what's it like to live in alice springs?

la2or · 22-10-2007, 01:01 AM

i notice 2 people with alice in their location

I spent a few hours on a tour in alice springs this was in winter though.

Do you just have the air con running in your house and car 24/7 in summer

Outbackjack · 22-10-2007, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by la2or

i notice 2 people with alice in their location

I spent a few hours on a tour in alice springs this was in winter though.

Do you just have the air con running in your house and car 24/7 in summer

Thats about it. But from around May until October the weather is perfect!!

Zed7fiddy · 22-10-2007, 10:21 AM

From memory when i lived in Yulara i had it on 24/7/365 haha, wasnt the best for the power bill, but sure was cumpfy

But living in the terrirtory is a Experience youll never forget!

la2or · 22-10-2007, 10:24 AM

what sort of jobs are there?

barman
centrelink
miner
farm hand
camping shop owner

there's also a saffa on here i think i noticed in alice.

does the average wage in alice get indexed for the extra cost of air con?

||| · 22-10-2007, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by la2or

what sort of jobs are there?
does the average wage in alice get indexed for the extra cost of air con?

yes. mark taylor delivers cheques from fujitsu every 8 weeks.

Outbackjack · 22-10-2007, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by la2or

what sort of jobs are there?

barman
centrelink
miner
farm hand
camping shop owner

there's also a saffa on here i think i noticed in alice.

does the average wage in alice get indexed for the extra cost of air con?

You get a tax rebate of about $1500, its called a remote zone rebate. You name the job and it is here. Companies are screaming for people at the moment. The local car dealer are after apprentice mechanics/technitions at the moment. Generaly the money here is excellent, but rents are high.....

la2or · 22-10-2007, 04:21 PM

why are rents high? Is it because it includes your power bill? or it's just so hard to get people to build more buildings there?

Outbackjack · 22-10-2007, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by la2or

why are rents high? Is it because it includes your power bill? or it's just so hard to get people to build more buildings there?

To be quite honest I am not really sure why rents are high. I don't rent so I am not really up with all the details. There is a new mine opening soon (should be on line by 2009) just north of Alice. This will bring heaps of $$ and people into the Alice.

Everything here has a freight component, so most prices are a bit higher.

Focussed · 22-10-2007, 06:47 PM

welcome to the forums mate.
i'm a renter & yes rent is a little high up here. the reason, like the most of the country, is a shortage of rental properties. however, with the good wages earned here, it well and truly compensates for the high cost of living.
no, the rent doesn't include your power but does include water.
as outbackjack said, work is plentiful up here. we have a tradesman shortage here so if you are qualified tradesman, come up here & skies the limit on how much you could earn.
which part of the country are you in?

la2or · 22-10-2007, 07:27 PM

brisbane Im studying accounting finance

where does the water come from btw?

is it much like south africa btw?

the only part i really been to is near the railway line there is this crossbow shop. the guy told me they shoot camel in the neck with crossbows.

Outbackjack · 22-10-2007, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by la2or

brisbane Im studying accounting finance

where does the water come from btw?

is it much like south africa btw?

the only part i really been to is near the railway line there is this crossbow shop. the guy told me they shoot camel in the neck with crossbows.

Water comes from bores dotted around town. They are tapped into that little puddle called the great artesian basin. Yep, the archery shop is near the station. You can still buy cross bows legally in the NT. My son is into archery. They only ever shoot feral animals. Mt daughter did student exchange in SA. She reckons that aspects of the Aussie outback are similar to SA. If that is what you were asking??

Focussed · 23-10-2007, 06:22 PM

as outbackjack said its similar to south africa however much smaller with LESS crime!
the weather is similar to johannesburg where its hot in summer & cold in winter.
there is an abundance of water & we don't have water restrictions. its not uncommon to see people watering down there driveways!
are you planning to live in alice?

opto · 23-10-2007, 10:42 PM

This should enlighten you on Alice Springs, lived there for 2 years in Gillen and Braitling.

Diary of an Alice Springs Summer (by a Pom)

August 31st

Just got transferred with work into our new home in Alice Springs!!

Now this is a city that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and

warm balmy evenings. What a place! I watched the sunset from a deck chair on
the

verandah It was beautiful. I've finally found my home. I love it here.

September 13th:

Really heating up. Got to 35 today. Not a problem. Live in an

air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to

see the sun everyday like this. I'm turning into a sun worshiper.

September 30th:

Had the backyard landscaped with tropical plants today. Lots of palms

and rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing lawn for me.

Another scorcher today, but I love it here.

October 10th

The temperature hasn't been below 35 all week. How do people get used

to this kind of heat? At least today it's kind of windy though. But

getting used to the heat is taking longer than I expected.

October 15th:

Fell asleep by the pool. Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body.

Missed

3 days of work. What a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson though.

Got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this.

October 20th:

I missed Kitty (our cat) sneaking into the car when I left this morning.

