Cairns it is!
 

I have finally decided on cairns, after changing my mind every two minutes! Thank you for all the replies on the various locations in Aus we have posted questions about.

At least now i can start the process and register with nursing board. I will not be swayed by anything i read (so i may need to ban this site!)

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:rofl: With a nursing background you'll have to swot up on box jellyfish stings (and a few others like blue bottles) (can be fatal), rock fish (can be fatal), the various poisonous snakes (can be lethal) that abound, the many and various insect bites and tropical diseases they carry (can be fatal) and of coarse sharks. :eek: You don't have to worry about crocs though. They usually take days to find the croc to get the body parts back;)

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Very funny! :rofl: but probally all true, had a thought though is the reason all swimming pools are fenced off to stop kids drowning or from crocs getting in?

I live in birmingham and work in a city A&E so all those creatures sound quite tame in comparrison to drug crazed teenagers, gang shootings and general abuse that i have to put up with!

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We're off to Cairns too!
Can't wait :thumbsup:

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Pool fencing is am absolute legal must in OZ to prevent toddlers drowning. Up the top end though also stops crocs taking up residence in your pool.

A few months back a local pool in Darwin had an unwelcome visitor - 3 meter croc.

The problem with the not so friendly wildlife on OZ is that you aren't likely to see it coming until you're on top of it or you suddenly feel an agonising pain:eek:

Biggest hassle in Cairns though is jellyfish season from Nov to May. There's 3-4 varieties of jelly fish that leave horrendous wounds. If you run into one of those it won't just ruin your day, it'll ruin your life for the next 10+ years and leave you pretty scarred up.

There's also blue ringed octapus, cone shells, lion fish, stone fish, Irukandji jelly fish and sting rays. Nice beaches but you're taking your life in your hands even entering the water. Queensland probably has the most lethal and dangerous beaches in the world bar none.:unsure:

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Haha! Too true! We're escaping Brum on Tuesday, heading for the Gold Coast,
You never know, youll probably change your mind and end up there ;)
Cairns is really tucked away in the last habitable bit of coastland in Qld... a long way from anywhere....
Just stirring! :rofl:

Sambo

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You're really selling the place aren't you :D
Luckily I lived there before for a little while and know the place and it's hazzards quite well and 130,000 other people manage to live there every day without getting killed....we will take our chances :eek: :p

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Im with you! I hope its worth the risk plus i prefer swimming in a pool to the sea, however do like a paddle every now and again.

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I think you have made a great choice Cairns is second on our list but not very far behind Brisbane still not 100% on which one. :confused:

Can someone answer this question though if jelly fish season is nov-may what time of the year is it safe to use the sea taking into consideration other painful creatures. My kids love the sea

Thanks

Kaye :)

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that would be june to october but we go in the ocean all year round. just swim in the nets. but not the one in palm cove where they found a 3 m croc the other week.

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At least the sea is safe for half of the year and if you go offshore to one of the islands or the reef the are no box jelly fish as they are a coastal creature. There is also the big lagoon on the Esplanade for safe swimming.

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Thats great

Thank you

Kaye :)

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blue ringed octapus can be found along most of the east coast including Sydney.

Stone fish are a problem in Moreton Bay as well.

Blue bottles are more of an issue on Sydney beaches than up north.

Crocs in a pool? Centenary Lakes has an inhabitant at the moment unless it has just been removed. I'm surprised it's not more of a tourist attraction. The croc warning signs are not just there for the tourists to have their happy snaps taken of them with the sign.

WW

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I dunno the English Channel has some pretty rare diseases:rofl:

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SNAP!!!!! I wont even go into the amount of times i changed my mind :o :o but have also settled on cairns and plan to be there by the end of the month - YAY :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

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And people are worried about meagre jellyfish :rofl:

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EXACTLY!!! :D

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I'm sure you are not that scary or are you :p

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We'll reserve our judgement on that one:rofl: I'm sure Cairns will be an even better place to live when the Rooksies arrive - help:blink:

Back to the original poster - well done for choosing Cairns:D Be prepared to live in shorts and t-shirts! One thing is for sure, clothing yourself is cheap as chips! We must have saved hundreds of dollars just on clothes alone - thats gotta be good eh!

