whats it like to live in cairns or are you off there yourself??

We will be arriving in January, the 8th to be exact.

Theres my huby neil, myself kaye, 2 boys Peter and Tom eldest son Jonathan is staying behind

Theres a few of us around arriving within the next few months

wow!!!! hoping to be there in jan also, what will you be doing over there??

I am ment to be cleaning the house ready for frinds staying over but this site is sooooooo adictive!!!!!

Neil says as little as possible.

He is pipe welder, coded welder, boilermaker, air con installer.

Anything to do with installing ventilation and/or pipes for all uses, hes your man, but mainly commercial stuff, me I can do anything

I use 3 sites very difficult keeping up anything is better than cleaning

Images speak louder than words

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=451735

we are me simon, partner john and our daughter grace, i am a nurse and will be at cairns base hospital and john is agardener and worried about the snakes!!

and this one Bix

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=561559

Hello simon, John and Grace I will look forward to meeting you all

I'm going to Cairns!!! Yey. Thought I was the only one...everyone else on here seems to mention Sydney, Perth, Brisbane etc.

I too (hopefully) will be flying out in January!!! Haven't quite lodged visa yet...but it's an RSMS 119 so hoping it will be pretty quick coming through!

I'm going as a loner so perhaps once we're all out there we could hang out/meet up?

For Cairns the RSMS visa applications are usually lodged in Brisbane.
Check out the RSMS thread for details but in a nutshell they have a backlog. http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=540886

As of 1 week ago it was 2500 applications. Timeframe has been 6 months before getting a CO but this does seem to be improving as they have taken on some extra staff. I know that major companies like BHP and Rio who hold a lot of sway have not been able to short circuit it.

I don't want to put a dampener on your life but want you to know the facts. No-one knows for sure how long it will be but just be aware it could be a few months.

There are a few of us in Cairns who meet in some form or another quite regularly. For example a new arrival wanted to meet a couple of us for a drink last weekend and 16 of us rocked up.

The jungle drums work well and we do hang out - it's the hot weather you see.

Yip, most people do go to the major cities. There a lot of misguided folk about.

I'm in Cairns and one of these days I'll shock everyone and come along to a meet up I've been terribly unsociable and hang my head in shame! <--- closest to hang head in shame smiley I could see

great pom net work eh!! does anyone need a gardener??? so cairns is a good place to be eh? looking on real estate most days looking at the areas to live quite fancy stratford or yorkeys knob-love the name

Hi guys!
We are off to Cairns too! Arrive Nov 12th (watch out Bix 'cos you are owed some spanks!)
I too am a nurse & going to work at CBH
What speciality are you in?
How old is Grace?
I have two boys 9 & 15 (just about!!!) & the bigger boy is 40+

I've noticed.
Or rather I haven't