I was born and bred in Victoria. The Army sent me to WA in 1974 when it was just a big country town on the West Coast. Whilst it is 100% a part of Australia, it might as well be another country, as most Eastern Staters see it. I moved back to Victoria in 2010 ostensibly to explore the Eastern States, which has been fabulous. However, now moving back to WA for that uniqueness and laid back lifestyle to finish my days. Thanks Vic. Come visit some time if you dare. 😎👍
Wonderful video for new migrants or expats coming over to make Perth their new home. Great answers to the many questions we have been asking ourselves. Fabulous insights Cathy and keep on doing this for the ones still stuck in Southern Africa. A message of hope for us.
Firstly, so sorry for your loss. May you and your family gain strength. Then, thank you so much for your informative videos. We'll be moving to Perth the end of this year and your videos really answers all our questions.
Hi Jennifer! So happy the videos are helpful! We struggled to find information on RUclips when we looked before our move. Hoping to filo the gap for others. 😁 Good luck for your move. Perth is wonderful and all the effort will be worth it.
Funny to hear people say Perth gets Cold, If it ever gets cold, it's warm again by 9am. Perth is hotter than hell. Try Albany, it's cold from March till December.
It’s very very hot here in Summer. It is remote from the rest of the world. There is not much culture here. It’s a young city so there isn’t much culture. There is Indigenous culture but it’s hard to learn about. Perth is weird. I’ve lived here my whole life. I’m 56. I would recommend living in Melbourne if you want more art and music or arts in general. Perth is more money oriented, sports, restaurants, wine & beer, outdoor activities. There are a lot of wildflowers during wildflower season. You have to go out to where they are growing. Wildflowers are only growing in parks within the metro area.
I flew over Indian ocean..Perth to jhb 5x , there and back in my life.. I sailed to SA from Sydney I 70s with my parents. 24 days on Indian ocean. Docked in lovely Durban. I was blessed to experience the old SA. Feel sorry for younger ones that will never know how amazing it was. Of course u like Perth compared to new SA. I still get very homesick for old SA but I realise it's gone. Old Jhb was the best city I ever have been to.
What a lovely comment to read. Despite all of South Africa's issues- it will always hold a special place in our hearts. We grew up in the Lowveld - and we hope our children can live a similar childhood - so grateful to be in Australia where they can enjoy such wonderful nature and outdoor lifestyles💓 especially Perth... I know my little girl will grow up Aussie- but for my husband and I - we will always we be "Scatterlings of Africa" at heart 🥹
Very interesting video... Thanks for the video. This will likely influence my decision on where to live in Australia. I have being torn between Perth, regional Melbourne, and regional Brisbane.
One tip on buying a house here, if you buy a property in a Direct line from the shopping Precinct to a certain community expect to get robbed. They tend to steal on the way to and from the shops.
Thank you for this very informative video. Wish your family all the best in the future there. The bottom line is, wherever you live, there are pro's and cons. One common denominator con, is property. Whether you are in London, Dublin, Perth, Melbourne, the single most challenging aspect of life, seems to be the ability to find rental accomodation and even bigger challenge to find property you can afford to buy. When my wife and I were in Melbourne in 2007/2008 we were dumb founded by the shortage of rental properties, the wildly varying "what you get for your money", and only blind luck, meant we moved out of a hotel and into an apartment. The price of the chicken coop apartment were were in was 400K Ozzy $$$ then. I shudder to think what it is now.
I don't think some of your 'cons' are correct. The crime here is probably less than in the eastern states and definitely less violent crime than in South Africa. Home buying may seem expensive but still cheaper than other states. Travel to other places can be expensive but West Aussies tend to go to Bali, Malaysia and Thailand rather than the eastern states because it's relatively cheap and closer.
