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Why do you live where you live
July 20 2017
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RHP User
8 years ago
...is simply Planet Earth as I've traveled extensively and for me the secret to happiness is to be happy wherever you are, especially in life in the moment.
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RHP User
8 years ago
I love it here ,it has now been my home for the largest chunk of my life and I will stay until the kids are independent, then it's cash in the super, buy a small yacht, renovate it, and fuckoffski.
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EarthQueen
8 years ago
Can you be happy wherever you are though? What if you find yourself in a place that culturally or philosophically does not gel with the person you are? I have tried to live with this belief also but sometimes I think/know that I have not really found the place where my heart wants to be. I loved living in Sydney. Found it easier to find people who I felt were part of my tribe. It had more buzz and energy. Always something interesting to do or see. The area where I live is naturally beautiful but can be bland in terms of culture and diversity. Suburban sprawl can be dull and isolating. But I'm here for the foreseeable future, at least 4 more years, so just try to make the best of it. Lots of good friends and lovely beaches so that's grand. It could be way worse that's for sure. I don't know my ideal place? Definatley not somewhere cold. Am done with Winter. - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
8 years ago
Quoting 'Sailbadthesinner' I love it here ,it has now been my home for the largest chunk of my life and I will stay until the kids are independent, then it's cash in the super, buy a small yacht, renovate it, and fuckoffski. Do you want a small yacht now Sailbad? Like, for free? I've got one up here in Darwin that I have been ''renovating'' for about the past 6,482 years, or so it seems. If you want it, you can have it - seriously. A lovely little Holland 25, goes like a dream - that's when it actually goes and is not sitting on the hardstand being ''renovated''.
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RHP User
8 years ago
Sweet, if I was in Darwin. I'm actually looking at cats and tri's.Thanks for the kind offer though. It would cost more on a truck than it's worth and I certainly don't have time at the mo to sail it here.
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FeistyFatty
8 years ago
We're mining gypsies and it's taken us and our children all over the world...... some exciting, some dangerous, some HUGE mistakes, some we never wanted to leave. But at the end of the day they all serve a purpose in the moment and if we had to call anywhere home IN Australia...... it would be Cairns. Perfect Paradise😍 - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
8 years ago
Incorporating boating classifieds since 1973. - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
8 years ago
The climate, the people, nice beaches and its a beautiful city with plenty to do. Ultimately Id like to live in Europe. I love Barcelona and Genoa. But....you can never predict how things are going to turn out in life!
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RHP User
8 years ago
Got any pictures? They look nice on Google Images! I like single hulls, proper sailing! Just one hole to pour your money in, rather than three!! M_D4 - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
8 years ago
I think has to be the best combination of an almost perfect climate, big but not too big city, close to some of the best beaches in the world, and happy, friendly people. I'm a bit far from family back in Canberra, but I just couldn't handle the cold anymore after being here 12 years! - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
8 years ago
Quoting 'EarthQueen'What if you find yourself in a place that culturally or philosophically does not gel with the person you are? I have tried to live with this belief also but sometimes I think/know that I have not really found the place where my heart wants to be. But I'm here for the foreseeable future, at least 4 more years, so just try to make the best of it. I don't know my ideal place? Definitely not somewhere cold. Am done with Winter. ...hope you don't mind that I paraphrased a bit although for me, it's about finding that inner peace and soft-spoken inner voice that tells me today was a good day in spite of whatever happened and tomorrow is up to me as much as anyone else around me. I realize that I am different both culturally as I come from a different hemisphere and heritage as well as philosophically because I'm a jumbled mix of several different lifestyles by my own choice. Everything from a broke uni student to a fly fishing beach bum to a businessman...husband, father, brother and lover. Now if I can't find something there or in between that makes me happy, I'm probably in real trouble! In and ideal world my home would be back in the states in the beach house that I left behind and man 'o man I'd sure would find a place for my backpack on the eastern coast on the sands of Belize. It's not about people, places or things....more about how I react to and interact with them. Best........CM who only traveled 11,000 miles from home to get here before eventually moving on again.
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RHP User
8 years ago
Quoting 'OkeyDoke45' A lovely little Holland 25, goes like a dream - that's when it actually goes and is not sitting on the hardstand being ''renovated''. those are roomier inside than I'd expected for a 25! Quite nice once they're tidied up, I keep looking at 45' that can go blue water sailing... but then I couldn't play hockey, not too many rinks on the cruising circuit. One for the "when the injuries get too much to play anymore". Of the places I've been Sydney is the only one that feels like 'home'. Other places like Canada, Hawaii or NZ come close... but they're not quite right.
