Australia: Sydney
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- ephix0
whoever said there were no sharks here?
- bassik0
Evin, Sydney is great. Never been to NY but can't imagine Syd being anywhere near as full-on. Degree's are useless, good design and proof of it are what you need. If you have a good reel or portfolio you'll be fine. As previous posted, Ausinfront is where to find work. Good thing about it is you circumvent those painful job agencies. Send me your stuff I'll see if I can give you work.
Word of warning too, sydney will make you a lazy, work for the weekend and holidays totally relaxed designer, but that's why we're all here.
- splash0
go back to New york DUDE, syd is expensive, no public transport and compared to NY is one dull place.. I'd personally look at melbourne before syd
- Beech0
39 degrees in Perth today :)
(Thats over 100 for you yankies)
- aka0
Yeah, Melbourne is where it's at! (though winter is not all that fun) but still, there is a fair bit of work around at the moment, it is a lot easier to get around if you don't have a car and rent and the cost of living is MUCH less than Sydney...
- Evin0
Thanks a million to all the aussies who replied to my request. Cheers guys, ill definatly send you a couple of emails in the near future. Splash mate, i hope youre wrong! New York is a fuckin amazing place to live but its very confined to the indoors and that does your head in after a while if you like the sun and the outdoors, im just hoping living in the sun and actually having outdoor shit to do will offset the fact the NY is the centre of the universe! we'll see i suppose....
- antoine_1010
sydney is the place to be. Melbourne is ok but its a little bit suburbia. Sydney is much more of an outdoor type place like what you are looking for dude - nice beaches, places to go, the harbour etc. plus its much more glam then melbourne. melb is colder, always rains and stuff. ask anyone from melb and they will tell you melb is better as its their automatic answer, they are still bitter about the fact that we have the opera house.
- ephix0
i prefer melbourne over sydney, i'm from brisbane.
- toe_knee0
No point living in Melbourne. May aswell move to a European city cause thats what melbourne longs to be.
- toe_knee0
No waiting for curls, no sharks.
pyeaton
(Feb 20 06, 10:10)yeah no sharks here. Just Nemos. Lots of fooken Nemos
- aka0
"they are still bitter about the fact that we have the opera house"
thats the funniest shit I've heard all week. :)
- vespa0
anyone have any idea about broadcast design rates in sydney or melbourne? ausinfront doesn't seem to say.
i figure there's more work in sydney cos that's where most of the tv stations are but i DO love melbourne. maybe i just don't know sydney tho.
"they" say sydney ppl are super arrogant! is it true?
- pyeaton0
hahahahaah toe_knee!
Any tips for immigration? How is the job situation for us creatives?
- nessdog0
Even though my wife and i both have degrees, we seem to not be able to get enough points to get in. Any recommendations?
pyeaton
(Feb 20 06, 09:52)Divorce and marry an Aussie.
- soda0
Even though my wife and i both have degrees, we seem to not be able to get enough points to get in. Any recommendations?
pyeaton
(Feb 20 06, 09:52)Divorce and marry an Aussie.
nessdog
(Feb 22 06, 04:38)are you just looking at NSW or don't you qualify for the whole of Oz? I know different states have different totals.
On the otherhand I actually qualify for NSW, just waiting for my brother to get his aussie passport this year...
- soda0
anyone have any idea about broadcast design rates in sydney or melbourne? ausinfront doesn't seem to say.
i figure there's more work in sydney cos that's where most of the tv stations are but i DO love melbourne. maybe i just don't know sydney tho.
"they" say sydney ppl are super arrogant! is it true?
vespa
(Feb 22 06, 03:57)Nah Vespa, I don't think you'll have a problem after living in The London for so long. In comparison Sydney people are the nicest on earth...
- ********0
thats wierd that different states have differnt quallifying levels. Firstly, immigration is a federal issue, not a state issue, so the immigration laws are passed at a national level. Secondly, what is to stop people moving to a state with lower eligiability requirements and then simply moviing to their preferred state once they are in?
- soda0
From what I can make out it's to stop skilled migration moving to just the bigger cities and not to the less cosmopolitan areas.
Maybe it only applies to Skilled Migration from the UK rather than other countries.
http://www.immi.gov.au/migration…
- ********0
Ah thats interesting, you have to spend a minimum of 12 months in some shit-hole part of australia. Be warned, as far as shitholes go, Australia has more than its fair share....i.e. Like the entire state of Queensland! ;-)