Oh and dont worry about the 'nasties' people love it - we had the same b4 we came here - its really not that bad, honest.


CYA soon Rooksie:D

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:rofl: :rofl: Now that was funny Bix darling:D

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That's it! Shut the gates. No more foreigners :D

Corr. Cairns could end up like Little Bayside, err I mean, Britain :D

WW

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im so excited i feel sick :ohmy:

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I have an idea. :D

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Dont panic WW! Most people in Britain have never heard of Cairns:) Its become more recognised now because of the 'nurse situ'. When that is sorted we will fade into the background once again:)

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Now Now Bix:D

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Good innit:D Have fun on the rollercoaster theres nothing like it Rooksie:D

CYA soon (maybe):rofl:

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you off to buy your camouflages!???? :eek:

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Hi guys, i hope too start applying for a job in cairns myself soon, just wondered if there is much of a young social life? Im 27 and will be going on my own and dont wanna be socialising with a load of oldies.... no offence to the oldies!
Thanks
Matt

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none taken :p

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I haven't been there since 1993 but back then and I think still is a big party town....there are loads of bars, nightclubs, restaurants, pubs etc plenty to do for the young and older people (like me) :thumbsup:

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Oh, the young people of today. Just no ticker for the daily oldies wheelchair races along the Esplanade on the way to the Esplanande bingo hall (the only complex on the Esplande with the multi-storey carpark).

If you have visited there lately, it is a case of when your lucky numbers come up to be seen.

WW

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You're joking right???? Is there a social life for the YOUNG in Cairns! Although we are 'oldies' as you put it :frown: we have two sons one 21 and one 19 - our 19yr old didn't get back till 4.30am on Friday night after having yet another night out in the city with his YOUNG mates - and thats considered to be early he he!!!

You will be lost for choice - heres a few - Sohos, Tropos, Gilligans, Soul, Bar and Grill the Pier, Johnos, PJ O'Brians, Shenanigans, The Casino nightclub, these are just the tip of the iceberg loads more bars and clubs around the main city and Esplanade its pumping every night of the week:thumbsup:

So, wld that be enough for you to socialise with the youngies;)

At 27 m8 you will have a field day just remember if you do get here to play it safe:blink:

:)

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Speak for yourself:D

Hows it goin? Bix does keep me up to date when he remembers dear of him - tis his age:lol:

Was hoping to meet you by the end of this month - is that still gonna be feasable? Have been planning a BIG BBQ in your honour:rofl: Well, Bixies birthday too of course he he!!!

Good luck re the hse next week! Hope it happens this time - what a bummer!Why does house selling/buying in the UK never run smoothly! Pain in the ass innit! Usually so much easier over hear - done and dusted within 4 wks if all the checks etc are ok - easy peasy compared to over there!

CYA soon we hope (boy, I must be in a good mood today, well it is Australian Mothers Day):cool:

Take care
Gill
x

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:lol: ............your sense of humour never fails to bemuse me;)

Whenever anybody mentions BINGO i always think of the UK in the late sixties when I was a wee girl - never played it myself but it was so popular in our small town back then! OOOHHH the 'swingin sixties' long live the Beatles - NOT!!!!:lol:

Keep up the good work!

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I thought the nightlife was only open to 30+ year olds :confused:

Matty mate, you will like the nightlife.
What's good too is that it is in the main all pretty close together so it's easy to stagger from one venue to another.

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Words of experience Bix???:rofl: :rofl:

WW

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My sons told me :o

Matty, here's something to give you an insight.....
http://www.canz.com.au/index.html

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ahh. the woolshed on a wednesday night. you can get a good feed in there aswell

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well happy mothers day :D

hoping to exchange early next week with completion 24 may. we have looked at flights out on 27th! save me some cake ;)

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Thanks for the link Bix, looks like i dont have to worry about not having a social life while im down there much, ill definatley have to visit that place on a wednesday, wet t-shirt comp!!