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Many good suggestions already. I'd add (depending on preference of course)...Eat Street market near Eagle Farm is great for an evening. Sirromet Winery near Redland Bay for lunch or dinner and occasional live music etc. A walk out to Wellington Point King Island reserve at low tide is enjoyable with lunch in the area. QPAC shows and a river cruise.

Only moved here (south Brisbane...bayside) 6 weeks ago so bear in mind I'm no expert. We had a similar emotional roller coaster as the house sale concluded. After all, we'd spent a long time making it home and it held many memories. It made us worry about the negatives (which we'd consciously researched). To cut it short, we love it here. The people are great and the surroundings are beautiful. If you want a quiet or busy area, there's something for each taste. Ignore comments about being stuck in the 70's....it's definitely not! Seen no spiders or snakes (except in Australia zoo!). Have seen a couple (literally) of cockroaches and a few mosquitoes. Nothing problematic though.

Far from it. I am actively seeking facts on both sides of the debate and trying to filter out the noise.

I was asking for references to weed out actual facts....otherwise it's just more noise.

Is there a version of this with referenced sources to the facts claimed?

Has anyone found a broker willing to take a trailing stop-loss on 23rd June converting GBP to AUD? I haven't, brokers reluctance seems to confirm (as do their comments to me) anticipation of significant volatility if there's a leave vote.

I don't believe this is the case at all. The markets have largely factored in a remain vote, which is why any apparent swing towards a leave vote causes sterling to weaken.

Thanks Loulou. We head out soon and enjoyed your post.

How is that the case? It seems to me that it's worth £16k in the UK ($32k)...import costs will far exceed $4k plus you're left with a less valuable, harder to insure, harder to sell, personal import in Oz. Therefore, purchase in Oz at $36,800 seems the better choice. Am I missing something?

This thread recently elicited a range of answers...... http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/welcome/244813-true-cost-migrate.html

40' door to door is costing us £4.7k plus 2% (of the contents value) insurance

The best I had is Pickfords....£4.7k + 2% insurance for a 40ft, door to door including wrap and pack at this end, unwrap and place in rooms at the other end. Inspection fees at the destination port are on top.

There was a thread a little while ago on total cost to migrate. There were differing views and much debate, but general consensus was around £30k - £50k total cost for a small family to migrate. Therefore, the visa cost is relatively small and the 189 gives you the most flexibility....making it money well spent in my view.

I appreciate this thread is about Aus property, but just to comment on the above...... Mainstream lenders in the UK will still lend 90 - 95% LTV as long as affordability criteria are met. With regard to property values, in the South they're now considerably higher than they were in 2008.

Had an interview via Skype tonight which seemed to go very well. The interviewer said they'll take me into the next round so I'm really pleased. Now I just need to quickly sleep ready for the UK role!

I expect so, plus other factors no doubt. I'm reading around it now...helps me understand a little bit more about what will soon be our new home country.

I think, unless I misread the stats, that the total number of people allowed to migrate to Aus each year has increased over the last ten years. However, steadily fewer of that total came from the UK. I guess I'm curious about whether that's because it's less desirable to potential UK migrants, or Aus policies consciously set out to change the migration profile, or those from other countries have become more mobile.

Thanks all for taking the time to comment on my idle wondering and point me towards the reports. Those migration reports are quite interesting actually. Clearly the number of UK migrants are steadily declining both in absolute terms and as a proportion of the total, whilst those from Southern Asia are increasing rapidly. Now I'm off to see if I can find out more about why that is - I'm interested in whether it's an intentional strategy, an outcome of increasing global mobility or other factors....likely a complex mix of all those I know.

A question to the longer term members of PIO. According to the anecdotal evidence from the PIO forum along with any other sources you might have, do you have a view on whether interest in migration to Aus from the UK is similar / up / down now (let's say "now" = over the last 12 moths) compared to interest over the last 10 years?

That's the status you see when everything was fine, so you can safely move on to the next worry :-)

I don't even have a great recommendation in my part of the the UK, so these suggestions in and around Brisbane have added to the list of things to try on arrival :-)

Personally speaking - because even with full shipping costs (inc taxes and the many other costs) and the cost of insuring personal imports, some cars would cost a lot more to replace with similar in Aus than it would to take it with you. Equally, if you sold it on arrival you could make a decent profit.

Good luck. Glad you got connected!

Hi, I have no advice to offer I'm afraid, but was interested to note your plan to use HSBC and obtain Aus debit cards while in the UK. Is it 100% confirmed that they will do this? If so, I'd think about opening a Premier account with them myself to do the same (I understand the Premier account pre-reqs).