Sorry Teabag You are already there !! DUH ( will have to get my brain in gear wont I !) Hows it going for you ?
Carina

yeah, I am a ring-in - Aussie Girl, Born Brisbane, then Perth now Tassie.
Came on this forum as we considered going to live in England but this lot scared me off so we ended up in Tassie instead! So I've set myself up as the Aussie Welcoming Committee

Good choice - I reckon Englands going down hill fast ( if you know what I mean!) We went to Perth for our honeymoon back in 1996, as we where thinking about emigrating then, and we did apply, but I fell pregnant, and decided to stay in England, but Aus kept calling us, and here we are again ! I really liked Perth, but I could'nt bear the heat, so thats why we've chosen Tas.
Carina

HI Carina, welcome to the Tassie forum!! When you looking to come over?
We came over begining of November (9wks gone now) and are living in a rental in Lindisfarne.

HELLO,
We are arriving in Launceston on the 6th of Feb so hello, all of you in or soon to be in Tassie. We are soo excited, we have four kids two boys and two girls all under 9, if anyone is interested in meeting up for a beer or two and some advice etc, just let us know!
oh god I love tasmania !!!!!!!
Julie and Lee

Hello Southern Stars!!!




Hey is anyone interested in a pair of 1940's Wardrobes (for free) ?
We are moving Friday and was going to get the Salvo's to come take them but if anyone here can make use of them, either as spare wardrobes or storage cupboards in the shed please let me know, you will need to pick them up by Thursday!!

Hello Southern Stars and welcome to our Tassie link!!!! theres a meet up in Feb up your way, check the meet up link as cant remember the date. We are in Lindisfarne and have 3 kids, one girl 6 and two boys 4 and 2. If you have any questions ask away.

Hope everyone is ok with the bush fires, we have got two burning on each side of us pretty scary

I was just about to post a similar thing, not too good down there at present is it in places. I know when i was there in September they were forecasting a similar fire season to 1967, which is a terrifying thought. Hope you all stay safe and that the weather makes a turn for the better soon.....

the smell of the smoke in the house is awful, its been so windy up here all day so that has caused further problems.

where are you situated Possums?

Hi guys

Have been following the news re bush fires, sounds pretty scary, one road affected - Tara Rd Acton Park area- very near where we saw some lovely properties for sale. Maybe we won't be living that way now!

Hope no one has been affected by this and that they are all under control soon.

Found this website useful, I imagine those living in the areas at risk have better info though.
http://www.fire.tas.gov.au/mysite/enter.jsp

Sam

I echo what Sam has said and hope no-one is affected directly by theses terrible fires.....lets hope they are all out as soon as possible xxx

Zoe

My first experience of bushfires was in Tassie, I used to live (briefly!) in the Glebe in Hobart, looking across to the Mountain. I remember seeing fires moving across the lower slopes, so close to the houses that it would have been terrifying living there. The guy I was with said he used to live in one of those houses and on at least two occasions he had stoof in the back garden with a hose keeping the fire away from the fence. Very scary to watch the speed of the fires, esp when you can see the flames leaping among the smoke.

For anyone moving down to Tassie (or anyone in a bushfire area come to that) - make sure you have a fire plan worked out as soon as you move in, and then stick to it. Local fire services will help you work out what is best for your family and your property, and there is info on the websites of the fire services in every State.

Hi we are in Bridport, its still going the helicopters woke me up and I couldnt go back to sleep. we are ok the fire website says no threat to residents here its just scary