Biking down under - Brisbane.

[skatefreak]

I spent 3 weeks travelling up the east coast last year...
We said we would consider moving to Oz for a year and this post is very much making that itch... itch again

Am still very tempted to sell up and go for it... a LOT of effort to make it work out though

[c_dug]

Yep we're toying with it too, the wage to property price comparison is too good to turn down in some ways.

I honestly didn't believe that quality of life existed in a western country. I thought the UK was about as good as it came. I was clearly very naive!

We're looking at doing a holiday there in the next year or so so my other half can see what it's like.
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[chickenstrip]

I looked at it once too. In fact, a colleague and I saw an ad in Motorcycle Trader magazine for positions at a new dealership that was opening up in Sydney. He dragged his feet over sorting his passport, but I sent off an application and at least got an acknowledgement. They were going to give help with work permits, getting settled etc.

Apparently, half the UK bike trade's employees applied for the posts; the following month's Motorcycle Trader had a cartoon showing a queue of bike mechanics, salesmen etc, waiting to get on a plane bound for Oz The Sydney dealer was overwhelmed with applications.

/cool story etc.
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[skatefreak]

You have to be careful where you look though.
I have family on the gold coast, Weekends spent jet ski camping with their two daughters on islands and some of the best beach going. You would soil yourself if you knew how f*cking spectacular life can be out there BUT it's a bit of a trap.

A lot of people move out there chasing the dreams and end up over worked, over taxed (because taxes are a bit silly in places), and so blinded chasing the dream they don't abort until they are spent/broke :-\ .

Realistically we are considering the outskirts of Brisbane, property is quiet expensive where the work is but a half hour/40 minute commute is long by Oz standard, average time stood still in ques in the UK I suspect...

Big super markets out there (woolies/coles) will have cheap own brands and lots of specials so are cheaper all round.

I say we're toying with the idea, we are doing it .
Having grown up in S.A. I love the climate, it's just formalities like weather to keep the house and rent it out or sell up etc.

We both have most of our family in Europe so I would be surprised if we stayed out there but renting a house out and going to the other side of the world is quiet a risk...

Also look into getting your qualifications recognised, NHS is always popular, you'll need to do an English test and I would be suspicious of work sponsorship visa's leaving you at the mercy of a company.

[c_dug]

The thing that struck me in Brisbane was the lack of decent public transport - living in London has spoiled me in that regard. Rush hour was bedlam, worse than London traffic in places, which is bonkers when it's around 1/4 the population!

We're toying with a similar thing, we have a flat on the outskirts of London that we could let out for two years or something while we worked out whether we wanted to live there longer term.

In all honesty I'm not sure how likely I'd be to get a visa, but it is something we're now thinking of. To be blunt, we're still the right side of 30 to risk a few years on it!
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