Studying in Melbourne next semester - Housing Advice needed

**Gregoshi** · 05-20-2009, 01:17

I can't help you with housing Din, but as it turns out, the Gregoshi clan is heading to Melbourne in late June through the end of July. My wife took a six week work assignment there. I might have to look you up and say "hi!".

**CountArach** · 05-20-2009, 01:53

I don't think we have many/any Melbournites here in the Backroom.

**Beefy187** · 05-20-2009, 02:52

We have Captain Blackadder who is from Melbourne, but his a gameroom men.

**Dîn-Heru** · 05-20-2009, 08:01

Originally Posted by Gregoshi

I can't help you with housing Din, but as it turns out, the Gregoshi clan is heading to Melbourne in late June through the end of July. My wife took a six week work assignment there. I might have to look you up and say "hi!".

Yes, sure that would be nice. I will be going down under on the 14th of July. Just PM me to arrange a meeting.

As for the housing, I'm sure it will work out. I just wanted some additional input as a supplement to websites, but I guess they will just have to do.

**LittleGrizzly** · 05-20-2009, 13:17

Maybe you would have more luck in the frontroom or entrance hall ?

Backroom tends to be a more limited group...

**Papewaio** · 05-22-2009, 08:09

I would use the internet and look at the price of renting a place near the uni and then compare with the student digs. Often student digs are small/shared but very close to uni vs normal places which might be further away but bigger and more free.

Before moving to Sydney in 2000 (from Perth) I used Domain and a few other property sites to scope out where I was going to live.

For Victoria:
http://www.domain.com.au/Public/Choo...=buy&state=VIC

**Dîn-Heru** · 05-26-2009, 21:36

Originally Posted by Papewaio

I would use the internet and look at the price of renting a place near the uni and then compare with the student digs. Often student digs are small/shared but very close to uni vs normal places which might be further away but bigger and more free.

Before moving to Sydney in 2000 (from Perth) I used Domain and a few other property sites to scope out where I was going to live.

For Victoria:
http://www.domain.com.au/Public/Choo...=buy&state=VIC

Thank you the advice.

I must be getting senile, because I could have sworn that you lived in Melbourne before you moved to Sydney (which was the main reason I posted this in the Backroom), but now that you mention it I seem to remember that your location was Perth, Western Australia, Australia and so on, when I first joined.

**Papewaio** · 05-27-2009, 00:06

I've spent about 4 days in total in Melbourne. I liked the CBD, good coffee, plenty of nice food and the trams are cute.

Overall it was easy enough to get around, fairly flat and lots of nice things to do.

**pevergreen** · 05-27-2009, 00:13

Gah! Melbourne, Gah!

Greg is coming to Australia?

Excuse me, I'm just going to go book a trip to melbourne now.

You should come up to Brisbane at least. We do have the best beaches and the best weather. Melbourne is horrid at that time of year. Plus Brisbane has the most .Orgahs. Myself, sapi, other gameroom friends, Warluster and so on.

Well, we did have good beaches before the storms...

I was going to meet CaptainBlackadder, but he came down sick on the day. Awwwr.