mate i came here with 1200 quid a wife and kid no wife now ..lived in NSW and QLD but i dont really get on with the summers up here [I am a Scot after all lol] so im moving back sth to the snowies ..i concur with everything everyone here says i will add this do your own immigration stuff.. i did ...its a but involved but the immigration agents are just a rip off .
I met some wicked mates here and run my own business for about 3yrs doing bike recovery and transport so ive seen a fair bit of the eastern sea board ...4800 kms a week im back on the tools now ..but im looking to retire after 65 to the country and go off the grid ..mate do it you wont regret it ..this is the safest country on the planet [cept for all the beasties trying to eat you lol ]...any help i can give you just yell ..good luck matey