canb12 · 12-02-2013, 03:48 PM

I have lived in both cities and my comments are that for 3 months of the year it can be humid but the rest of the year has it all over Melbourne. I will take a hot summers day in Brisbane over a dull, dreary, wet freezing winters day that freezes your twig and berries off!!

The other benefit of Brisbane (QLD) is that the modified car rules are little more liberal (my experience) and less speed cameras and we have Willowbank.

I will deal with you later Chris! sounds like your spending too much time down there and the mexican fever is rubbing off on you

**cs123** · 12-02-2013, 04:05 PM

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I will deal with you later Chris! sounds like your spending too much time down there and the mexican fever is rubbing off on you

LOL. Too many mocha soy lattees for me.

Go bombers!!

greg6099 · 12-02-2013, 04:26 PM

Born and bred in Brisbane. If you think its hot and humid here try living in Cairns.

However.

If we actually approve that someone from Melbourne can live up here please be aware that Brisvegas turns the lights off at 9.00pm every night and we don't encourage any of this sophistication stuff nor tolerate late night frivolity....

Franco Cozzo · 12-02-2013, 05:24 PM

Melbourne winter in the suburbs isn't bad, its when you get to the Macedon Ranges area and Alpine area is when you know what cold is.

Morexbs · 12-02-2013, 05:34 PM

I'm definitely not a wine bar or sitting in a laneway drinking overpriced coffee type so that won't disappoint me too much and my wife is Vietnamese so she just about wrote the book on hot and humid.I really like the casual feel of Brisbane compared to down here and it seems that you can get more for your money when it comes to Brisbane property.

**supershifty** · 12-02-2013, 06:27 PM

Besides all the above regarding weather and lattes - there's an awesome bunch of blokes up here!

**fordomatic** · 12-02-2013, 06:47 PM

I lived in brissy for 10 years and melbourne for 9. No bar scene like the one in Melbourne but it doesn't seem like that's what your after anyway. I have lived in Townsville for the last 7 years and the humidity in Brisbane is nothing compared to that. Even compared to what Melbourne weather is like, i think it gets thrown out of proportion.

I love the relaxed feel about Brisbane, much more slow paced than Melbourne. Great place to live in my opinion.

Mercury 8 · 12-02-2013, 07:14 PM

All this talk about the hot weather makes me laugh. Best summer we have had in the last 4 years in my opinion. Beer and pool weather, nothing better!

superyob · 12-02-2013, 07:23 PM

Brisbane all the way, although Melbourne city is more picturesque... I have lived in both places and I think the weather and less cosmopolitan life style in Brizzy is tops... and no Adam Bandt!!!

TC200six · 12-02-2013, 07:28 PM

Don't know why people complain about Brisbane's summer, it isn't as bad as some places (as others mentioned). Provided you have aircon, the heat of summer shouldn't be a problem.

gtfpv · 12-02-2013, 08:23 PM

^^^^^^^ its the searing heat of the sun when you walk outside . you get this in sydney too , but queensland you can feel like your skin is on fire when your out of the shade . and yes , its even worse further north . and its for a good 3 months . where as sydney you might get one day per week like that in summer . and in melbourne you can have a cool chill whilst in the sun. i love queensland and could live there if i had to , but by choice i wont .

daytona1965 · 12-02-2013, 09:13 PM

Morexbs,

I have lived in all 3 Eastern States, Sydney 26 years, Brisbane 3.5 years and Melbourne for the last 16 years.

I absolutely LOVE Melbourne for the following reasons, cultured, food, beer, wine, coffee, motivation, weather, property affordibility, friendly people, better traffic management ( too many speed camera's IS THE EXCEPTION ).

I hated Brisbane ( came from Sydney ) for the following reasons, crappy beer/food/wine, no motivation, HUMIDITY, shithouse road system,
not accepting of SOUTHERNERS... Its a great place for a holiday, the winters are nice, The Sunshine Coast is beautiful...

I would never live in Brisbane again, it would take a FANTASTIC job and a house on the waterfront to get me back to Sydney, so thats not going to happen either

The property is cheaper for a reason, think of all those without flood insurance as their houses are now worthless. Thats what happens when greedy developers and Government reclaim swamps.....

Just remember once you leave you can never return...

Rohan

mik · 13-02-2013, 11:50 AM

when i was visiting my cousin in brizzy a while ago who lived in melbourne for most of his life, i asked him what he liked about brizzy, his reply was , even when it`s raining you can still wear shorts and a t`shirt and it`s not cold, and the lifestyle was different, it was very laid back compared to melbourne.

