Thread: Thinking of moving to Tassie

Originally Posted by cucinadio

We are thinking of moving to tassie after the swmbo finish's uni...we will visit first obviously...but there are a few Tasmanians on this forum so thought l would ask... where would you live???

cheers

Where would I suggest that you live?

Well I reckon that depends on how good a chef you are. If you are a really good chef, you should move to a little place called South Arm and set up your own business there.

If you're an aveage chef - anywhere else in Tassie will do.

If you're not a very good chef at all - just stay where you are.

Of course, there's an ulterior motive to my reasoning. I've got a house in South Arm and will be re-locating across there myself in the not too distant future, and I'm always on the lookout for somewhere serving good food.

And then there's the added bonus that there'll be at least two Landrovers in South Arm.

And as for those who say it's too cold - I have lived in Kalgoorlie since '91 and visit Tassie pretty regularly. It gets hotter - and colder - in Kalgoorlie than it does at South Arm.

Originally Posted by BMKal

And then there's the added bonus that there'll be at least two Landrovers in South Arm.

Christ, I hope u don't both meet near the cenetaph at the same time, There will not be enuff room.

Originally Posted by cucinadio

one thing that really ****s me with the land rover ...espesialy the D1 V8 is they hate heat ..in winter there like sex on wheels ..but in summer there a right pita...at least the temp down there will be more to its liking..
')

cheers

beg to differ, they hate the 'heat' here too...something with their crappy cooling system, eg., a radiator that blocks way to easy

Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus

Haven't read the entire thread so apologise if anyone has already said this

One thing we note every time we visit Tassie (family down there so often enough) is the price of food especially fresh fruit and veg, stuff that we can buy really cheap up here.......we eat tons of fruit & veg and I don't think I'd like to be buying what we buy here at Tassie prices

OK a few positives and negatives about Tasmania......
fruit and veg prices are too high and affect residents health. Studies done by dieticians here show how much more Taswegians pay. Even though Tas produces heaps of the stuff most of it goes to the Mainland and some comes back again for local consumption....the supermarket here have 85% of the food sales..imagine the cost in transport. Even Cadbury chocolate is all sent to the M'Land and freighted back again. In some suburbs they simply don't eat fresh F and V...Maccas and KFC are the staple diet.

Tassie is a great place and I would not want to live anywhere else, but remember, the wages are lower on average and the prices are higher and going higher every day. Food is more expensive, power and water are going through the roof and Council rates are high for what you get - there are 29 of them plus the State Government. House and land prices have also risen ridiculously in the last 10 years, much of this driven by sea-changers from other States, good if you bought before then, but in reality getting too high for most locals to afford nowadays. Rent is also amongst the highest in the nation.

According to other State Premiers, Tassie only survives because of hand-outs from other States, and the main employer is the (massive) Public Service. Reductions in the GST share have stunned the economy here resulting in serious cut backs to services, eg., health, buses and so on.

Tas also has the highest percentage of State population on welfare benefits. and recently the Government expressed disgust at wood hooking on Crown land, ignoring the fact that many people need to 'steal' firewood to survive because they can't afford electric heating, and road-side wood sellers abound on every highway. All the while thousands of tonnes of firewood are burnt in annual massive regeneration burns

Yes there are lifestyle opportunities here not available in other countries, as one ex pat Englishman said to me recently, "my daughter can ride horses here, something only the rich can do in the UK". However, he lamented dropping his 80k pound per year salary as a builder in the UK for half that here. It was only because of his high income in the UK that he could afford to buy 5 acres and an old house in the Huon Valley, and a horse etc for his daughter. This is so typical of many people that move here..and has boosted the Tas population and economy accordingly.

So, do your homework before considering a move

All in all, the lifestyle...IS STILL GREAT

Originally Posted by BMKal

Where would I suggest that you live?

Well I reckon that depends on how good a chef you are. If you are a really good chef, you should move to a little place called South Arm and set up your own business there.

If you're an aveage chef - anywhere else in Tassie will do.

If you're not a very good chef at all - just stay where you are.

