hdebmark

Tasmania reminds me of pockets of Cornwall and Ireland and sections of France. We lived in a lovely town in France -- not too big -- so I think the less zoom-zoom lifestyle that we have just left behind in Melbourne probably suits us. I was staggered when we were in London last year and it was SO crowded and polluted and zoom-zoom.

Thanks. We're probably at least a couple of years away because the house we have just purchased needs a LOT of reno. Guess I'll have to revisit our decision making process at that time.

Happy to have found this reply from you stating that trades are always needed in Tassie. We moved from Victoria to France for a couple of years and husband worked as a builder in the Midi-Pyrenees. When the work dried up in France, we stayed with his parents near Norwich, UK and husband tried finding work in Norfolk 18 months ago. After over 4 dozen applications, he was only offered one position paying below poverty level wages, so back to Australia we came. He's UK born (hence the EU ability to live in France), I'm USA born but AU citizen for almost 2 decades, and we're 20 years older than you are. Husband still working in the building trades and making the long commute from Ballarat to Melbourne every day whilst we renovate a house to sell on. Thinking about Tasmania because we had a fabbo time down there about 6 years ago on holiday and thought the lifestyle would be a very healthy option for us as we got older.