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MsSuperFoxy
8 years ago
Right now, my home has captured my heart. It is where I want to be at the end of each day. I feel safe and have deep comfort here. However, I do not see my future for too much longer staying here in OZ. I know that once I leave, that will be it. Ms Foxy
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RHP User
8 years ago
Perth, who doesn't love Perth right? Our beaches are the best, NOR at least, our men 😘😘😘 sweet Mother of God we have the most beautiful men here. Perth is a delicious multicultural vibrant sexy place to live. Scarborough is my dream location. Love it there, I obviously like hanging around young people lol 😇 prefer it there to Cottesloe/Swanbourne which I find too stuck up for me, an older population, not for me. Scarbs will be where I will move to, walking distance to the beach, heaven. Always stuff happening on the beach, aside from me lol like volleyball, dancing, this really fit guy plays bongo drums and I think balances on one hand, crazy stuff, he's there all the time, small tightrope with groups of young people trying to walk on it. Great place for people watching, just hanging and relaxing, coffee places, bars etc When I die, I want the lifeguards to spread my ashes in the ocean 😀 that is if the shark leaves anything to burn 😉 building a swimming pool near the beach as we speak but I've heard it will be chlorinated 👎hate chlorine pools 😠 Family here yes, though we all lead busy lives and rarely see each other, having a catch up tomorrow which will be nice. I have no desire to live anywhere else at this point in time although have pondered living in Greece with one guy, Italy with another lol for the right guy, I'd live pretty much anywhere, ruling out very challenging third world locations etc
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RHP User
8 years ago
Thanks for a glimpse into your lives :) the background stories to people are kinda fascinating to me. Growing up in a small town and having lived and travelled overseas, Ive met some wonderful friends to go out with but life has moved on and if I ever stayed or went back to those places to live, it would never be the same. I think Australia is a great place to settle down and have a peaceful life. We have it really good here. I still find location very important to me. Whenever I feel down and out, I'd often treat myself to going to the most tranquil place around the city, so I could to see the beauty in the world again and realise how far away and small my problems really are. I've found that safe, sunny destinations usually lack nightlife though. Can't have it all :P - Posted from rhpmobile
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Haleakala
8 years ago
I think it's possible to find happiness anywhere just it's substantially easier in some places. Likewise it's possible leave to be miserable in even the most fantastic locale. - Posted from rhpmobile
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Sawadee
8 years ago
Agents are always asking if I'd like to sell and I keep on knocking them back.. Im always thinking I will sell sometime but for now there's not much point. I have my business , some of my family , many friends , sporting interests and 11 klm from the most beautiful harbour in the world. I guess that's why I'm in no hurry to pull up stumps... Home is where the heart is , as they say.
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RHP User
8 years ago
Quoting 'ChasinMidnight' ..husband, father, brother and lover. That should read ex-husband...I have been happily single for years. LOL may this time I beat the critique of the critics amongst us? Best...CM
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RHP User
8 years ago
We've been in Perth for 28 out of the 30 years we've been in Aus, and I really feel part of this place, although you notice changes markedly if you haven't been a place for 3 months or more! We live in a very friendly Northern Suburb with lots of trees 🌲 and parks. We have great groups of friends at the park and the dog 🐶 beach 🌊 and often go out behaving badly whilest out early adult children boringly stay in bed and play game machines! I love the early mornings here, where the sun rises over the escarpment (scarp) and the sea 🌊 is dark blue under WA's incredibley clear blue skies, the greens are crisper then and the air so sweet. Evenings sees the sun set in the sea 🌊 which cools the day, and warms the water 💦 ha ha!! If we left here, I think we'd head for Mullumbimbi in Northern NSW where we had a holiday a couple of years ago, it was so green and We've been in Perth for 28 out of the 30 years we've been in Aus, and I really feel part of this place, although you notice changes markedly if you haven't been a place for 3 months or more! We live in a very friendly Northern Suburb with lots of trees 🌲 and parks. We have great groups of friends at the park and the dog 🐶 beach 🌊 and often go out behaving badly whilest out early adult children boringly stay in bed and play game machines! I love the early mornings here, where the sun rises over the escarpment (scarp) and the sea 🌊 is dark blue under WA's incredibley clear blue skies it would make an Irish 🍀 person cry! M_D4 - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
