Moved to Brisbane 10 years ago, first visited 13 years ago. Love it here. When I go back to the UK to visit, after a couple of days I get home sick and need to get back to Brisbane!

I’ve been a Queenslander, mostly Brisbane, all my life. Travelled Australia extensively stayed with friends in most capitals of all the states. I think the further north you travel, the friendlier people become. We are a nation of people who are pretty blunt and we do enjoy “taking the piss” out of people. ❤️ from Q Australia 🇦🇺.

i have lived my entire life in Brisbane and don't plan to move its such a wonderful place its not to crowded but its crowded enough to feel protected i am glad you chose Brisbane

I moved from Sydney to Brisbane as a 16 year old with my family. Been here 34 years now. I thank my parents for the decision they made everyday. I laughed at your comment about Bali .The wife and I are headed back there in September and we can't wait to see our friends that live there.

I grew up in Brisbane and, like many of my friends, couldn't wait to leave. 'Boring Brisbane' was its usual nickname in those days. Some friends returned, many didn't. Though I admit it has improved somewhat since then, I still wouldn't visit it at all if I didn't have family there. I did leave at 21 and have lived in diverse places, including London and Melbourne, and only once returned to live whilst I was at university. Other family members have also since moved away, including my parents upon retirement, with only one sibling's family now remaining there. Of course, many people love Brissie and will not relate to my reasons for leaving but, for a start, I find it definitely too hot and humid for half the year. Despite now being a larger city, it still lacks sophistication and a wide range of cultural choices. The arts community does its best but offerings are limited and most international acts and shows do not go to Brisbane. Traffic is appalling, with endless roadworks as the Council never quite catches up with the increasing population. Shopping is also limited mostly to chain stores, as it doesn't yet have the population to support a lot of private retailers. For most Brisbanites, the casual dress code is part of its appeal but I enjoy the chance to dress up at times. Most restaurants will still accept diners wearing only shorts and t-shirts. After years away, I have finally returned to Queensland but NOT Brisbane! Being no longer interested in city life, I am now up the coast a bit, so can drive easily to see family. Summer months are still too hot but I find them more bearable nearer the beach with the sea breezes.

Nice one Ross. Finally made it. Into my second week being here and I’m nothing short of happy to be here. Great city and so much to offer. People need to come here!

Always enjoy your videos Ross! Well done .. I’m happy that you and your family are loving your best lives in Brisbane!

I ❤ Brisbane and I'd have to say it's probably one of the most walkable cities in Australia. Like European cities everything in inner Brisbane is easily reached by foot. In Melbourne for instance you need taxies in order to get about because everything is spread far and wide. In Brisbane everything is fairly close. In terms of nightlife there are literally hundreds of places all within walking distance in the Valley for instance. Brisbane is very concentrated, which is why Traffic can be so bad. Narrow, organic street layouts that favor pedestrians aren't so good for traffic movement and Brisbane does not have the wide sweeping multi-lane 'strodes' that Melbourne or Adelaide do. As an urban planner I'd say one of the hardest things about working in Brisbane is maintaining a balance between Brisbane's traditional laid back culture and and the changes that come with population growth. Maintaining that easy lifestyle is the key to Brisbane's success and what sets it apart from other cities.

I've been looking into Perth but you've made me consider Brisbane. I'll start my research. Cheers Ross. Keep the videos coming mate 👍

Lived in Brissy for about 30 years, Qld for 40. Loved it. All my kids and grandies are still in Brissy. As good as any other city in the country.

Looking at the Australia weather seems that Brisbane temps appears to run warmer than other parts of Australia!

Brisbane is Rugby League at Suncorp Stadium, Cricket at the Gabba, People watching over a coffee in the Queen St Mall, A Ferry Ride, Fireworks on the River, a Coffee and Desert at Mt Cootha, A Meal at Breaky Creek, a Hand or two of Black Jack at the Casino,. But best of all, when you've been away for a long time, it's the place you call home.

I spent my late teens and 20’s and 30’s in Brisbane - my all time favourite city. I’m in Canberra now and I’d love to be back in Brisbane - I go there every Xmas as my family are mostly there - I miss it. 1980’s Brisbane was culturally and politically really interesting.

lived in brisbane for 24 years now, me whole life. And it's a great place, I took public transport all the way to noosa once and it cost me like 10 dollars. we have the best beaches and the best zoo in australia, as well as the best theme parks and some of the best restruants. have great musem and awesome art galleries. A inner city beach and many many gorgous parks. plus like the buy said we are a great hub with amazing day trips all around, mount tamborine, the gold coast and sunshine coast. heck even toowomba and warick are pretty close if you want to vist the countryside.