Ford_The_Win · 13-02-2013, 12:04 PM

I have a lot of family in Brisbane so I have spent a lot of time up there over the years and lived in Bundaberg for a while. I hate that summer weather, I could never get used to that sun and humidity. Melbourne winters are gloomy but at least you can get comfortable and still do stuff around the yard or get out and about, but when that Queensland sun comes out there's no escaping the sweat fest. Summers in Melb are fantastic in comparison and there's more to do in Melbourne in terms of sporting events, nightlife, music, shopping, etc.

SEZ213 · 13-02-2013, 05:36 PM

Yes. I'm in Brisbane now, but I'm wearing tracksuit pants and a hoody...there's the downside. Summer is still unbearable (after almost ten years in Brisbane).

Melbourne was great, I'm a bit of a home body but a sucker for the arts, and Melbourne may have had terrible weather, but Qld is not far behind particularly in summer. Winter is still pretty cold here (I'm a little further out now in Ipswich, but it does get to 0, regularly through winter!)

Like some of the others, I would prefer the 40 degree dry north wind days in Melbourne to the 33/34/35 degree humid no wind days of Brisbane (and anywhere up to 43 out here)...it's stifling. I've decided moving to Perth is a better option

mik · 13-02-2013, 05:59 PM

i think melbourne gets a bad rap for weather actually, we get about half the annual rain of sydney, dunno what the ratio is to brizzy, we`ve had 3 mild magnificent summers in a row, although about the previous 10 where stinkers heat wise,
melbourne does get a bit dreary in winter even though it does`nt have a lot of rainfall.
the limited time i`ve been in brissy, maybe i was imagining it but people seem a bit less reserved than melbournians, your more likely to get a g`day mate from a total stranger up north.

JAJH · 13-02-2013, 09:34 PM

I moved from Melb to the Gold Coast about 6 years ago and there's not much chance of going back. Having been a die hard Afl follower all my life, that's the one thing I miss the most, being able to jump in the car and head off to the 'G' on Friday night or Saturday. Watching it on the Telly just doesn't quite cut it. I don't miss the ridiculous amount of speed cameras in Vic either. Most of my family are now in Qld so there's no real emotional pull for me to go back as we'll.
The Qld weather most of the time is brilliant, although Summer is a bit sticky and the storms can be pretty ferocious. We enjoy getting out on the Jetski all year round, whereas you would be brave to do the same in a Melb winter. It is great to be able to wear shorts all year round and even at work.
The down sides to Qld;
1. Qld drivers are bloody hopeless, they have no idea about keeping out of the right lane on the freeway and they lose all use of left turn indicators.
2. Cost of living and petrol is higher
3. The relaxed Qld attitude has a detrimental effect on dealing with people in business, they are definitely backwards when it comes to professionalism.
4. One day or decade or century, Qld might get into the real world and adopt daylight savings and get in line with the rest of Oz.
5. The pay in Qld is far below the southern states

There is certainly things about Qld I don't like but there is far more I do like so won't bak heading back south in a hurry

**cs123** · 13-02-2013, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Morexbs

I'm definitely not a wine bar or sitting in a laneway drinking overpriced coffee type so that won't disappoint me too much and my wife is Vietnamese so she just about wrote the book on hot and humid.I really like the casual feel of Brisbane compared to down here and it seems that you can get more for your money when it comes to Brisbane property.

Well you're wife will enjoy the move up here if she likes the warmer weather.

Just got to pick Northside or Southside. Choose carefully;)

MKE13 · 13-02-2013, 10:06 PM

3. The relaxed Qld attitude has a detrimental effect on dealing with people in business, they are definitely backwards when it comes to professionalism - JAJH

Im glad you speak for the entire population of working professionals in Queensland.

JAJH · 13-02-2013, 10:17 PM

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3. The relaxed Qld attitude has a detrimental effect on dealing with people in business, they are definitely backwards when it comes to professionalism - JAJH

Im glad you speak for the entire population of working professionals in Queensland.

Did I say the entire population? I simply meant the people in business I deal with compared to the same industry people I have dealt with in Melb for the last 25 years.

grandpa_spec_F6 · 13-02-2013, 10:18 PM

Dash_XR · 13-02-2013, 10:25 PM

Yeah Melbournes no better, most of our suits are twats too.

If your in the construction industry and/or like your weather completely random stay in Melbourne. If not anywhere else is good too.

Morexbs · 14-02-2013, 09:27 AM

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Well you're wife will enjoy the move up here if she likes the warmer weather.

Just got to pick Northside or Southside. Choose carefully;)

That was going to be my next question.
I have done a bit of exploring on the northside in a few of my trips but haven't done the southside yet.I'll do that in a few weeks.
Any tips?