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Hi all,
Not for the first time in my life Im thinking about moving to oz. The difference this time is that Im actually going to do it.
Going to an Australia job fair next week and Im looking to have a job by the end of it. Should be easy Im a specialist theatre nurse and every 2nd employer there seems to be after one of them.
Looking for advice on which parts of the country are nice to stay. My priorities are:
1. Cheapish property
2. Not too Scorching, Im scottish.
3. Family 2 young kids so somewhere nice for them. not city centres
4. Trackdays, golf and every other sport
And are some States more relaxed than others about importing modified cars. I have a Honda'd Elise
Not for the first time in my life Im thinking about moving to oz. The difference this time is that Im actually going to do it.
Going to an Australia job fair next week and Im looking to have a job by the end of it. Should be easy Im a specialist theatre nurse and every 2nd employer there seems to be after one of them.
Looking for advice on which parts of the country are nice to stay. My priorities are:
1. Cheapish property
2. Not too Scorching, Im scottish.
3. Family 2 young kids so somewhere nice for them. not city centres
4. Trackdays, golf and every other sport
And are some States more relaxed than others about importing modified cars. I have a Honda'd Elise
mikeyb13 said:
And are some States more relaxed than others about importing modified cars. I have a Honda'd Elise
Importing is the same for the whole country as such. But getting it registered is different as each state has different regs. Back when I lived there, the states most friendly to modified cars were WA, then Victoria. By modified, I should say re-engineering a car by dropping something like a 454 V8 into a RX-7, which had to be signed off by an engineer to say it was safe for the road (so upgrading brakes, suspension etc...).I wouldn't think a K20 or something like that in an Elise to be a big deal (people used to import silly modified Skyline GT-R's with no problem years ago) I have a few friends in the car game in Oz and can point you in their direction if you want.
Perth will be too hot for you.
How about Melbourne? We decided against going there on the basis that the weather is fairly British most of the year.
As above, the pomsinoz.com forum is good fo rthe basics and will help you through the Visa process. However, there is a big negative vibe oging on over there so take that with a pinch of salt.
Dont bother with an emigration agent - Pointless expensive waste of time and money. We did ours easily without one.
How about Melbourne? We decided against going there on the basis that the weather is fairly British most of the year.
As above, the pomsinoz.com forum is good fo rthe basics and will help you through the Visa process. However, there is a big negative vibe oging on over there so take that with a pinch of salt.
Dont bother with an emigration agent - Pointless expensive waste of time and money. We did ours easily without one.
mikeyb13 said:
Hi all,
Not for the first time in my life Im thinking about moving to oz. The difference this time is that Im actually going to do it.
Going to an Australia job fair next week and Im looking to have a job by the end of it. Should be easy Im a specialist theatre nurse and every 2nd employer there seems to be after one of them.
Looking for advice on which parts of the country are nice to stay. My priorities are:
1. Cheapish property
2. Not too Scorching, Im scottish.
3. Family 2 young kids so somewhere nice for them. not city centres
4. Trackdays, golf and every other sport
And are some States more relaxed than others about importing modified cars. I have a Honda'd Elise
how long have you owned the EliseNot for the first time in my life Im thinking about moving to oz. The difference this time is that Im actually going to do it.
Going to an Australia job fair next week and Im looking to have a job by the end of it. Should be easy Im a specialist theatre nurse and every 2nd employer there seems to be after one of them.
Looking for advice on which parts of the country are nice to stay. My priorities are:
1. Cheapish property
2. Not too Scorching, Im scottish.
3. Family 2 young kids so somewhere nice for them. not city centres
4. Trackdays, golf and every other sport
And are some States more relaxed than others about importing modified cars. I have a Honda'd Elise
18 months is fine, you need to have owned it for 12. Importing does depend on visa type. Have you spent much time there? We have an office there and some of the staff who relocate love it and others don't, there are positives and negatives and much does depend on what matters to you.
Tasmania? Not hot and cheap property. There are no big cities (understatement).
This may be useful:
http://www.motorsportstas.com.au/
This may be useful:
http://www.motorsportstas.com.au/
The case for Melbourne!
I guess where you work would be a start. There are a few major hospitals in the suburbs of Melbourne. The Austin and Monash, maybe Dandenong, Box hill, Western and Sunshine, spring to mind. That would mean you could live further away from Melbourne city centre and thus cheaper housing. Of course the biggest ones are in the city to the South (Alfred), North (Childrens) and I think the east of the city are some of the private ones. Most are easy to get to by public transport.
www.realestate.com.au
I am not a fan of the heat but Melbourne is one of the more pleasant places to live regarding climate. I am probably worse built for hot weather than you! It is not as humid as Sydney or Brisbane; to me humidity is the killer. I have lived in Perth for 9 years prior to being here. Yes, it is nice there and it does get hot, but it is dry heat so not that frightening. The humidity is very low over there but you have to be prepared for 14 or more days of 35 degrees and over at a time.
Melbourne has beaches if you are into that sort of thing, conversely in winter the ski slopes are only 3.5 hours away by car or 3.5 hours by plane in NZ!
