Hi Karen,
I have PM'd you back about the Beagles! I meant to say though, I don't know much about the process of getting permission for more than two dogs, apart from that you need to apply to the local area council for where you're moving to, this was told to me by the lady on the WA Gov stand at Leeds Expo. I went looking and found this website, you're probably familiar with it anyway:
Local Laws and Policies: City of Perth
If you root around a bit you'll find the relevant act, I did but can't remember how??!
Blimey, £4500? That seems an awful lot, have you shopped around? Also, how long before going do you need to start getting vet stuff sorted at this end, jabs etc? That's going to cost a fair bit too!
We also have a cat but he won't be coming with us, don't like him enough! Not really, he's getting on a bit and I don't think we'd afford another animal, sadly for Gus the dogs have to take priority
Keep me posted how you get on. Do you have a link for your thread?
Nicky