blakey1

hi to all can anyone help with info on perth and gc.
Hubby timeserved joiner and wants to know what work situation is and we have two young children so any info on schools in areas would be great

Jerseygirl

I presume you mean Perth, Aus...what is gc? If so I'll move this thread into the Australia forum...you may get a better response there.

Nu-Shooz

gc....Gold Coast

Jerseygirl

Thank you...Oz Forum it is then.

julesandco

Well we live in Perth's southern suburbs and have just been on holiday to the GC and were glad to get on the plane and come 'home'.

Perth may have its faults and be a little 'boring', but it suits us.

Jules

gavstrad

Gold Coast is a fantastic place to live... Just avoid the centre of Surfers Paradise if you don't like the 'holiday style resort'. When I hear people not liking the Gold Coast, it usually means they rarely venture outside Surfers for their holiday (or the theme parks!)…

Surrounding suburbs such as Runaway Bay, Paradise Point, Hope Island to the north and Mermaid, Miami, Burleigh to the south are beautiful places to live. We have excellent shopping facilities, schools and transportation links. The mountain range is a stones through to the west, with an abundance of national parks to visit. If you're in to boating/water sports, GC has it all! Fishing, sailing, surfing, wake boarding... Take your pick!

The two airports close by; Coolangatta and Brisbane are both international and Virgin Blue & Jet Star offer cheap tickets all round Oz.

Don’t get me wrong I also love Perth, but as a previous post stated – it was a little too quite and we felt we needed a little more action and accessibility to surrounding cities.

Suggestions…
Visit both for a week and see how you feel! Horses for courses & all that!
Research work on www.seek.com.au for both areas
Take a look at http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/
And http://www.goldcoasttourism.com.au/

All the best.

blakey1

hhi jersey girl thanks for that will have good look into areas you have suggested we not planinng on making trip for visit we just taking bull by horns as they say quite fancied perth but have been slightly oput off by its remoteness and not sure about how much for kids to do as growing up if you know what i mean

blakey1

thanks for info what is work situation like in perth for tradesmen do you know thanks

blakey1

yes gold coast or perth sorry was tired so shortened message a bit .

Nu-Shooz

If your a tradesman in Perth, then god help you

You need licence for this, licence for that.

blakey1

hi there now i worried is it the same all over and are you in perth living or another part of aus

Nu-Shooz

I'm in Perth mate.

Red tape here is terrible. Not sure about all the other states though.

blakey1

will contact my agent now and get asking questions

peast01

I work with a lot of people who lived in perth then moved to the gold coast/brisbane and they say this area is so much better than perth, the main opinion was perth was too isolated. As for your husband being a tradesman, we employ tradesmen all the time and the only ones we require to see licenses for are electricians and riggers/crane drivers

blakey1

thanks so much feel much happier now as you are in the industry do you know if the work situation is good for his trade as this is his main concern obviously as we have two children to support .
Are you aware of any available sponsors out there who could possibly employ him we dont want any help with paying for visas as we got that covered just help on the work front.
ragards ann marie and phil