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Thanks for your reply, so permanent teaching posts are still hard to come by on that side, the problem I find here is that even relief work is quite thin on the ground. Are mechanics in demand on that side? Hubby is lucky to have his job here as think some mechanics have struggled to get work here as well. Some things to weigh up, including the cost I suppose.

Hello fellow poms, Just wondering if anyone has moved from south aus to queensland? We have PR state sponsorship for SA and have been here for just over a year and a half now. I am a teacher and have really struggled to get work, there are no perm or long term posts here, people i know have been relief teaching for over 12 years and not been able to secure roles. I knew this before i left, but even supply work is thin on the ground. I like SA, i feel that i would still rather live here than in the UK for sure but i don't love it. I find the winters really hard to take, Mediterranean climate? Not in my opinion! I was prepared for chilly winters that lasted a couple of months, in my opinion it starts getting chilly in april/may and only really warms up enough to use the beach and ocean for actual swimming etc in november/december. I always envisioned being able to have a beach life for most of the year. On the flip side, i do feel it is a lovely place for young children (which we have) but i do wonder what entertainment there will be when they get older. We have been talking about moving to the sunshine coast or gold coast for a warmer year round climate ( i really do love being hot and cant bear the cold ) and possibly better options for me work wise and better options for our children later on in life. I don't want to be upping and moving the kids again when they are high school age so would rather do it in the next year or two rather than wait. We bought a house, which in hindsight, was not a great idea as it has lots of issues that need money to fix and I feel like if we had stayed renting, it would be easier to make plans. Adelaide has stuff going on but i do fee quite isolated here, even though you could drive to melbourne, it would still take 10 hours. I am rambling on a bit but i guess i am just wondering if anyone has made the move from adelaide to the east coast for similar reasons and how they have found it? Is it similar cost wise for houses, living etc? Are wages higher over there? My husband is a mechanic, are there jobs over there for him, what about teaching jobs? We like the look of the sunshine coast but would be open to other suggestions. We will be doing a reccie this winter to the gold and sunshine coast to see how we find it but would love to hear from anyone who lives in these areas and how they find it, especially if they can compare to adelaide. Thanks