chippy dave

Just a quicky to say we,ve landed in Perth yesterday.Managed to get the laptop a dial up connection,quite impressed with myself there to be honest.Also wanted to say thanks to the forum and everyone on here who has helped me over the last 12 months or so.Even the negative threads they have made me realise to go into this open minded and just do the best we can.We are staying in Port kennedy SOR and are looking at property in the Secret harbour estate.As i came over i got hold of Saturdays West aus newspaper and was chuffed to bits when i counted 40+ jobs for myself.So when my tools arrive in about 4 weeks i should have no probs getting employed.Once again guys thanks again for the good,the bad and the ugly.


dave

Lewis Lapthorn

Can't go wrong living in Secret Harbour mate. How many housing developments are built around a beautiful golf course AND on the beach.

Well done Dave, and good luck. They'll be building for years south of Mandurah, so finding work will be a doddle.

Perthforme

seams to be the week to move to Perth mate of mine is on the plane now , Bridiej goes 2 mo and Worzel on friday .

Have a great time settling in , did you get a copy of this http://www.immi.gov.au/settle/booklets/texts/wa/eng.pdf

if not print one off .

All the best

jeppy

hi dave gary here a bricklayer from farnborough hants you wont go far wron g in secret harbour i have a cousin there its lovely , it looked a bit quiet for me so i chose mandurah lots to do and has a few good pubs , bot i depends what you want .
roofing carpenters are as rare as rocking horse shit here and youcan earn about the same as uk with a slightly lower cost of living , drop me aline if you want to go for a beer bud ill only be 10km away

possoms

Great to hear you've arrived ok and that the works situ is looking good, keep us updated.

all the best Possoms

AndyD

Hi Dave, Secret Harbour is one our list. Loved it there when visiting earlier this year. I'm a carpenter/joiner too would be interested in jobs local to secret Harbour as all my internet job searches were pretty naff.

Enjoy yourself.

mindblower

Well done and best wishes for the future Dave.

Oldhamer

jeppy

hi andy
you have got to be joking the only reason you wont find ads on the net is because they are wasting ther time carpenters especially roof carpenters are as rare as rocking horses s///t , i am a bircklayer have been here for 8 months and no one can get roofing carpenters , second fix maybe not so but wood nail hammer , hammer nail in wood and hey presto theres a roof built easy as that lol no not trying to be funny there is so much work here its unreal i have nevr seen as much in the uk ever .

Clippy

Great news about the job situ - husband's a chippy and we were intending on heading to WA so he'll be well chuffed there's loads of work going. Have for us

Three Legs

Fair go's mate ... you'll be right

kris maynard

Glad you arrived safe keep us posted

Kris xx

possoms

err isnt that a joiner not carpenter?

jeppy

hi clippies form rockingham to mandurah is the biggest buildin undertaken in the whole of oz . i heard on the radio that mandurah is not just the fastest growing city in oz but probably the world tell your hubby to bring extra saws / buy the way they are more than twice the price of sandvicks you can buy in band qs in uk

Clippy

Nice one, I'll tell him. cheers

Ooh not so good about pricey saws though. Don't know what he pays for his, not much though he gets them from a trade warehouse.

jeppy

no i work on the sites here and the oz terminology is carpenter / i no what you are saying thou i have a friend from up north in england and he says he is a joiner