Hi Ange
I have: submitted skills assessment 20/4/07
submitted State Sponsorship for Victoria 11/05/07
Awaiting a decision from both, I read the book "Where to live in Melbourne" it gives it to you straight, there is one suburb to avaoid because it has a "red light" area and needles can be found on the beach, but i think everywhere will have it's dodgy areas.
Victoria appeared to meet our needs slightly better than perth ( as we have a 10 year old daughter), but there really wasn't much in it.
Hope to be out there by Xmas although hubby is trying to tighten my reigns and is aiming for march 08.
Debbie
