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Some questions for locals. Toronto Trance Addict Moving to Melbourne!

Hey everyone,

On November 12th I'm flying into Melbourne and going to be spending the next year or so living and traveling around Australia and Melbourne. I am coming down with a friend of mine and his girlfriend. We are going to be looking to settle down in Melbourne, have an apartment, internet, ect. So I was wondering if some of the Oz TA's could help me out with a few questions.


1. Does anyone know somebody selling a used pair of tech 12's? Melbourne would be the preferred area, but anywhere in the Southeast would be fine too.

2. Internet? How much do you guys pay a month for a high-speed connection? Who is a good company to go with?

3. Record stores. What are some good record stores for trance in Melbourne?

4. Good areas to look for an apartment. Can anyone suggest a good area to look for a 2 bedroom apartment (willing to pay 300-350 a week). Looking for something close (or with easy access) to the nightlife area.

5. I have a weekly radio show that I do back here in Canada, which I am going to keep doing. So I will also be looking for some guest DJs from Australia and Melbourne. Anyone interested? Here is the show page --> LINK


And MOST IMPORTANTLY

5. I want to meet and get in touch with any promoters (big events or small). Any contact information for people that are active promoters in the city (or around Australia) would be very much appreciated.

Part of the reason I am making the move is to immerse myself in a city and focus 110% on DJing. Any help in this area would be VERY MUCH appreciated.

For more information on me, go to my webpage http://dj.vidman.ca/nuera. or email me at [email protected]

There are a couple of mixes on there you can download. And you can always check out my radio show at http://1groove.icebergradio.com/shows/destinations.php

1. check www.inthemix.com.au forums... there is always ppl selling technics there

2. internet.. well you're best to go with ADSL... and the best provider in my opinion is IINET (www.iinet.net.au) get yourself hooked up with a Bliink Plan (personally im on the 1.5mbit) which costs me $109.95 per month, however you can check out the other prices yourself at - http://www.iinet.net.au/products/home/bliink/index.html.

3. good places to buy vinyl - Online, well there is only one real option - http://www.vinylwarning.com.au and if you want a 'real' store.. the best places for trance is probably Pure Vinyl, which is located at - Shop 2/ 168 -180 Commercial Rd Prahran. (Prahran is a south eastern suburb). for house/prog music, there is Rhythmn and Soul, which is located at - 128 Greville St Prahran.

4. if you're willing to pay that much, then go with Prahran/Windsor/St Kilda areas... anything you need to look at, check out - http://www.domain.com.au or http://www.realestate.com.au

5. if your radio show was an internet one, then you're sweet. unfortunately there is no real trance/electronic dance music radio shows in Melbourne.. ive tried speaking to one of the people a Nova 100 (www.nova100.com.au) as they have a shows on that channels sister station up in Sydney, however not here...

all you need to do is really head out to some of the clubs.. like Room, and Altitude and any of the 5am dj parties.. drop a cd in someones lap and see how you go..


good luck with everything... and any questions just send me a PM!

-Andrew

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Thanks alot man. I'm a TOTA as well and I'm probably gonna be heading down in April, you jsut answered virtually all of my questions as well. Much obliged.

since you will be getting here on 12th, you can come to transcends first bday:

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=218132

U'd make a good tour guide soups

NuERA hope you can cope with Melbourne scene politics dude..

beware of the queen of stabby too

best of luck!!

This is the most comprehensive rental site I know of. It the biz.

http://realestateview.com.au/rent_res_melbourne.html

TPG are ok too for DSL- see whether you can get "optus cable" internet at the address you find though cos that can be a wicked luxury

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Originally posted by tachyon NuERA hope you can cope with Melbourne scene politics dude..

yeh- melbourne has it share of cynics -spose like eveywhere else so you'll be alright!

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Originally posted by RobbieBegic since you will be getting here on 12th, you can come to transcends first bday: http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=218132

yeh good call! Come to this and you'll meet a shiteload of TA's

if you want some "cheapish" ADSL.. go to www.dodo.com.au, they might not be the best but I might be able to hook you up a deal

thanks for all the responses guys. keep em coming.

as for the promoters, is there any one on TA that would be good to contact. someone that throws a the odd party or knows the people that do.

I look foward to arriving and meeting as many TA's as I can.

anyone that wants to chat on msn my contact info is [email protected].

Whirpool
This is a site which contains forums and everything you need to know about Australian Broadband Providers

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Originally posted by RobbieBegic since you will be getting here on 12th, you can come to transcends first bday: http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=218132

i dont know if ill arrive in time. i leave canada on the 12th, and you guys are already half a day a head, and i have like 30 hours of flying to do as well.

im def down for solarstone though!

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Originally posted by NuERA i dont know if ill arrive in time. i leave canada on the 12th, and you guys are already half a day a head, and i have like 30 hours of flying to do as well. im def down for solarstone though!

solarstone should be sweet, my brother is playing there also.. cant wait..

Re: Some questions for locals. Toronto Trance Addict Moving to Melbourne!

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Originally posted by NuERA 4. Good areas to look for an apartment. Can anyone suggest a good area to look for a 2 bedroom apartment (willing to pay 300-350 a week). Looking for something close (or with easy access) to the nightlife area.

Oh if you were coming by yourself you could get a nice furnished apartment in the inner city for around $150 a week but u would have to share with some random.

I will be moving out some time early next year and i have a brand new 2 bedroom apartment which is inner city for $250 a week (only because my friend owns it) but there is too many apartment complexes these days and not enough people to fill them, so hunt around you will get a decent one which is cheap.

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Originally posted by Sly_Guy ^^^^ Thanks alot man. I'm a TOTA as well and I'm probably gonna be heading down in April, you jsut answered virtually all of my questions as well. Much obliged.

For real Andy?? That's awesome!! Will show you how we party here!! Let me know if u do come fo' sho' k!

Peace.

you guys pay sooooooooo much for internet!

Highspeed connections(3mb) here is like $35-$40 Canadian for a month with unlimited downloading.

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Originally posted by AnitA For real Andy?? That's awesome!! Will show you how we party here!! Let me know if u do come fo' sho' k! Peace.

I'm counting on it. The people who'd be travelling with me aren't exactly 'party goers'. I'm going to need to get my dirty beats somewhere.

broadband in AU is too overpriced.. data costs a lot over here.. prices are slowly reducing though which is a good thing..

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Originally posted by NuERA you guys pay sooooooooo much for internet! Highspeed connections(3mb) here is like $35-$40 Canadian for a month with unlimited downloading.

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Originally posted by RobbieBegic solarstone should be sweet, my brother is playing there also.. cant wait..

do you mix aswell?

i've found www.iinet.net.au has some pretty damn decent deals and my connection hasnt dropped since they were putting in a new system last year. well reccommended

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Originally posted by trevgeeza do you mix aswell?

used to years ago, getting back into it

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