Hi Joanna, I am a teacher here on the Gold Coast - so hopefully I can offer you some "real world" experience. I am a pom and moved to NZ in 2002. Whilst there I did my B.Ed at Auckland Uni and after graduating my husband's employer moved us and our 2 children to the Gold Coast. I went through the process of registration, which was much easier for me as they have a Trans Tasman agreement with NZ so it was a case of converting my registration, if you like. I put in a teacher application which was acknowledged and then the hard work started. I registered with Tracer, which is the Government's supply teaching agency and made myself available to every school within 50kms. Nothing. I went to the 20 or so schools nearest me with my resume asking (begging) for supply work and they all nodded, smiled, took my resume and I never heard from them again. I hounded the school my kids go to mercilessly and happened to get lucky one day when they asked if I could work that afternoon. For the next 8 months I worked like that, getting called (or not) at 6.30am to work that day. I worked my socks off, never complained and never turned down a day's work. During the next school year I got term by term contracts - I treated each class as though it were my own and invested myself in their progress and made sure students and their parents were happy. This paid off as finally this year I was given my own class for the year. But the problem here on the Gold Coast (and in S.E Qld in general) is that there are NO permanent teaching positions available. Not 1. So you will be on a contract (if you manage to get one) and here on the GC it is very much a case of who you know. Not having done any pracs here or not knowing any other teachers made it very difficult to get in to any schools. After 3 years on continuous contract you are eligible for permanency but it can be anywhere in the state so you could very well get an offer for somewhere a 24 hour drive from Brisbane! It has been a hard slog for me and I am still very unsettled as next year they could decide there is no spot for me (or be inundated with transfers back in to the school or people coming back after 7 years maternity leave...) and I will be back to square one. Persevere and it will happen but boy, do you have to be patient!