Southport and Work?
Feb 28th 2009, 12:04 pm
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Southport and Work?
Long story but in short.
Has anyone or does anyone have any views on taxi driving work or door security work in and around the Southport area?
By this i mean, experiences, wages, amount of work, etc etc/!
Cheers.
Has anyone or does anyone have any views on taxi driving work or door security work in and around the Southport area?
By this i mean, experiences, wages, amount of work, etc etc/!
Cheers.
Mar 22nd 2009, 9:22 pm
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Re: Southport and Work?
Jeez not one reply, i am upset, very upset, huh!
May 2nd 2009, 8:34 pm
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Re: Southport and Work?
One more bump!
Out of interest, I am looking for a two bedroom townie type of house in and around Southport, time wise around October this year.
Fully furnished, quiet area, book for a month, with the option to book for another month at a time and so on until I am confident i am staying so will rent an unfurnished and buy some furniture.
I need somewhere no more than a ten minute drive to the Gold Coast Hospital. As I am taking up a post as a chief anaesthetist, loads of booze!
Any advice, no more than $400.00 a week tops, what do you all think?
Keith
P.S. Any thoughts http://www.seqrents.com.au/pebbles/index.htm
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Out of interest, I am looking for a two bedroom townie type of house in and around Southport, time wise around October this year.
Fully furnished, quiet area, book for a month, with the option to book for another month at a time and so on until I am confident i am staying so will rent an unfurnished and buy some furniture.
I need somewhere no more than a ten minute drive to the Gold Coast Hospital. As I am taking up a post as a chief anaesthetist, loads of booze!
Any advice, no more than $400.00 a week tops, what do you all think?
Keith
P.S. Any thoughts http://www.seqrents.com.au/pebbles/index.htm
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Last edited by Keith Moon; May 2nd 2009 at 8:59 pm.
May 2nd 2009, 11:47 pm
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Re: Southport and Work?
If you are coming cashed up with British Pounds you should be able to drive a hard bargain and get a good deal on the Gold Coast (see this thread).
http://forum.globalhousepricecrash.c...howtopic=43476
As for work, when I lived in the Brisbane / Gold Coast region a few years ago most of the doorman jobs seemed to be held be 20 stone polynesian gentlemen, and there is no shortage of them in SE Queensland. Taxi driving might be a goer. Most taxi drivers in the bigger OZ cities seem to be from Africa or the sub continent, but as far as I am aware there is no barrier to anyone wanting to become a driver. Its not that bad a job. There have been some savage attacks on taxi drivers in recent times, but if you are looking for doorman work, you are probably pretty handy with your fists, so that would probably be a perk of the job.
http://www.police.qld.gov.au/NR/exer...5979D28407.htm
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/...oast-news.html
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,24287487-2,00.html
Also found this article ...
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/s...4-3102,00.html
Out of interest why are you looking for the doorman / taxi jobs when you will be working as a chief anaesthetist ?????????????
http://forum.globalhousepricecrash.c...howtopic=43476
As for work, when I lived in the Brisbane / Gold Coast region a few years ago most of the doorman jobs seemed to be held be 20 stone polynesian gentlemen, and there is no shortage of them in SE Queensland. Taxi driving might be a goer. Most taxi drivers in the bigger OZ cities seem to be from Africa or the sub continent, but as far as I am aware there is no barrier to anyone wanting to become a driver. Its not that bad a job. There have been some savage attacks on taxi drivers in recent times, but if you are looking for doorman work, you are probably pretty handy with your fists, so that would probably be a perk of the job.
http://www.police.qld.gov.au/NR/exer...5979D28407.htm
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/...oast-news.html
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,24287487-2,00.html
Also found this article ...
Trouble brewing within the taxi ranks
Article from: The Courier-Mail
Michael Crutcher and Tuck Thompson
May 02, 2009 12:00am
TENSIONS are rising on Brisbane's taxi ranks as a wave of new drivers - including many from overseas - join the industry in record numbers.
The Courier-Mail can report that more than 1300 taxi driver permits were issued by the State Government last year – almost double the combined total of the previous three years.
Veteran Brisbane drivers say the new cabbies are mostly overseas students and some of them are ripping off passengers.
Article from: The Courier-Mail
Michael Crutcher and Tuck Thompson
May 02, 2009 12:00am
TENSIONS are rising on Brisbane's taxi ranks as a wave of new drivers - including many from overseas - join the industry in record numbers.
The Courier-Mail can report that more than 1300 taxi driver permits were issued by the State Government last year – almost double the combined total of the previous three years.
