A lot of development has gone overseas...cheaper...

You could possibly find some configuration work in SAP. (CSC, IBM, Accenture)
You should look for work with them directly through their sites.

Other larger consulting houses:
ASG - asggroup.com.au - Oracle and SAP
CSG - www.csg.com.au - they do Oracle , and Oracle is Java..
Birchman - birchmangroup.com
Birchman in Perth has acquired a development company called "Beacon". Beacon is a bus. software developmet company. If you contact Birchman, ask them about Beacon.

Possibly try Bankwest ( but through headhunters).
Some headhunters:
www.peoplebank.com.au/
www.hays.com.au

Otherwise the most common job site is www.seek.com.au

Perth does not have a huge amount of Java or J2EE, predominantly .NET. Not sure about pure Java vs J2EE for the following but it may help you investigate: Thales has a lot of Java development. Dept of Health has one large Java app. Dept of Transport's major app, Trelis, is Java/J2EE.

If you know Java well the transition to C# shouldn't be too bad.

firiebob said...

Send the the wife out to work and go windsurfing

Don't worry, I have contemplated that on may occasions, but she does not have very good earning potential :-(