Thanks Marie!! Pros and cons can be very subjective 😊 I agree definitely less violent crime than SA - as I mentioned. Comparing Perth with Adelaide on the crime stats - Adelaide has much lower ratings - and having lived in the UAE 🇦🇪 - crime rates there were incredibly low. Still in no way want to seem I am "complaining" as I acknowledge the Police force here is very active and the crime is DEFINITELY Nowhere near what it was in SA. I think travelling abroad costs become a con when you need to return home every now and then to visit family- but there are definitely affordable holiday destinations as you mention.... places like Europe/USA etc are generally expensive to travel to from Aus. Home buying here is a con as an expat- someone who may be used to a different currency and property market from their home country. Thanks for sharing you views- I appreciate your insight!! My views are purely from experience and hopefully act as a reference to others travelling from other countries.
lived in Perth during the bicentennial...still pitty that I didn´t apply for residency. Being Dutch this was PARADISE...years on I lived in Brizzy, Sydney and Melbourne...but Perth...wow!
I would like to move there from Europe with my family too. I have 6 years of experience as a new car salesman and i got a degree of electrician. I wonder what kind of chance we got if we start our journey. 😀
I have been offered a promotion in Perth and your video has helped me a little bit in making the decision if I should go or not. The main thing stopping me is the distance from the rest of the country :(
Hi Melissa- glad that the video has been helpful. I think if you plan your visits to other parts of the country in advance it is doable. Perth is also a great place for others to visit and explore so perhaps friends and family will visit you here as well. 😊 good luck in making your decision!!!
Every city is far away from each other. Even melb and Sydney is a long journey.. You have to catch a plane still unless you got plenty of time to drive
I've not lived anywhere else in Australia, so I can't compare that. But as an ex-Londoner, I see Perth as a very particular place. Many think it's paradise. It's an easy place to live. But it's mostly suburbs. The beaches are amazing. But it is very isolated and that does effect the outlook of people here. Also currently it's expensive to fly anywhere, including across Australia.
If you have money to fly or travel out of here as needed then it shouldn’t be an issue, I have no money so have always been stuck in Perth. You do need money or you’ll be pretty much stuck here.
Hi Cathy are there many young families in Perth. We are looking to move there from the uk with our 7 year old am just worried him making friends with it being far from other city's
Small-town Perth has a population of 2.2 MILLION, a quarter the population of London. London is the capital of the UK, until recently the financial capital OF THE WORLD, a one of the major few European and world cities .... for CENTURIES. SO .. get PERSPECTIVE. Perth is the 4th most populous city in Australia, Western Australia is the whole western THIRD of the continent. We are proudly "isolated", though long-time residents feeling anything but isolated. Quite frankly, we live in the best place on Earth. Bar none. REALLY. Perth has a Mediterranean climate, hot dry summers, mild wettish winters, and when Perth turns on the good/great weather, quite frankly, there is no better weather ANYWHERE in the world. Sweet air, chirping birds, warm sunny with gentle breezes. And some of the best metropolitan beaches in the world, mere minutes away from much of the population.
How much would the penalty be for buying a house not being pr ? And do you have any more info on this as what way to go about it / what would be needed? Thanks
Definitely a "milder" winter than a lot of other parts of the world. ( not nearly as cold as UK/Canada/Northern USA etc. Very similar to Cape Town in South Africa.. keep in mind we are also from South Africa which is generally quite warm.. and after 5 years Dubai we feel the cold a lot more. 😜 No snow in Perth either ☺️
Originally Nelspruit, then Lived in JHB. Then Dubai for 5 years. I would say its very similar here to Cape Town - except hotter in the summer but not as humid as Durban. 😁
Hi there, my husband was offered a job in Perth, starting in Feb next year. I am included as his spouse/dependent on his visa and I was wondering if it would allow me to work as well, or do I need to apply for a separate visa?
Anyone who can walk and talk will find work, and bring a few thousand more with you! Plus, I heard our Government is offering short term work visas, we're desperate for workers, BUT we are short of accommodation. Too much growth, but it is an astonishing city.
Hi Manmohan. We haven't lived in Adelaide- but have family there. I have heard it is a WONDERFUL city and very good quality of life. We have moved to Perth due to my Husband's work opportunity here and hope to make it our long term home. We will travel and explore Australia- and who knows - in such a big country- maybe we will choose to move or retire somewhere else one day. For now- we are LOVING life here in Perth! Good luck on your own plans and journey!
