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That will rely mainly on how quickly she wants to get into the workforce. I've known nurses who have jumped at the first offer of a job and others who have been lucky and found situations vacant relevant to their UK Level. Qld Health used to, and to the best of my current knowledge, still does, afford recognition of UK nurses' levels. So if you're clinical nurse, they will recognise that. I'm not familiar with UK nursing levels as they are now, but equivalent positions are afforded to new migrants with recognition of the UK levels.

Is it still here? <yawn> That's it, I'm off.............same old same old

You really are devoid of any comprehension of how other folk, happy in Oz, live. You are so wrapped up and embittered by your disillusionment with Oz that you are devoid of any comprehension that others may actually love it here whilst actually having brains and guts. I put it to you, that it is likely you who is devoid of brains or guts. Lacking the brains to realiise that moving to Oz wouldn't suit you, and lacking the guts to admit it, plus the fact that people with more brains, might might actually see where your bitterness is derived from. Loving Oz does not equate to a lack of brains or guts and your inference that it does, shows how little brains you have. If you want to present an argument, present it with facts, clarity, and lack of bias...............not once have you done this in all your bitter posts. How sad your existence that now Home And Happy, you seem anything but............still haunted and embittered by your failed past.

What a load of bollox. Their own personal frustrations are placed higher on the scale of what this web site is about? It's about imparting fair and unbiased information to potential migrants and returnees. Of course, you are one of those apologists for those who are bitter and twisted about their experiences, and hopefully, any newcomers to the form will see through the chaff. It's be a freezing day in hell when any returnees would ever post something similar to your above when someone wanted to ping pong back to Oz

Welcome Waz. There's some forum information on suburbs here: https://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/12-queensland/ here: https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/council-information-rates/brisbane-suburbs Reviews by people who actually live in the suburbs: https://www.homely.com.au/search/suburbs-in-brisbane-queensland Public transport is good but will take you a while to get round suburbs if you want to take a look. Best to hire so that you can take more in. Hospitals : https://www.myhospitals.gov.au/browse-hospitals/qld/brisbane/brisbane The suburns that you mention are centrally located yes, but you will pay the price for living there. Don't hesitate to contact me vi pm (you will have to get your post count up) for specifics, or when you come over and feel you need guidance on anything.

That's an oversimplification of what actually happens to \in the human condition. It's not that anyone is telling you what to do. What you do is (should be) based on what you want and knowledge of consequences if you do, or do not do it. It's based on learning/collating information and experience. So if that information you receive is biased/slanted, and you don't perceive that, because you have little experience of the dispenser of the information, then the decisions you make will be influenced by that bias. You may think it's right based on your learning/judgement but if you base it's "rightness" on duff information when you think that information is sound, then you may well make the wrong decisions. Only impulsive people make decisions with little thought. but thinking something through, does not necessarily mean that you will arrive at the right decision. Most decisions are based on thought, and that thought is influenced by information/experience you receive/have received. So if you can't see through the bullshit information, either because you are dim, or just trusting of the media/person feeding you that information, then of course, you can make a wrong decision based on incorrect info/learning/experience. Nobody is immune, unless they're extremely knowledgeable about the validity of the information or the honesty/reliability of the person imparting it, and those persons may be very convincing or you may simply be very trusting. It would be one in a million who isn't influenced by what they see or hear, whether they want to do something or not. What do you think influences "want to" ? "Want to" isn't something that's just conjured up in your mind. It's based on influences...................and there's some bad/biased/bitter influences on forums that can convince you that they're anything but.

So are you saying that those opinions taken on board don't affect your decision? Of course they must. Everything in life "taken on board" affects your thinking, consciously or subconsciously. Negatives or positives all to some extent influence your thinking and ultimately, your decision making. It therefore follows that someone who comes to PIO for advice/research are influenced by the usual suspects and those (perhaps) with a "warmer heart" may not be able to cut through the bullshit that is often spouted by the axe grinders.

