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The latest interest rate hike here in Australia sets the official interest rate at 7%, which is an 11-year high. Since 2002 interest rates have gone up 2.75%, and it is starting to hit people really hard. Australia already has a nation wide housing a [Read More]

We ran a garage sale here in Townsville a few weeks ago and the response that we had to it wasn’t as good as what we were hoping for. It was better than our first garage sale at our previous help, but still not very good. Tamara’s parent& [Read More]

According to an article in Friday’s Townsville Bulletin the areas worst hit with a trade skills shortage are: Regional Queensland Brisbane Adelaide Perth On my previous article Renovate in Townsville Townsville in 2008 I had written on how ha [Read More]

A few weekends ago I read an article about housing affordability in Australia in the local paper. It seems that the average family now needs a household income of over $100,000.00 to be able to afford to purchase an average house! When I first moved [Read More]

I had a question sent to me from this site about the need for plasterers in Townsville. I sent a reply to the person asking the question, but I figured that question deserved a post. Townsville is currently going through a huge economic boom, and it& [Read More]

Builders in Townsville are being advised against fixed price and fixed date contracts. With a severe shortage of contractors and building supply costs increasing at a rapid pace it is nearly impossible to predict building costs at anything other than [Read More]