Building Contractors and Trades People Needed Urgently in Queensland Australia

The rivers in Queensland are slowly receding and the people are now allowed back into their homes to see what, if anything is salvageable.

The piles of rubbish and stinking carpet along with emptied fridges and freezes are being removed as quickly as humanely possible. The army of volunteers is increasing rather than decreasing.  

Queenslanders are all helping each other.  Many Australians from every walk of life and from other Australian states are all helping Queenslanders.  But the best will in the world does not replace expertise and today, Queenslanders need the expertise of all the building trades.  Thousands of people from Emerald in the central west of Qld to the NSW border, all need the expertise of qualified trade’s people.  

If you are a qualified trade’s person and have ever thought of taking a working holiday in Australia, now would be a seriously excellent time to make it happen.  

We are in need of all the building trades. Carpenters, tilers, painters, gyprockers, drywall contractors, builders and all trades people looking for extra work, to lend a hand with the reconstruction and rebuilding process. 

The home owners and volunteers have done (or will have done as long as there is no more flooding!) all the really ‘stinky’ work and the houses have been left with windows and doors open to allow the air to flow through and dry out the walls and flooring.  

Once the internal walls have dried out they will need to be removed and replaced. If they aren’t dried out and replaced, every storm or heavy shower of rain will make the house stink again.  If you remember many of these houses have been submerged in toxic water up to the eaves with some cases even having the roof submerged. The height of this water has made new flood records. 

Many of these houses now need to be allowed to dry out. Unfortunately, in some towns like Condamine and Rockhampton, they were hit with a second flood peak within days of getting their houses cleaned out and starting to dry out.   

So they had to do the clean up all over again; except this time all their worldly goods had already gone in the first flood. But cleaning muck off the walls and shoveling the silt back onto the nature strips is hard yakka (work) by any definition doing it once; but being forced to do it a second time within days shows the resilience of some of these people who choose to live in the outback towns.   

People chose to live in these outback towns because they are beautiful places. The beauty surrounding these small outback towns is unmatched anywhere else I have ever been to. The friendliness and caring of these country people is unmatched anywhere.   

If you would like to visit a friendly place where everyone is treated respectfully and cared for as an individual, then come and visit outback Queensland. Right now, our state is a bit ravaged by the recent floods but we will mend faster and stronger, especially if you can lend a hand.  

So if you can pay for your airfare and are a qualified trade’s person with a hankering to visit Australia, now would be a great time to do it!  

If you fit this bill, talk to the nearest Australian Embassy. They would love to hear from you. Just imagine, a real working holiday “down under” in regional Queensland.  

Flood water spread across the land but our sunsets are still magnificient!