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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Calgary, AB. Canada
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So lately, a couple of my friends had moved up to Cairns (on different occasions), and today I found out another mate is moving up to QLD and it's got me thinking along the same path.
I've been planning to move out with a couple mates and share a place for a while in the new year just for laughs, and i've discussed it with them and they might like the idea of packing up and moving as well (even if it's only for a year or what not). Only thing is, kinda lost as to where to start looking at going about it. My two mates who are up at Cairns are actually with other family or family friends, so they're no much help with rent/house prices etc. So to anyone up that way, a couple questions. Where are some nice spots to live, that aren't going to break the bank? I'd like to be fairly close to the water/beach and it doesn't have to be in QLD. I've been thinking about Kingscliff a lot lately, or perhaps somewhere like Byron. I don't mind looking further north though (I want somewhere warm all year round ![]() We were thinking of heading over to Torquay next year, so it's still only a few hours from Melbourne, and Geelong is close enough for bigger shops and services etc. Any advice or tips? Are there some sites or numbers I should be looking at/ringing? Any help's appreciated. And yes.. I realise I just missed that QLD expo down here, :togo:
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Ford Fanatic
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Brisbane
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No real advice, but hey why not, the more the merrier in QLD.
Besides everytime someone leaves "Home and Away" they either die or move to QLD.
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: brisbane
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there is a lot of work in south east queensland at the moment ,around brisbane.the small coastal towns have never been renowned for there abundance of work,but if youv'e got your heart set then just take the plunge.
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Meep Meep
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Southside
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Goodwin Beach (if your hiding from the law), Coolum (if you can afford it) Airlie Beach (hey why not)
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Airlie Beach is about 6 hours from Cairns, but its a great place and rents resonable there too
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Temporary Australian
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Central Queensland
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haha, Victoria should change their number plate to "Victoria - On the move (To QLD)"
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: ...in the shed
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come to the Gold Coast
![]() i dont really think its affordable living though, prices seem to be a bit high, but the lifestyles great, airports close (brisbane and coolangatta airport). |
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: North Coast NSW
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If you like byron and kingscliff yet don't want to pay the prices, try Murwillumbah, Ballina, Tweed heads, wollongbar etc. Murbah and tweed are like 15mins from kingscliff, ballina and wollongbar are about 20mins from byron.
Lots of work this way (ballina area)
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Join Date: Sep 2007
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Less speed cameras, lower fines, cheaper petrol, overseas doctors.....
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Moving to QLD?
The good news is that its a long way from Melb and Syd. The bad news is that it's full of Queenslanders! (or should I say ex Victorians Mick) ![]()
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
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i bought a holiday house in hervey bay, father lives there for 6 months of the year now, it's a bit quiet but close to alot of things.
flights are easy to get and cheap.... not sure of the work prospects but it has boomed up there recently. |
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Meep Meep
Join Date: Mar 2007
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Thats a myth, Queenslanders have been outnumbered by mexicans. Like I keep saying send the New South Welshman back they don't like it here anyway.
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Townsville
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North Queensland you will need airconditioning in Summer can be extremely humid .
Bundanberg South have milder summers the sunshine coast is beautiful . Townsville can be very brown ,dry and dusty Cairns is beautiful and green but gets a lot of rain . If your young and go out to night clubs in townsville its usually 2 blokes for every female . Cairns is the opposite for nightclubs . Can be hard to get rental accomadation up this way there has been a propertyy boom on and there are lots of fly in fly out miners living up this way so rents can be expensive, have a look on realestate.com.au. Mackay its almost impossible to get housing very busy now due to mining but if you have a mechanical ,electrical ,welding type trade very easy for work due to mining boom. Whitsundays is a beautiful place as well dont know about employment there but |
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: brisbane
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Its true,im a Sparky in brisbane and there is so many foreigners
![]() ![]() For me i cant get the same money in those areas like i can in brissy, cant support my toy habbit ![]()
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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I have a rental property in Cairns (Palm Cove) It will be available at the end of october. PM me if interested.
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Really is Townsville a dickfarm???
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![]() Cheers guys, heaps more info than I thought. Seems to be a few mentions towards a couple different areas. Will check them out. Didn't really think of Townsville but i'll have a look. I'm not one for nightclubs at all, can't stand typical metro's and prefer to spend my money on cars :togo: Don't mind going out to a couple venues/pubs in Melb though (espy, hi fi, Birmy etc), but it's not for picking up chicks anyway, THAT costs too much money. As long as there's a couple good waterholes near by it's all sweet. Outbackjack - PM sent.
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Location: Mount Martha
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Tweed Heads is bloody nice, it's heartbreaking tho the amount of envirnmental destruction going on for housing, good chance will be ****ing off to that area Feb. next year tho. lol. or anywhere north up to Makay. Cairns is bloody nice, and judging by one dudes post of the chick ratio of 2:1 in the chicks favour, may have to consider that corner of the world, jokes ![]() |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Mount Martha
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Watcha do as a job? Ur new living quarters may be chosen by where there is work avail. 4 ya.
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BUT, i'm hoping to try and get a fitter/machinist apprenticeship in the place that I move to, and start completely new up there. Then again, I don't mind working any old job as long as it pays the bills. Definitely wouldn't mind doing labour work on a farm or driving trucks!
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Kingscliff is pretty well self-contained. I usually shop at Sth Tweed though (it has an Aldi). Consider Kingscliff, Cabarita Beach or maybe Pottsville or Fingal Head. |
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playing in my big shed
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: miriam vale , qld
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would be seasonal so depends on what area you move to = what crops are grown = when the work is on. cane harvest is on now for next couple of months, mangos should be starting then. i remember last year that they said a lot of mangos were dumped because they couldn`t get drivers to take them to the markets. everyone wants to work in the mines and makes it hard for the lesser paid jobs to find workers.
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: boyne island
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I moved from mildura to gladstone, QLD living with my best mate and his fiance, we are both working at the boyne aluminium smelter best move i ever made and the moneys great as well.
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playing in my big shed
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: miriam vale , qld
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your just up the road from me how long you been here
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