It's a peculiar trait of many people that they can't "hold their hands up" and admit that it's they who "don't fit". Somewhat like teenage angst...............we've all seen it in the movies where some goth rocks up to a teenage party held by the average run of the mill "straight" kid, and ends up sitting outside drowning their sorrows in a bottle proclaiming to a similar (feeling) disenfranchised outsider that "the world is fecked up" They never once consider that it may well be they who are fecked up.................they don't fit because of who/what they are. All well and good to be different, but it's another thing to claim that it's the others who are to blame for their disenfranchisement......................."I did my best to fit in" "I feel out of place" blahdy blahdy blah..................OK, perhaps you did, perhaps you had bad experiences/bad neighbourhood...........whatever? But........................I get sick and tired (one of the reasons I went "inactive" of the inference that those who do fit, those who are enjoying the party and not sitting on the lawn crying in their beer, or looking for a way out of the neighbourhood, are in some way "brain dead" and are prepared to deny that their experience is one similar to the "outsider" and stick to Oz rather than admit they've made a mistake in emigrating. The fact of the matter is that we're not blind, we do see, and what we see is entirely different to that which you claim to see/experience, either because you have experienced it in your tiny little parochial experience of Oz, (and I regret that is possible) or that you convince yourself that you have experienced it, when in fact, it's just something you use to justify why you wish to return to the UK Quite simply, I've yet to see any returnee declare that it was their own personality, misconceptions, or lack of research that brought about their return to the UK. Miss family, tried my best but didn't fit, Australian friendships are transient, can't make friends, miserable heat and humidity, lack of double glazing in winter, crap sausages, no Robinsons Lemon Barley Water, If you've seen one beach you've seen 'em all, the landscape is the same everywhere etc etc etc (as Yul Bryner once said - God Bless him). All the above is reinforced by the people who have been back in the UK for years but still feel it is their duty to "warn" others of just how dire it is living in Oz and how wonderful living in the UK is, when in fact, they are on PIO most any hour of the day/night. Why? Because psychologically it reinforces their decision to return. They have to justify why they did what they did? That it wasn't their fault it didn't work out, it was Oz to blame. But do they have to justify? If they're so sure what they did was right, why then don't they just move on with theirr life rather than spend so much of that wonderful life on PIO? OH! I get it! They're all really nice altruistic people sacrificing their time to help/ convince/ justify to others that it's Australia and Australians to blame for their disappointments. Australia/Australians aren't perfect, more imperfect like most people, they're just different to Poms. What they don't do is let difference divide them, contrary to what some posters have said about their perceptions of racism in Oz, it is no more or no less than it is in the uk and what does exist is mainly amongst the lower socio economic class..............I'll correct that, I believe it is less. Because it is less, then when a racist occurrence rears it's head in the workplace/street/media/wherever it seems more "blatant" or "pronounced" for want of better words. I have Chinese on one side of my house, Sudanese on the other, a Saffa and an Italian across the road. We all chat and get on together.....even the Saffa with the Sudanese. I have never yet, in 23 years in Oz heard the word "pakki" pronounced by anyone other than Poms. Forgive my diatribe but it saddens me to see that the same old, same old is still going on in PIO. Love UK or Love Oz, it doesn't matter, I love both and have no need to bull up Oz at the expense of the UK as some do. Just try and stop all these false/slanted/biased justifications for your decisions, just accept that it wasn't for you, and move on,

Like the rest of Australia, there's really no vibe and nothing going on in Brisbane. I'd give your right arm to be back in Blackpool https://blog.queensland.com/2018/01/30/18-new-queensland-hotels/

I'm just hoping it'll precipitate it down :-) Believe it or not, wednesday evening by 7.30 I was sat with a fleece on and travel rug around my legs drinking spiced rum to warm up...............it's so much cooler up in them thar hills!............especially at night

Just sorting through the pics from my trip to Lamington Pademelon at Sundown by Kevin Dickinson, on Flickr Land Mullet (Skink) (2) by Kevin Dickinson, on Flickr Land Mullet (Skink) (1) by Kevin Dickinson, on Flickr Juvenile Barking Owl (5) by Kevin Dickinson, on Flickr

Yes, Jake commented on the screen shots constantly playing in the background but he's into that stuff anyway. He want to be "more politically aware" he says. The last few weeks I've had to sit through "Poor Cow" Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" "Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" "Alfie" "Up the Junction" etc...................says he wants to know about his roots and my political motivation for my views on Thatcher :-)

. Test run of a new camera and lens yesterday Hitch hiker Olympus 75-300 Test Run (8) by Kevin Dickinson, on Flickr Olympus 75-300 Test Run (3) by Kevin Dickinson, on Flickr Olympus 75-300 Test Run (4) by Kevin Dickinson, on Flickr

We used to fish the Narrows there many years ago. Lots of Anglers would drive up from Blackpool and murder the cod as they made their way through the narrows. Beach fishing that could better most boat fishing. This was long before most anglers became "conservation aware" and we could literally, overnightr, fill the back of a transit van with cod, many weighing up to 30lb

Probably about 300 other people :-)

