Absolutely! Life is full of opportunities, and when we don鈥檛 grab them when we can, we sometimes end up with regrets 鈥?and life is too short for that!
Your kids will definitely benefit from plenty of sun, fresh air and beaches that they will be exposed to in BrisVegas (Brizzy/Brisbane!), as well as enriched by the different perspective on life you will find here.
South-east Queensland (Brisbane/Gold Coast) is a boom area economically so, depending on what he does, your husband should not have a huge task to get work (try seek.com.au or mycareer.com.au). The population density will be a lot lower than you are used to, with only around 1.5 million people in SE QLD out of a total Aussie population of 21 million. Open space, especially outside the urban coastal fringe of Australia, seems limitless.
Look at domain.com.au or realestate.com.au to find accommodation. If you have a house or an apartment now in New York, if you haven鈥檛 sold it by the end of this year, be prepared to hang on to it for the next 5-7 years, while renting it out.
And don鈥檛 forget 鈥?it may seem very similar, but it is a different culture 鈥?so be prepared for a little bit of culture-shock! However, in general, if you don't go around complaining about everyone and everything, Australians will be very welcoming, friendly, helpful and genuinely interested in how you and yours are doing. When all is said and done, Brisbane (and Sydney!) are great places to live and bring up a family!
(Kiwi who moved here eight years ago)I am a nurse who works in newyork right now.I am planning to move to brisbane with my husband and 2 small kids?
It is a big move, so I can only guess you must be apprehensive, which is normal. Remember that Australia does have a severe shortage of nurses, so your job will be very secure. Right choice or not really does depend on a few things. As already stated, the dollar here is not so good. However, I am led to believe that a Registered Nurses base wage is around $60000 a year (I think) That would have to be the equivalent of around 30000 US I am guessing.
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However, everything here is more expensive. Food, Fuel (Gas), accomodation is at least twice the cost of the US. A loaf of bread will cost you anywhere between $1.50 to $2.50 a loaf. Milk is also proportionately more than the US., Fuel, (Gas) will cost you $1.60 a litre, about $6.10 a Gallon. But don't let that put you off.
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I travelled to the US last year, and loved it. I stayed with my good mate who is American. There are so many similarities between Australia and the US, but at the same time there are so many differences. I don't think that ';Culturally'; we really differ at all. The general mainstream American person I met, was lovely, friendly and welcoming.
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There are little differences like, You don't have switches on your power points and we do, to turn you house lights on, the switch is upside down, etc, lol.
I think Australia is a great place to raise a family. Brisbane is a nice place, with generally great weather, great beaches, reasonably close to the Whitsundays, (Heaven, it's like the Aussie version of Hawaii), good schools, good health care and nice people. There are a lot worse places you could move to. As mentioned earlier, if it does not workout you can always return to the US. You really have nothing to lose. I have yet to meet a person who regrets living in Australia. All the best of luck.
It depends on what you're looking to achieve from making the move.
Brisbane is a relatively small city, and the Aussie dollar is not so crash hot right now, so you're not going to be making a fortune.
On the other hand, it's an incredibly safe city, the climate is lovely, Australia is lovely, great people, you'll be close to the coast, it's peaceful, stable, doing relatively well in the global economic climate, great education system, great health systems, and so on.
I would suggest looking at your job offer, looking at the career paths available to people in your field, and seeing if the things that you want to achieve in life will be available to you here. Try looking at Seek.com.au, or looking up individual hospitals/health establishments to see if they've got any vacancies for the kinds of jobs you might want in future. And for your husband, too. The health systems here are excellent, however.
It's always going to be tough, however, and Australia (in particular Queensland!) is not America. That's self evident, I know, but you can't come to Australia expecting that it's all going to be the same - or believing that 'different' is automatically worse. Culturally, Australians and Americans are quite different people, so there will no doubt be some difficult times until you settle in and get used to those differences.
As with most things in life, if you go into it with an open mind and a positive attitude, it's not likely that the move will be a disaster! Even if you head home with your tail between your legs in five, six, ten years (whatever), I honestly believe it would be difficult to regret having lived in Australia.
i agree with what stronglattenosugar says
im from brissy its great here the weather people (most people anyway) it is considered small though compared to like sydney and definatley new york
I think u should stay in NY,what with all the suicide bombings that are
are going to happen when the ';bali bombers'; are executed.
The american people need u now more than ever.
God Bless America
Brisbanes stupid Melbourne is more like New York but friendlier
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