If you are to have any hope of being happy or remaining in brisbane after comming from sydney and the shire i would not be venturing to far from the city 5-10km and not more than afew km from the river less than 5km dont go near the bayside suburbs every sydney sider i know ends up hating it and moving home. (this is comming from someone who grew up in cronulla and now lives in albion.) on the south side ide be looking bulimba to coorporoo but everthing directly opposite these suburbs on the north side wouldnt be to much drama either.