By the time I got to the hot car for lunch, Kitty had died and swollen

up to the size of a shopping bag and stank up the $3,000 leather

upholstery. I told the kids that she ran away. The car now smells like

Wiskettes and cat ИИИИ. I learned my lesson though. No more pets in this
heat.

October 25th:

The wind sucks. It feels like a giant ИИИИin blow dryer!! And it's hot

as hell. The home air-conditioner is on the blink and the AC repairman

charged $200 just to drive over and tell me he needed to order parts.

October 30th:

Been sleeping outside by the pool for 3 nights now. Bloody $300,000 house

and we can't even go inside. Why did I ever come here?

November 4th:

It's 38 degrees. Finally got the ol' air-conditioner fixed today. It

cost $500 and gets the temperature down to 25, but the bloody humidity

makes the house feel like it's about 30. Stupid repairman. I hate this

stupid ИИИИin place.

November 8th:

If another wise ИИИИ cracks, "Hot enough for you today?" I'm going to

ИИИИin throttle him. ИИИИin heat! By the time I get to work the car's

radiator was boiling over, my clothes are soakin ИИИИin wet, and I

smell like baked cat!!

November 9th:

Tried to run some messages after work. Wore shorts, and sat on the black

leather seats in the ol' car. I thought my ИИИИin ИИИИ was on fire. I

lost 2 layers of flesh and all the hair on the back of my legs and my

ИИИИin ИИИИ. Now my car smells like burnt hair, fried ИИИИ, and baked

cat.

November 10th:

The weather report might as well be a ИИИИin recording. Hot and sunny. Hot

and sunny. Hot and ИИИИin sunny. It's been too hot to do anything for 2

damn months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week.

Doesn't it ever rain in this damn ИИИИin place? Water rationing will be

next, so my $2,000 worth of palms just might dry up and blow into the

ИИИИin pool. Even the palms can't live in this ИИИИin heat.

November 14th:

Welcome to HELL!!! Temperature got to 41 today. Now the

air-conditioner's gone in my car. The repairman came to fix it and

said, "Hot enough for you today?" My wife had to spend the $2,500

mortgage payment to bail my ИИИИ out of jail for assulting the stupid

ИИИИer. ИИИИ Alice Springs! What kind of a sick demented ИИИИin idiot
would want to live here?

December 1st:

WHAT????? This is the first day of Summer???? You are ИИИИin kiddin

rodderz · 23-10-2007, 11:19 PM

That cat must feel like those kids that got left in the cars at the casino years ago

RSgerry · 23-10-2007, 11:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by la2or

brisbane Im studying accounting finance

where does the water come from btw?

is it much like south africa btw?

the only part i really been to is near the railway line there is this crossbow shop. the guy told me they shoot camel in the neck with crossbows.

Water comes from the sky. Some people call it rain. Sometimes water comes from the ground. Some people call it upside down rain.

It is very like South Africa. if you look out your kitchen window, you will see herds of wildebeasts striding majestically across the plains. To your north is Zimbabwe (but some people call it Darwin). It is hot there too. The similarities are amazing.

schnoods · 24-10-2007, 12:06 AM

Just what ever you do, when the Todd river has water in it, make sure you are in reach of a long blunt object.

Outbackjack · 24-10-2007, 12:51 AM

As far as I know, the Alice is the only place that had to cancel a yacht race because there was water in the river!!!

Outbackjack · 24-10-2007, 12:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by opto

This should enlighten you on Alice Springs, lived there for 2 years in Gillen and Braitling.

Diary of an Alice Springs Summer (by a Pom)

August 31st

Just got transferred with work into our new home in Alice Springs!!

Now this is a city that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and

warm balmy evenings. What a place! I watched the sunset from a deck chair on
the

verandah It was beautiful. I've finally found my home. I love it here.

September 13th:

Really heating up. Got to 35 today. Not a problem. Live in an

air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to

see the sun everyday like this. I'm turning into a sun worshiper.

September 30th:

Had the backyard landscaped with tropical plants today. Lots of palms

and rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing lawn for me.

Another scorcher today, but I love it here.

October 10th

The temperature hasn't been below 35 all week. How do people get used

to this kind of heat? At least today it's kind of windy though. But

getting used to the heat is taking longer than I expected.

October 15th:

Fell asleep by the pool. Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body.

Missed

3 days of work. What a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson though.

Got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this.

October 20th:

I missed Kitty (our cat) sneaking into the car when I left this morning.

By the time I got to the hot car for lunch, Kitty had died and swollen

up to the size of a shopping bag and stank up the $3,000 leather

upholstery. I told the kids that she ran away. The car now smells like

Wiskettes and cat ИИИИ. I learned my lesson though. No more pets in this
heat.

October 25th:

The wind sucks. It feels like a giant ИИИИin blow dryer!! And it's hot

as hell. The home air-conditioner is on the blink and the AC repairman

charged $200 just to drive over and tell me he needed to order parts.

