PDA

View Full Version : I'm on my way! (Flying Mouse)



Flying Mouse
19th February 2016, 04:07
Hi all,

I'll be emigrating to Auckland in July, we're moving from the UK in the hope of a better life.

I'll be shipping my bike, a 2010 Honda CBF1000 , and I've already decided on the route for my first day out once she lands.

Hope to see a few of you out on the road soon :2thumbsup

319720

rustys
19th February 2016, 10:48
What a shit of a place to live !!!!!

insomnia01
19th February 2016, 11:31
Hi all,

I'll be emigrating to Auckland in July, in the hope of a better life.319720

I feel your pain mate :weep:

EJK
19th February 2016, 11:52
Hi all,

I'll be emigrating to Auckland in July, we're moving from the UK in the hope of a better life.

I'll be shipping my bike, a 2010 Honda CBF1000 , and I've already decided on the route for my first day out once she lands.

Hope to see a few of you out on the road soon :2thumbsup

Auckland? Ya havin' a laugh mate? :msn-wink:

sidecar bob
19th February 2016, 11:55
Emigrating to Auckland? you are aware Auckland is a city (and a shit one at that) not a country I presume.

Grashopper
19th February 2016, 13:02
Hi and welcome to KB.

Hope all goes well for your move.

Do you have a job lined up in Auckland?

Tazz
19th February 2016, 14:32
Compared to the UK Auckland is awesome. Brilliant place if you're into sailing too, probably amongst the best in the world. For bikes, well, there are plenty of roads leading out of it :D

Good luck with the move =)

caspernz
19th February 2016, 15:13
Good luck with the move. Auckland has plenty of good roads leading out of it, and overall it's not a bad city compared to many European centres :2thumbsup

Flying Mouse
20th February 2016, 05:16
Hi and welcome to KB.

Hope all goes well for your move.

Do you have a job lined up in Auckland?

My wife does, she's my ticket to an NZ visa :-)

I'm looking for a job though as I don't think she'll let me be a man of leisure :-)

Flying Mouse
20th February 2016, 05:19
To all those saying Auckland is awful, come over to London, see how crowded and depressing and rushed life is here, and spend 90 minutes each way commuting 12 miles to work by public transport or minimum of 60 minutes each way by bike.

I'll take Auckland any day :-D

AllanB
20th February 2016, 08:26
London traffic sounds just like Aucklands .........

Tazz
20th February 2016, 08:53
Yeah Auckland is a nicer city for sure, but don't expect your commute times to be much better :bleh:

Moi
20th February 2016, 10:02
Yeah Auckland is a nicer city for sure, but don't expect your commute times to be much better :bleh:

Depends entirely on where you work and where you want to live...

Last position I had involved 15km [about 9 miles] commute and took about 20 - 30 minutes... was quicker on the bike :scooter:


but was against the traffic flow... :innocent:


Tis interesting that those who deride Auckland live elsewhere... :yawn:

Tazz
20th February 2016, 10:57
Depends entirely on where you work and where you want to live...

Last position I had involved 15km [about 9 miles] commute and took about 20 - 30 minutes... was quicker on the bike :scooter:


but was against the traffic flow... :innocent:


Tis interesting that those who deride Auckland live elsewhere... :yawn:

For sho, would be lucky to both get jobs in the same area though. Even in Chch my ex had a 20min walk and I had a 45min drive.

Most probably have a really good reason for living elsewhere...:yawn:
I think I could last a about week in a city like Auckland or Wellington before I went postal and set something on fire :laugh: unless I was living on a boat there. Waiheke ferry commute would be doable too. Might as well make the most of the water in an area like that.

Anyway, better than London, good life decisions and all that :niceone:

eldog
20th February 2016, 12:01
Depends entirely on where you work and where you want to live...
Tis interesting that those who deride Auckland live elsewhere... :yawn:

For a few years most of my work was having to travel across AKL from Sth to West now most of that has gone.
and now they are completeling the SW motorway.

It still wont be enough, so I travel as little as possible.

varminter
21st February 2016, 10:06
I left the London area 36 years ago, I don't think it's improved any. Never regretted it.