tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post8827348317669133048..comments2024-01-20T10:32:53.309+10:00Comments on CairnsBlog.net: Where will all the Hobbits play?Michael P Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02890121680113642715noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-8784100238391125032007-09-15T10:31:00.000+10:002007-09-15T10:31:00.000+10:00Well that was an incitefull comment from "Stupid B...Well that was an incitefull comment from "Stupid Bastard Greens". A lot of people do forget what has actually built Cairns to what it is today. My forcast for Cairns is pretty simple. Over the next 5 to 10 years will see the end of all rural businees here. We have already lost the tobacco industry. The Dairy industry is on its way out, and we are building houses on cane farms. With out this rural industry, what else do we have left to employ the expanding community of Cairns. Tourism. while at the moment that is going well, if we loose our tourism, Cairns will die a very rapid death and become a ghost town. With the threat of terrorism still on peoples minds, over the top air fares in Australia, and the mindless muggings in the city, tourists will start to find somewhere a little more tourist friendly to go to. Just remember what happened with the airline strikes. How many "Cairns" people where laid off due to lack of business. The terrorist attack on the US .. how many people where laid off due to lack of business. Cyclone Larry. How many people where laid off due to lack of business. The fear felt by tourists and locals alike with our Tsunami scare earlier this year. Just remember, without rural business, Cairns only has one industry to support its masses, and if we loose that one industry, we are all jobless, cos no one will be here to pay us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-61322553402371114532007-09-14T19:29:00.000+10:002007-09-14T19:29:00.000+10:00hi yorkey's lover, thank for your sentiment, I hav...hi yorkey's lover, thank for your sentiment, I have been looking for at Yorkey;s Knobs and surrounds and van only find units and townhouses to rent, which if I wanted to live in I would move to Sydney to get the same. Too many, many units in Cairns and surrounds. I shall go back to Tassie wilderness where I came from eventually and maybe take up the ancient Kiwi art of 'loosing'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-8093338822069423312007-09-14T18:25:00.000+10:002007-09-14T18:25:00.000+10:00imprisoned, please feel free to move to yorkeys, w...imprisoned, please feel free to move to yorkeys, we have a lovely village atmosphere, friendly happy faces,glorious beach and lots of fun.we will always give you a wave, however we also give you your privacy.come and give it a try.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-9597343712149500652007-09-14T17:57:00.000+10:002007-09-14T17:57:00.000+10:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-10789593099640464762007-09-14T15:53:00.000+10:002007-09-14T15:53:00.000+10:00Agree with post but why all the focus on foreshore...Agree with post but why all the focus on foreshore development when the real horror story is in the new high-density CEC suburbs. Tiny yards, no sound-proofing, people going mad bcause they cannot make any sound or open their curtains to look outside because there is no privacy. The new suburban home blocks are too small. I unfortunatley live in one, though only rent so I can go soon. People and dogs can not live this close together! It will backfire on developers, is already with people sellingup and the word of mouth getting around abot how these new CEC or Glenwood suburbs are hell to live in.<BR/>For example one can hear neighbours flushing their toilets or coughing, and one cannot walk one's dog because of all the dogs left in yards who set off a domino effect of all the other dogs barking. If a family has a BBQ the whole neighbourhood should not know about ait nd have to hear the conversation but it just the cheap design of the homes and the suburb that allow noise to carry and people across the road able to see you going to the toilet if your curtain is open. Byrne and CEC board members live on big properties without this problem. A senior police seargeant in Cairns for 25years has told me that once these high-density suburbs fill-up then I should leave because there will be crime, fighting and other crowding issues occurring.<BR/>Anyway, though Cairns people are nice I cannot wait to leave because I cannot find anywhere normal and private to live. Much of Cairns is like the back of Penrith or outskirts of Brisbane, you could be anywhere. <BR/>Please beware do not buy one of these small blocked new homes in these new estates, you will hate it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com