October 30th:

Been sleeping outside by the pool for 3 nights now. Bloody $300,000 house

and we can't even go inside. Why did I ever come here?

November 4th:

It's 38 degrees. Finally got the ol' air-conditioner fixed today. It

cost $500 and gets the temperature down to 25, but the bloody humidity

makes the house feel like it's about 30. Stupid repairman. I hate this

stupid ИИИИin place.

November 8th:

If another wise ИИИИ cracks, "Hot enough for you today?" I'm going to

ИИИИin throttle him. ИИИИin heat! By the time I get to work the car's

radiator was boiling over, my clothes are soakin ИИИИin wet, and I

smell like baked cat!!

November 9th:

Tried to run some messages after work. Wore shorts, and sat on the black

leather seats in the ol' car. I thought my ИИИИin ИИИИ was on fire. I

lost 2 layers of flesh and all the hair on the back of my legs and my

ИИИИin ИИИИ. Now my car smells like burnt hair, fried ИИИИ, and baked

cat.

November 10th:

The weather report might as well be a ИИИИin recording. Hot and sunny. Hot

and sunny. Hot and ИИИИin sunny. It's been too hot to do anything for 2

damn months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week.

Doesn't it ever rain in this damn ИИИИin place? Water rationing will be

next, so my $2,000 worth of palms just might dry up and blow into the

ИИИИin pool. Even the palms can't live in this ИИИИin heat.

November 14th:

Welcome to HELL!!! Temperature got to 41 today. Now the

air-conditioner's gone in my car. The repairman came to fix it and

said, "Hot enough for you today?" My wife had to spend the $2,500

mortgage payment to bail my ИИИИ out of jail for assulting the stupid

ИИИИer. ИИИИ Alice Springs! What kind of a sick demented ИИИИin idiot
would want to live here?

December 1st:

WHAT????? This is the first day of Summer???? You are ИИИИin kiddin

I dont know which Alice Springs this was written about, but it has absolutely no conection with the Alice in the NT Australia.

la2or · 24-10-2007, 10:28 AM

What's with the todd river blunt object?

Also were they going to put a curfew on some people in the city?

schnoods · 24-10-2007, 12:56 PM

There are a few natives that inhabit the river, as well as the wine bladders and red and green cans, on the odd occasion it does have water in it, they move out.

Focussed · 24-10-2007, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by la2or

What's with the todd river blunt object?

Also were they going to put a curfew on some people in the city?

you are asking alot of questions about alice springs. are you planning to move here or are you doing an assignment on alice springs?

Bucknaked · 24-10-2007, 07:39 PM

My parents are moving to Kathrine. Dads there now. They have both gone for work. Couldn't think of worst place to live. Since we lived in Darwin in the 80's, the old man has been obssed about Darwin and Katherine. Personally, I'd donate all my organs before living back in the top end again.

Outbackjack · 24-10-2007, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bucknaked

My parents are moving to Kathrine. Dads there now. They have both gone for work. Couldn't think of worst place to live. Since we lived in Darwin in the 80's, the old man has been obssed about Darwin and Katherine. Personally, I'd donate all my organs before living back in the top end again.

Funny how people are different... I feel the same way about the East Coast of Australia. I'd rather have my teeth pulled than live there.

XR6-VCT-2000 · 24-10-2007, 07:49 PM

haha opto , that was gold ! .

)

TATT2 · 24-10-2007, 07:52 PM

I lived in darwin in 90, 91 and been trying to get back there ever since, loved every minute of my time up there

MO · 24-10-2007, 09:57 PM

la2or....hhhhmmm why is it I think you're related to 12000...imo your an oxygen thief and have no place here.

GO AWAY.

la2or · 24-10-2007, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Focussed

you are asking alot of questions about alice springs. are you planning to move here or are you doing an assignment on alice springs?

I was just curious mate not planning to move there. What is the internet like there do they have broadband?

It's just on other forums I never really notice anyone from alice springs.

What are the good things about alice springs? The dryness? Less crowded?

schnoods · 24-10-2007, 11:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bucknaked

My parents are moving to Kathrine. Dads there now. They have both gone for work. Couldn't think of worst place to live. Since we lived in Darwin in the 80's, the old man has been obssed about Darwin and Katherine. Personally, I'd donate all my organs before living back in the top end again.

There are worse places than Katherine, Like Tennant Creek or Elliot and maybe Bing Bong...

Focussed · 25-10-2007, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by la2or

I was just curious mate not planning to move there. What is the internet like there do they have broadband?

It's just on other forums I never really notice anyone from alice springs.

What are the good things about alice springs? The dryness? Less crowded?

i think you are now being a smart ***. as somebody else, GO AWAY

Tealglow · 26-10-2007, 01:52 PM

Now that this theme has started, how about all AFF's in Alice get together for a drink or something?

Outbackjack mentioned it to me a while ago, and I notice there are about 1/2 a dozen listed as A/S.