Hi,
Feeling a litle lonely at present. We started the application process March 2004, got State Nomination In Tas, medicals & police checks all clear, received our visas, two weeks ago. My partner is a plumber he has many questions in particular what is the allowance to bring his tools with us when we fly out?
Is there anyone now living in Tas that has migrated there? I have not had much luck talking to anyone from there. We are so excited. Our house & cars go on the market in two weeks, once these go we will be on that plane... Bank Account opened, just waiting to hand our notices in.
Can anyone reply. :D
Tasmania is a lovely State and my wife and I have visited there quite often.
On our last visit we concentrated on touring the western side of Tasmania and quite a bit of that side has been classified as a World Nature Heritage Area.
Our daughter also lived there for a couple of years.
To give you an idea just how large Australia is, Tasmania is 525 Sq Miles larger than Ireland.
House and land prices in Tasmania are cheaper than on the mainland and so your Sterling should go quite a way to securing you a nice home.
Tasmania, being a southern State, gets quite cold in winter, so my advice to you is not to discard you British Woolies. Keep them and bring them with you. ALL of them.
We are moving to the capital Hobart, hope to rent in the city for about a 6 months - a year, hopefully by that time we will have decided what suburb we want to live in.
Since I last wrote my partner has now secured his registration, so he can start work straight away, as a plumber, without having to go through the process of registering. I am just looking at the universities to see what courses I can study in. Its just the waiting now we have had quite a good response to our house but as of yet no one is a definate.
Hobart is a nice big town and you will see lot of buildings that relate to its convict heritage.
There are many places in Tasmania that remind me of what old England was like in the sailing ship days.
I am sure you will like it.
For a really top meal, try The Drunken Admiral, in Hobart.
Oh, and BTW, I think in England they tell Liverpool jokes, in Ireland they tell Kerry man jokes, in the US the tell Arkansas jokes, in Canada they tell Newfoundland jokes and in Australian they tell Tasmanian jokes. :P
Have just moved back to the UK from Tassie. Thought I would share some of our experiences there.
(':D')
Lots of Space
Property prices
Fabulous Beaches
Friendly people
D'Angelou Italian restaurant - Battery point Hobart
Hobart Deli's
Never too hot
Logging, log trucks - mad driving of
Crappy old vehicles on the road - no MOT tests
Poisoning wildlife with 1080 for plantation forests
Cold - no central heating - no mains gas. Only wood or electric heating in Tassie. Start installing proper heating and make a fortune.
Construction standards generally - a lot of shacks advertised as cottages
Cost of living - start thinking dollars for pounds eg shopping that would cost £35.00 will cost $35.00 and your income is likely to be similar or less.
Roadkill - distressing to see so many beautiful animals killed.
We are considering Hobart or Adelaide for our migration plans due to state sponsorship. We have been to Adelaide before but not Hobart. Can anyone shed any light on the differences?
Can't offer an opinion about Adelaide as I have never been there. However there is one obvious difference - the weather.
Adelaide can get stinking hot - Hobart (as far as I know) never has. Hobart summers would typically be more like those of the UK.
Although Hobart and Launceston in Tassie are cities for us in the UK they are only large towns. Launceston population is around 80,000 and Hobart about 120,000 if I remember correctly. Hobart is a very pleasant place with all the amenities - including some very good restaurants - anyone could want; but if you are used to big city life with lots of hustle and bustle it could be a bit sleepy.
Hobart and Adelaide are both lovely. Adelaide is a fair bit hotter. They are really quite similar in size - more big towns than cities compared with the UK. Tasmania is perhaps more isolated because of its island status. I lived there for a while. It is very 'arty' and lovely restaurants. South Australia has great wines ( The Barossa) near Adelaide - everyone seems to know each other there. Both have some lovely old historic buildings and they are both cheaper than Sydney and Melb for real estate. If you live in Adelaide you can take off up north and go for miles and miles into the real outback - Coober Pedy etc. It is an 8 hour drive to Melbourne, not a bad run.
Hi, we to are looking to move to either tassie or adelaide. I see by your date that you must be there by now. Well, how is it?
I work in forestry, so we thought it might be a good option, but i can transfer to tree surgery if needed. Thinking about working in the north were the weather may be just that little bit kinder. Any thoughts.
We expect to have a look around in early Oct for a couple of days.
Cheers
Hi, we to are looking to move to either tassie or adelaide. I see by your date that you must be there by now. Well, how is it?
I work in forestry, so we thought it might be a good option, but i can transfer to tree surgery if needed. Thinking about working in the north were the weather may be just that little bit kinder. Any thoughts.
We expect to have a look around in early Oct for a couple of days.
Cheers
Forestry?
The Green Triangle area of Western Vic / Eastern SA might be worth looking at. Plantation pine and Blue Gum, walnuts, almonds, olives by the thousands of hectares.... (Mt Gambier, Penola, Hamilton areas...)
Main Players?
Timbercorp
Great Southern Plantations
Auspine
Tassie... Main Player.... Gunns... mainly old growth I think.
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