Safety in Darwin/NT

toploader

Hello! To our kababayans in the NT, Kamusta po ang Darwin in terms of safety? I've been reading a lot of foreign forums and articles about how dangerous it is in Darwin. I'm not sure if they just have "high standards" about safety since they're from UK/other first world countries. Since we're from Pinas, baka naman normal lang sa atin yung mentioned high crime rates sa kanila

cholle

@toploader I had a similar question in the NSW thread about certain suburbs being called unsafe by locals. Depende sa quality of crimes - are they crimes to property? To persons? Are they hate crimes? Sino usually ang victim/perpetrator? Sino yung nagsasabing unsafe yung lugar? Para lang ma-consider if it's worth the risk.

DCWerick

@toploader yung nalaman ko lang sabi ng taga cairns na mahal daw sa darwin. Wala syang sinabi about the "safety" aspect. So i think normal lang ang crime rate (mas malaki pa sa atin sa pinas).

Sabi nya bakit di daw sa cairns kami, we told her na ang CDU lang ang nagbigay ng positive response na pwede pumasok.

toploader

@cholle Based on what I've read, there are a lot of break-ins, that's why it's pretty normal DAW to have high fences surrounding houses. There have been assaults even during the morning, most happen to the indigenous daw. I've also read that assaults happen inside public buses. I just googled phrases like "Crimes in Darwin,Australia", "safety in Darwin" and read the articles.

But since we're from the Philippines, I'm guessing it's not going to be a big deal for us considering we're used to such news.

toploader

@DCWerick yes, Darwin is very expensive. Based on my research, Accomodations pa lang, average of $400/week if you plan on getting your own place.

Considering CDU too if I decide to study in Darwin

talrasha

ok nman sa darwin. natira ako dun ng 3.5 years. wala nman ako naging problem nung nandun ako. very warm and friendly and mga tao. multi-culture dun since pinakamalapit na australian city sa asia. tropical ang darwin, wet and dry season lng. famous pla northern territory sa dami ng crocodile, bawal maligo sa ilog at dagat. marami nman swimming pool kung gusto nyo mag-swimming. marami pinoy sa darwin, kapag pumunta kyo sa mcdo, kfc, department store, grocery or sa mall sigurado may pinoy dun.

tolitz

@talrasha salamat po sa shared info....itatanung ko lang po kung saang area lugar po sa darwin ang peacefull at mura ang rent ng bahay? Di po ba mahirap ang pubkic transport dun?

talrasha

tungkol sa rent, mahal talaga rent sa NT/darwin compared sa other states/cities. rent ko sa 2 bedroom unit nun is 400/week. 3 bedroom around 600/week. ngaun rent ko dito sa adelaide is 340/week 3 bedroom house na yun. sa tingin ko the best option para makatipid is house share with other people kaso kailangan maghanap ng lanlord na papayag sa ganung setup.

tungkol nman sa safe na area. sa tingin ko very safe nman sa darwin. kahit saan ka cguro tumira e di mawawala ang crime. karamihan ng nababasa ko sa news paper is alcohol related incident like brawl sa pub or drink driving. may mga theft incidents din pero konti lang. nakatira ako nun sa Karama suburb part ng northern suburbs, 20 minutes away from the city pero at 10 minutes away from work. sa 3.5 years nmin dun e wla nman naging problem.

sa public transport nman. actually di ko nasubukan sumakay sa bus, may company car na pinagamit sa akin. si misis ang nakasubok. may bus stop na malapit sa amin nun. kapag peak hours every 30 minutes ang daan kapag off peak every 45 minutes. 3 dollars ang ticket good for 3 hours from the time na nagbayad ka.

tolitz

@talrasha Maraming salamat po mga informations! May mga tips po ba kayo kung paanu mag apply ng job sa Northern Territory if ever andun kana or kahit di k pa nakapunta dun peru may visa kana. Normally po ba sa internet sila nappost ng job or kagaya din sa Pinas na mainly sa news paper ang postings ng mga job opening?

talrasha

@talrasha Maraming salamat po mga informations! May mga tips po ba kayo kung paanu mag apply ng job sa Northern Territory if ever andun kana or kahit di k pa nakapunta dun peru may visa kana. Normally po ba sa internet sila nappost ng job or kagaya din sa Pinas na mainly sa news paper ang postings ng mga job opening?

marami sa internet. sa seek.com.au or sa careerone.com.au. applayan mo lahat ng pwede. the more resume you send the more chances of getting a job. dapat may skype account ka kung gusto ka nila mainterview kung wla ka pa sa darwin.

DCWerick

@talrasha:

thanks for the info!