Any Australians?

[onlyme]

So any Australians?

I had a cousin in Brisbane, QLD.

 

[onlyme]

Interesting video about Australia:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j55gJNq7Dns

 

[onlyme]

Sounds like a great country to visit; though I doubt whether I ever will, now.

 

[MoreCoffee]

Sounds like a great country to visit; though I doubt whether I ever will, now.

You could migrate

 

[onlyme]

You could migrate

I do like Canada where I live; but over the years both my wife and I have had cousins in Australia. We also have church friends and others in different parts of Australia. The issue would be health, actually, rather than having some reason to visit. (In some ways I would go like a shot if I could.) WA seems particularly vast and amazing!

 

[MoreCoffee]

I do like Canada where I live; but over the years both my wife and I have had cousins in Australia. We also have church friends and others in different parts of Australia. The issue would be health, actually, rather than having some reason to visit. (In some ways I would go like a shot if I could.) WA seems particularly vast and amazing!

WA is vast. I live in Perth.

 

[MoreCoffee]

I was born in Canada - in New Westminster.

 

[onlyme]

WA is vast. I live in Perth.

Oh really? We have a friend whose daughter and her husband live in Perth. I think the original city was on the Swan River settlement, right? the same swan that features on the state flag.
Recently I learned that WA's second busiest airport is Karratha, not a name that used to be well known; but it seems like the real estate up there and mining has rocketed in recent years; sort of place to invest in.

 

[onlyme]

I was born in Canada - in New Westminster.

Hi; fellow Canuck! (I see that Air New Zealand has started flying to Vancouver.)

When you think of old Captain Cook who sailed to both the west coast of Canada and to Australia, it's quite amazing.

 

[MoreCoffee]

Oh really? We have a friend whose daughter and her husband live in Perth. I think the original city was on the Swan River settlement, right? the same swan that features on the state flag.
Recently I learned that WA's second busiest airport is Karratha, not a name that used to be well known; but it seems like the real estate up there and mining has rocketed in recent years; sort of place to invest in.

Mining towns can be risky for investment because when a new facilities are being built there is great demand and prices go up but when the building is finished rents and prices ease so timing is important if one invests in real estate. Major cities are less volatile and hence better for longer term investment.

 

[MoreCoffee]

Hi; fellow Canuck! (I see that Air New Zealand has started flying to Vancouver.)

When you think of old Captain Cook who sailed to both the west coast of Canada and to Australia, it's quite amazing.

When I went to San Francisco to work I flew with Cathay Pacific - good flight experience. Air New Zealand is good too. If I wanted a stopover in Auckland rather than Hong Kong I'd use them.

 

[onlyme]

Mining towns can be risky for investment because when a new facilities are being built there is great demand and prices go up but when the building is finished rents and prices ease so timing is important if one invests in real estate. Major cities are less volatile and hence better for longer term investment.

Yes, I take your point; and in Canada the arithmetic over decades points to Vancouver and Toronto for stable returns on investment. Pre-construction condominiums are particularly trustworthy investments in cities where the long term trend is fed by steady immigration. So I guess Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane would be good in this respect.

 

[onlyme]

When I went to San Francisco to work I flew with Cathay Pacific - good flight experience. Air New Zealand is good too. If I wanted a stopover in Auckland rather than Hong Kong I'd use them.

If we went to Australia - which I'm beginning now to doubt - we would want to stop over and see friends in NZ. (Sounds like I should start a thread on NZ as well... )

 

[MoreCoffee]

Yes, I take your point; and in Canada the arithmetic over decades points to Vancouver and Toronto for stable returns on investment. Pre-construction condominiums are particularly trustworthy investments in cities where the long term trend is fed by steady immigration. So I guess Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane would be good in this respect.

Perth's population has grown very quickly - it causes traffic problems

Perth may overtake Brisbane as 3rd largest city. It used to be smaller than Adelaide, now it is nearly 700,000 people more populous. The climate here is good only a few months of the year are too hot for comfort without air conditioning and only one or two are too cold for comfort without heating. Last month was cold

 

[onlyme]

Perth's population has grown very quickly - it causes traffic problems

Perth may overtake Brisbane as 3rd largest city. It used to be smaller than Adelaide, bow it is nearly 700,000 people more populous. The climate here is good only a few months of the year are too hot for comfort without air conditioning and only one or two are too cold for comfort without heating. Last month was cold

Where the Roaring Forties meet sub-tropical winds, at different periods of the year, I'll guess...

Kalgoorlie-Boulder is another place I'd like to visit; some of the old ornate frontages of the hotels and shop fronts seem striking from pictures; and Menzies is similar, near that amazing sculpture by Sir Antony Gormley at Lake Ballard, which came out of the Perth Arts Festival.

 

[onlyme]

When I went to San Francisco to work I flew with Cathay Pacific - good flight experience.

I guess you went via Kingsford Smith?

 

[MoreCoffee]

I guess you went via Kingsford Smith?

No, from Perth to Hong Kong and then from Hong Kong to San Francisco.

 

[onlyme]

No, from Perth to Hong Kong and then from Hong Kong to San Francisco.

Perth airport has really good connections now! and not just the Indian Ocean routes.

 

[MoreCoffee]

Perth airport has really good connections now! and not just the Indian Ocean routes.

That is true. I think it is because long distance flights are more easily done now than was the case in the until the 1980s.

 

[onlyme]

That is true. I think it is because long distance flights are more easily done now than was the case in the until the 1980s.

Seems like years ago, unless it was an Indian Ocean route, most of the long haul flights went via Sydney. I see now that even Adelaide is now serviced by direct flights to some of the top Asian destinations; whereas Adelaide used to be really the Down-Under-of-the Down-Under, that was reached via bigger Australian cities.

I guess you know Adelaide also?