@@cathybothai used to be an expat in Dubai now in Saudi .....we hope to return to Perth in 25 .....i used to live in Sydney all life and we bought a house in Perth in June 23.....we looking forward for the move
I cannot believe what your saying about crime rate in Perth I'm born and bred here , you should not be saying something like that it makes me feel very hurt that you would say something like that , where are you getting your information from please stop spreading a vicious rumour if your not happy here go back and live in south Africa where I'm sure crime rate is less
Hi Cathy, Thank you for doing this video….my wife and I spent 2 weeks in WA back in September 22, on a bus tour for 1 week down south and then doing our own trip up to Monkey Mia and back. We both loved the Infrastructure and the parks that go into the suburbs….living on the Central Coast of NSW most of our lives we felt drained by the state of NSW was heading. So a decision was made to look at moving to WA, so we put Our house up the sale and sold it in New South Wales within two weeks. So we both took a week off work and looked for a home in WA….We found the house we wanted (and with a pool) around 40min north of Perth. We settle both houses in March 2023 and can’t wait to get over there…I must admit every person we’ve come across were so friendly and nice. I’m not worried about the crime side of things so much as you know it’s all around in certain place as long as you be aware of the surrounding, besides my wife and I are Double Dan Black Belts in Karate 🥋 and capable of looking after ourselves, SHE’S ONE YOU DON’T WONT TO MESS WITH. 😉 So that’s my story and you never know may run into you and your family someday. Take care.😊
Yeah some s africans think thy know everything about oz. Lol. I grew up there after my dad got work there. Wr sailed from zyney to durban. Thst was nice. But I detect somearrogance in some Of their attitudes.. sadly. Because I developed a SA accent w hole growing up there iwssnt wrllreceivedin oz. And I'm born Slovene. Bit of a mess for me.o well. I'd never go back to Europe though.even my nephews in Slovenia have that arrogance. I came to oz at 6. Like Bon scott . When I returned to.oz after I grew up in SA, an SA guy took a Shinto me. And I stupidly married him. He did not want to go right then compulsory army so yeah...lied to me that he loved me he used me for my visa. After we married he just changed. Our marriage was never even consummated. I divorced him. The tragedy is..he's doing great here while I went through deep trauma. The snake.
Crime is everywhere unless you don’t live in this world it’s just information she’s researched online on your local websites and telling someone to go back where they came from (South Africa when she clearly said the crime rate is higher) is rude
Welcome to Perth, In terms of crime there are certain areas that are problems you will find out. Changes with each area, some places people say hi and somewhere people reaching out for a gun. Just joking I think you probably know what I mean
I was born and bred in Victoria. The Army sent me to WA in 1974 when it was just a big country town on the West Coast. Whilst it is 100% a part of Australia, it might as well be another country, as most Eastern Staters see it. I moved back to Victoria in 2010 ostensibly to explore the Eastern States, which has been fabulous. However, now moving back to WA for that uniqueness and laid back lifestyle to finish my days. Thanks Vic. Come visit some time if you dare. 😎👍
Wonderful video for new migrants or expats coming over to make Perth their new home. Great answers to the many questions we have been asking ourselves. Fabulous insights Cathy and keep on doing this for the ones still stuck in Southern Africa. A message of hope for us.
Firstly, so sorry for your loss. May you and your family gain strength. Then, thank you so much for your informative videos. We'll be moving to Perth the end of this year and your videos really answers all our questions.
Hi Jennifer! So happy the videos are helpful! We struggled to find information on RUclips when we looked before our move. Hoping to filo the gap for others. 😁 Good luck for your move. Perth is wonderful and all the effort will be worth it.
I will Also move to Perth 2 years from Now
Amazing, straight to the point and so informative.
Funny to hear people say Perth gets Cold,
If it ever gets cold, it's warm again by 9am.
Perth is hotter than hell.
Try Albany, it's cold from March till December.
