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Nearly everyone I know adopted their dog from the local dog homes. Most are mixed breeds of all shapes and sizes with rescue greyhounds also high on the list. I feel sorry for the little pugs and French bulldogs on a warm day as you can hear them snorting and wheezing when they're out on their walks. Yes the doodle types are popular. They are generally lovely natured pooches.

I sort of agree with you about the politicians but who are you calling morons? The politicians or the general public?

Just googled some more suburbs to avoid and also the better ones. Lets start with the not so good. Depending on your housing affordability, the areas best to avoid are: Ravenswood, Waverly, Rocherlea, Mayfield, some of Mowbray and partly Newnham.- these areas are more prone to bad behaviour, lower socio-economic housing. Areas that are most preferable are Prospect, Newstead, Riverside- Trevallyn, West Launceston, Kings Meadows and Norwood.

First of all good luck with your interview. Hope it is successful. There are certainly suburbs to avoid in Launceston. Two that I can think of are Rocherlea and Ravenswood. They are both on the rough side. I live in Devonport and go to Launceston for a bit of shopping now and again. I like the place. It has a bit of character.

This may give you an idea of employment available in the firefighting industry. Of course you need a PR visas first of all and as the folk above have mentioned it's probably a good idea to contact a registered migration agent. https://www.seek.com.au/firefighter-jobs

Permanent residency does not expire. People with PR do not need to get their visa renewed. Surely you have documentation to prove you are a permanent resident. How old are you? Have you not got the passport from your own country to use as some sort of identification?

There used to be a large op shop at Broadway (Sydney) which had furniture. My two sons acquired quite a few good bits and pieces from there when they moved out of home.

When I retired, the much younger than me person who replaced me lasted 6 weeks. The next one lasted a couple of months. In the end two people were employed to do my job. The job was very varied and required attention to detail and could be stressful at times as strict time deadlines had to be met which meant working longer hours if necessary. I had a lovely assistant who worked with me for years but even she couldn't handle working with her new co-workers and found another job. I was glad to get out of it as a new CEO arrived not long before I retired and the company merged with another in NZ. The atmosphere was never the same after.

It was 5 degrees earlier this morning but I was kept warm mucking out the horses.

I was out walking in the mizzle this afternoon. No wind but the leaves were floating from trees.

You are going to get a lot of differing opinions. Australia is huge with quite large variations weather wise. I've been in Australia for over 4 decades and have found I prefer a cooler climate. I'm in Tasamania now after living in Sydney for a long time and Perth for not such a long time. No doubt about it, Australia is expensive especially housing. The length of holidays never bothered me as when I left the UK we had 2 weeks annual leave back then. Where are you thinking of coming to in Australia?

I've just given my sister the good news!

Yes I had to get stocked up with cold weather gear for the winters here in Tassie. My sister brought over some lovely wool jumpers from Scotland. She has one more week here. Hope the Scottish weather is kind to her when she gets home.

The winters in Sydney never bothered me at all. Sure you got cold days but the whole time I lived there I never needed an overcoat. I used to wait at the train station going to work and I'd be surrounded by other females dressed in thick winter coats, boots, scarves and gloves. I honestly never felt it cold enough. I used to look forward to staying with friends in Blackheath (Blue Montains) during winter for a dose of real wintery weather. Loved it! It also helps if you ensure your house is well insulated. Most of the houses are not built to a decent standard. Never could understand why they aren't.

I thought Sydney and Melbourne people were very smartly and fashionably dressed going to work and on a night out.

I think Qld weather is at its best in the winter months. Lovely sunny days not as much rain. The summers are far too hot, wet and humid for me.

That's a fair review of what you have observed. Hoons are noisy, and very annoying but bottle throwing is just plain dangerous. I stopped noticing fashion years ago and I was never a great follower of fashion anyway. Hope you remembered to apply plenty of 30+ sunscreen!

I never gave it a second thought once I was an Australian citizen. It was just common sense to apply for an Australian passport especially if I was going to travel. Not so urgent if you're not planning to travel out of the country for a while.

I don't know about most other countries but Dual nationals traveling to the United States are required to enter and depart the U.S. using their U.S. passport

I know it's cooler in the SW but I would still choose Oct, Nov, Dec. Jan, Feb and March is the hottest time of the year but you may prefer the heat.

I am confused too. The OP says she wants to work even casually but that is a no no on a visitor visa. The partner visa makes much more sense.

Certainly very easy to move between 2 countries with your 2 passports if you have the cash and a lot of it.

I have just read all of the OP's comments started years ago and yes, I think you are correct. He/she just mentions grandparents. Until I read those older comments I just assumed there were other family members. That's the problem with having 2 passports. You will always be wondering if the grass is greeener.

@empire it's still not clear who in your family want to return to Australia. Is it only your grandparents who you live with or other family members? I think it would a huge upheaval and a very expensive move for your grandparents at their age. I honestly think life would be better for them in the UK and probably for you too as you really aren't keen on returning.

Hobart is now expensive to buy and rent. Average property prices over the last year range from $860,000 for houses to $807,500 for units. Houses in Hobart rent out for $585 PW units rent for $527 PW. Burnie will be a lot cheaper depending on the area. I live in Devonport. Burnie real estate: https://www.realestate.com.au/buy/in-burnie,+tas+7320/list-1