And nonkini's too!! I like nonkini's, just not on the Germans!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by CraigE
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And nonkini's too!! I like nonkini's, just not on the Germans!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by CraigE
Hi,
My information is based on one of my sisters.
She married a guy who'd been brought up on minesites. Soon after marriage he wanted to move to more remote sites (eventually ending up in Gove). He loved the lifestyle (with the workmates camaraderie etc), but it soon palled on her.
There was also the question of the kids education. I think that some areas have poor teachers.
Then there is the question of costs for the kids further education, which may not be available in Broome (eg your eldest's desire for Uni, with its attendant costs). (I know one family in Canberra who bought a unit in Sydney in order to allow a daughter to attend a Sydney Uni :eek: ).
Further, I suspect that your 14yo will hate the disruption to her support group that your change will bring.
These are very serious issues to be addressed before you commit to the change.
HTH,
Peter
go up there for a few weeks in december or january, thats what it will be like for 5 mts of the year
We lived there for 2 years and now in semi retirement go there from April to September each year because of the friends we made and the lifestyle.
Socially it is great but time occupation for non workers can be a problem, yes Cable beach is great but you can't sit there every day.
The wet is the wet , locals are locals and the red dirt is the red dirt and those are the reasons why we left after 2 years to re-establish ourselves in Perth prior to retiring rather than live there full time, coupled with fact we had new grandchildren in Perth.
14 year old kids are the same the world over and any disruption is either going to be totally unbearable or is not a problem, that part of the equation is totally out of your hands.
If you don't do it you will always wonder/regret it and if you do the worst that can happen is you will have to relocate to another part of this fantastic country.
If in your line of work to advance you need a variety of experiences then Broome for for 2-3 years would be great.
Hope you make the right decision:angel:
I answered a similar question with a long post a while ago. Basically, since we live in the same area and get to Broome for flights or shopping or visiting friends, we always think it's a bit overrated. It's nice, but it's small and there's a funny Broome mentality that seems to think that because it's Broome, and oh-so-special, then standards don't have to be quite as high as they would elsewhere. People can live in Broome for years and think they know the Kimberley, but they don't - they just know Broome. It's quite a little goldfish bowl like that.
All the same, the climate can be great, the town has a unique social and cultural mix of old and new people, and rich and poor, it has a long and interesting history. It's a good place to live if you want to travel around the western Kimberley a lot. I think it would be a good place for kids of all ages since the range of people they would get to know would be very broad compared to the usual suburban life of a southern city, and, come to think of it, that's true for grown-ups as well.
We actually want to move over there, but the one-and-only condition is the housing. It's ridiculous. There's just no other word for it. It is, after all, a small, isolated town and the rents and house prices are enormous given where it is. There has been a huge housing and land shortage for years. In fact, someone at a state government department told me that Landcorp has been holding land releases back to keep prices up.
Virtually everyone in Broome, (and this goes for the whole Kimberley as well), can afford to live there because they got in years ago and bought property, or make lots of money, or get a house or a rental allowancewith their job, or live in a caravan park, or have a Homewest house because they don't have much money . . . though the last I heard there was a five-year waiting list for that!
I'd say to go, for sure, because it's a great opportunity to live somewhere different and you'd learn an awful lot, but only with housing assistance as part of your contract.