Thread: Thinking of moving to Tassie

I moved to Tassie twice and if I have to do it again i will sell or my gear here.
The furniture removal cost heaps.
Just take with you the very essentials and get the rest of the gear there.
The lkast time that I returned to the main land cost me $ 5000 bring the gear here
Good luck mate and keep out of the area where the mill will be.

Cheers

If that's what you want to do........just do it. Tassie is a fabulous place. Thought of moving there ourselves a number of years ago, but for our own reasons we didn't. I have family over there and try to visit every year, and a mate of mine is moving there in a couple of weeks.

Follow your dreams

Taswhere?

Hi,
came to tas 8 years ago left for two years and came back for an indefinite stint. love it and i think you have to be here ten years to be a local. its different but in a good way. lots of land rovers down here too.

Originally Posted by Xavie

Can I ask if you moved furniture across the sea or did you buy everything there? I don't have any thing which I really wana take that I could not easily replace that wouldn't fit in the car on the ferry. So I would only really move things if it was cheaper and easier then I suspect it is.

we actualy moved everything down here from Brisbane. Cost us about 7 grand but when you think what it would cost to replace everything you own, it was worth it. If you dont have much, then maybe its worth selling up and buying what you need. Just sit down and work out what stuff costs to replace. When you sell stuff, you get nothing for it so it can be expensive to replace stuff at new prices.

I dont know anything about the north of the state, but renting is a good way to sus a place out and then look at buying. 6 months rent is a good investment against buying and moving into a dodgy suburb that you cant wait to get out of.

good luck

Originally Posted by paul-defender

Hi,
came to tas 8 years ago left for two years and came back for an indefinite stint. love it and i think you have to be here ten years to be a local. its different but in a good way. lots of land rovers down here too.

Sorry to rain on your parade but if you were'nt born in Tas you will never be considered local by those that were. Its just one of those things, however, there is enough " expats" down there now to not feel excluded.Also there are other "Imports" giving the locals a focus point. We looked at living in the Tamar valley for many many years, I got the local Launceston paper delivered here & even bought a cottage in West Launceston but sold it when we decided the time was'nt right as our two intellectually disabled (Autistic) boys would never have recieved the resources they can in Melb, that was a practical experience for us as we lived there for up to a month at a time. The food is dearer but that is more than made up with plenty of other factors like rates etc. I go down there regularly with work and the latest worry around Launceston is the pollution, and thats not counting the proposed Gunns mill near Georgetown. If that goes ahead then Tassy is off our radar, as we reckon the Launceston weather is very similar to Melb only a bit colder in winter. Hobart is quite different again.
Check out Google under "Tamar Valley Air Quality" most are PDF reports

And regarding the mill.
Tamar valley pulp mill - key issues | Tapvision.info

Overall it will turn out what you make it.

Concur with Dee Jay re: It will be what you make of it.

Having moved about 15 times in the past 20 years (serving in the forces does that to ya) in cluding the length of UK and between the coats of Australia, a town is a town is a town - but its the people that make the difference.

I wouldn't mind giving Tasweigianland a run...it's just that the winter's are soooo miserable (reminds me of my pommyland stint). Having grown up in Perth, summers are supposed to be over 40!

Even better, JC works down in Hobart, so all the Landy assistance is there!

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To be fair, if you move somewhere from elsewhere, doesn't matter where, the local versus foreigner thing comes to play. We have lived in a number of different places and states, but I consider myself an Australian above any State or locality bias. Just accept that it is so.....who cares......be a part of the community wherever you are and you will find acceptance.