Ask me about living or travelling in AUstralia

welcome to Expat.com m8

u should fit right in here with ur warm attitude and helpful demeanor

crikey, indeed. aussies already have a book out for their local lingo

Hey flippingcrikey

I want to go to Australia next year and stay there for a while.
Do you have any idea on where it's best to go? I would like to work and have a REALLY australian experience.
I am Italian but i've been living in england and my english is ok... so i'm hope that will help with finding a job.

Do you know which city has many foreignars?

Thank you very much.
i hope in your reply.

luciano

HI Luciano,

All the cities in Australia are now diverse so I think you would feel happy in all of them. I'd say the most popular are Sydney and Melbourne, but I also like Adelaide and Brisbane which are more compact but still cosmopolitan. In fact Adelaide has a large Italian community.

Construction and mining are driving the economy here and there are plenty of jobs available in those industries for skilled and semi skilled workers. Queensland and Western Australia are the two states where most of the recruiting is happening right now. There is a shortage of skilled workers in mining because mostly it means working and living in outback areas where you will certainly get your real Australian experience!

In our case, our choice of city was driven by the job. So it really depends on your work experience and qualifications and what type of work you seek. There is a list of skill shortages available on the government website (dept of immigration) if you have one of these skills you shouldn't have much trouble getting a job here.

you can read about some of my real Australian experiences here flippingcrikey.com/category/adventure/

hi flippingcrikey,

can you tell me, wich region is best (for getting a job) for a guy that works in IT?
I'm in Portugal, but i would like to move to Australia ou New Zealand.
Thanks

Australia's economy is in far better shape than New Zealand's at the moment. Queensland and WA have plenty of mining and infrastructure projects coming up. Last week the courier mail newspaper had a full insert paper on jobs in Queensland. A quick search here should tell you where the IT jobs are but I suspect they are in the booming states.  http://www.careerone.com.au/?from=ninbar  Good luck with the search.

Thanks for the information.
I'll see the link you send me, and try to get the information I need.
cheers

By the way, there have been changes in the visa system recently. You can find out about them here http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general- … s-new.htm,  but first I would look up which visa you intend to apply for.http://www.immi.gov.au/visawizard/

Tracey
flippingcrikey.com

once again, thank you for the new information.

hugo