Christmas in the sun

ChemoMan · Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 7:36 pm Post subject: Christmas in the sun

Hi

Come down and Join us Laughing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VMgzkzQR_8

Onya Rolf Very Happy

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pbj11 · Site Admin Joined: 12 May 2007 Posts: 2853

Hey!!! Florida isn't so bad at Christmas!

Do you guys get a serious winter? I would have to think so.
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ChemoMan · Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 9:38 pm Post subject: Re: Christmas in the sun

Hi pbj11

No not really...it never snows on the mainland apart from in the australian alps and then only on the highest peaks. The average temp in my part of the world in the middle of winter is 15.3 C or just over 59. F and we are in the cold part. Darwin is in the tropics and is almost a constant 33.C Very Happy

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Officially in remission 9th July 2008
Remission confirmed 1st October 2008
Remission confirmed 17 June 2009
http://cancerforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=9620
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RULE NUMBER 3..... Don't forget the first 2 rules

pbj11 · Site Admin Joined: 12 May 2007 Posts: 2853

Hmmm.... Is it pricey to live in Australia? I'm curious. Think I need to start looking around for another home.

ChemoMan · Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:06 pm Post subject: Re: Christmas in the sun

Hi pbj11

Due to real estate prices I would not say its cheap to live here. We are still going through a house price bubble, probably the biggest in our history. The chief of the central bank, the RBA, is trying to prick the bubble by jacking up interest rates and also trying to encourage state governments to release more land for housing and encourage building of new homes, but is not having much success. The problem is our population is growing at historically high rates and housing demand is high. Of all the capital cities Perth has the most expensive real estate.

Also Australia is the size of mainland USA so there are regional differences in the price of living. Generally the closer to the equator you go the more expensive food gets.Its hard to grow veggies in the tropics as the bugs tend to eat the crops so a lot of the food is transported from the south which adds to the cost.

The most beautiful town in the country has got to be Cairns. Its a tropical paradise really. Definitely my favourite place. Darwin is also very nice but the climate takes some getting used to as its always hot. It also has big crocodiles that eat tourists Smile

And bugs that defy description Laughing

The east coast from coffs harbor in New South Wales to the gold coast in Queensland is the fastest growing part of the country and probably the place that would appeal to you as its climate is very similar to floridas.

Cairns:
http://www.destination360.com/australia-south-pacific/australia/cairns

Darwin Laughing

:
http://trip.weburger.com/img/darwin/299671-M-1-darwin.jpg

The east coast: Coffs harbor:
http://www.threebestbeaches.com/blog/270/coffs-harbour-beaches-australia/

the east Coast: Bangalow:
http://www.bangalow.com/

The east coast Byron bay:
http://www.byron-bay.com/photos/index.html

The east coast Mullumbimby:
http://www.brunswickvalley.com.au/index.php?D=44

The east coast: the Gold coast AKA surfers paradise or just surfers:
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/

All the abovementioned places are either sub tropical or tropical climates.

Adelaide:
http://www.southaustralia.com/Adelaide.aspx

Perth:
http://www.westernaustralia.com/au/Destinations/Experience_Perth/Pages/Experience_Perth.aspx

Melbourne:
http://www.visitmelbourne.com/ Check out the videos

Sydney:
http://www.sydney.com.au/sights.htm

oh almost forgot Tasmania....Hobart is the only capital where it actually snows in winter.....but its pretty rare. Mount wellington which is next to Hobart has snow on it every winter.

Hobart: http://www.hobarteguide.com/

Cheers
Laughing

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Diffuse Large B cell Lymphoma
Stage 2a
Finished six cycles of R chop 21 26th May 2008
Officially in remission 9th July 2008
Remission confirmed 1st October 2008
Remission confirmed 17 June 2009
http://cancerforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=9620
RULE NUMBER 1.....Don't Panic
RULE NUMBER 2..... NEVER GIVE UP
RULE NUMBER 3..... Don't forget the first 2 rules

pbj11 · Site Admin Joined: 12 May 2007 Posts: 2853

Wow Chemoman!!!!

