Townsville meet-ups?
Apr 13th 2009, 6:10 am
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Townsville meet-ups?
hello my wife and i are in our thirties and would love to meet some ex-pats to discuss the pros and cons of living out here in oz(townsville) i have been trying to find companies that sponsor us poms and i am not having much luck,my wife is getting lonely and would love to meet other brits for coffee etc.at the strand, we have a 5 year old boy who is still very home sick, please anyone reading this could offer direction to me finding a job(boilermaker) and some company for the wife and boy, we would be very interested, many many thanks for any replies
Apr 13th 2009, 7:28 am
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Re: Townsville meet-ups?
hello my wife and i are in our thirties and would love to meet some ex-pats to discuss the pros and cons of living out here in oz(townsville) i have been trying to find companies that sponsor us poms and i am not having much luck,my wife is getting lonely and would love to meet other brits for coffee etc.at the strand, we have a 5 year old boy who is still very home sick, please anyone reading this could offer direction to me finding a job(boilermaker) and some company for the wife and boy, we would be very interested, many many thanks for any replies
Alternatively, post a thread in the meet-ups section.
Once you have 3 posts you can send/receive personal messages & may be worth just sounding out those who are in Townsville to see what is going on.
Not sure if boiler-makers come under plumbers, but you could have a look for contacts & info here: http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=119
Apr 13th 2009, 8:11 am
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Re: Townsville meet-ups?
hello my wife and i are in our thirties and would love to meet some ex-pats to discuss the pros and cons of living out here in oz(townsville) i have been trying to find companies that sponsor us poms and i am not having much luck,my wife is getting lonely and would love to meet other brits for coffee etc.at the strand, we have a 5 year old boy who is still very home sick, please anyone reading this could offer direction to me finding a job(boilermaker) and some company for the wife and boy, we would be very interested, many many thanks for any replies
Try the Council, always on the look out for skilled trades
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Apr 13th 2009, 8:13 am
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Apr 13th 2009, 9:05 am
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Re: Townsville meet-ups?
have pm'd you. Not so much regular meets on expats now. Its all on facebook!
Apr 13th 2009, 9:43 am
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Re: Townsville meet-ups?
Hi Sarah, I hope you are well - long time...
Sally,
Not that I'm aware of (unless they arnt telling me
) Really there should be given the amount of people here. They nearly happen all the time and then seem to fizzle out 
I am right?
Sally,
Not that I'm aware of (unless they arnt telling me
) Really there should be given the amount of people here. They nearly happen all the time and then seem to fizzle out I am right?
Apr 13th 2009, 11:03 am
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Re: Townsville meet-ups?
hi again, its Dean of dean+kara,just been flicking through some of the posts on here and i generally get the idea that metal tradespersons are scarce,,As i couldnt get my working visa as the TRA wouldnt accept my uk quals in welding i have gone to the local TAFE to get RPLed,just so i could get recognised,am i right in saying once i have my work visa just take any job really to get work experience in oz and still apply for other welding jobs? is there a list of companies that are registered as sponsors? please could anyone give direction on what i should do as i have paid fortunes to so-called migration agents here and back in UK for crap advice?
Apr 14th 2009, 6:12 am
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Re: Townsville meet-ups?
hi again, its Dean of dean+kara,just been flicking through some of the posts on here and i generally get the idea that metal tradespersons are scarce,,As i couldnt get my working visa as the TRA wouldnt accept my uk quals in welding i have gone to the local TAFE to get RPLed,just so i could get recognised,am i right in saying once i have my work visa just take any job really to get work experience in oz and still apply for other welding jobs? is there a list of companies that are registered as sponsors? please could anyone give direction on what i should do as i have paid fortunes to so-called migration agents here and back in UK for crap advice?
Sorry, I know absolutely nothing about welding
but did see this job advertised today and don't know if it's of any use to you?http://www.seek.com.au/users/apply/i...JobID=15243930
Apr 14th 2009, 9:58 am
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Re: Townsville meet-ups?
Hi Dean and Kara
Welcome to Townsville. Dont know anything about the job side but would be happy to meet up sometime. We have been here nearly 3 months now and are starting to settle, have 3 boys 9, 5 and 19 months
Lisa
Welcome to Townsville. Dont know anything about the job side but would be happy to meet up sometime. We have been here nearly 3 months now and are starting to settle, have 3 boys 9, 5 and 19 months
Lisa
Apr 14th 2009, 11:50 am
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Re: Townsville meet-ups?
Dean, Welders forum may help! http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=135
