Hi Jackie
Congrats on geting your golden tickets to Oz!!!!!
Were heading to Melbourne later this year all being well , too !
Have no words of wisdom on the house front, ours will be on the market soon and we cant go until the house sells, as we need the money from it to finance our Ozzie dream. Alot of people do rent their house out for a while... if you can manage financially than that could be an option for you to get out there asap!
Good luck with it all.............

Sally-ann