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Congratulations on getting your Visa, glad you chose Hunter Valley over Canberra, (we were in ACT the other week and it is so dry and barren) the Hunter is famous for it's vineyards, beautiful area, nearest big city will be Newcastle, nice beach areas will be Port Stephens, it depends on how long you wish to commute to work for, I would suggest renting first, check out the area really well before buying anything. It gets quite cold in Winter, but the days are lovely. (having said that we have had rain for the last 2 weeks and it's driving me NUTS!).
I Live on Central Coast and frequently visit rellies in Nelson Bay, it is a lovely part of the world to come to, have been here for 15yrs and would not go back to UK to live. Sorry I can't help you on schools, a lot of people pay to have their children educated in Catholic Schools, although we sent our Daughter to State school and she came out alright!
I think you will be pleased you decided to migrate, my only advice would be to make lots of friends and don't just stick to the English people, all our mates are Aussies and we have a great relationship with them.
Any other questions you would like to ask just ask them I will see if I can help.
Good Luck
Jaynie
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