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Posted by djillicit on Mar-24-2006 07:36:

Hey all! Coming from LA!! Where to go for a year...?

Hey fellow Aussies!!

Well,

I may be out in Australia for about a year, studying! Choices are between the following cities: Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Sydney, and Byron Bay. Of course, the lifestyles and trance/electronic music scene make a HUGE difference for me, because wherever I go, my records go! So, I'd love to start spinning out there as well... which of these cities has a great scene going? I'm going to be studying audio engineering, so I'd like to be able to find some work focused around electronic music in whatever city I settle in. Any recommendations? Which areas should I seek? avoid? I hear Byron Bay's extremely beautiful. I figured TA'ers in Australia would be the best resource for helping me decide where to make my (possibly) permanent home!

I appreciate allll your feedback and thoughtful insight. Yeeeahhh Aussieeelaaanddd!!!

Posted by tathi on Mar-24-2006 07:44:

dude Tasmania is where it's at. Sydney sucks and the only thing going for melbourne is souvlaki.

Posted by tonydanza on Mar-24-2006 07:45:

- Melbourne is a hole but has decent parties
- Sydney isn't a hole and has decent parties which aren't as good as Melbourne's
- Perth is a wasteland
- Byron Bay is amazing but is generally out of reach for anywhere else that matters

Posted by 00soups00 on Mar-24-2006 09:13:

melbourne = worlds most livable city

nothing else to say

plus we do have good parties!

Posted by tathi on Mar-24-2006 09:46:

quote:
Originally posted by 00soups00
nothing else to say

you forgot to mention that DJ Soups and OpenDex are in melbourne

Posted by 00soups00 on Mar-24-2006 10:22:

quote:
Originally posted by tathi
you forgot to mention that DJ Soups and OpenDex are in melbourne

forget the open dex

dj soups is enuff

Posted by eRRaTiK on Mar-24-2006 11:11:

if you spin aussie rock then you win.

Posted by skot_e on Mar-24-2006 12:35:

Seriously, if your coming to go to SAE, Byron has the best facility, but Sydney and Melbourne are good too, so Your choice would be out of those. Perth and Brisbane get the hand-me-down equpiment from Adelaide I heard
.
Why is it no-one ever thinks about Adelaide? And don't you Vics go knockin it. Adelaide is a great city, just small.
if I were you I'd choose Syndey for the weather, but Melbourne for the social aspect - depends what you want more considering you'll be hear to study. Don't expect much music 'life' in Byron, not enough people, but it would be wicked for relaxing.

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Mar-24-2006 13:25:

quote:
Originally posted by tathi
dude Tasmania is where it's at. Sydney sucks and the only thing going for melbourne is souvlaki.

yeah, tathi is on the money here.

Posted by sunrise3500 on Mar-24-2006 19:11:

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=161259

Posted by TCB on Mar-24-2006 20:21:

Posted by Mortyman on Mar-24-2006 23:22:

quote:
Originally posted by 00soups00
melbourne = worlds most livable city

nothing else to say

plus we do have good parties!

Acually... 2nd most livable city. Believe it or not, Vancouver was ranked #1

but yeah, the parties there will put most other cities to shame.. and I've only been to one

Posted by TCB on Mar-25-2006 00:40:

hey morty did ya get to go to two tribes??

im definately making the trip from adelaide next year!! my friends back home had a ball.

i think it was like vancouver, melbourne, geneva, brisbane,perth and adelaide were the top 6.

Posted by djillicit on Mar-25-2006 10:16:

wow, tough decisions...

here are the rankings, though!

1= Melbourne
1= Vancouver
1= Vienna
4 Perth
5 Geneva
6= Adelaide
6= Brisbane
6= Copenhagen
6= Montreal
6= Oslo
6= Sydney
6= Zurich
13= Helsinki
13= Stockholm
13= Toronto

Others:
19= Auckland
19= Honolulu
28= Paris
45= London
51= Dublin
51= New York
57= Washington
64= Athens
75= Beijing
130 Port Moresby

source: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2...5854028808.html

Posted by djillicit on Mar-25-2006 10:34:

quote:
Originally posted by skot_e
Seriously, if your coming to go to SAE, Byron has the best facility, but Sydney and Melbourne are good too, so Your choice would be out of those. Perth and Brisbane get the hand-me-down equpiment from Adelaide I heard
.
Why is it no-one ever thinks about Adelaide? And don't you Vics go knockin it. Adelaide is a great city, just small.
if I were you I'd choose Syndey for the weather, but Melbourne for the social aspect - depends what you want more considering you'll be hear to study. Don't expect much music 'life' in Byron, not enough people, but it would be wicked for relaxing.

