HI

I have a propery in Bowen Qld and was told  that many projects would be kicking off from 2007 including Chalco. This has turned out to be incorrect.

I try and keep in touch with the locals and they all talk about the many projects about to start.

Does anyone know the real story with bowen and whether there is any likely movement this year. I have a property which is costing me a fortune to maintain and have been told that the rental vacancy is high and that the fruit picking season is bad this year. This means rental vacancies will continue to be bad.

A local also told me that they there is a new mining camp being built along with the 700 man camp already in existence. This is not good considering there are over 100 vacant properties in bowen at the moment. I would greatly appreciate any insight into whether this the case and whether I should be pulling out of Bowen asap.HAve a baby onthe way and can't afford a high risk investment.

I would also welcome any feedback if you can recommend a real estate agent as mine thinks property management is about shuffling paper only.

Thanks in advance.

Mjc