retiring to Australia/Tasmania

well if you retire to Tassie and still want to practice you'll have to remember that they have two heads and are all related to each other

Melbourne does have some dodgy people as well but they "look" normal and pay with rubber cheques.

Further north you have the Sydney people who are suspicious of everyone and it will take 50 years to get to know .... and then you won't want to

In the deep north you've got the redneck Qlders which we've put a dingo fence around and set their clocks back to 1954 ... PERMANENTLY!!

South Australia ........ hmmm they all live in pickling barrels from what we read , and their water is undrinkable

Western Australia is dead, nothing happens there and no-one was born there

Northern Territory has got like 15 people, no wait Kerrari from this board went there a while ago so 16 people and no speed limits, sounds good until you realise the temperature is tied to the speed limit and 3 showers a day is not enough to feel human

that leaves ACT (Canberra) .... and everyone does !!!!

welcome

 

Geez, who needs to read copious volumes of Geoffrey Blainey when you can read such a concise, well informed and factual rendition by John Moretti-Emeritus Professor disguised as an IT dude

Russ, I moved to Tassie from Sydney about 20 years ago and love the place.
Like all places, it has its ups and its downs...depends what rings your bells.
Feel free to pm me with any particular things you wish to know. Btw, if you're into chasing your sister, this is the place to do it

 

For one thing, Tassie has awesome roads. What else is important anyway?

 

Mark, we're trying to keep that a secret, don't want heaps of people coming here and crowding out such pleasures as Cethana,Riana or Mt Arrowsmith .... just to name a few. Oops, I might have let the cat out of the bag

 

We have pretty good roads here in SA to Mark and snj5 will have to come here to see Ash's x1/9 - there's no way it would make it to Melbourne

 

ha be lucky if it makes it out my garage in my lifetime, not sure why anyone'd want to see it. i love the adelaide hills, but i did a lap of tassie (in a camper ) several years ago and that place kicks arse! i vowed to go back sometime and do it with a sportscar. i'm thinking autumn '07....

 

maybe it's time to organise an SFR in Tassie next year?

 

Assault on the Map o Tassie...

Russ, for all your aussie introductory needs: http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4707

(also includes a long version of moretti's patriotic diatribe by john millard i think (page 3)...)

 

How cold is Tassie Anyways?

 

Sounds good to me. Next year is a fair way off though. Mightn't be able to wait that long.

 

it a nice place to live, but really depends on what you are looking for, i tend to do the same when i retire, and will be getting my own Oyster farm in the area of st helens,( one of the best oysters in the world).
Tasie has very nice Scenery and some great roads fo play with!

 

well looks like i'll be stuck losing money in my job for a while longer yet so figger won't be able to finish my car for a while (will be killer on tassie roads ) so have to call shotgun.

 

i see there is both a gt4 and a tr for sale at prestige just up from you. have you seen either of them?

 

Sounding even better! Happy to organise depending on timing. There is also the Ferrari Club of Oz gig down here in September.

Btw, what does SFR stand for? Sensational **cken Rally? Southern Ferrari Rally? .....I give up.

 

Call answered Ash! But as you know, its a 4 door! So if the 2 door boys snub ya, you won't be left walking.

 

How cold would you like it to be?
Don't you watch the National weather?
We had 39 degrees a couple of weeks ago!

 

farenheit or celsuis?

 

not telling!

 

tease

 

nope, will have to check them out next week.

 

Maybe he can hang out with our good ol mate uncle chop chop on his farm in Tassie lol

 

and maybe invite neville..lol

 

Do you have any way to back up that water claim? Any links to sites that have done a study? I'm trying to convince myself that bottled water is worth the expense...

Thanks

 

SFR= Sunday Fun Run