Aww wow life is to short, and u dont want to have have regrets, even if after a couple of years you cone bk at least you have tried it and lived abit, we are in exactly the same boat, my hubby passed is IELTS awhile ago now and passed his skills test in sept, just got the results in the post that all passes, were doing ours our self tho, not sure how long it will take for our visas to get granted were applying for 190 visa for wa, will we need to get family/friends ref also? were married with 2children? also quick question about bailey are u taking him with you? we have our adorable cockapoo buster who we did plan to take with us straight away but think we are going to wait until we get settled makesure we love it b4 we pay all that money to ship him over, he will stay with my mum, we are going for a hol on 8th nov its all exciting isnt it x