Happy Easter to you and Sam and hope the Easter Bunny finds Aurora 🐣🐇

Ross you need to sit down and watch "the Castle" then you will understand the vibe.

"The vibes" is a The castle joke, watch it, it's good. My father came from Brisbane before shifting south and always described the difference as being that Sydney and Melbourne are cities and Brisbane is a large country town.

Oh wow so you’ve been to Cairns that’s were I live .That was a good one Ross enjoyed that .

There's not much to do in Brisbane tbh but thankfully there's a lot of Bubble Tea, Korean Chicken and the South bank markets are pretty good.

Brisbane born and bred. Moved away eight years ago. City had changed too much too quickly. Then there are the crowds, the constant traffic and sound of traffic, the heat and humidity during most of the year which is like living in a sauna, and the air quality isn't great - especially when temperature inversions happen. Now live in a small country town on the tablelands. One traffic light. Air is fresh and clean. Almost no traffic. Brisbane was great when I was growing up, an overgrown country town - now it's just grown too big.

part of the reason traffic is worse than ever is, during covid, 50k people moved from down south to escape insane lockdowns. it really cluttered a lot of places in QLD up.

Love 💕 Brisbane each time i fly down from Cairns for a visit it’s getting bigger it’s very clean city love Southbank and joey’s coffee shop in Kangaroo point is the best

yeah, Perth invested in a smart freeway (its still being upgraded) none of us are really sure why. Luckily I don't think we have had any deaths yet, but the install also started at the start of covid which cut a lot of the road traffic (wfh for the win) so maybe it works okay when the traffic level is lower (because then its more or less off lol)

Nice work building from that video. Liked it.

Lol- I grew up in the Beijke- Peterson corruption era so I'm a bit cynical- Brisbane is just a bloody concrete jungle, the Valley is a no-go zone and even Southbank can be a bit dicey (that may be my grandmother speaking though, she still tells me stories of how dangerous it was in the 50's!!!). At least now we've got some decent in fracture at long last coming online, with the new theatre at QPAC, and (new) Southbank, Queen's Wharf coming and the Cross Liz Purp Line- whoops, I mean Cross River Rail (watching too much Geoff Marshall here). I just wish they'd bloody fix the Bruce though and more decent public transport OUTSIDE their precious bloody 10km radius of the city!!

no way haha you were my english teacher last year. good quality videos mate i wish you luck 👌

There should be another episode, but in the Valley (Fortitude) 🤗

Aussies are defo straight to the point

Thanks for the video. We are planning to move to Brisbane in coming months. How are the jobs? Can you make a video on finding the first job?

Glad you and your missus are enjoying Brissie, Cairns is better though. 15 yrs in Brissie 30 in Cairns. Love it here

This dude is pretty cool, subbed

Love the video but found it disconcerting when your little head was facing off-screen. How about moving it to the right so it feels like we're watching the video together?

Lived in Brissy since 1980 , the public transport leaves a lot to be desired . I wouldn't say it's total crap , but it can get pretty awful at times and needs an overhaul . Brisbane is not my favourite Capital city in Australia , but I did notice the friendliness of the locals when I first came here and it eventually rubbed off on me . I still live here , so ............

Great video, Brisbane is beautiful, but Melbourne is home.

Brisbane is arguably Australia's most progressive city. Always been pro development and it's shown by the construction of accommodation and office towers in the last decade. 100 story plus skyscrapers. Many with outstanding architecture. Shopping in Queen Street Mall is very good and there's a good range of cafes and restuarants in the CBD. South Bank is brilliant to escape the CBD just across Victoria Bridge, a short few 100 metres to a range of attractions including Art theatres, gardens including the edible one in the Epicurious garden, a ferris wheel and an artificial beach with nice landscaping including a fun park for the kids and more. A State of the art library as well. The Botanic gardens on the edge of the city is great for a break from city life. Large areas of lawn to relax on and like all botanic gardens in Australia its free. Check out the Roma parklands and Mt Cootha BG's in suburban Toowong also. Then the Brisbane Festival in September. Nice mild sunny weather. Held mostly on South Bank and the final night's fireworks display is excellent as barges along the Brisbane river are loaded up with fireworks then set off of buildings as well. The negatives are the 4 months of heat and high humidity. Stifling 23C nights to 34C days. It's oppressive. Traffic is congested but not as bad as Sydney. SE Queensland is the fastest growing part of the country and the population and high density living has stressed the infrastructure but will be helped by the plans mentioned. It will take time though. If you can stand those 2 things, it's the city to be in. Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne are the more conservative cities. The first 2 would be more suitable for Brits regarding culture and be the easiest to progress to due to this fact. Adelaide in particular has a lot of British influence and is the most conservative city of all. Easy to get around. Cheaper to live in and has the best festivals (music, fringe,arts) and beaches. Great botanic gardens and the best education facilities with renown Universities. Beautiful climate for 5 to 7 months and cool to mild for 3 months. Can be cold in June and July though by Australian standards (not by English standards though!!). It just matters how much heat you can bear and how much cold you can deal with. It does get quite cold at night in Brisbane in winter but days are mild and sunny often in the low 20's.

