wheres the best place for bikers to live in OZ?

half_empty1 · Post by **half_empty1** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:21 am

emigrating over there this year

my first thought was to go to brisbane because ive got a couple of friends there already,

but i thought id ask you lot for your opinions.

mrmina · Post by **mrmina** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:25 am

u might as well keep increasing the pommy population in Melbourne.

In melbourne, we can also be known as the pommy chapter of KSRC.

Bloody whinging poms

mick_dundee · Post by **mick_dundee** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:32 am

Weather is great in Brisbane but as a pom you'll broil in summer and come up looking something like a lobster. Melbourne has far far better motorbike shopping and we are the only state in Australia where you can rock up to a shop, park the bike on the footpath outside the shop and leave it there legally

Footpath parking rocks!!!!

half_empty1 · Post by **half_empty1** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:40 am

ok thats 2 peeps putting me off brisbane

cant see what there is to whinge about over there,

at least you dont wake up to this and freezing temperatures

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i aint even gonna try and ride my bike in that :!:

mick_dundee · Post by **mick_dundee** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:43 am

I don't mind snow at all, as long as it's somewhere I have to travel at least an hour to get too

gray_rm · Post by **gray_rm** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:48 am

Ginger's Creek - right bang in the middle of the Oxley Highway in NSW.
Not much there (well, there's a pub) and some sheep...
but gee it's the best road in NSW.

javaman · Post by **javaman** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:50 am

Congratulations Half,

Arrived in Melbourne two years ago and never complained about riding here in Victoria. Great roads, plenty of mountains, beaches. Best race track in the world ... F1, MotoGP, Superbike, the Air show .... Best roads in the country such as the great ocean road, the great alpine road etc (but is rivaled by Tasmania I think...)

As mentioned one can park on the footpath ... and have a really loud pipe as well. Toll is free for bike (well, currently).

Some days will be cold but nothing freezing. Cold is better than hot anyway ...

Lainie · Post by **Lainie** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:43 am

Need I say More?

Melbourne 'world's top city'
February 6, 2004

Often derided as Bleak City by Sydneysiders, Melbourne topped a survey of 130 cities, narrowly beating out the other four Australian capitals surveyed - because its weather rated the best.

http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/02/06/1075854028808.html

red_dave · Post by **red_dave** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:59 am

Stay away from Penref... :wink:

MickLC · Post by **MickLC** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:03 am

half_empty1 wrote:....i aint even gonna try and ride my bike in that

Why not?....This guy does :lol:

http://www.superbike.co.uk/video/winterfun_news_72485.html

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:08 am

half_empty1 wrote:cant see what there is to whinge about over there,
at least you dont wake up to this and freezing temperatures
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i aint even gonna try and ride my bike in that

I know all about this......

I have a Mother-in-law who lives in...WALES :shock:

the pipes have burst, the gas has stopped
and the power is off (was off) last night when she rang

come to Melbourne
and join the ex-pom chapter of KSRC

my missus went from the UK
to Brisbane...to Melbourne
I think she made the right choice

we have Reefton, GOR, Arthurs Seat Black Spur
Gisborne Woodend St Andrews Toolangi
Myers Ck Rd Chum Ck rd..the list goes on
and
you can get a decent coffee anywhere here.... :lol:

you can also get together with these people...
http://www.ksrc-au.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6936

we also have the opportunity to go to/ride around the
BEST motorcycle circuit in the world..at Phillip Island

overall...
Melbourne keeps getting voted the 'most livable city in the World'

what more can I say...

ciao

Shifty · Post by **Shifty** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:09 am

I think my opinion is valid... I lived in Melbourne for any years and have now been in Brisbane for about 9 years... let's just say I won't be going back to Melbourne any time soon!

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:16 am

Shifty wrote:I think my opinion is valid... I lived in Melbourne for any years and have now been in Brisbane for about 9 years... let's just say I won't be going back to Melbourne any time soon!

Shifty....
you don't even ride a Kawasaki :roll:

what more can I say about ya choices..??? :lol:

99coconuts · Post by **99coconuts** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:17 am

from pommyland to brissie? shit, you'd bake to death in winter :lol:

more riding to be done in qld i guess, the weather is fangable all year round apparently, but stuffed if i could handle that much heat for that long. and wearing leathers in summer down here is bad enuff, let alone up there :shock:

melbourne be where i is and melbourne be where i stay...

mfzx6r · Post by **mfzx6r** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:18 am

Melbourne.......

and for a bikers holiday you'll never beat Tassie

mario