8 years ago
We've been in Perth for 28 out of the 30 years we've been in Aus, and I really feel part of this place, although you notice changes markedly if you haven't been a place for 3 months or more! We live in a very friendly Northern Suburb with lots of trees 🌲 and parks. We have great groups of friends at the park and the dog 🐶 beach 🌊 and often go out behaving badly whilest out early adult children boringly stay in bed and play game machines! I love the early mornings here, where the sun rises over the escarpment (scarp) and the sea 🌊 is dark blue under WA's incredibley clear blue skies, the greens are crisper then and the air so sweet. Evenings sees the sun set in the sea 🌊 which cools the day, and warms the water 💦 ha ha!! If we left here, I think we'd head for Mullumbimbi in Northern NSW where we had a holiday a couple of years ago, it was so green it would make an Irish 🍀 person cry M_D4 - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
8 years ago
I moved to Perth nearly 9 years ago for the work, and I call it home for now.I prefer it here to the same amount of years I lived on the Gold Coast, prior. Perth is a big city, and has everything( weather included ) I might want to live comfortably...but it's also only a short trip to get out of it and into the wilderness. While I like comfort as much as the next person...I love nature and that sense of adventure, and a little hint of danger, that comes with exploring the big back yard now and again.I didn't get that feeling in my years of living over east. It felt too civilised, too much of the time. I'd never run out of fuel on a national highway before here, but it's a real possibility in WA...the distances are that far. Exciting. But the place that most feels like home is
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RHP User
8 years ago
Well. Cut myself off there.. To finish...Cairns is home. Where I grew up.I try to visit once a year now, to see my few family. I'll always get a window seat on the plane for the arrival....it's stunningly beautiful to see the greenness of everything as the plane comes in low over the northern beaches, I can see the places I used to fish, the jungle clad mountains that form the tableland, I see my mothers house, the Barron river and it's bridge, and the plane lands. It's so much greener than the Gold Coast or Perth. It's a vibrant colour shock. It feels homelier than anywhere else, but I'm not ready to settle yet.
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RHP User
8 years ago
I live Near work but not to close, near family but not to close, not to far from the city, central to almost everything and best of all most of all my neighbours are all different types of ethnics, so we all know each other but keep to ourselves - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
8 years ago
Darwin. The weather is a right shit for 6-7 months of the year and you wonder why, as sweat pools in your ears, the hell you are here. It attracts strange sorts, has a suburb called Humpty Doo, you can't swim in any of the rivers and creeks due to crocodiles, the beaches half the year due to box jellyfish, the odd catastrophic cyclone hits, people drink way too much, we can't drive safely, our road toll is horrendous, rent is exorbitant, house prices are ludicrous, you can't get anything done in a hurry. But then... Most people are really friendly, people say g'day to each other, we have an amazing array of different ethnicities and cultures that all get along just fine, the weather is sterling when it's not shite, everything travels at a nice pace, nobody's really in any great rush, we have wonderful markets, we get amazing sunsets every night, thunder that shakes your house in good storms, rain that hurts it comes down so hard, Kakadu is only a couple of hours drive away, red-tailed black cockatoos (one of my favourite birds) are prolific, parks are everywhere in every suburb, you can ride along our wonderful bike paths and see frill-necked lizards, snakes, cockatoos everywhere, thousands of fruit bats stream out of the mangrove swamps every night, the odd crocodile bobs up at random along a beach somewhere, we have many pubs that back onto beaches, you can stroll down the beach with a beer and not get arrested or fined, we have an amazing array of food choices considering our small population, most people have no interest in recreational drugs beyond marijuana, you can walk the streets at night in most suburbs, you don't have to apply for a permit to mow your lawn, you can use as much water as you want, walking your dog off the leash will not result in you being shot, cats don't have curfews, you don't have to register a boat, our rubbish tips (sorry, ''waste management facilities'') are free, shorts t-shirts and thongs are acceptable dress for most everywhere, we have ''dress thongs'' (fancier versions of the norm), we have ''Territory Formal''. Darwin. Quirky, unusual, weird? Hell yes. Strangely compelling and magnetic? Double Hell Yes.
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