PeteY

We are hoping to end up in Townsville, although we may be in Brissie for the first year or two.

My master plan is to eventually have some kind of smallholding, withing commuting distance of the town. My wife will do her accountant work bit to keep us in beer vouchers, and I will work as a photographer, occasionally suplimenting my income with a bit of geological contract work.

Its ma dream man What we want to work towards !

And being up north.....as the lilt ladies say. Its totallly trooopical.

WBB

townsville is a cool place, spent 3 weeks there and enjoyed
very hot though


p.s watch out for the power puff girls

scutterUK

hi pete.


I hope it all works out for you. It sounds like a great plan indeed.

One of my biggest worries will be the plan falling apart at the last minute, not getting enough money for my house, exchange rate falling like a bomb, and the house prices going through the roof over there.

My backup plan is to stay here in the UK, even if i get my visa. I'll go over there for a bit of a holiday and validate (?) my visa. Then i'll just sit here until things look more rosey, waiting for the right moment to jump on the plane and leave this place behind.

well like i say, i've got a long way to go.

hope it all goes well.cheers

leigh

tiredwithtwins

hi scutteruk,
did you look at the rural estates website someone put on here a couple of weeks ago?? dead cheap rural land....had us smiling!!
surely commuting through rural australia is far more relaxing than the commute in dreary uk? I used to commute to London from watford, and it was a good 60 min + journey- wouldnt imagine you encountering thr horrendous traffic you'd get in uk? I used to find the long journey gave me chance to unwind and was nice and relaxed by the time I got home.

sue

bundy

True about Canberra - it is basically surrounded by a whole load of nothing, so you wouldn't have a problem finding something rural, but still within striking distance of Canberra. Got a mate who lives on a property in Yass which isn't that far away...

Live in a city and you could be anywhere. Live out in the sticks and you'll know you're in Oz...

scutterUK

Hi sue.

Yeah in a way that site was the seed that gave me the idea. I laughed at the time, but the more i thought about it the more it seemed to make sence. From what i can remember there were places on there where i could by outright with just my deposit money, . I'd probably have to live in the middle of the outback but hey, i wouldn't have a mortgage to worry about.

i can't find the link now, i've searched for it but it's not obvious from the results. I don't suppose you can remember the thread or bookmarked the link?

You're right about the long rides home. A few years ago i was the studio manager for a very busy graphic design company. Leaving work before 8pm was considered an early night. Even then i had a 40 minute drive home, and it really does help you to wind down. By the time i was home, my mind had left work and was thinking about the misses and the welcome i'd get on arrival.

Now though, i live only 5 mins from work and by the time i get home i'm still thinking about work, or these days leaving work and moving to auz. There's no welcoming arms when i walk through the door either which doesn't help, i miss that ... ah well. At least i leave 5.30 everyday.

Bundy, you couldn't be more right. Why more to australia to live in a suburb which looks like any other country, well sort of. The sparrows are bigger and look more like parrots, and the house spiders have more of an attitude, but apart from that. The more i think about it the more i could see myself living the semi-rural life. Well it would make a change from doncaster! haha.

thanks again.

Leigh
(back to work... )