I am in the middle of typing up a cover letter for my resume and I'm a little confused. I understand the concept of a basic CV but, I have never used one before as I don't work in corporate business or anything like that. I am simply wanting to change my career path so I'm needing a cover letter because my actual resume doesn't have the area of expertise I am thinking of applying for. However I do have many skills that I think will help me

SO, after googling countless CV templates, I don't understand why you need to include address, phone, suburb etc because that information is already in the resume. Also not keen on putting a date because I am dropping resumes to a few companies, but not sure when I will get it printed (no ink left!) or when i will be able to get there.

Is it ok to just have a basic CV that lists my skills and why i think i would be suitable for the position given no previous experience?