Veteran Brisbane drivers say the new cabbies are mostly overseas students and some of them are ripping off passengers.
Out of interest why are you looking for the doorman / taxi jobs when you will be working as a chief anaesthetist ?????????????
May 3rd 2009, 4:18 am
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Re: Southport and Work?
If you have job at gold coast hospital ask them for accomadation they have a few places around southport also they have security gaurds may be you can get on with them good luck
May 3rd 2009, 9:16 am
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Re: Southport and Work?
If you are coming cashed up with British Pounds you should be able to drive a hard bargain and get a good deal on the Gold Coast (see this thread).
http://forum.globalhousepricecrash.c...howtopic=43476
http://forum.globalhousepricecrash.c...howtopic=43476
As for work, when I lived in the Brisbane / Gold Coast region a few years ago most of the doorman jobs seemed to be held be 20 stone polynesian gentlemen, and there is no shortage of them in SE Queensland. Taxi driving might be a goer. Most taxi drivers in the bigger OZ cities seem to be from Africa or the sub continent, but as far as I am aware there is no barrier to anyone wanting to become a driver. Its not that bad a job. There have been some savage attacks on taxi drivers in recent times, but if you are looking for doorman work, you are probably pretty handy with your fists, so that would probably be a perk of the job.
Many thanks for the informative post, fantastic. Its just i am looking for some cash to pay the bills, few beers etc. No kids, no mortgage, and a good few bob in the bank.
Cheers Keith
May 3rd 2009, 9:55 am
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Re: Southport and Work?
One more bump!
Out of interest, I am looking for a two bedroom townie type of house in and around Southport, time wise around October this year.
Fully furnished, quiet area, book for a month, with the option to book for another month at a time and so on until I am confident i am staying so will rent an unfurnished and buy some furniture.
I need somewhere no more than a ten minute drive to the Gold Coast Hospital. As I am taking up a post as a chief anaesthetist, loads of booze!
Any advice, no more than $400.00 a week tops, what do you all think?
Keith
P.S. Any thoughts http://www.seqrents.com.au/pebbles/index.htm
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Out of interest, I am looking for a two bedroom townie type of house in and around Southport, time wise around October this year.
Fully furnished, quiet area, book for a month, with the option to book for another month at a time and so on until I am confident i am staying so will rent an unfurnished and buy some furniture.
I need somewhere no more than a ten minute drive to the Gold Coast Hospital. As I am taking up a post as a chief anaesthetist, loads of booze!
Any advice, no more than $400.00 a week tops, what do you all think?
Keith
P.S. Any thoughts http://www.seqrents.com.au/pebbles/index.htm
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Me and my hubbie moved to the Gold Coast from Cairns in March this year and are renting at the complex in your link. It's nice and quiet and secure with excellent on site managers. I've heard good and bad things about Labrador, but we're a short walk from the broadwater and restaurants, so we really like it location wise.
If you're looking at a complex i would look at places with onsite managers so you have someone to go to if you have noisy neighbours etc, as this was a concern of ours. My hubby works in Southport and his drive to work is less than 10 mins!! So for us at the mo the location is nice and central until we have been here a bit longer and can suss out areas we may want to eventually buy in.
Good luck with the move
May 3rd 2009, 10:05 am
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Re: Southport and Work?
Hey Keith,
Me and my hubbie moved to the Gold Coast from Cairns in March this year and are renting at the complex in your link. It's nice and quiet and secure with excellent on site managers. I've heard good and bad things about Labrador, but we're a short walk from the broadwater and restaurants, so we really like it location wise.
If you're looking at a complex i would look at places with onsite managers so you have someone to go to if you have noisy neighbours etc, as this was a concern of ours. My hubby works in Southport and his drive to work is less than 10 mins!! So for us at the mo the location is nice and central until we have been here a bit longer and can suss out areas we may want to eventually buy in.
Good luck with the move
Me and my hubbie moved to the Gold Coast from Cairns in March this year and are renting at the complex in your link. It's nice and quiet and secure with excellent on site managers. I've heard good and bad things about Labrador, but we're a short walk from the broadwater and restaurants, so we really like it location wise.
If you're looking at a complex i would look at places with onsite managers so you have someone to go to if you have noisy neighbours etc, as this was a concern of ours. My hubby works in Southport and his drive to work is less than 10 mins!! So for us at the mo the location is nice and central until we have been here a bit longer and can suss out areas we may want to eventually buy in.
Good luck with the move