Thanks for all the wonderful links. I've looked at some, but am glad they are here so I can look at my leisure.

I didn't realize that the housing bubble hasn't burst down under. You can hardly give homes away here and people are taking terrible hits on prices if they bought anytime in the past several years in most markets.

I'm going to enjoy doing a "tourist" view of your country and see all the different areas. I suspect Australia has been a pretty big secret to outsiders until the past 10-20 years.

Thanks again! Something good for me to do on my long nights.

PBJ
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ChemoMan · Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 3:27 pm Post subject: Re: Christmas in the sun

Hi pbj11

Not only has the housing bubble not burst we haven't even had a technical recession here Exclamation

Not that its due to good governance but more like good luck. Something has to hit the fan sooner or later .
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Age 53
Diffuse Large B cell Lymphoma
Stage 2a
Finished six cycles of R chop 21 26th May 2008
Officially in remission 9th July 2008
Remission confirmed 1st October 2008
Remission confirmed 17 June 2009
http://cancerforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=9620
RULE NUMBER 1.....Don't Panic
RULE NUMBER 2..... NEVER GIVE UP
RULE NUMBER 3..... Don't forget the first 2 rules

pbj11 · Site Admin Joined: 12 May 2007 Posts: 2853

Well, your country didn't have its interest rates kept artificially low like ours did after 9/11 to keep us from going into the dumps then. It also probably wasn't giving out mortgages to people who couldn't afford them. There used to be a rule of thumb formula here on what income would qualify you to buy a house. That went out the window sometime after we purchased our second house I guess. We had years of build-up here to create the "perfect storm" for this pretty little recession. I still remember questioning my husband, post 9/11 for years on why the Fed was keeping the interest rates so darn low and that this wouldn't be good in the end. It wasn't.

We have to sit it out and weather the storm. Gonna be a doozie. How is your unemployment rate down there? Has that been affected at all?
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ChemoMan · Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:05 pm Post subject: Re: Christmas in the sun

Hi pbj11

its just over 5% and a lot better than all predicited. The Government still reckons its going over 6% next year. Fulltime employment dropped pretty dramatically but employers have been smart enough to reduce hours rather than lay people off. The main reason for this was a huge shortage of labour just before the GFC hit and employers have not forgotten how hard it was to get workers at that time.

We have had 2 interest rate rises in the last 2 month .25% each time. More are predicted.
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Age 53
Diffuse Large B cell Lymphoma
Stage 2a
Finished six cycles of R chop 21 26th May 2008
Officially in remission 9th July 2008
Remission confirmed 1st October 2008
Remission confirmed 17 June 2009
http://cancerforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=9620
RULE NUMBER 1.....Don't Panic
RULE NUMBER 2..... NEVER GIVE UP
RULE NUMBER 3..... Don't forget the first 2 rules

pbj11 · Site Admin Joined: 12 May 2007 Posts: 2853

The Fed set the interest rate around 0%. (That's not what consumers pay though!!) Mortgage rates for a 30 year fixed can be had at 4.65% Yow!! Makes me want to take another mortgage out on my house at that rate ---- NOT.

Unemployment is 10.2%.
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Husband diagnosed with NSCLC Stage IV. (Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer) Fought & lived 2 1/2 years with multiple lines of treatment.

Post describing our battle: http://cancerforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=7026&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Darwin · Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:37 pm Post subject: Re: Christmas in the sun

Christmas in the Sun.... what a great music clip that is.

Perth, Western Australia is a wonderful sunny place to live. The cost of living is cheaper than in Darwin or Melbourne or Sydney in my opinion. The housing prices continue to rise in the 'good' suburbs which is really surprising in this GFC but as Chemoman says while we appear to have had little fallout from this global crisis, something has got to give in my view.

I hope you all have sunshine in your hearts this Christmas and every other day of the year. I think of you all often. I just can't believe it has been ten months since John left me. Love and hugs to you all. have a magical Christmas filled with love.

Dorothy
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