It’s very very hot here in Summer. It is remote from the rest of the world. There is not much culture here. It’s a young city so there isn’t much culture. There is Indigenous culture but it’s hard to learn about. Perth is weird. I’ve lived here my whole life. I’m 56. I would recommend living in Melbourne if you want more art and music or arts in general. Perth is more money oriented, sports, restaurants, wine & beer, outdoor activities. There are a lot of wildflowers during wildflower season. You have to go out to where they are growing. Wildflowers are only growing in parks within the metro area.
I flew over Indian ocean..Perth to jhb 5x , there and back in my life.. I sailed to SA from Sydney I 70s with my parents. 24 days on Indian ocean. Docked in lovely Durban. I was blessed to experience the old SA. Feel sorry for younger ones that will never know how amazing it was. Of course u like Perth compared to new SA. I still get very homesick for old SA but I realise it's gone. Old Jhb was the best city I ever have been to.
What a lovely comment to read. Despite all of South Africa's issues- it will always hold a special place in our hearts. We grew up in the Lowveld - and we hope our children can live a similar childhood - so grateful to be in Australia where they can enjoy such wonderful nature and outdoor lifestyles💓 especially Perth... I know my little girl will grow up Aussie- but for my husband and I - we will always we be "Scatterlings of Africa" at heart 🥹
Very interesting video... Thanks for the video. This will likely influence my decision on where to live in Australia. I have being torn between Perth, regional Melbourne, and regional Brisbane.
One tip on buying a house here, if you buy a property in a Direct line from the shopping Precinct to a certain community expect to get robbed. They tend to steal on the way to and from the shops.
Absolutely adore your accent Cathy. Very sorry for your loss!
Thank you for this very informative video. Wish your family all the best in the future there. The bottom line is, wherever you live, there are pro's and cons. One common denominator con, is property. Whether you are in London, Dublin, Perth, Melbourne, the single most challenging aspect of life, seems to be the ability to find rental accomodation and even bigger challenge to find property you can afford to buy. When my wife and I were in Melbourne in 2007/2008 we were dumb founded by the shortage of rental properties, the wildly varying "what you get for your money", and only blind luck, meant we moved out of a hotel and into an apartment. The price of the chicken coop apartment were were in was 400K Ozzy $$$ then. I shudder to think what it is now.
I don't think some of your 'cons' are correct. The crime here is probably less than in the eastern states and definitely less violent crime than in South Africa. Home buying may seem expensive but still cheaper than other states. Travel to other places can be expensive but West Aussies tend to go to Bali, Malaysia and Thailand rather than the eastern states because it's relatively cheap and closer.
Thanks Marie!! Pros and cons can be very subjective 😊 I agree definitely less violent crime than SA - as I mentioned. Comparing Perth with Adelaide on the crime stats - Adelaide has much lower ratings - and having lived in the UAE 🇦🇪 - crime rates there were incredibly low. Still in no way want to seem I am "complaining" as I acknowledge the Police force here is very active and the crime is DEFINITELY Nowhere near what it was in SA.
I think travelling abroad costs become a con when you need to return home every now and then to visit family- but there are definitely affordable holiday destinations as you mention.... places like Europe/USA etc are generally expensive to travel to from Aus.
Home buying here is a con as an expat- someone who may be used to a different currency and property market from their home country. Thanks for sharing you views- I appreciate your insight!!
My views are purely from experience and hopefully act as a reference to others travelling from other countries.
lived in Perth during the bicentennial...still pitty that I didn´t apply for residency. Being Dutch this was PARADISE...years on I lived in Brizzy, Sydney and Melbourne...but Perth...wow!
So glad y'all got out of SA. I worry for my Brother and Sisters there
Hi Cathy, wish you and your family the best things! Can you make a video about average living cost in Perth for a family of 3 in Perth?
