Following this thread with interest, we are at the start of a possible move to Oz, to the Melbourne area and my husband is a plumber too....he has nearly 20 years experience and runs his own 'one man band' business here in the Uk....we have three children and a house etc so we too worry about uprooting, selling up and starting from scratch....but we do have friends in the area and they and most people that I have met via forums etc just say for us to do it and find it a go....that their life is so much better than it was in the UK etc...
