Melbourne

[laziale]

Heading to monash in a couple of months. There seem to be a fair bit of people from melbourne on this board so I could use some advice.

Will be at the caulfield campus so any recommendations for a location to rent a place? budget is probably about 200/week or less. More importantly, any place that I wouldn't want to be?

What are the decent broadband/cable internet subscriptions available?

Is is better to drive or take public transport to get around?

[Tyro1]

Places not to live: Caufield

[choice_genes]

Caulfield campus is right next to caulfied station (serviced by a couple of train lines and a few buses), so it's pretty easy to take public transport.

TPG.com.au for broadband.

Don't know too much about where to live on that side of town. But stay over that side of town if you're going to Caulfied. Don't live in the north, travel across town sucks.

Good luck!

[coinlockerbaby]

check domain.com.au for rental prices and neighborhoods...its the best source for that kind of info, although if u wanna live Australian uni-style you can probably find a share house which will be significantly cheaper. Of course the down (up?) side is that you never know who yo uare gonna be living with...

St Kilda East and Balaclava are pretty funky neighborhoods. Wouldn't they be on the tram route to campus? They are kinda bohemian-gone-recently-bourgeois Jewish/Eastern European neighborhoods with lots of apartment blocks.

Melbourne is reeeeally spread out - bigger in area than greater London!! - so dont pick a place thats too far away from school

[Cameland]

is TPG any good? i always thought that Optus was the way to go for internet

[hayashi_hoshi]

Optus sucks... My friend has it and he often got connected and disconnected, going to international websites are also slow. The best provider out there is Internode.

Check this out before choosing ur internet provider: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au

[grill_cosby]

Yo.

There's heaps of public transport out to the uni so depending on what you're looking for you'd wanna live central or maybe south-ish: Richmond, Prahran, South Yarra.

I dont kow if you're looking for a place by yourself, but you'll be able to easily find a sharehouse for $200/pw.

Co-sign on TPG internet. Can recommend.

[Tyro1]

share house would probably be the way to go at the moment, the rental market is the worst it has ever been

[Pandemonium]

scratch south yarra off the list

[Tyro1]

Personally I would live in Richmond / East Melbourne if you want to live close to the city. On the notrth side living in collingwood / fitzroy or carlton wood also be good. You may like St Kilda, and its on the right side of the city, East St Kilda is good too.

[Pandemonium]

st kilda beach outskirts - red light district.

[choice_genes]

yeah st kilda can be pretty depressing. lots of junkie prostitutes and drug dealers. but if you can get past that, the place is pretty cool - good nightlife, some good food, and always girls in not much clothing around...

[simcoo]

isnt richmond a little dodgy???

TPG is great for broadband

but if you live in shared accoms, some places would already have existing internet lines which u just pay ur share. but watch the d/l bandwidth

no such as thing as fast unlimited d/l unlike singapore

I love melb.

Raving is the shits

[lynt]

If you're in Caulfield you don't want to be living North of the city, it's too far to commute!

You may find some places for $200p/w in Elwood, though it's getting a little more pricey these days. Widsor would be good, as would Prahran, East St Kilda. Public transport would be a little nasty around there since you're out of the city... but generally you can rely on the tram/train situation many others do.

I use iiNet for broadband (adsl2+), cheap as. www.iinet.net.au

[closingtime]

u might want to try ormond, its really nice there so quiet, better than any suburb ive been living..or oakleigh/malvern if you want more crowded area heaps of transportation and supermarket.

but in the end living in caulfield would be the best choice..

living close to uni = the best

i dont have to wake up early, easier study access, library, sport etc

my recipe when living far from city =

study study study/work on weekdays and go crazy on the weekend,

you can always sleep on your friends house in the city when clubbing or go home with the first tram/train.. haha

and use optus, if you want easy package (mobile+phone+internet)

or else choose internode ISP, they never let me down..

[Pandemonium]

gross! ormond is on the frankston line!

most international students live around their uni campus / southbank.

[closingtime]

gross! ormond is on the frankston line!

most international students live around their uni campus / southbank.

gross? whats wrong with ormond? its only 2 stop away.

[Pandemonium]

yeah, but i don't think it's enjoyable to share a train full of bogans with little kids, as much as you want to call their dirty flannelettes... with their irrationate practices like having more children than they can afford and drinking in public whilst swearing and giving onlookers the heeby-jeebies.

fizzle. safe.

[laziale]

So I settled into Doncaster. A bit far but I drive to school so no big deal. I had to go with optus cable for internet as the place I'm renting only has optus fibre-optic lines connected. Also, I'm currently on the look out for a hairstylist that does good asian hairstyles, so any recommendations are appreciated.

[laziale]

On the lookout for an optical shop with a decent selection of frames. Any suggestions?

[Pandemonium]

renaissance hairdressing in tivoli arcade hear does pretty nice haircuts, but their majority of their patrons are of asian descent

[laziale]

I think I'll probably be going to a stylist named Katsu at Cherry Love on swanston street though. Recommended by a female friend with great hair. Hopefully he's good with guys as well. I'll try renaissance hairdressing next if it doesn't turn out well.

[Pandemonium]

don't worry, if anything, guys are good at styling guys hair.

i'd only go for girl hairdressers if they're particularly hot and are showing cleavage.

[styleofmind]

cosign on renaissance hairdressing @ tivoli arcade.

i've gotten my hair cut all over the world and to date, it's the only place i'd walk out of and be totally satisfied with my haircut.

ask for Joe. arguably melbourne's most famous asian hairdresser.

[Tyro1]

So is anything new happening in Melbourne?

Bars, Shops, Etc.

[seksu!]

rooftop cinema, all summa boi

[choice_genes]

check that webzine 3000, i'm not in melbs at the moment but i heard that a new streetwear store opened in the city which is pretty sweet.

[Tyro1]

really? Where abouts? selling what brands / clothes?

[Tyro1]

rooftop cinema, all summa boi

is the greatest!