I would like to move there from Europe with my family too. I have 6 years of experience as a new car salesman and i got a degree of electrician. I wonder what kind of chance we got if we start our journey. 😀
Hi Cath, can you please tell me more the criteria or requirements in order to move to Perth? Because I am planning to bring my families along as well
I have been offered a promotion in Perth and your video has helped me a little bit in making the decision if I should go or not. The main thing stopping me is the distance from the rest of the country :(
Hi Melissa- glad that the video has been helpful. I think if you plan your visits to other parts of the country in advance it is doable. Perth is also a great place for others to visit and explore so perhaps friends and family will visit you here as well. 😊 good luck in making your decision!!!
Every city is far away from each other. Even melb and Sydney is a long journey.. You have to catch a plane still unless you got plenty of time to drive
It’s a blessing.
I've not lived anywhere else in Australia, so I can't compare that. But as an ex-Londoner, I see Perth as a very particular place. Many think it's paradise. It's an easy place to live. But it's mostly suburbs. The beaches are amazing. But it is very isolated and that does effect the outlook of people here. Also currently it's expensive to fly anywhere, including across Australia.
If you have money to fly or travel out of here as needed then it shouldn’t be an issue, I have no money so have always been stuck in Perth. You do need money or you’ll be pretty much stuck here.
Hi Cathy are there many young families in Perth. We are looking to move there from the uk with our 7 year old am just worried him making friends with it being far from other city's
Perth is perfect for young families.
Small-town Perth has a population of 2.2 MILLION, a quarter the population of London. London is the capital of the UK, until recently the financial capital OF THE WORLD, a one of the major few European and world cities
.... for CENTURIES. SO .. get PERSPECTIVE. Perth is the 4th most populous city in Australia, Western Australia is the whole western THIRD of the continent. We are proudly "isolated", though long-time residents feeling anything but isolated. Quite frankly, we live in the best place on Earth. Bar none. REALLY.
Perth has a Mediterranean climate, hot dry summers, mild wettish winters, and when Perth turns on the good/great weather, quite frankly, there is no better weather ANYWHERE in the world. Sweet air, chirping birds, warm sunny with gentle breezes. And some of the best metropolitan beaches in the world, mere minutes away from much of the population.
Being isolated does cause a few issues if you want to buy something not quite mainstream.
A couple of pros.
We are miles away from Airbus albo and
Dan Andrews.
Excellent information here, great work.
How much would the penalty be for buying a house not being pr ? And do you have any more info on this as what way to go about it / what would be needed? Thanks
Looks like a beautiful place and would love to visit......but 'Surviving' a cold wet and windy winter.....nope. not for me as a perm address.
Definitely a "milder" winter than a lot of other parts of the world. ( not nearly as cold as UK/Canada/Northern USA etc.
Very similar to Cape Town in South Africa.. keep in mind we are also from South Africa which is generally quite warm.. and after 5 years Dubai we feel the cold a lot more. 😜
No snow in Perth either ☺️
I love this 💗. I love to live in Perth.
Hey. Nice to see your vlog here. I am Alfredo De La Fuente here in Perth.
Where in SA were you from? Cos SA has about 5 different climates. Would be interested to know what you're comparing it to? Thanks for the vid though.
Originally Nelspruit, then Lived in JHB. Then Dubai for 5 years. I would say its very similar here to Cape Town - except hotter in the summer but not as humid as Durban. 😁
@@cathybotha cool thanks, I'm currently in CT and find it very bearable all yea round.
Hi there, my husband was offered a job in Perth, starting in Feb next year. I am included as his spouse/dependent on his visa and I was wondering if it would allow me to work as well, or do I need to apply for a separate visa?
You will be able to work
Anyone who can walk and talk will find work, and bring a few thousand more with you! Plus, I heard our Government is offering short term work visas, we're desperate for workers, BUT we are short of accommodation. Too much growth, but it is an astonishing city.
It's really a good video 👍👍
Hi Cathy! Which visa did you all immigrate on?
Perth is on the same time zone as Singapore China and a huge swarth of the world's population in Asia. GMT +8.
Hi Cathy. Your house is awesome. Which agency or realtor did you use to get this house?
Hi!! We used realestate.com to find our home - 🏡 good luck
really nice video!
Great list! thanks.
What is best for living , Perth or Adeliade
Hi Manmohan.