And.................I must add..................by all 3 of my sons still in the UK and many of their friends who are long time Labour voters. So if Back to Democracy wants to further his, and the socialist agenda, they really need to lift their game and listen to those who are likely to vote based on experience of previous governments and not on idealistic principles of non return. Take a look at how Britain voted. The older you get, the more you move to the right, and, the more you are likely to vote, and "class" becomes less relevant https://yougov.co.uk/news/2017/06/13/how-britain-voted-2017-general-election/

?????????????? Please explain what slur you're putting to bed, and is that the Royal "we"? So was your experience in E Anglia a positive one? If that's the case, then why criticise "how it is organised and managed by Tories"? Do you think that if you were "Oop norf" your experience may well have differed? I may well be out of the loop here but if I'm not mistaken the NHS is comprised of self governing Trusts..............one of the reasons that there was a mass exodus of nurses to Canada and Australia when it was first set up. So?.............if that is still the case, to quote a personal experiences of one particular area/hospital/trust is in no way indicative of the NHS as a whole and personal experience can only really serve merely as a vehicle for just that..........parochial experience.........or...........to further political ends/agenda. or Medicare/Oz versus NHS/UK agenda

What you see ain't what you're getting. Cockies can disappear at the first hint of light or movement and if you see one, odds, are there are a dozen that you haven't seen, especially in your bedroom at night..............creeeeeeeeeepie! :- They're a fact of life in Oz, and yes, you can try all that's been mentioned regarding cleanliness and food removal, but IMHO it doesn't mean bugger all.............explain please, why, when the dishwasher door is always kept shut, that after a cycle I can open it and there may well be a live cockie in there? They're survivors and can find their way into anything, even via underwater access,............how else do they get into a dishwasher with closed doors? All you can do is spray as well as you can with contact spray, along skirtings, around fridges, basically anywhere they can feed or enter................and one area that gets missed, is light fittings. They come down from your loft/wall cavities, so spray around ceiling fittings. Just 'cause you don't see any dead ones, don't think that contact spray isn't working. They're tough buggers and they will crawl off somewhere to die, but be sure, contact spray is the best solution, whether via household spray can, or via the bunnings "industrial type" spray. FWIW, I don't believe in using that "industrial" type stuff outside as it kills everything...............nature's plan.................outside belongs to them, inside is mine...............so I only spray inside

All a blank when I gave up smoking and drinking............................I just wasn't meself so that time doesn't count :-)

Jimboomba is coming along also. 20 yrs ago you couldn't sell a block there but city prices have pushed folk further out. My mate got nearly 2 acres and a four bed for under $500.000

Physio is very competitive in Brizzy or Qld for that matter. My son wanted to go into it but needed an OP of 1 to get in to UNI there were that many applying. He went for Human Movement in the hope of eventually getting credits towards Physio but has now shelved it as he's managing a Gym (they head hunted him). Might sound ridiculous as I don't know what your mental attitude is but have you thought about the Defence Forces"? Physios were in demand last time my son looked and your age doesn't debar you. You might have to move about but you'd never have to worry about a roof over your head or having mates, and I believe, after training you'd be an officer with all the security that entails. Work hard and disciplined, but they play hard also. Good luck.................. I'm an old fart and my son is a "young buck" but if you get to Brizzy and need a hand, shoot me a pm.

Bollox. I had a couple of magpies visit daily for two years that actually came under the pergola and sat on the chair alongside me...........a bit of the dog food and they were quite happy. They even brought their offspring last year, and then one day, the next door neighbour's cat cleared the gap between our houses, roof to roof, and managed to get from their roof to ours to kill the offspring. The noise was horrendous and the parents put up a fight but in the end, the cat saw both of them off and killed the little one. I had a bird table at that time and had as many as 50 lorrikeets and galahs visit every morning and evening. I had to take the table down rather than risk them being harmed. Thank feck it was a rental and the feckers have done a moonlight flit now..........3 dogs and 2 cats and the stench from their yard was unbelievable...............but I digress................no way is a cat frightened of a magpie

Well if they're allowed to roam, I wouldn't be crying if something did hurt them.

Too right. No night clubs or gigs at all. Jake went to see Roger Waters 2 weeks ago and is going to Robbie Williams on Tuesday................yeah I know he's got diverse tastes. The music scene is well alive in Brizzy, and I'm not talking about the aforementioned concerts but the pub/club/live music scene. He says that sometimes he finds it hard to decide where to go as many are on the same nights

That has to win a PIO moderators oscar for going "above and beyond the call of duty"