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Oh yes, I remember that one……. Didn’t it also come with serving staff, and a golf course out the back.

Oh. And a note on Wanted Down Under…… I agree with Seraphim; they show the family what they can afford on their current budget, which is like a third of the Aussie wage, and so ends up being a rat $hit dive. Then they show them the job and the wage available…………. In the last season there was a guy in the Oil & Gas industry, they showed him some pretty ordinary homes, then told him he would have the starting wage of $180,000, errr, that’s like £116,000. No thanks guys, if I want to see fiction I will watch Dr. Who:dull:

You don’t need to do a reccie first, we just turned up 5 years ago and never looked back. I have noticed that people who move to the big hubs like Brisbane or Melbourne tend to struggle more than the guys who go for the smaller or rural towns; they seem to have to compare it to the UK, if you try you will fail miserably. The best thing we did was first move to a little town called Ararat out in the bush of rural Victoria, there we lived the real Aussie life; you didn’t feel the need to go looking for an English shop to buy English sweets, and English pies……….. or look around for a community full of English people that you were desperate to get away from in the first place! We have now lived in Ararat & Melbourne in Victoria, Perth & Port Kennedy in WA, and will be moving to Mackay Queensland next week; of all these places, I would like to retire back to Ararat. Believe me, there is nothing more awesome than the community spirit of small town Australia. One other thing, don’t leave any unfinished business in the UK, like renting your house out; it leaves you with a tether back home and it will always be in the back of your mind, cut all ties with the UK (I don’t mean Family and friendsJ) so you will be free to immerse yourself fully in the great Aussie lifestyle. If anyone has any questions please feel free to PM me, I have lived all over OZ and have a heap of contacts in some great industries…… Cheers Dave

One more thing Bobj Do you have anywhere local that brews Beer? Like a U-Brew-It? I have been going mad trying to find somewhere……….. Thanks big guy

Cheers Bobj

Awesome We have just sorted a 4*2 with 1.5 acres at the south end of the esplanade, took a chance without seeing it first, so your feed back is VERY welcome. Is there anything we should be wary of, or do we just turn up and enjoy.:cool:

Hay guys We will be relocating from Perth to the Mackay area next week, and would like to know if anyone knows what Armstrong Beach is like. We have hated living in the city, as we are country folk at heart, and we are hoping that Armstrong will be a little quieter………. But not so remote that we have to milk our own cow! I have a job at the Hay Point terminal, and hope it isn’t too far to commute. Any info would be appreciated. Cheers