Hi everybody

My partner and i are looking to move to Melbourne i work for british telecom and Jo works in the rail industry.We would like to know if this is a good area for this type of work ?? Also which are the best areas to live in outside of the city? we have a budget of $400.000 max cheers.

You should both be ideally suited to getting jobs here. The rail network is Connex and telecoms can be either OPTUS or Telstra to which I believe they are also looking for staff.

Areas to live in - subject to what you are lookng for really. Beaches, Trees, wineries, schools, big house little house, night life etc etc. Once you know what you want then let us know.

A new website giving loads of info to people moving to Victoria.

http://www.victoriastartpage.com/

First step is to see if you can get a visa:
http://www.immi.gov.au
http://www.liveinvictoria.vic.gov.au

Here's a site specifically for those heading for Victoria

http://s7.invisionfree.com/BritVics/index.php?

There's quite a few Brits in Mornington on the Mornington Peninsula so there must be something about it that appeals to us Brit Expats. Also, Mount Eliza, South Frankston & Mt. Martha are pretty nice. They are approx 1hr away from the city but have good facilities and a feeling of space. Frankston Station is the end of the Frankston line which runs into the city. $400,000 would go alot further in this neck of the woods. Check out www.realestate.com.au for property.

I also find this site useful for working out where places are and how long the journey to them takes http://www3.visitvictoria.com/displa...047C/vvt.vhtml

As someone else has said it depends on what you are specifically looking for in an area. If schools are important, distance to the city and/or sea etc. etc.

Good luck with your adventure
Caroline

The rail and telecom industries are very unionized over here. If you get a job the pay is ok but not the best as it is usually made up via overtime.

With the railway the rates seem pretty good, even by UK standards.