Originally Posted by OzzieNurse (Post 4586701)

Hi just been looking at other options and would like to know if anyone else is heading for Tasmania and if they have any information to pass on that I may find useful?
Only just started looking at Tasmania so any help or info on websites etc appreciated!
I am a nurse too so will also post this on nursing forums to find out about nursing options and local hospitals.
:thumbsup:

Originally Posted by horrigans (Post 5850943)

Hi Kerry - did your 4 year old find it easy to settle? My 4 year old has been really up and down about coming out here. I'm hoping that moving to Tas will mean we can settle and she can make the friends she needs to feel more consistently happy about what we've done. She's already talking about Tassie and declared this morning that she was going to make a snowman when it was winter!

Sarah :D

Originally Posted by kezzabird (Post 5851258)

Has anyone heard from Beth? I haven't seen her on this thread for a while, has she changed her mind about Tassie?:confused:

Originally Posted by Bishop3912 (Post 5852027)

Hello everyone, well you all know about my saga as I know Kezza has been keeping you uptodate!!!! Yep we are now back in good old Romford!!! its not changed as we knew it wouldnt have, great to see family and yes a lot of decisions are to be made, my head is spinning!! To be truthful me and Mark are fed up with it all!! and to top it off its cost us a bloody fortune!!!! Have booked ourselves up solid for the next week seeing family and friends, sitting here now at 4am having a cuppa cause jet lag kicked in at 2am and woke us up, wide awake now whilst everyone else is sleeping. Missing Tassie and my beautiful view out of our windows, keep looking out the window here and seeing grey sky and houses all on top of us!!!! Yuck!! Anyways will keep you all posted on whether we defo come back or are going to wait a couple of years and let Mark take the UK job.

Kezza will email you and let you know dates etc for letting the furniture back in for me once we sort out our heads. xxx

Spiders: Yep they are there like Kezza said but you learn to live with them, anything that moves just gets squashed under our thongs!!! Have come face to face with several scorpions in the house and whitetails, jumping jacks are evil little buggers too (and it was at my house that Kezza's poor Alex got bitten!!), we have also had several blue tounge lizards in the garden and they are huge!! Not seen a redback yet and dont want too but have seen their webs all over the place outside. Had our first huntsman experience on the door jam of the car the day our house got packed up, it was huuuuuge!! according to the removal bloke who rescued me it was only a baby one, that was comforting to know!!! not!!!!.

Will mail you all soon once I have more to update you with. For now Im back to bed, spinning head and all!! Corinne xxx

Originally Posted by kezzabird (Post 5851247)

The first couple of months were heart breaking, he kept asking for his Nanny and his little mates back in the UK. But now he is thriving and understands that Nanny and Grandad are far away in England and we now live here. He gets to see his grandparents on Msn once a week and he really enjoys seeing them. He no longer asks for nanny now and has made some of his own little friends. It is lovely seeing him thriving, with all this fresh air and Tassi has a great outdoor lifestyle. Because the weather is not baking hot everyday, we get to enjoy being outside more often, he gets pooped out and is gaurenteed to go off to sleep at bedtime! ;)

Originally Posted by talisman (Post 5848079)

Hi, we are waiting for visa and have house to sell. But fingers crossed will be in Tas by end of summer. We are coming from Yorkshire UK. our kids are 7, 4 and 3. Would love to meet Tassie friends and chat. Cant wait to go. Look for email from DIAC every day. One day we may get visa? waiting for CO. Meds finalised January. Tasmania seems a great place for little kids and the houses are fab. We are all excited. Its all we think about and talk about. Love to read everyones threads, great reading. Glad i found this web site.
Jane

Originally Posted by travelbug (Post 5852817)

there's quite a few of us either there or planning to go with children of a similar age. My son will be 2 this december and our daughter 5 this march...
hopefully if there's any get-togethers amongst us all they'll have plenty of play mates!

Originally Posted by horrigans (Post 5858134)

Sounds good to me! My daughter'll be 5 in July - so we're really hoping to get any big moves out of the way this year before she starts her prep year next Jan. Hubs is now starting to say that even if the Hobart job fell through he wouldn't mind moving to Tassie anyway. Exciting times!

Sarah :)

Originally Posted by kezzabird (Post 5851247)

The first couple of months were heart breaking, he kept asking for his Nanny and his little mates back in the UK. But now he is thriving and understands that Nanny and Grandad are far away in England and we now live here. He gets to see his grandparents on Msn once a week and he really enjoys seeing them. He no longer asks for nanny now and has made some of his own little friends. It is lovely seeing him thriving, with all this fresh air and Tassi has a great outdoor lifestyle. Because the weather is not baking hot everyday, we get to enjoy being outside more often, he gets pooped out and is gaurenteed to go off to sleep at bedtime! ;)

Originally Posted by jerzo (Post 5852322)

Beth is having a bit of a dilemma!!

Her kids desperately want a pool in Aus and they are looking at Cairns ....Beth still has her heart set on Tassie so we'll have to see where they choose :confused:

Zoe xx

Originally Posted by tassideb (Post 5852415)

Hi
I live in tassi and it is beautiful, very friendly and slow paced. you can be in the mountains and then in a couple of hours be at one of the beautiful beaches. I am about to move from tassi because my husband has had to move to melbourne for work and i am very sad to leave but have picked out an area that is on the outskirts of melbourne so there is still some open space. There are always jobs for nurses here. You will love it. I work in an area where i meet tourists every day and lots of them say it is one of the nicest places thay have been. hope this helps

Originally Posted by kezzabird (Post 5866740)

Hi all

Just to let you know, I've just picked loads of nectarines from the trees in my back garden!! mmmmmn lovely :thumbup:

I've still got loads left too, dunno what I'm gonna do with em all! Anyone have any good nectarine recipes?

Kerry:)

Originally Posted by kezzabird (Post 5866740)

Hi all

Just to let you know, I've just picked loads of nectarines from the trees in my back garden!! mmmmmn lovely :thumbup:

I've still got loads left too, dunno what I'm gonna do with em all! Anyone have any good nectarine recipes?

Kerry:)