tripawaymars

WINDOG

Love your posts..keep us updated, especially with tips where to find rentals in Northern Beaches area..with a large dog!
Glad you are enjoying it. Can't wait to get out there..seems to be a lot of us around March/April time going out...

Liz

glittababe

Ahhh god I love Cairns....missing that free lagoon! Need another holiday!

tum

Just found this post, keep on coming
with those great posts!

And Bix...any popcorn left , pass me some too

Oh well, only a bit of waiting to do until our house (will it ever) is
sold and then we're on our way. We also really like the Redlynch area
and the Redlynch SS seems to be a good school as does St. Andrews
across the road.

How old are your kids? Our son Joe is 6.

Miranda

sophjam

Just wanted to pop in and say hi hope you had a great first xmas in cairns not long now and we will be on our way stress city in durham at the moment packing and sorting we arrive on the 10th january xx Trudi

tripawaymars

Trudi
Don't forget to send me all your news when you get there and keep in touch. Bet you are excited, good luck with it all. I have my skills assessments all approved now so no exams to do in Oz before starting work. Only the medicals to do now. Boss wants me there now, I wish. Would be there like a shot if could go. Still not sold the house. Had 3 positive viewings and all said would buy if kitchen was bigger! Looks like we may be renting!

Wanted Down Under features Cairns in a few weeks so will be watching that dreaming of being there!
Love Lizx

tripawaymars

Trudi,
Notice you are doing your own packing, who are you moving with and how much is it costing, does it include all prices from Brisbane to Cairns too and are you taking furniture? e have had some stupid quotes such as £4-5,500 all in for a 3 bed semi...but only taking living room and one bedroom stuff!!
Liz

sophjam

Hi Liz we are not packing ourselves just sorting and packing stuff to be stored here. We are using white and co at knaresborough they reduced their quote by a few hundred pounds and we were offered a 10% discount aswell we are using a full 20ft container £3.500 plus £150 insurance from letton percival Ive done it cheaply and crossing my fingers nothing happens on the way that is up to cairns. 3 bed bungalow. hope this helps Liz

welshviking

we are too

Ronnie and Deb

Hi Liz,
Noticed you said Cairns is on 'Wanted down Under', do you know when it starts i hadn't realised there is a new series out.
We hope to move to Cairns in April, can't wait.
Deb

sophjam

I think wanted downunder starts o the 2d jan at 9.15 am on bbc1 the couple moving to cairns are on the 10th jan I think they said.

natalieml

Just wanted to pop in and say GREAT POSTS and Keep them coming. I am so jealouse of all of you who are already in Cairns or are going soon. We have our first meeting with an agent in a week or so to begin the process but we're already decided on Cairns after staying there for 3 months on a Working Holiday Visa (Travelled most of the coutry and loved Cairns!). I wish I could fast forward the next year as now I have made my mind up to go I just want to pack my bags and get on the plane!

x

welshviking

do you really need an agent? it's a lot of cash,

natalieml

I think it would probably be best for us as my partner will be applying for the visa based on him being a chef so will need to get all his skills assessed etc and then we'll need to add me to that visa as his De Facto partner so will need to proove we've been together. Plus we want to get out there as soon as we possibly can so to make things smoother we were recommended by an unbiased family member who is going through the process at the mo to get one. Any advice welcome though!

welshviking

As long as your organised and take attention to detail you can do it on your own, I did a TRA each for the 2 of us and all the other bumf with no probs, i've had lots of jobs and lived any places, there were 4 PCCs too, so lots of dates names and places, and we were'nt married at the time but got married during the application, and OH had to have the IELTS test,

whereas a friend of mine paid for the agent and it came back twice with inconsistencies in the dates, because the agent buggered it up...

you will stilll have to provide all the info, and that's the nightmare diggin it all up not filling it in....ok maybe I wouldn't have said that at the beginning of the year when I was pulling my hair out!! lol

wanderingwombat

There was an article in the Cairns Post a few weeks back about there being a big demand for chefs in Cairns at the moment.

WW