sorry to hear about your stepdad, you will really have to way up the pros and cons but coming from someone who after 8 years living out of her home state and finely coming home only to have to tell my family that its not working and we will be moving again, there is never a good time for news like that, they will get over it they will understand why you are doing what you have chosen to do...

you have to also learn that you cant live your life for your family as they are no longer you primary family you and your DH with your children are your primary family and you need to put them 1st, you need to learn to look at whats best for your primary family and what you need to do. not how hard it will be for everyone else....Its not like you wont visit or will never see them again, could be worse could be interstate ( like I am doing ) or harder still OS... The best bit is you get to blame work telling your family like you just told us your doing this so you can be a SAHM and so that you can one day move to the coast... ( dont blame you there I LOVE northern NSW coast.... )

wish you all the luck hope it works out...

learn to google the town and google images too...