Damn, I should get my ass to Tasmania then! But I forget... I'm coming to study. And yeah, it's at SAE, so I suppose it really IS between Byron Bay, Sydney, and Melbourne. Now... regarding the weather... how is it in Melbourne? I love 4 seasons, I love snow in the winter, and sun in the summer (ideally)... but hey, I accept things as they are.

I'd think Byron Bay would be some sort of crazy hippy town from the pictures I saw on their website... I'm so disappointed! There's GOTTA be some crazy illegal desert raves! =D

Posted by djillicit on Mar-25-2006 10:39:

quote:
Originally posted by eRRaTiK
if you spin aussie rock then you win.

Haha... I gotta win with dutch 'n british trance!!!

Posted by m1kest4r on Mar-25-2006 13:04:

if you like all the different seasons you'll love melbourne, we quite regularly get all of them...in one day.

Posted by Mortyman on Mar-25-2006 13:08:

quote:
Originally posted by TCB
hey morty did ya get to go to two tribes??

im definately making the trip from adelaide next year!! my friends back home had a ball.

i think it was like vancouver, melbourne, geneva, brisbane,perth and adelaide were the top 6.

I went to Future Music Festival in Syd. It was off the hook! I'll be making the trip to Melbourne for all the major festivals from now on though. flights are cheap

Why isn't Nimbin on that list? hehe. I wanna go there for a looonnngg weekend

Posted by charlee on Mar-26-2006 00:09:

Helsinki!!!

Your location says you are in the Netherlands but coming from LA? Please explain.

If you like big parties with good recoveries then come to Melbourne. If you prefer egg & bacon muffins, people putting make up on you and eating dry cereal in the morning then Sydney would be suitable for you

Posted by djillicit on Mar-26-2006 11:51:

quote:
Originally posted by charlee
Helsinki!!!

Your location says you are in the Netherlands but coming from LA? Please explain.

If you like big parties with good recoveries then come to Melbourne. If you prefer egg & bacon muffins, people putting make up on you and eating dry cereal in the morning then Sydney would be suitable for you

Ah, I was living in the Netherlands for a while, just haven't updated that. Wow, you really downcasted Sydney there. I think I'm really liking Melbourne so far, over Sydney, based on all the info I've gathered thanks to you guys. So now... I suppose... SAE Melbourne vs Byron Bay??

Posted by eRRaTiK on Mar-26-2006 12:01:

click here.

don't pay attention to the results though, there are more active melb.ta folk than syd.ta peepz on this forum these days.

Posted by charlee on Mar-26-2006 22:31:

quote:
Originally posted by djillicit
Ah, I was living in the Netherlands for a while, just haven't updated that. Wow, you really downcasted Sydney there. I think I'm really liking Melbourne so far, over Sydney, based on all the info I've gathered thanks to you guys. So now... I suppose... SAE Melbourne vs Byron Bay??

My aunty lives in LA, what are are you from? To be completely honest Sydney and Melbourne are very different places but both very interesting and lots of fun. I lived in Sydney myself for awhile until I realised they have shit recoveries (except Moe)

Posted by tonydanza on Mar-26-2006 22:45:

you wouldve been proud of us this weekend Liz

Posted by charlee on Mar-26-2006 22:54:

quote:
Originally posted by tonydanza
you wouldve been proud of us this weekend Liz

Are you sure that Jake didnt eat any sausage rolls?

Posted by tathi on Mar-27-2006 00:28:

nope, but we did have access to the Penthouse Sweet on the top floor of a skyscraper with a balcony looking over the entire city. The owners were conveniently in Byron Bay

and this is only a fraction of went on on the weekend

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