Id never given Taz any thoughts until i was collared by a state official at the london expo! They seemed very keen to get people with my skills, so i had a look on the internet and did some research and fell head over heels for the place! Hope to have our visas Jan 09, cant wait!!
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Cant Wait !
So good to hear that you are all coming over to the special place called Tasmania. looking forward to meeting up with Herbster again very very soon!
It is a beutiful place but its more than that . Something I cant really put my finger on . But Tassie has a warmth about it and what it looses in a few degrees in temperature it makes up in the feeling of the place and people. It is a safer place to live and certainly to bring up children it is a great place. We love it. Any worries get in touch.
Good Luck...Sally and Colin
Hear! Hear!
Course if any one out there's into mining or forestry, then there could be gold in them thar hills... Some of the rates for mining specialists is spectacular - well over the $100K... But for us, it's the people like Sally & Colin who make it so special, and it is true, Tassie has its own special MAGIC...
See you soon, Sally, & lots of love, couldn't have done it without you, So looking forward to finding ourselves in our magical new home...
Thank you for kind words Herbie! Safe journey.
I know we say we love the place and we really really do. I had been coming over here for quite a few years and it always felt like I was coming home. Sure it is a bit chilly some days and yes we do get strange weather . 4 Seasons in one day is not unknown. But it is bright and not grey even in winter it hasnt got that horrible grey miserable feel about it like the UK. But I love it when we have some rain it means I dont have to worry about the garden! We are not under water restrictions all the time as other parts of the Country. Tasmania I suppose is like the UK in some respects it is how it was 20 /30 years ago ( and yes unfortunately I can remember that far back and further) not backward but it has a community feel about it. Most people in Tassie are really genuine so much so that when you first come over here you think that hang on a minute people cant be this nice there must be a catch! Well there isnt it takes a while to get out of UK mode when you tend to question peoples motives.
It has its problems. as does everywhere but they are not as bad over here. I wouldnt want anyone to think that it is Eutopia but if there was anywhere close for us it is Tasmania.
Sally
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claireandmark we had never thought about Tassie until OH went to the London expo too!!!
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[quote=The Cutches;216945]As our lovely Tassie doesn't get a mention that often, I thought it would be good to have a thread where we can keep track of all things Tassie. So if you have Tassie on the brain, or are lucky enough to be there already this is the thread for you:
So, I guess I'll go first. Love Tassie, can't wait to get there. Got 475 visa, can't sell house. Live in Bristol now and want to live in either Howrah or Kingston area.
Your Turn......
Hi there - please send me an email joanna.jacobs@development.tas.gov.au - I am the resettlement officer for the State government and happy to help however I can.
Hi! I work for the Tasmanian Government as the resettlement officer, but am also from the UK originally. I can assure you the weather is not the same!! And definitely not colder! In fact, over the last 2 months we have had more than a few mid to high 30 degree days. Although this is not a daily thing, average summer temps are around 23 degrees (so we can get 18 and we can get 30).. We have four quite distinct seasons so winter is cold, but never as cold as the UK. For example (depending on where you are) but we very rarely get settles snow to ground level in Hobart - twice in the last 30 years, and the average maximum temp during winter is 12 degrees. I can remember going to work in London seeing minus 5.5 degrees on my car temp gage! And in winter in the UK, it is grey skies and lots of rain.. Here we mostly get blue skies and we are the second driest capital city in Australia.
Anyway, I love the seasons, but I do love the heat too.. But I lived in 40 degrees for four years also and it can get a bit boring!!
We was in tassie in summer and it was bloody cold. But I'd love to live there it is a wonderful place.
If we could have found a small business for sale we liked we would have given it seriouse thought.
Been every where but WA and posslie think Tas is the bets in most ways
John
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Hi! I work for the Tasmanian Government as the resettlement officer, but am also from the UK originally. I can assure you the weather is not the same!! And definitely not colder! In fact, over the last 2 months we have had more than a few mid to high 30 degree days. Although this is not a daily thing, average summer temps are around 23 degrees (so we can get 18 and we can get 30).. We have four quite distinct seasons so winter is cold, but never as cold as the UK. For example (depending on where you are) but we very rarely get settles snow to ground level in Hobart - twice in the last 30 years, and the average maximum temp during winter is 12 degrees. I can remember going to work in London seeing minus 5.5 degrees on my car temp gage! And in winter in the UK, it is grey skies and lots of rain.. Here we mostly get blue skies and we are the second driest capital city in Australia.
Anyway, I love the seasons, but I do love the heat too.. But I lived in 40 degrees for four years also and it can get a bit boring!!
Hi Johanna:
2 weeks today the Movers come & take our belongs away & send them to Hobart... And still haven't found a place to call home in Tassie yet... Starting to get a bit nervous now!!! But so looking forward to starting our new life there... Can you explain to people, in your official capacity, what your department can offer new migrants?
Hi Sally: I don't suppose you've seen a suitable, temporary home for a pair of well-behaved, domesticated bears???!! I can't believe OH has just 5 more days at work OMG!!!
2 weeks today the Movers come & take our belongs away & send them to Hobart... And still haven't found a place to call home in Tassie yet... Starting to get a bit nervous now!!! But so looking forward to starting our new life there... Can you explain to people, in your official capacity, what your department can offer new migrants?
Hi Sally: I don't suppose you've seen a suitable, temporary home for a pair of well-behaved, domesticated bears???!! I can't believe OH has just 5 more days at work OMG!!!
Tassimagical
Some of the rates for mining specialists is spectacular - well over the $100K... But for us, it's the people like Sally & Colin who make it so special, and it is true, Tassie has its own special MAGIC... 
. Live in Bristol now and want to live in either Howrah or Kingston area.
Home for Bears S of Hobart??
