Hi there,
Thankyou for your replies. A good question re the visa and permanence the honest answer is we're not sure if the move would be permanent for us (me and my wife) but would def get daughter established and well on a path to Aus citizenship. She'd be able to get a student visa in her own right. The cats are her cats so they can stay in Aus, with her once out there.
Not sure what would happen to us later on and we might only get afew years there while I was working but would be a change from the UK !.
Thanks will ask Pet Air...