Of course, there's an ulterior motive to my reasoning. I've got a house in South Arm and will be re-locating across there myself in the not too distant future, and I'm always on the lookout for somewhere serving good food.

And then there's the added bonus that there'll be at least two Landrovers in South Arm.

And as for those who say it's too cold - I have lived in Kalgoorlie since '91 and visit Tassie pretty regularly. It gets hotter - and colder - in Kalgoorlie than it does at South Arm.

What you should have said was :

Originally Posted by BMKal
Where would I suggest that you live?

Well I reckon that depends on how good a chef you are. If you are a really good chef, you should move to a region called The Tamar Valley and set up your own business there.

If you're an aveage chef - anywhere else in Tassie will do.

If you're not a very good chef at all - just stay where you are.

.....................tasi

PS. spot on Inter

Originally Posted by INter674

beg to differ, they hate the 'heat' here too...something with their crappy cooling system, eg., a radiator that blocks way to easy

yhea well mine does ....shes a right pita in summer ....in winter shes a dream .......but i still love her

cheers

Dont know why people bitch about the cost of living in tassie, maybe they all want to live in the city or something. House are still affordable or do you want a mansion ( I am happy with my old place, been doing renos for over 20 years, built about 1890 - 1910, council has records to 1910 but local history puts it earlier), Frieght stuff outa melbourne over night (4 days and I had a camera from Honk kong), see the local farmer for a bag of spud (most likely give them to you if you pick the buggers up or see him for a good bit of beef on the hoof. You may need to think out side the square or horrors of horrors bend your back and put in a vegie garden but living 40km from the cleanest air (measured) in the industries world sure has some bonus like when my 14-15 year old daughter wanted to walk home from dancing/sport at night in the dark, well that was safe too
cheers
blaze
ps
I know most of you aint really knocking tassie but with all the too cold and too dear, just frustrate me because it isnt at all

Originally Posted by INter674

OK a few positives and negatives about Tasmania......
fruit and veg prices are too high and affect residents health. Studies done by dieticians here show how much more Taswegians pay.

Even though Tas produces heaps of the stuff most of it goes to the Mainland and some comes back again for local consumption....the supermarket here have 85% of the food sales..imagine the cost in transport. Even Cadbury chocolate is all sent to the M'Land and freighted back again

. In some suburbs they simply don't eat fresh F and V...Maccas and KFC are the staple diet.

Tassie is a great place and I would not want to live anywhere else, but remember, the wages are lower on average and the prices are higher and going higher every day. Food is more expensive, power and water are going through the roof and Council rates are high for what you get - there are 29 of them plus the State Government. House and land prices have also risen ridiculously in the last 10 years, much of this driven by sea-changers from other States, good if you bought before then, but in reality getting too high for most locals to afford nowadays. Rent is also amongst the highest in the nation.

According to other State Premiers, Tassie only survives because of hand-outs from other States, and the main employer is the (massive) Public Service. Reductions in the GST share have stunned the economy here resulting in serious cut backs to services, eg., health, buses and so on.

Tas also has the highest percentage of State population on welfare benefits. and recently the Government expressed disgust at wood hooking on Crown land, ignoring the fact that many people need to 'steal' firewood to survive because they can't afford electric heating, and road-side wood sellers abound on every highway. All the while thousands of tonnes of firewood are burnt in annual massive regeneration burns

Yes there are lifestyle opportunities here not available in other countries, as one ex pat Englishman said to me recently, "my daughter can ride horses here, something only the rich can do in the UK". However, he lamented dropping his 80k pound per year salary as a builder in the UK for half that here. It was only because of his high income in the UK that he could afford to buy 5 acres and an old house in the Huon Valley, and a horse etc for his daughter. This is so typical of many people that move here..and has boosted the Tas population and economy accordingly.

So, do your homework before considering a move

All in all, the lifestyle...IS STILL GREAT

sounds the same as ome shocks ....it happens everywhere tho ...im in a place where it took me three months to get a dishwasher fixed ..in the end i rang Brisbane had the parts freighted up express and fixed it myself..three weeks later he came back and said I'm here...

cheers, great info tho