We haven't lived in Adelaide- but have family there.
I have heard it is a WONDERFUL city and very good quality of life.
We have moved to Perth due to my Husband's work opportunity here and hope to make it our long term home. We will travel and explore Australia- and who knows - in such a big country- maybe we will choose to move or retire somewhere else one day. For now- we are LOVING life here in Perth!
Good luck on your own plans and journey!
Brisbane is another Australian city to consider
Perth.
thanks for this video !!
Perth is the CHEAPEST AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL- MAJOR CITY TO BUY/RENT.
do you consider perth as a safe place to live?
Absolutely safe.
She’s from South Africa!
1:23 may the dear departed rest in peace
Are you an expat or immigrant?
nice content subscribed
Someones snoring at the background is def a con 😂
Another high ⬆️
The Empire Family lives there🤣🤣🤣
Crime exists only in few poor areas. CRIME IS NO ISSUE!!!
Why call yourselves expats ? It’s more like immigrants ….
True.... 😆 we were "expats" in Dubai and the term stuck... but you are correct - Immigrants in Australia 🇦🇺
@@cathybothai used to be an expat in Dubai now in Saudi .....we hope to return to Perth in 25 .....i used to live in Sydney all life and we bought a house in Perth in June 23.....we looking forward for the move
what accent is this sounds funny
South African ♡
I cannot believe what your saying about crime rate in Perth I'm born and bred here , you should not be saying something like that it makes me feel very hurt that you would say something like that , where are you getting your information from please stop spreading a vicious rumour if your not happy here go back and live in south Africa where I'm sure crime rate is less
I am thinking of moving to Perth. Can you tell me which suburbs are secure? I thought that Perth is the safest city after Canberra.
Honestly none! Perth has a very high home burglary rate. Meth Heads everywhere.
Hi Cathy, Thank you for doing this video….my wife and I spent 2 weeks in WA back in September 22, on a bus tour for 1 week down south and then doing our own trip up to Monkey Mia and back. We both loved the Infrastructure and the parks that go into the suburbs….living on the Central Coast of NSW most of our lives we felt drained by the state of NSW was heading.
So a decision was made to look at moving to WA, so we put Our house up the sale and sold it in New South Wales within two weeks.
So we both took a week off work and looked for a home in WA….We found the house we wanted (and with a pool) around 40min north of Perth.
We settle both houses in March 2023 and can’t wait to get over there…I must admit every person we’ve come across were so friendly and nice.
I’m not worried about the crime side of things so much as you know it’s all around in certain place as long as you be aware of the surrounding, besides my wife and I are Double Dan Black Belts in Karate 🥋 and capable of looking after ourselves, SHE’S ONE YOU DON’T WONT TO MESS WITH. 😉
So that’s my story and you never know may run into you and your family someday. Take care.😊
Yeah some s africans think thy know everything about oz. Lol. I grew up there after my dad got work there. Wr sailed from zyney to durban. Thst was nice. But
I detect somearrogance in some Of their attitudes.. sadly. Because I developed a SA accent w hole growing up there iwssnt wrllreceivedin oz. And I'm born Slovene. Bit of a mess for me.o well. I'd never go back to Europe though.even my nephews in Slovenia have that arrogance. I came to oz at 6. Like Bon scott . When I returned to.oz after I grew up in SA, an SA guy took a Shinto me.
And I stupidly married him. He did not want to go right then compulsory army so yeah...lied to me that he loved me he used me for my visa. After we married he just changed. Our marriage was never even consummated. I divorced him. The tragedy is..he's doing great here while I went through deep trauma. The snake.
Crime is everywhere unless you don’t live in this world it’s just information she’s researched online on your local websites and telling someone to go back where they came from (South Africa when she clearly said the crime rate is higher) is rude
Hope I can see u in Perth somewhere.
Welcome to Perth, In terms of crime there are certain areas that are problems you will find out. Changes with each area, some places people say hi and somewhere people reaching out for a gun. Just joking I think you probably know what I mean
Im planning to move to perth, what in your option is the best place to live?