Tutankarmun Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 My wife and self are in our early/mid sixties and would like to correspond with people of a similar age in the area between Cape Tribulation and south to Cairns, including especially people living in the Palm Cove and Kerrara Beach areas. To be able to share their adventures and style of living. We live in Luxor Egypt, near to the Valley of Kings and Queens, and not far from Karnak and Luxor Temples. Our next visit to the area will be August 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Welcome to the forum. I have just left Cairns and moved to Townsville, Cairns is a beautiful place. Are you moving there or just going for a holiday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutankarmun Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 Our Daughter lives in Kerrara Beach Pom Queen, we were there for 6 weeks last June/July, and will be back again in August 2016 for 6 weeks. We have just started with the parents visa through an agent in Cairns. We both know Townsville. We are hoping if we get there to live around the Kerrara Beach area, either Trinity Beach, Palm Cove, or Yorkies Knob Area so we can be close to our daughter. A place we spend a lot of time at is Kuranda, and we love coming back into Smithfield via the Skyrail. We also adore Cape Tribune. For our next trip we hope to pop into Screaming Eagles to hire a big Motorbike to get us about on. I am no H. Angel but love the fresh air and the freedom of a motorcycle. On saying that i am a slow rider and may well get in everybody's way ha ha!!! Nice to hear from you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Our Daughter lives in Kerrara Beach Pom Queen, we were there for 6 weeks last June/July, and will be back again in August 2016 for 6 weeks. We have just started with the parents visa through an agent in Cairns. We both know Townsville. We are hoping if we get there to live around the Kerrara Beach area, either Trinity Beach, Palm Cove, or Yorkies Knob Area so we can be close to our daughter. A place we spend a lot of time at is Kuranda, and we love coming back into Smithfield via the Skyrail. We also adore Cape Tribune. For our next trip we hope to pop into Screaming Eagles to hire a big Motorbike to get us about on. I am no H. Angel but love the fresh air and the freedom of a motorcycle. On saying that i am a slow rider and may well get in everybody's way ha ha!!! Nice to hear from you. How wonderful, Kewarra Beach is lovely and we nearly bought our first house there, instead we were drawn to the rainforest. I love Palm Cove, this was another place we considered living but the locals thought we were mad going anywhere past Trinity Beach or Trinity Park they said the commute was nightmares. I don't think they have ever lived in a big city :laugh: Like you I love Kuranda, the only downside is driving up and down Kuranda Range it is a terrible road especially when it has been raining. Maybe one day we can catch up when you are next over. Good luck with the parent visa. Have a look at this thread it has lots of other parents who are waiting for their visas http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/migration-issues/77756-brand-new-pio-parents-visa-thread.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutankarmun Posted October 9, 2015 Author Share Posted October 9, 2015 I guess then you are living in the Daintree Area, one of the most beautiful parts of Queensland and the Oldest rain forest in the world. My wife and myself stayed 5 nights at the Parakeet Resort near the petrol station in 3 lodges over looking the forest canopy past the mangroves and out to sea, it was truly beautiful. We spent many hours on Cape Trib. beach with picnics and the odd bottle of Red, ha ha. We also spent many hours in the Daintree Visitor Centre, totally stunning and very informative. I would love to live in that area, but my wife is a snake objector. Maybe I can make her into a second "Snake Sheila" ha ha! When we stayed at the Parakeet Resort the owner would often ring a bell, and everyone would rush out to see CO-CO the Cassawary and his two chicks, Carmen the owner would forage everyday for natural Cassawary food in the forest edge to feed the chicks on. I have some wonderful photos. Another place we visited was Green Island, on the edge of the reef, again truly stunning and well worth the 4 hour visit. The trip on the glass bottom boat was not to be missed, and the trip out on the katermarang was great. When we were in Daintree, every evening we would have dinner at a restaurant, the name I forget, but at the side were lodges for backpackers and alike, also there were many Parrots and a menagerie of birds, we both loved the fish menu, Barramundi and Spanish Mackerel. If it is this area you have moved to, you are extremely lucky, have you got mains electric or do you have a generator? How do you get on in the rainy season? because the main road often floods. We are back at our daughters in August of next year for 5 weeks, so we will definitely have a car on hire and visit the area for a few days. Our daughter and son in law go to Cape Trib. every 3 weeks for some R and R, she is a nurse at a hospital in Cairns and our Son in Law is the Chief Engineer at the Shangri La Hotel in Cairns, they have been there a few years now, living in Brisbane, Perth, Broome and finally where they wanted to be Cairns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margie Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Hi there.. We are new to website. Have been in OZ for 30 years. We are looking to see if we can meet like-minded people of our age group, around 50-60 age group. We have some Aussie friends but really like the rapport we have with the UK people. i am from Scotland and my parter from South of England. As we get older and kids gone, I guess we are getting a bit nostalgic for some old good fashioned UK banter and chats etc. Can anyone give us some assistance. We live in the Bayside area of Melbourne and also have a property we are renovating in Ballarat. Cheers Margaret & Martin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutankarmun Posted November 3, 2015 Author Share Posted November 3, 2015 Hi Margie, hope you are well, our daughter and her husband and grandson live in Cairns, we visit often and hope to move there in the Summer of 2017. At the moment although both myself and wife are from the UK we live in Luxor Egypt on the banks of the River Nile. We were in Australia in the Summer of this year, June/July, and passed through Melbourne, my goodness it was cold, we landed at 6am, and from Melbourne flew to Cairns. Interesting to know you originate from Scotland, we lived on Skye for 12 years, my wife's father was from Scotland, and I am a piper have been for 30 years. Before moving to Egypt we lived in Norwich, East Anglia. Originally my wife was from Birmingham and myself from Lincoln. We retired early in 2008 after getting so disillusioned with the UK, and wanting to spend our lives together with no pressures. Its been great! Our next time in Australia is August 2016 again we will be at our daughters in Cairns, but like last time we will hire a Harley and get around. We too want to find friends in Australia, to find out how they progress, the type of life they live and their thoughts on life, so for you to be able to share these things would be lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutankarmun Posted November 3, 2015 Author Share Posted November 3, 2015 Margie, we live about 15 mins from the Valley of the Kings and Queens, and the same from Karnak and Luxor Temple, there is a lot of historic sites surrounding us, we have visited most of them. it is very cheap to live here, many people live like kings and Queens on the Equivalent of 600AD per month. Our petrol is 0.5AD per litre for the best quality, a good villa complete is around 200,000AD and that would be a furnished one with modern facilities. A good meal out for two would cost around 20AD. The expensive things are imported things, they suffer around a 100% import tax, for instant UK McVities biscuits would cost you 3 times the amount they would cost in the UK. Car's and Motorbikes hardly devalue, and a 40 year old Puegeot would cost almost 2/3 of its new value. My biggest gripe is the fact quality goods are not available, most things are of Chinese origins and are basically rubbish. But the life here is simple and takes us back over 40 years to when we were youngsters. Computers are still new and the internet too, maybe only 30% of people have them, and most do not know how to use them. Everything is a paper trail! It really needs good and modern investment. Just a little insite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tutankarmun Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 How are you, where about's in Oz do you live. We are frequent visitors to Oz and halfway through our visa application, with a view to moving to Cairns to be with our family. We are wanting to meet new friends to communicate with and also if possible to meet if they are not too far from the area we visit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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