Comments on: A Place Like … Port Macquarie

By: kylie

kylie — Sun, 24 Apr 2016 05:35:08 +0000

In reply to Janine.

thanks for that
what about prices for electricity/gas
and food- fruit/vegs
is it anymore exp than Sydney?
I will be renting but to make it a good financial move I want make sure I’m not going spend more $$ on living

thanks

By: Janine

Janine — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 04:26:47 +0000

In reply to kylie.

Hi Kylie, there is vacation care for kids during the holidays, here’s one http://www.pmncinfo.org.au/pages/oosh-vacation-care.php and this is another http://www.jumbosplayland.com.au/oosh_vacation_care.html plus there are quite a lot more, I haven’t used any for my kids but I’m sure they are all good.

Lighthouse and Shelly are both very nice areas with a good primary school. Port Macquarie is a lovely place to live, work can be difficult to get although the industry you are in is a growing field here, but we certainly enjoy living here. Good luck if you choose to move.

By: kylie

kylie — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 23:50:06 +0000

hi
I’m single parent 2 kids(8&10) and thinking of moving
from Sydney northern beaches as I cannot afford anymore as the rent is soooo high and keeps rising plus soooo much traffic- I’m care worker for elderly so should be good for job- I don’t have much in support network in Sydney anyway other than my sis and nephews but I have friend here at port Macquarie and I am holidays here and loving it- what should I consider? any big things I haven’t thought of?
I don’t drink/smoke/drug and so
don’t need night life etc
what do kids do school
hols(winter) – vacation care for working parents?
I like lighthouse and Shelly beach for renting a house as soooo
much cheaper than where I am currently

any advice would be awesome

thanks

By: Janine

Janine — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 12:03:07 +0000

In reply to wendy. Yes I am.

By: wendy

wendy — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 12:02:10 +0000

Janine,
are you still living in Port Mac?

By: Dorota

Dorota — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 21:01:49 +0000

Hello Janine,

Your website it’s really good, I wondering if you could give me some suggestion about the best area , safe with god catholic primary schools. Me and my family will be moving from UK after New Year in 2016.
In September we just going for 3 weeks just look around
I will be very appreciate for any advice
Best regards
Dorota

By: Janine

Janine — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 07:16:59 +0000

In reply to Matt. I Matt I will email you a reply.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 05:31:42 +0000

Hi Janine,

I found your blog quite entertaining and informative-Thanks for that!

I know you may have now had this question about a billion times, and I am more than happy to do our own research, which we have been doing, but my fiancee and I have recently come up with the idea of moving to the lovely looking port Macquarie-we’re both in our early 30’s, and our only real concern is getting good work there. My fiancee should be fine we’re guessing, as she is an enrolled nurse, and have seen there’s a couple of hospital options there. The issue is more myself-as have predominantly only worked in offices for about the past 15 years, mainly call centre type roles, but looking to develop some skills and qualifications between now and moving there, in the Business administration areas.

If you can give any advice as to whether my type of skills may be easily transferable to a place like Port Macquarie, this would be hugely appreciated, as we’re very eager to move there, we’ve both lived many places, and are currently based on the gold coast-ACHING to escape the relentless crowds to a much more relaxed vibe.

Thanks hugely in advance. Matt.

By: nicole james

nicole james — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 05:34:00 +0000

In reply to Janine. Yes please do!

By: Janine

Janine — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 23:13:06 +0000

In reply to nicole james. Hi Nicole, I'll email you some suggestions, I really need to do a blog post about this!