Mel/missymoo we loved that area of Tassie when we holidayed there years ago. We also particularly liked Stanley - on the NW coast. It's our favourite holiday of all time! (Mind you, we went at Xmas and got snow on Cradle Mountain, so I'm not sure how we'd handle winter there).

Mel/Arimeh - we've discussed moving further affield (France or the UK) and nearly went to the UK about five years ago. DP's dad is English and DP has a British passport. We've since talked about going to France when the kid/s are in the upper years of primary/early high school. If we can sell his business at the right time and I can get a good job (which shouldn't be a problem) we'll be going for a couple of years. (We're very jealous of brontide, as you can imagine, at this point!).

So while I wouldn't personally choose to live in Tassie or NZ, it's mostly job-related and I'm totally in favour of a big move in principle!