Where to live in Canberra?
Where to live in Canberra?
Postby Dai » Sun Aug 14, 2011 3:33 pm
I'm looking to relocate to Canberra in the next few months and I was hoping for a bit of advice on better places to live if I want to cycle to work. Looking to live in a unit/townhouse (but not averse to a house) and happy to commute pretty much any distance (although shorter is better). I'm a pretty confident road cyclist, so I'm happy to ride on busier roads (but would prefer not to if I can avoid it). At this stage I think I'll be working in Civic.
Any advice or suggestions you guys could offer me would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: Where to live in Canberra?
Postby Warnesy » Sun Aug 14, 2011 5:11 pm
You could go northside, but then I couldn't talk to you
The one thing you'll learn about Canberra is that nowhere is very far from anywhere.
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Re: Where to live in Canberra?
Postby jcjordan » Sun Aug 14, 2011 8:09 pm
I would certainly agree with both of those statements.Warnesy wrote:
You could go northside, but then I couldn't talk to you
The one thing you'll learn about Canberra is that nowhere is very far from anywhere.
I live in Gordon and ride 38km each way to work in Fairbairn. My suggestion is to look to the south side of the river as the riding is better in terms of routes and traffic.
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Re: Where to live in Canberra?
Postby FXST01 » Sun Aug 14, 2011 8:41 pm
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Re: Where to live in Canberra?
Postby rockviewau » Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:01 am
south side is more established in all areas of life, like parks, shops, infrastructure. I live in Tuggeranong which is about 20-25kms to the city. More houses down here. I used to live in Mawson, which is about 15kms to city (very easy ride) and you have choice of road or path. Mawson has a fair few units around that area.
Canberra is nice, you will enjoy the change.
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Re: Where to live in Canberra?
Postby m@ » Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:43 am
I think the inner north ticks all your boxes – very close to Civic, lots of units and townhouses and IMO a great area to live.
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Re: Where to live in Canberra?
Postby Ross » Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:46 pm
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Re: Where to live in Canberra?
Postby Dai » Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:07 pm
The rent is certainly dearer than Brisbane that's for sure, but hopefully we can get an EER 6 place and save a bit on energy costs (not to mention adjust to the cold after the Queensland climate).
Cheers all!
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Re: Where to live in Canberra?
Postby mrgolf » Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:42 pm
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Re: Where to live in Canberra?
Postby Aenveigh » Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:57 pm
Quick bike or even walk to work, good cafes, and accessible to all the bike paths or road cycling if you want to go for long rides. If you don't feel up to riding on any given day, there's plenty of buses around (although you might want to check the frequency - some suburbs might get hourly service offpeak, others much better). Lots of apartments and townhouses in the inner north, and since you sound like you're arriving off-peak (ie, when ADFA and the graduate programs aren't starting) it's a bit easier to get a place.
I started out southside but have ended up enjoying the north more - just more accessible, cheaper cab rides, better shops for me, etc. As has been mentioned though, Canberra isn't that big, so wherever you end up tends to be accessible from more or less everywhere.
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Re: Where to live in Canberra?
Postby Robdog » Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:44 pm
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Re: Where to live in Canberra?
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Re: Where to live in Canberra?
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Re: Where to live in Canberra?
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Re: Where to live in Canberra?
Postby mezla » Thu Sep 08, 2011 7:35 pm
I've lived in Watson (twice), Kaleen, Spence, Holder, Lyons, Reid, Civic, and am now in Downer. I recommend Lyneham, Downer, O'Connor, Watson, Dickson, Braddon, Hackett, Campbell, Ainslie, Turner.
All close to civic, and close to Black Mountain and Mount Ainslie when you feel like riding up a nasty hill.
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Re: Where to live in Canberra?
Postby Robdog » Sun Sep 11, 2011 1:41 pm
The only reason for a cyclist to live in Charnie is to get some sprint training in - getting the hell out ASAPseddo wrote:what no votes for Charny
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Re: Where to live in Canberra?
Postby mrgolf » Sun Sep 11, 2011 4:01 pm
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Re: Where to live in Canberra?
Postby nescius » Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:41 am
I accidentally rode through Charnwood once, the residents seem to communicate almost exclusively with profanities, I haven't been backRobdog wrote:The only reason for a cyclist to live in Charnie is to get some sprint training in - getting the hell out ASAPseddo wrote:what no votes for Charny
edit: And to answer the where to live question, I can recommend the inner north
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Re: Where to live in Canberra?
Postby Jean » Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:21 am
Having (unfortunately) once lived in Dunlop for a few years, going through Charnwood was naturally unavoidable. In my experience the thing I got most practiced at was changing tubes thanks to the glass!Robdog wrote:The only reason for a cyclist to live in Charnie is to get some sprint training in - getting the hell out ASAPseddo wrote:what no votes for Charny
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Re: Where to live in Canberra?
Postby rockviewau » Fri Sep 16, 2011 6:39 pm
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Re: Where to live in Canberra?
Postby bpmhigh » Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:15 pm
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Re: Where to live in Canberra?
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