Originally Posted by medwaymark (Post 6924358)

Yeah, but I am on the other side of the country lol....

The selling the house bit is probably the most stressful bit eh.

Have you validated yet? When have you got to validate by?

Originally Posted by Sam (Post 6927618)

She's coming over on a 457 visa.....i think they have to be here sometime in the new year Mark

Originally Posted by Nicole Arnold (Post 6929343)

We have to validate the visa within a month of being there, but the worry is, if it takes a while to sell the house will the job offer still be there!!!

Shame we cant just rent it out but all our equity is in the house.

credit crunch munch doing me boggle smoggle in:thumbdown:

Sam we skypin this weekend?

Originally Posted by Sam (Post 6935218)

missed this weekend honey......how about weekend coming?:o

Originally Posted by Nicole Arnold (Post 6936549)

K babe, looks like just me and you left on here... lol:rofl:

Originally Posted by Bix (Post 6938378)

I'm watching. ;)

Originally Posted by Sam (Post 6938514)

now why does that not surprise me ;):rofl:

Originally Posted by Nicole Arnold (Post 6915435)

I just tex you, I know you'll tex me back when you can, I'll try and remember the 9 hours sos

I think we have lost the plot now not much being said about Rockhampton or has it all been said??:confused:

Originally Posted by kelli28 (Post 6941644)

http://www.countryqldaustralia.com.au/rockhampton/

nicole i live about an hr south from rocky and regulary stay up there for uni in comparison to to coastal citys and towns it is hotter it sits between hills so it will feel hot i notice the temp change quite alot when we go up. so if its possible for you to commute there from somewhere nearer the coast then i would, Yeppon is about 30mins away.

its one of the more busy regional towns and has everything you need. there are no "huge" shopping malls although we have to travel there for most of the larger stores if we cant get locally from bigw, i aslo find it cheaper there.

The airport there has the cheaper airlines that fly in/out to bris and sydney regulary if you needed to get to the city.a freind of mine who was brought up there thinks its great and plans to eventually go back.
hope thats helped

also kids love the rock pool http://www.rockpoolwaterpark.com.au/

Originally Posted by Nicole Arnold (Post 6944059)

Hi Kelli

Thanks for the information the links were really good. It does sound nice (although I know some would disagree).

We will be going open minded and will definatley be making the best of it no matter what. It does sound well hot so I think that we will start getting an idea of the properties nearer the coast.
My OH has a job where the office is based in Frenchville :cool: but he will be doing lots of travelling as his work will be all over so it shouldn't make too much differnce where we choose to live to start with.

Thanks for taking the time to reply:thumbup:

Originally Posted by kelli28 (Post 6944812)

http://www.realestate.com.au/cgi-bin...&tm=1225930703
housing seems to be bargain priced 71 acres for $450.000!! situated 20 mins from rocky and 10-15 from the coast almost tempted to move myself :thumbsup:

Originally Posted by James516 (Post 6861622)

Jeez, I grew up in Rocky. Best advice to your friend would be go somewhere else! Failing that, best parts are the Range (southside) - lots of old Queenslanders with good views and then on northside, Frenchville has probably been the best area over the last few decades. The town is pretty stagnant - not much new industry opening, the Uni is the main employer, followed by the meatworks. Surrounding areas have done better with the boom, some of the mining towns inland are getting more prosperous, but still pretty dire to live in.

Yeppoon is growing and has been for the last 10 years or so, but not much employment there - the dual carriageway all the way to Rocky meant it became communtable with travel <30 mins, but I think the congestion is starting to push that back up.

Rocky is a bit warmer than Brissy, and is a lot more humid. Air-con a must, a pool is also good.

If your friend is desperate to live in regional Qld, there are better places that won't be such a culture shock.

Originally Posted by Nicole Arnold (Post 6962916)

Seeing as you tell it like it is found out at the weekend we might be going to Mackay now, any thoughts on that?:confused: