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After suggestions for removalists or similar to move a household back to the east coast

Have an unwell family member I am needing to support so regrettably seems like the end of my Darwin time

I know Kent are usually ridiculously expensive but beyond that no idea

What do we reckon chat - is it time for the NT to become "the first Australian region deliberately governed, tested and developed as an operational ecosystem"?

Hi Darwinians,

For those of you who have worked in rural communities, what was it like? Pros, cons?

I’m a 34 year old woman, with a husband and 1x toddler. No plans to have more kids, sick to death of city life and have been looking at remote isolated jobs where housing is provided in small communities.

What appeals to me is being connected to earth, and a slower pace of life. I also want to show my kid there’s more to life than driving in traffic and competing in silly rat races that erode at our humanity.

Hubby is excited by the idea, as am I. He would be a SAHD while I work.

Seeing how AI is coming for thinking jobs; I’m not worried about my kid’s education so much - I’d be recommending he do a trade or something allied/medical health when it’s his time later in life..so remote learning doesn’t phase me when time comes for my child’s schooling.

Me and hubs have separately lived in most cities in Australia, travelled the world and “been there done that”. I don’t think we’d be missing much, and find city life “vapid”.

We already have a small support/social network given we have bounced around throughout our 20’s, so the move to remote shouldn’t be too much of a social shock.

I guess my real question is, how did you know remote living was for you and your family?

Hey everyone,

I am looking at solar for our place out rural. I am with rimfire and have a quote from them which guarantees a 22c buy back for 4 years.

It seems the installations in the NT are somewhat more expensive than I see around the rest of Aus. It makes the ROI so much longer, 10 years or so and I would expect buy now (or would love) to have a 3-4 year payback.

I'm looking at solar + battery I think, does anyone have any recommendations for non shark type operators that give great service and solid pricing?

Thank heaps

Hi everyone,

I’m from Bangladesh, and my wife and I are planning to move to Darwin, Northern Territory. We are excited about the opportunity, but also trying to prepare realistically for life in the Top End.

I have more than five years of experience as a Supply Chain Manager, mainly in the food-processing and export industry.

We are trying to understand the practical realities before we arrive, including:

Which suburbs are good for a newly arrived couple?

Which employers or recruitment agencies are worth contacting?

What are the biggest challenges during the Wet Season?

What do people wish they had known before moving to Darwin?

How easy is it to build a social network as a newcomer?

Are there any Bangladeshi communities here?

We’re looking forward to learning more about Darwin and hopefully becoming part of the community.

Hello Darwin community, I was wondering if anyone knows if there are any businesses that provide CD/DVD resurfacing? I have some old ps1 and ps2 games that could do with it as they're pretty scratched up :(

This article is an accurate account of what was said. If you read the COD meetings policy he is supposed to have read the petition, simply present it to council and then council vote to accept the petition. Debate is not supposed to occur at this point. Any debate is supposed to occur later if the petition is brought up. So to have to listen to this opinion which could be described as discourteous has me wondering if Councillor Palmer has breached policy. Members of the public are not able to bring up points of order so it is up to the Lord Mayor to rein in his councillor.

The CLP MLAs did attempt to have a discussion at the public forum prior to the meeting. It was clear they weren't familiar with meeting policy rules and hadn't even done a basic AI search of what the relevant rules are. So it was the absolute farce that those forums always are. Nothing is minuted and they are less than informative.