HI Margie
Sounds like you had a good lunch :D
Well we spent 6 months with a relative of Cols in Perth and travelled a lot of WA. Whilst there we looked into emigrating and found we could only go STNI.
Cols job wasnt on the MODL at that time and he was 5 points short for 136 due to his age. He just turned 45 so we couldnt gamble on the pool.
Anyway one of the STNI states is Tasmania everyone was telling us how beautiful Tas was so we decided on a rekkie.
and they were right it is stunningly beautiful we fell in love with the place, we contacted the government whilst we were there to enquire about the scheme had a meeting with them and they were lovely. She showed us the local papers and there was plenty of work for colin advertised.
The island is so easy to get around nothing is too far away and with melbourne only an hours flight away, sydney 2 we can nip over for there for weekends etc and we have friends in perth to visit.
The only downside is that since we started the process the price of properties have gone up big time, but its sill cheaper than here.
A lot of people think its backward but I found Hobart to be vibrant and very cosmo just loved it. Very laid back and really friendly people who are genuinely interested in you.
Cols job is now on the MODL but we are still going to Tas our government contact has been brilliant and has kept in touch regularly since we visited cant praise her enough.
Ideally we would like a property in Tas and one on the mainland there is only the two of us so we dont need anything big.
Where abouts in Perth are you moving to?
Kay :)
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