Golf, well I think any of the major places have those. The SE of Melbourne has a lot of the fancy ones. Also in the SE suburbs is Sandown, a race circuit where they have track days. Also to the South East of Melbourne is Philip Island where there is also a race track. There is also Winton to the North. Calder and Heathcote cater for the straight-lining people.
Tasmania is nice too, probably the most like the UK for climate and some fabulous driving roads! not ideal for V8s but still fun!
Race-tracks, I am not sure about down there. Think there is one in Hobart and off course, Symmons Plains to the south of Launy.
I trained down there back in the mid 90s and it was a lot of fun. The ferries run daily I believe now and are only an overnight journey to the mainland. It is a bit isolated, but then so is Perth, but that shouldn't stop you.
motomk
I guess where you work would be a start. There are a few major hospitals in the suburbs of Melbourne. The Austin and Monash, maybe Dandenong, Box hill, Western and Sunshine, spring to mind. That would mean you could live further away from Melbourne city centre and thus cheaper housing. Of course the biggest ones are in the city to the South (Alfred), North (Childrens) and I think the east of the city are some of the private ones. Most are easy to get to by public transport.
www.realestate.com.au
I am not a fan of the heat but Melbourne is one of the more pleasant places to live regarding climate. I am probably worse built for hot weather than you! It is not as humid as Sydney or Brisbane; to me humidity is the killer. I have lived in Perth for 9 years prior to being here. Yes, it is nice there and it does get hot, but it is dry heat so not that frightening. The humidity is very low over there but you have to be prepared for 14 or more days of 35 degrees and over at a time.
Melbourne has beaches if you are into that sort of thing, conversely in winter the ski slopes are only 3.5 hours away by car or 3.5 hours by plane in NZ!
Golf, well I think any of the major places have those. The SE of Melbourne has a lot of the fancy ones. Also in the SE suburbs is Sandown, a race circuit where they have track days. Also to the South East of Melbourne is Philip Island where there is also a race track. There is also Winton to the North. Calder and Heathcote cater for the straight-lining people.
Tasmania is nice too, probably the most like the UK for climate and some fabulous driving roads! not ideal for V8s but still fun!
Race-tracks, I am not sure about down there. Think there is one in Hobart and off course, Symmons Plains to the south of Launy.
I trained down there back in the mid 90s and it was a lot of fun. The ferries run daily I believe now and are only an overnight journey to the mainland. It is a bit isolated, but then so is Perth, but that shouldn't stop you.
motomk
+2 for Melbourne.
Moved here from Perth with the family 2 years ago and find it a great place to live and work. Climate is much more benign than Perth (where the heatwaves in summer get very tedious we found). It can get hot here, but generally only for a day or two before a cool change comes through - sometimes the same day. Last Xmas it was 30 degrees then it hailed in the afternoon!
It doesn't rain here as much as people think (only gets half the annual rainfall of Sydney) but is definitely greener than Perth. It's not called the garden state for nothing.
Finally, everything to see in Victoria is drivable in a day. We pack up the car and see a different part of the state every other weekend it seems.
Moved here from Perth with the family 2 years ago and find it a great place to live and work. Climate is much more benign than Perth (where the heatwaves in summer get very tedious we found). It can get hot here, but generally only for a day or two before a cool change comes through - sometimes the same day. Last Xmas it was 30 degrees then it hailed in the afternoon!
It doesn't rain here as much as people think (only gets half the annual rainfall of Sydney) but is definitely greener than Perth. It's not called the garden state for nothing.
Finally, everything to see in Victoria is drivable in a day. We pack up the car and see a different part of the state every other weekend it seems.
ukdennis said:
+2 for Melbourne.
Moved here from Perth with the family 2 years ago and find it a great place to live and work. Climate is much more benign than Perth (where the heatwaves in summer get very tedious we found). It can get hot here, but generally only for a day or two before a cool change comes through - sometimes the same day. Last Xmas it was 30 degrees then it hailed in the afternoon!
It doesn't rain here as much as people think (only gets half the annual rainfall of Sydney) but is definitely greener than Perth. It's not called the garden state for nothing.
Finally, everything to see in Victoria is drivable in a day. We pack up the car and see a different part of the state every other weekend it seems.
Sydney might get more but it also does it in 75% less time.Moved here from Perth with the family 2 years ago and find it a great place to live and work. Climate is much more benign than Perth (where the heatwaves in summer get very tedious we found). It can get hot here, but generally only for a day or two before a cool change comes through - sometimes the same day. Last Xmas it was 30 degrees then it hailed in the afternoon!
It doesn't rain here as much as people think (only gets half the annual rainfall of Sydney) but is definitely greener than Perth. It's not called the garden state for nothing.
Finally, everything to see in Victoria is drivable in a day. We pack up the car and see a different part of the state every other weekend it seems.
Give me pissing down for a few weeks rather than 6 months or miserable drizzle
mikeyb13 said:
...I have a Honda'd Elise
Join up on http://aussieelises.com/ for advice on this.Or even track down scuffers on PH (who is involved in Honda'ing Elises in Aussie, and is on aussieelises).
James
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