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.

Jeez not one reply, i am upset, very upset, huh!

Maybe you got no replies because nobody has experience of door of taxi work in Southport.

To do door work you will need a security licence, which takes time. Not sure what you need for taxi, though.

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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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 ?????????????

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

Was not looking to buy, but should bring down the rent hey? Thought prices were stable over there?






Put it down wrong, security work, crowd control, rather than standing there looking like a bully while staring at teenagers.





Was a joke, missus is a nurse, me i am just a nuisance, she would agree!


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

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

Karma sent, fantastic reply, whoosha!