Originally Posted by
Asturias56
I posted some shots of the undeveloped site in #1448 back in October. Its a massive area alright and should allow for an optimised layout .
Its going to be a major employer just building the place.
I know a lot of S Australians are hoping it will restore some engineering jobs that were lost there from the 1970's onwards
Dunno if I mentioned it here. A good friend of mine is marine electrician in cairns, he works on everything from naval stuff to fishing trawlers. Hes already had initial approaches from some un named recruiters about attending infromation days for an unspecified "national ship building program" Sounds like they are already starting to headhunt for it