Evandale

You probably will need furniture, garage sales, op shops and second hand furniture are in abundance here in Tasmania. We dont have an Ikea here (Melbourne or Sydney) but there are always bargains to be found. We have picked up some wonderful Huon pine/blackwood pieces along the way. Very best wishes for your move.

The figures quoted are of course ball part. I frequent places like Shiploads for many items, deodorant 99c etc, Baby shampoo 90c. Supermarkets fleece you unless its on Special. Chemist Warehouse are far cheaper than many Pharmacies, you get to know where to go. Petrol is up and down like a yo yo but still much cheaper than Europe.

No, Singapore alcohol wise is expensive. HK is cheaper. Food is cheap in HK, Singapore is cheap also when you know where to look. Overall HK is a better deal IMHO

There is something called "bulk billing" so you are not forking out of your own pocket.... many GPs that subscribe to this method. Our own GP charges the patient $12, the rest is covered by Medicare or he bulk bills. There is no egg timer at our surgery nor many that I know of! Many residents in our two major cities manage without cars and if one lives in the metropolitan areas there are adequate bus services. If is not Sydney or Melbourne and we dont have trains but the cities are doable without transportation... many concessions are available..https://www.metrotas.com.au/fares/concessions/ Fruit & vegetables are seasonal but in season I find the prices very reasonable unless there have been weather disasters around Australia.

Clean hospitals, good medical attention, no complaints from this end!

Fog, mist and beautiful impressionistic scenes today our way, luckily no delays at the airport.

Many many years Toots. We dont like paying them either! lol. Wonder if we can get out of paying our dog's rego, after all he is a gift of god, or so he tells us

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-22/rates-paid-on-gods-land-in-tasmania/8641506 http://www.smh.com.au/national/tasmanian-honeymakers-in-unholy-row-with-local-council-over-rates-20170315-guyrc4.html God works in strange ways! I know these people and in particular their business, funny old world and its inhabitants !

http://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace-relations/spray-painters-face-deportation-but-panel-beaters-get-to-stay-20170712-gx9ogz.html

My worst nightmare!

Great to see the concern for this poor family from overseas, they need all the publicity they can get!

We love the seasons too Toots, magical state. We are booking Peppers @ Cradle Mountain for next weekend, lovely to have saunas surrounded by snow lol. I think my OH said there had been flurries at Devonport but it soon disappeared, a lovely town btw, we love the architecture by the front.

Ho hum, not bad! but the snow is stunning, soz we love the seasons lol!

I posted this yonks ago, get a grip woman please!

Adorable and fab pictures, more please!

Yes Nemisis I saw that and added my comments!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4646032/Flight-Centre-offering-cheap-flights-Sydney-London.html Flight Centre is offering return flights from Australia to London for $799 The deal is only available for departures from October 1 until November 22The deal is only for people flying out of Sydney, Gold Coast, Melbourne and Perth. Might be good for a cheapo, but t & c's and extras it prob isnt as good as it sounds

THE STRONGEST COLD FRONT OF THE YEAR WITH VERY LOW LEVEL SNOW IS SET TO IMPACT TASMANIA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY **** **** PLEASE SHARE/TAG THIS INFO WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY OR ANYONE YOU KNOW IN THESE AREAS **** - The strongest cold front of the year will impact south eastern Australia later this week with its strongest impacts felt in Tasmania with strong winds, very cold air, showers, possible hail and thunder felt mostly Tasmania but some degree Victoria, south eastern SA and southern NSW. - Snow is likely to fall to VERY LOW levels in Tasmania mainly western and southern parts with snow possibly falling as low as 200 metres in parts! 600-700 metres in Victoria & 900 metres southern highlands of NSW. - Weather models (EC and GFS models in diagram 2 and 3) are showing temps as low as -6c at 850hPa over Tasmania especially southern parts this indicates snow levels close to 200 metres. - 60% of Tasmania may see some snow either later Thursday or overnight into Friday morning - The not so good news is this front lacks some moisture so snowfalls will not be widespread however where snow does fall especially in Tasmania will be to very low levels possibly not seen since the early August sea level event of 2015. - Rainfall will be light and patchy however small hail and thunder will impact parts of Tasmania and southern Victoria. The best of the falls will be western and south western Tasmania where 5 to 20mm is possible which will fall as snow above 200 metres. - Another high will quickly move in creating further widespread frosts (some severe) and fogs over large parts of south eastern Australia this weekend. Images are thanks to Weatherzone, ECMWF, BSCH and MetEye. - JWC TEAM

Paradise! Nothing cleaner and more romantic than seeing the snow on the ground and trees. Slush forget it!

It was minus 5 this morning at 5am here in Evandale, the grounds looked beautiful, the duck pond was frozen over with very perplexed ducks ! Our dog must have the bladder of an ox because he wasnt interested leaving his duvet!

"we don't want to rent it out" leaving an unoccupied home would probably invalidate your home insurance, usually there is a time frame 30/60 days (?) if you have a mortgage contacting your lender for permission to rent out would be advisable. Is it possible to reduce the price, it could save you so much worry and travel expense going to and fro?

As you say Toots, a glorious day today. perfect skies and oh so cold here. I see there is snow down south. Might venture up Ben Lomond this weekend.

I was under the impression that you were already residing in Australia, many apologies. Then my information is totally wrong .. as "Collie says" . Good luck!

Residents return visa (on line) https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/155- no convincing, and a few hrs later it was through!

..and then our Insurances escalate.. my objection is when the claim is genuine and some snotty nosed bastard starts questioning my legitimate claim, that gets up my nostrils!