Good luck, Cathy
I'm still trying to get my stuff together for the ANMC, bit stuck at the mo, waiting on answer from NMC re transcripts etc (school closed) and my manager is off at the moment and no one else wants to take responsibility to write me a reference. Its a slowwww process, isn't it?
When did you apply for your assessment?
Hope it comes soon.
Sammy

Hi All,

As the username shows am mum-in-law to one of you

Am also an expat from 1971 so provide following with some knowledge:

Have lived in Victoria, Queensland and NSW and now in Tassie. The only two places have not visited are Northern Territory and Central Australia (Alice Springs).

Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane are all very "city" and not unlike cities and towns in UK. Where you live depends on the life style you are looking for. Of course there are outskirts and country areas in all the States but generally the mainland (not Tassie) is much like the style of living in the UK. Tassie on the other hand is still family oriented. Many young Tasmanians move to the mainland to "sew their oats" but tend to come back when its time to settle and start a family. The whole of Tasmania has under 1M people. Tends to be very family oriented and I must say the kids are much better behaved here and tend to take notice of their parents. Shop assistants are also a lot friendlier here than on the mainland - they actually serve with a smile - and speak to you :-)

I, of course, am very biased and we love our place here away from the madding crowd. It is all a matter of what you are looking to do and the style of life you want.

I, personally, am looking forward to having my daughter back (and my son-in-law of course) and getting cracking with the grandchildren

Hope some of this gives a little insight.....

Agree with everything

Nice to meet you

Sharon

hi Sharon and everyone else,
here's some more in-depth info about Hobart:

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Hobart

PS thanks for a great evening, see you soon !

Good morning

Wicked! just what we're looking for thanks

Hey I agree but I've got to its my mum in law!!!!!!!!

Yippee!

We've just booked flights ot Oz (for holiday, not for real, yet) and now planning our itinerary which will include Adelaide, Kangaroo Isaland andTas!
Quite where we are going to visit we are not sure yet, Hobart, Maria Island, Freycinet National Park on the list so far. Unfortunately we won't have as much time as would like but still very excited?
Any tips to minimise jet lag, particularly for children?
Sammy

I was looking into Perth until I stumbled across Tasmania...now I cant even think of anywhere else I would rather be. I have never been but it has some of the most fantastic scenery I have ever seen and the population and house prices do it for me too. I have a 3 year old and I feel he would have an excellent time and childhood in Tassie! I am struggling finding OH any jobs though...he may be forced into being a stay at home dad yet....

I have so far looked at Devonport and Hobart as possibilities. Can anyone tell me if they find out any more information please as I have just started to look at Tasmania. I am now trying to find the District Nursing Service with not much luck so far.
I wish I knew the best places to bring up family that were near hospitals and jobs for maintence engineers....I guess we will end up going where the jobs are to start off with.
Nice to meet you all anyway

Snap we have 3 year old too this is why we are choosing Tas, went last year and took Alex who was 2 at the time, people thought we were mad! It was hard going on the flights but he coped better with the jet lag than we did! There is a main Hospital in Hobart I am guessing there must be one at Launceston too but not sure how big. Your best bet is to ask Helena and ian as they have been out there for 13 months. Not sure what a maintenance engineer does though so can't help out there but we found an Tas job agency online that isn't always that helpful though. When we went for hol last year OH approached companies for job possibilitis and ended up they offered a job at each one. He's a Deisel Fitter (fixes construction machinery).
We are just waiting for our Visa's to come through now. Had meds on 20th March. Let us know how you get on.
Kerry

Hi Kerry
We have an account with a job agency but there isnt much in OH's line of work to be honest. Maybe will have more luck finding work when we get there.
We are flying to Perth to see rellies staying with them for a while then will do a reccie of Tassie and hopefully fly over some time next year
Sister in Law is in Melbourne so will be quite easy to see her from Tas.
How long is the flight from UK to Tassie? I take it you fly to Melbourne then get a second flight?
I know Perth is about 15 hours? 11 to fly to Singapore then another 5 to Perth.
But when we go we will be flying from Perth to Tassie if it can be done lol We are just waiting now for Meds and PC's to be requested from our case officer its all very exciting. Just wish we could go right now before we have any more trouble lol Yeah keep me up to date with how you are doing too!

Make sure you get a stop over for a couple nights some where on the way. We travelled with out little boy last year he was 2!!! We had one night in Singapore, kinda wished we had 2 nights. Drink plenty on the flight and brace yourself its a horendously long journey. Take plenty of things to do for the kids to keep them busy. I suffered worse with the jet lag, partly because I didn't sleep much the night before we left for heathrow, worrying incase i'd forgotton something and I can't sleep on planes. Our 2 year old seem to settle into the time difference with in about 3 days, where as it took me about a week to get over it! Any way once your there you'll love it! It'l all be worth the stress of flying with the kids!
Hope your have a fab time ( I know you will have a fab time!) and good luck with the journey there!
Kerry

I can't remember exactly, I think it was around 12 hours to singapore then 8 or 9 hours to melbourne then about 45 mins or 1 hour to tas. Like i said we stopped off at singapore to get some rest and give our little boy a chance to run around and sleep. But i think next time we will stop for 2 nights to catch up with sleep and ease us into the different time zones.
Kerry

Are there any message boards or forums like BE specifically for Tasmania. I know there are for Western Australia and other states...?????