Why not consider Geelong?

[leanneandmark]

Hi Fraser, seen ur posts on here and you seem very helpfully and in the know!
My Hubbie is a regional manager for a structured cabling / fibre optic company working in partnership with B.T.
Can you point us in a good direction for sponsorship or work opportunities.

Thanks

Leanne :)

[Fraser]

Originally Posted by leanneandmark

Hi Fraser, seen ur posts on here and you seem very helpfully and in the know!
My Hubbie is a regional manager for a structured cabling / fibre optic company working in partnership with B.T.
Can you point us in a good direction for sponsorship or work opportunities.

Thanks

Leanne :)

Hi Leanne,

there was someone else asked a similar question a couple of months back...

The big boys here in Comms Cabling are Telstra and Optus... but there are smaller players too. I'll see what I can find.


Fraser 8)

[leanneandmark]

Thanks Fraser,
It's greatly appreciated. Beers on us WHEN we get there.

Leanne & Mark 8)

[connaust]

If anyone requires study pathwway for Geelong, both university (on campus/off campus) at Deakin and Gordon TAFE (Vocational VET) .

We are official agents of both and we do not charge any consulting fee and we are Australian :)

Check out links on http://www.aiec.biz for more info on Victoria and Geelong.

Cheers,

Andrew Smith
Cert. IV WPA, B. Bus. & M. Ed.
AIEC

[graham$nic]

Hi Fraser loved reading all your posts so helpfull.My husband and i plus 3 children aged 2,9 and 11 are hoping to move to melbourne but where is really hard...............initially we are going to Sydney as my brother in law lives there so that will be our base for a couple of weeks but have decided that we would love to live in or around Melbourne .MY husabnd works in the automotive indusrty as a production line technician working with ABB and motorman robots for welding and menipulation process(please excuse spelling) my question is do you know if there is much work for his skill? we have been passed by the TRA and now just waiting as the visa application has only just gone in................would love to know the price of a average 3 bed house in what you would consider a good area thanx in advance.
The Kent family

[shazpaul35]

hi frazer can you help me we are have just starttd the applaction and are consdering geelong/pakeham i am bit worried if we are going to struggle will need a $30,000 dollor moragage and we have 3 sons i hear we have to pay for the children to go school do you no if this is right my husband salary will be roughly $35,000 can you help me with this as right now am having douts am i doing the right thing to move as the whole idea is we dont struggle like we are now and paul doesnt works seven days a week like he does now thanks shaz.

[dave&donna]

Hi Fraser
you sound an expert on Geelong and the surronding areas so wonder if you have any idea of engineering type jobs in the area or have any contacts that we could use to look into jobs for my oh who has experience of fork lift truck repair and paint spraying, vehicle body repair and machine maintenance.

Any help would be appreciated.
Donna x

[Alan Collett]

Donna,

Why not approach two of the main employers in Geelong: Alcoa and Ford?

http://ford.nga.net.au/customers/ford/docs/index.htm
http://www.alcoa.com/locations/austr...ry/en/home.asp

Good luck!

Originally Posted by dave&donna

Hi Fraser
you sound an expert on Geelong and the surronding areas so wonder if you have any idea of engineering type jobs in the area or have any contacts that we could use to look into jobs for my oh who has experience of fork lift truck repair and paint spraying, vehicle body repair and machine maintenance.

Any help would be appreciated.
Donna x

[Fraser]

I second that!

[Fraser]

Originally Posted by shazpaul35

hi frazer can you help me we are have just starttd the applaction and are consdering geelong/pakeham i am bit worried if we are going to struggle will need a $30,000 dollor moragage and we have 3 sons i hear we have to pay for the children to go school do you no if this is right my husband salary will be roughly $35,000 can you help me with this as right now am having douts am i doing the right thing to move as the whole idea is we dont struggle like we are now and paul doesnt works seven days a week like he does now thanks shaz.

Hi Shaz,

For clarity... there are two types of school...State and private. State schools, like UK state schools, are "free". Some primary schools ask for a "book-box" levy, usually around $100 (40 quid) per kid per year. School trips and school camps are usually extra.

Private schools range from Catholic Schools (from about $2500 per year upwards) to the posh ones at thousands per term.

School uniforms are more common here than in the UK, and most kids wear them, but for primary schools it is usually the school T-Shirt and shorts or school polo-shirt...and generally every bit as cheap as other stuff the kids would wear anyway.

Secondary schools uniform policy varies and quite a few do not seem to bother so much these days .. private schools are usually very strict on uniform, and uniforms can add a few hundred dollars.

People here seem to manage just fine,... and very few do 7-day weeks... My mate steve drives a concrete truck. His wife doesn't work. He does okay on, and manages two holidays a year (he goes to Darwin in May / Junefor the Hidden Valley Motor racing, and off into the bush every Christmas.

Hope that helps a bit...


Fraser