How many homes have you had?

[stui magpie]

Larry takes the lead with 16

6 months in a place certainly qualifies, as does different houses in the same suburb.

[pietillidie]

^I'm likely to double Larry's total! When I get time I'll count.

[Philthypie]

great topic. I have lived, and worked in 5 states of Oz, and I have lived at 41 different addresses over the time. Suffice to say, I hate moving. I am also amazed that at my age, I can remember them all!

[Skids]

got me thinking this one. We've lived here in Greenwood for around 30 years.

From the beginning;

Mt Hawthorn
Bassendean
East Kambalda
Bassendean
Maylands
Osborne Park (1st home bought, ex wife still lives there)
Bassendean
Mt Hawthorn
Henley Brook
Greenwood

I've 'lived' in multiple mining camps as well; Barrow Island, Newman, Jiggalong, Karratha, Port Hedland, Meekatharra, DeGrussa, Marble Bar, Mt Webber, Roy Hill, Nova, Argyle, Kunnunurra, Geraldton.

[David]

Here’s my timeline (my number is ten in total):

1988–2008, 2008–2009: Gilmore, Canberra (the house where I grew up and where my parents and three youngest siblings still live)
2008: Gowrie, Canberra (lived with my first girlfriend and her mum for about nine months – not sure if it fully qualifies as I was still "officially" living at home, but I did move most of my stuff over and slept there every night)
2009–2010: Brighton East (first sharehouse, lived there for almost exactly 12 months)
2010: St Kilda (lived in a shoebox-sized room in student accommodation for around two months)
2010–2012: Brunswick West (sharehouse with two friends from Canberra; Lola started living with me for the first time here)
2012–2013: Brunswick (first place I lived just with Lola, plus two cats we were house-sitting while the owner was away – we were here around twelve months)
2013–2014: West Melbourne (factory conversion around the corner from North Melbourne station; sharehouse with revolving door of housemates)
2014–2015: Coburg (last sharehouse experience, with my partner and another mum and her kid – this is where we were when Ingmar was born)
2015–2021: Hampton (only place that ever felt like home, really, apart from the house where I grew up! Would have stayed forever but the owner decided to demolish the house.)
2021–present: Hampton East (have been here around 18 months now – another old house in dubious condition. Won’t be surprised if it too gets bulldozed soon and we have to move again!)

[stui magpie]

[think positive]

[Philthypie]

stay tuned.It will take a little while to compile. TP, a large chunk of my working life was in radio.

[Jezza]

5 homes in 28 years.

[watt price tully]

East Brunswick
South Caulfield
Overseas 12 months (a Kibbutz in the north of Israel mostly b/n school & Uni)
South Caulfield
West Brunswick (met Mrs WPT in 1978)
Westgarth
Abbotsford
Overseas for nearly 2 years (southern Europe ( inc Cyprus) mid East, North Africa and England).
Pascoe Vale South
Moonee Ponds
Clifton Hill
Labassa (a national trust building in Caulfield for 2 years
Carnegie (owned - well me and the bank)
Beechworth (3 houses)
Yackandandah (2 houses)
South Caulfield: current place since 1996 (own)

The non owned were rental or parents place growing up.

[think positive]

[Philthypie]

Ok. Day off, no one home, so here we go.
From Birth year 1951-
Glen Iris x 2
Mt Waverley
Syndal ( Mum Died 1960)
East Malvern (with Nanna)
Murrumbeena
Hughesdale
jordanville ( last year oof High School 1968)
Hughesdale
Box Hill ( with 3 mates)
Hughesdale ( back with Dad!)
Fern Tree Gully ( Married now and 1st. house bought 1974)
Armadale (Single again)
Camberwell ( above a mates cafe)
East Malvern With wife no.2 to be)
McKinnon ( we bought a Milk Bar)
Hampton
South Oakleigh
Mt Waverley (bought 2nd. House 1981)
Wantirna South ( bought 3rd. house)
1987 - Moved to Brisbane for family reasons)
Tennyson
Kedron (bought 4th. house)
Fell into my dream job in 1988, and moved to Armidale, NSW
as an Announcer at 2AD, then to
3HA, Hamilton, Vic as a Sports Broadcaster
Rented 2 houses, then bought 5th. house
Back to Melb. for 6 Months, in
Nunawading rental,
then to Taree, NSW at 2RE
Rented a small farm in a small town called
Tinonee
Next stop WaveFM
Wollongong, Rented in Bulli
1993- Pt Augusta, SA 5AU ( I know, but you can't make this shit up)
4 rentals in 4 years
1997 - Back to Melb. and a rental in Oakleigh
1998 - Darwin, NT and Hot 100/ Mix FM
2 x share houses ( family still in Melb.)
!999 - Wulagi and Alawa rentals with the family
2000 - the boss took a job in Geelong, and wanted me to come with him, so a return to Vic looked pretty good.
Lived in rentals in-
Newtown
Geelong West
2001 - Belmont ( bought 6th. house)
2015 - Teesdale ( tree change in retirement)
and only 2 moves in 22 years and counting, and NO MORE .....................but you never know

[stui magpie]

Geezus H Christ on a bike, I think we have a winner.

[Philthypie]

Just re read above, and need to add in
Armidale, NSW
I x rental and we actually bought a house there too!!

[David]

This thread is a great idea – it's funny how merely listing where we've lived sketches out our life paths in many ways. It sounds like you've done it all, Philthy!