Can't believe u've been 2 Cairns but it wasn't even on ur radar 2 move 2. It's not that isolated fr e'thing- there's an international airport & it has pretty much e'thing u'd find in a major city + heaps more 2 do. (U can't bungy jump in syd)

Hahaha the banter 😂 Sydney is 100% way better if you're in your 20s and want an actual night life lol. Its also a much faster pace here but I do love going to Brissy for a wee holiday. But the food here is outstanding and it is far more diverse in Sydney than Brisbane.

30 years now stuck here england

Brisbane and the Gold Coast have changed dramatically in the last 2 decades. I wonder what the city will be like during and after the 2032 Olympics. I mention both cities cause living here they just feel like the same place. You can easily spend the day at the Gold Coast going to sea world or movie world or whatever and then be having drinks under the story bridge latter on.

The “vibes” 😂😂

Come to Brisbane 🤙

Hi, I've been living near Brisbane (Logan) for just over 30 years, I've never lived anywhere else.

...... did someone just say the public transport was GOOD???? Compared to WHAT? I lived in Brisbane for ten years, just left recently. One of the most hopeless things about it was the public transport.... three busses and a train to go two kilometres and you could walk it faster....

My 7 year old could not stop laughing at your comments on this one Ross!

Hi guys, are you glad you couldn’t afford to live in Sydney or Melbourne or would you prefer to if money wasn’t an issue?

Are you going to respond to my challenge to attend the Dawn Service and attend the march A.N.Z.A.C. DAY ?

It's got so much to offer. It has a Macdonalds and KFC.

It's all lies. Brisbane is a terrible place to come to. Definitely go to Sydney or Melbourne instead. They're bigger, smellier and more crowded. Why would you want to come to a clean, relaxed place like Brisbane?

Brisbane is better than Sydney or Melbourne because it's not Sydney or Melbourne.

Brisbane is better than sydney. Spot on there.

Hey Ross, as a single male late 20s moving over do you recommend living in the city centre ?

That perth guy SOUNDS like he is from perth as someone from perth I hear a lot of people who sound just like him.

If you couldn't be happy living in or close to Brisbane, I doubt you could be happy living anywhere !

I'm to old to "vibe" as well😆

Been many places, but Brissie is always home

when you coming to melbourne?

more food reviews mate

I’m in the process of getting my visa sorted,I’m a bricklayer from Ireland is it worth the move?

The north of England where I'm from people say hi 🤣🤣🤣

Hello Ross, my daughter lives in Brisbane, do you know her?

I love Brisbane

Hey Ross

Good live music of a lot of different genres, so many good local bands, 4ZZZ

Living in Brisbane , from London. Traffic for a city, is nothing compared to something like London, so stop moaning people! Brissie is the best city; Sydney to big 'n' busy. Melbourne to cold. Brisbane has it all 👍👍 and for the humidity...pft you get used to it, and will then moan when its 18c. 😂

Brisbane. Delusional. 😮. I’ve been to and or lived in every state capital and Perth is by far the best city in every respect.

Queensland has more people than Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and Northern Territory combined. No matter which way you look at it Queensland is part of the big three states. No matter which way you look at it, South East Queensland is part of the big three urban centres of Australia. No matter which way you look at it, South East Queensland's combined domestic and international tourism is almost equal to Melbourne. No matter which way you look at it, if you consider current airline trends (pre pandemic) South East Queensland will soon be Australia's number 2 tourist destination after Sydney, and Queensland will soon be number 2 state destination after New South Wales. If you don't like the lifestyle in South East Queensland or the attractions we already have, and have planned, you have mental issues. Elderly people consume tea, coffee and bikkies, I don't know why anyone would want to go down to Melbourne to see grey heads do that. Come to Queensland where everyone is young and fun.

Girl in an Aussie accent says 'People are a little bit rude here', then he says if you're not 'used to Australian humour' lol what a load of nonsense he's just making it up as he goes along 🤮

No. Hahaha 😆

Construction siteS 😂😂😂