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I hope I sent you one back!!

Hi Debbs, I am 59. You can check me out on Facebook.:smile: sitting with my usual glass of wine! Ann O'Hare

Hi Debbs, Have you gone online to look at Meetups Cairns. There are quite a number of different groups and activities. I live at the beaches and have been here for 4 years and not found it easy to make friends. Would be happy to meet up but looking at your age think I might be a bit in the wrong age group! Ann

Lovely pasties in all those places, always doing the rounds when we went out for the weekend. My weekly pleasure!!

I have spent my life in Cornwall and left for Australia in 2012. Agree with previous comments that as you are mortgage free and presume you are not seeking a job then there should be no problem. Yes wages can be low and the cost of buying a house out of reach for so many people but as that does not apply to you, I don't believe it is more expensive to live there. Good luck. You are very lucky to be going back to such a beautiful area. I miss it and the people so much. Ann

Hi, My son was a newly qualified doctor from the UK and arrived 1 year after us in August 2013. He got a post in Alice Springs hospital almost immediately and stayed for 15 months moving to Darwin for promotion. He absolutely loved his time there and joined in with all the events etc that was on offer and made lots of friends and was always busy. He was proactive in making it a priority to be part of the community. I guess that philosophy is one that helps new migrants settle and become established. Yes Alice Springs does have it's problems as does most places. Now he is in Darwin he is enjoying life immensely and can't understand why more people don't want to go there! Sammy makes a valid point about sharing a house with someone. My son found out which areas were preferable to be in and had the benefit of support and friendship until he found somewhere else he wanted to rent.