i am new to this site and i just wanted to say hello

me and my husband and our 2 boys are planning to move to tas soon and i just wanted to say hello and to see if anyone has got any advice for us on anything to do with tas and living there

so thanks and hi

hello

well welcome to tassie

there are some good places to live down here still
try and get a place that is near a school and the shops,
also its probably best to live near town or any place with shopping

its good 2 see more people from the uk coming here always good 2 hear

Great to here you are moving to tassie !!

I hope you enjoy it down here, have you ever been before?
Jabs gave some great advice there, being close to schools and services is a must.

Check the weather report for a few days before you come, its worth knowing what to expect.
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Really hope you enjoy it down here, its a great place to live.

and welcome to the forums

/tAK

Bring a jumper, transport(buses etc) isn't all that great out in the bush, so if you were planning to get some land, you'd probably need a car.

thank you so much to everyone who replied

i have not been before but we have loved the look of tas for years only now we have got the guts to try it for real, it might seen silly to try it with not being before but we really want to try and we have had enough of the uk

want a better life for my 2 boys

does anyone know any places not to try?

we want to start near hobart as we got told its the best place for a job

thanks

Hobart is certainly "big"

Really, in comparison with any other capital, it's kinda small, but on tassie standards, it's big

There are quite a number of job listings in Hobart and it's surrounding areas.

One thing the state is good for, is bushwalking. There are quite a number of good tracks around the place, I've been on a scarce handful, but they're there.

As for places NOT to try... Gagebrook and Bridgewater. Stay away from them. Depends where you're looking really, a place near the city, or further out.

if you want to check out real estate here:

www.realestate.com.au

most of the local real estate agencies list things there, so its a great place to start looking.
As for jobs, yeah, Hobart being the capital of TAS, its the place to look.. most of the jobs for here are listed:

www.careerone.com.au
and for government jobs:
www.jobs.tas.gov.au

Its a great place for kids really, plenty of opportunities for kids to play in local sporting groups, and plenty of schools around.

thanks again to everyone who replied you dont know how helpful you are

we would like to live were there is a bit of both you know near to were the jobs are but not too close, i would love to be able to get to work in under an hour but also want the kids to have plenty of space eg parks or big garden some were they can kick a ball about as we have to go for miles in uk to find somewere like that

you get what i mean close to work but not in it and close to the bush but not in that either sounds strange i know guess i want the best of both worlds also close to a beach or two for the kids.

thanks again

thanks again to everyone who replied you dont know how helpful you are

we would like to live were there is a bit of both you know near to were the jobs are but not too close, i would love to be able to get to work in under an hour but also want the kids to have plenty of space eg parks or big garden some were they can kick a ball about as we have to go for miles in uk to find somewere like that

you get what i mean close to work but not in it and close to the bush but not in that either sounds strange i know guess i want the best of both worlds also close to a beach or two for the kids.

thanks again

an hour?

no worries..

i get from Glenorchy to Taroona in around half an hour,
Tassie is a very small place, its like 2 and a half hours to drive from one end to the other !!

i would like to say this
dnt live anywhere near a place ending in vale,
stay away from rokeby aswell

well i know, lauderdale has a beach and a bit of a park, sevenmile beach has a beach and its really nice
try and get a place that has metro buses then u can get mostly anywhere

Rokeby has picked up of late, mosreso at the the top of the hill cos the bogans cbf going up it

The eastern shore is a nice place to live, i have lived here for about 5 years now and like the fact that its close to everything.