LucaLeon123

That would be great ! Let me know when you get here !!!

Oh yes please that would be really appreciated thank you!!

Hi all, we arrived in Perth 6 weeks ago. Had a particularly bad night last night and feeling so homesick. I just feel so alone and need to get out and meet some new friends! My hubby and me are both 37 And have 2 boys age 6 and 2. We are staying in Kinross at the moment. Many thanks !!

There are plenty of plastering jobs around but it's completely different to the UK. It's all float and set work, is your hubby trained in float or just plaster boarding? The float out here is sand, cement and lime like back in the old days in UK, it's hard heavy work no beads all hard angels, and you have to do 100 Sqm a day to make your money!!!thats applying it, ruling off and scraping back. The set is lime putty which you have to get flat when you put it on or it's dry when you get back to it. And all this burns your hands like mad you have to tape up all your fingers everyday and rub oil on your hands!!!! You don't see any old plasterers here.

But what I can't get my head around is that we are both nearly 40.... We have started at the bottom, worked really hard and both had good jobs in the UK, we came to Australia as we presumed the country was lacking in skilled workers and we could get better jobs with better pay and in turn more disposable income to enjoy doing more outdoor things with the kids etc. to be honest I don't want to end up cleaning or something as this is not what we came here for. My hubby has been doing some labouring work and today got home after a 14 hour day!!

Hi thanks for the reply. My hubby is a plasterer. He did do some plastering for 2 weeks when we got here but the boss expected a ridiculous amount to be done in a shift and he worked until his hands could do no more, literally cut and bruised until he could not move two of his fingers. We don't have to stay in perth I suppose but we have just got my son settled in school and I would hate to have to move him again. Xx

Ok that's something to think about then, I didn't know that but that could save our sanity as living with another family is a lot tougher than I thought !

Really fantastic advice thank you !!! And thank you for telling me how it is! I suppose I needed the reality check!

We have been in Perth a month now and I am struggling to find work. I am looking for part time admin work. I have applied for loads but keep getting rejected despite nearly 20 years experience! This is one thing I didn't expect, after being told so many times there is plenty of work and I would have no trouble getting a job. We are living with friends and can't get a rental until my hubby and me have work, and feel like we are out staying our welcome. Your experiences of the job market would be appreciated! I just want to get on with our lives here in Perth but feel trapped and our savings are running out fast. The last thing I want is for us to have to go home before we have even started !

Ok great thanks Ivanovo, we will certainly bear that in mind. He is a solid plasterer but has done some dry lining. What are the job opportunities like for plasterers? Would you recommend taking feather edges, Derbys, impact drivers?

Ok Derbygirl thank you. Yes will let you know if he finds work (maybe they could set up business together??). We are from Belper by the way!

Thank you for this, it has given us hope! He has scrubbed and scrubbed so hope it doesn't cause any problems x

Hi guys, Has anyone any advice about shipping out plastering tools to oz? I have seen lots of threads regarding cleaning household tools, shoes, bikes etc containing soil, but hubby is a plasterer and finding it impossible to get all the plaster off his tools, ladders etc. Will this be a problem ? We fly out next Thurs!

We used an agent and it made the whole process a lot less stressful, he was great and I am not sure if we could have done it without him. However it is quite costly so depends what kind of budget you have.

Brilliant! My eldest is actually called Luca, might be unusual in oz!! Good luck with your application! X