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Old 16-09-2006, 02:40 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Why not consider Geelong?

Geelong, situated on Corio Bay (an arm of Port Phillip Bay) and about 75km from Melbourne, is the state's most sizeable provincial city, with a population approaching 250,000.

The CBD is quite elegant and beautiful owing to the Victorian public architecture, the floral gardens and parklands, the festive seaside qualities created by Corio Bay's presence, the beauty of Eastern Park and the Botanical Gardens on the headland overlooking the bay, and the thoughtful presentation of the promenade at Eastern Beach. The CBD is 73 km south-west of Melbourne's city centre.

Geelong has always been a major port and has always had a symbiotic relationship with the fertile agricultural and pastoral districts to the west and north-west of the city - a relationship which is manifest in the form of huge bay-side grain silos. The city's heavy industry is mostly situated on the flat land beside the bay to the north of the CBD. Geelong also has a reputation as an educational and commercial centre.

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Old 18-09-2006, 01:15 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Around Geelong...

Geelong... Lovely town/city. Has a University, and a beautiful outlook onto Corio Bay, is just a few km from the Great Ocean Road (and the Famous Bell's Beach Surfing Area). Geelong is connecetd to Melbourne by a rail line (about 45 mins) or a 3-lane freeway (about an hour)... so it is close enough for a shopping trip, or theatre visit... That said, all the major chain-stores are here in Geelong anyway.

The local newspaper in Geelong is the Geelong Advertiser, and Saturday is the Jobs Day. "The Addy" has an arrangement with a careers website

http://www.careerone.com.au/

So Geelong Jobs advertised with the Addy will also be on CareerOne

Ford also has a sponsorship deal going with the local Aussie-Rules Footbal (Footie) club, Geelong FC (The Cats). ...So, if Channel 4 are still doing it...watch a bit of Aussie Rules... and just remember, and Aussie Rules oval is about 2.5 times the size of a soccer pitch... These guys are FIT!

Please feel free to ask anything at all, I will do my best to help.


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Old 20-09-2006, 11:47 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Can agree with Frazer, Geelong is a great place to live!

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Old 16-10-2006, 10:41 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Geelong certainly looks and sounds like a beautiful place! (I'd never heard of it until I joined this forum though!)

Are there many accountancy jobs in Geelong? It sounds like it'd be my kind of town (city?), and the Victorian architecture sounds gorgeous! I'll have a look at the link provided to the Advertiser jobs page and see what's out there :)
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Hi Fraser
i'm considering anywhere in Victoria at the moment.Are you aware of the work situation as regards to engineering /food industry ?
How do house prices compare to mebourne or the surounding areas ?
I'm sure if we get the ok we will have a look around Geelong :D


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Old 16-10-2006, 10:23 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Geelong certainly looks and sounds like a beautiful place! (I'd never heard of it until I joined this forum though!)

Are there many accountancy jobs in Geelong? It sounds like it'd be my kind of town (city?), and the Victorian architecture sounds gorgeous! I'll have a look at the link provided to the Advertiser jobs page and see what's out there :)

Yup. Geelong is Victorias second largest city... current;y about 275,000 people in Greater geelong, with a growth projection 1.5% above the state average for teh next 5 - 10 years.... meaning 400,000 by the end of the decade.

Accountants? Yup we have lots of practices in Geelong...and Financial advisors too.

www.yellowpages.com.au is your friend.

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i'm considering anywhere in Victoria at the moment.Are you aware of the work situation as regards to engineering /food industry ?
How do house prices compare to mebourne or the surounding areas ?
I'm sure if we get the ok we will have a look around Geelong :D


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Engineering industry? Depends what you are looking for...their are more flavours of engineer than their is in lemonade... everything form Chemical to mechanical to geotechnical..... Consultancy to "hands-on"...

Food industry I'm not so sure of. We have no single major food employer in Geelong (We do have a massive dairy food industry around regional Vic.... Nestle, Bonlac/Fonterra and so forth......but there are several smaller firms. Gimme a bit of detail to work with on what you do, and I will try to get a better pricture on prospects... 8)
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i'm considering anywhere in Victoria at the moment.Are you aware of the work situation as regards to engineering /food industry ?
How do house prices compare to mebourne or the surounding areas ?
I'm sure if we get the ok we will have a look around Geelong :D


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Engineering industry? Depends what you are looking for...their are more flavours of engineer than their is in lemonade... everything form Chemical to mechanical to geotechnical..... Consultancy to "hands-on"...

Food industry I'm not so sure of. We have no single major food employer in Geelong (We do have a massive dairy food industry around regional Vic.... Nestle, Bonlac/Fonterra and so forth......but there are several smaller firms. Gimme a bit of detail to work with on what you do, and I will try to get a better pricture on prospects... 8)
Hi Fraser
I've worked on production lines for the last few years,as a production engineer (food industry,crisps and beeer cans !) Keeping the lines running and day to day production tasks...nothing interesting :?
I'm actually coming over as a fitter as thats what ive served my apprenticeship in so i could go into that line of work.Although i do like the look of being a postie ,i want one of those scooters :wink:

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I've worked on production lines for the last few years,as a production engineer (food industry,crisps and beeer cans !) Keeping the lines running and day to day production tasks...nothing interesting :?
I'm actually coming over as a fitter as thats what ive served my apprenticeship in so i could go into that line of work.Although i do like the look of being a postie ,i want one of those scooters :wink:

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For food and canning (more especially fruit and veggie canning) the place to be is the Goulburn Valley or along the River Murray (fruit country).

As to Geelong...lots of opportunities for mechanical engineers and fitters... We have Ford Australia, Shell refinery, Alcoa aluminium smelter, a large carpet factory, a significant port and a rapidly growing airport (Avavlon) to name but a very few.
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Thanks for the info Fraser :) I'll deffo look into Geelong if we ever get over to the 'other side'

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