Living a long while in AU

On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 07:10:03 -0700, (Larry
Kingman) wrote:

Hi Peter,

Thanks much for your informative reply to my query, Now I have some
information to take to the atlas as well as get info on the climate.
Especially nice was the "cheap as chips" remark: My kinda place.

I was in Perth two months ago because I thought that its environs would
offer an older, slower, pace of life. Not a bit of it. I thought I'd
sat in airplanes for a couple days and exited in Phoenix, Arizona (I
live in Arizona, but in a small town in the Mojave desert). The
environs themselves seemed all upscale subdivisions and SUVs

Anyway, as the AU consulate in Sfran explains to me, an exit-reentry
visa is issuable, but requires leaving the country each 90 days. It's a
long and expensive way from WA to any other country and the south and
east are clearly better on that score.

Thanks again for the info -- Larry Doyle

Larry, as you intend doing this as a repeat tourist, rather than an
immigrant (I'm not sure of the rules there, that's something you need to
check with the authorities) why don't you just come out, buy a cheap car
and a tent, and wander around the out-back, or even the
not-quite-so-far-outback for a month or three the first time.

I can think of a hundred little one-pub (not one-horse) towns like that,
some in the arid regions, many nearer the coastal cities. In my own
district on the Tweed coast there would be twenty within thirty minutes
of Gold Coast airport with cheap flights to NZ (Freedom Air).

Places like Mooball, Tumbulgum, Bilinudgel, Stokers Siding - etc etc. If
you're looking for arid, then you have to go further inland and also
further from international airports.

But come on out as a tourist, wander around, and find out all the rules
as well.




Cheers, Alan
--

In article , Alan says...
Larry, as you intend doing this as a repeat tourist, rather than an
immigrant (I'm not sure of the rules there, that's something you need to
check with the authorities)

Does anyone know the answer? I know that there are places like Indonesia
where tourists duck out every so often to refresh their visa and they do
this on a permanent basis, but somehow I can't see this sort of caper
being smiled upon by the immigration folk here.

In article , Alan says...
Larry, as you intend doing this as a repeat tourist, rather than an
immigrant (I'm not sure of the rules there, that's something you need to
check with the authorities)

Does anyone know the answer? I know that there are places like Indonesia
where tourists duck out every so often to refresh their visa and they do
this on a permanent basis, but somehow I can't see this sort of caper
being smiled upon by the immigration folk here.

In article , Alan says...
Larry, as you intend doing this as a repeat tourist, rather than an
immigrant (I'm not sure of the rules there, that's something you need to
check with the authorities)

Does anyone know the answer? I know that there are places like Indonesia
where tourists duck out every so often to refresh their visa and they do
this on a permanent basis, but somehow I can't see this sort of caper
being smiled upon by the immigration folk here.

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:17:06 +1000, Peter
wrote:

In article , Alan says...
Larry, as you intend doing this as a repeat tourist, rather than an
immigrant (I'm not sure of the rules there, that's something you need to
check with the authorities)

Does anyone know the answer? I know that there are places like Indonesia
where tourists duck out every so often to refresh their visa and they do
this on a permanent basis, but somehow I can't see this sort of caper
being smiled upon by the immigration folk here.

Me either. That's why I was a bit reticent on it.


Cheers, Alan
--

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:17:06 +1000, Peter
wrote:

In article , Alan says...
Larry, as you intend doing this as a repeat tourist, rather than an
immigrant (I'm not sure of the rules there, that's something you need to
check with the authorities)

Does anyone know the answer? I know that there are places like Indonesia
where tourists duck out every so often to refresh their visa and they do
this on a permanent basis, but somehow I can't see this sort of caper
being smiled upon by the immigration folk here.

Me either. That's why I was a bit reticent on it.


Cheers, Alan
--

Larry Kingman wrote:
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South or east on the continent; this necessitated by requirement to
leave the country every 90 days to maintain tourist visa.
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I'm a retired person (librarian and aircraft manufacturer's techrep)
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Depending on your age, financial position, etc., you may want to look
into a Retirement Visa which is still temporary, not permanent,
residency, but is valid for 4 years and can be extended with 2-year
periods while staying in Australia.

http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/temp_retire.htm

Larry Kingman wrote:
[deleted]
South or east on the continent; this necessitated by requirement to
leave the country every 90 days to maintain tourist visa.
[deleted]
I'm a retired person (librarian and aircraft manufacturer's techrep)
[deleted]

Depending on your age, financial position, etc., you may want to look
into a Retirement Visa which is still temporary, not permanent,
residency, but is valid for 4 years and can be extended with 2-year
periods while staying in Australia.

http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/temp_retire.htm

"Larry Kingman" wrote in message
...
Hi Peter,

Thanks much for your informative reply to my query, Now I have some
information to take to the atlas as well as get info on the climate.
Especially nice was the "cheap as chips" remark: My kinda place.

I was in Perth two months ago because I thought that its environs would
offer an older, slower, pace of life. Not a bit of it. I thought I'd
sat in airplanes for a couple days and exited in Phoenix, Arizona (I
live in Arizona, but in a small town in the Mojave desert). The
environs themselves seemed all upscale subdivisions and SUVs

Anyway, as the AU consulate in Sfran explains to me, an exit-reentry
visa is issuable, but requires leaving the country each 90 days. It's a
long and expensive way from WA to any other country and the south and
east are clearly better on that score.

Thanks again for the info -- Larry Doyle


This is the main reason I am confused.

Yes, as you say, Perth is similar in a way to Pheonix.

You live in a small country town in the desert in the USA. You want to move
to a small country town on the edge of the desert in Australia. Why?

I mean, I love Australia and all, but at the end of the day East Bum**** NSW
is not that different to West Bum**** AZ. It seems a lot of work for not a
whole lot of change ....

"Larry Kingman" wrote in message
...
Hi Peter,

Thanks much for your informative reply to my query, Now I have some
information to take to the atlas as well as get info on the climate.
Especially nice was the "cheap as chips" remark: My kinda place.

I was in Perth two months ago because I thought that its environs would
offer an older, slower, pace of life. Not a bit of it. I thought I'd
sat in airplanes for a couple days and exited in Phoenix, Arizona (I
live in Arizona, but in a small town in the Mojave desert). The
environs themselves seemed all upscale subdivisions and SUVs

Anyway, as the AU consulate in Sfran explains to me, an exit-reentry
visa is issuable, but requires leaving the country each 90 days. It's a
long and expensive way from WA to any other country and the south and
east are clearly better on that score.

Thanks again for the info -- Larry Doyle


This is the main reason I am confused.

Yes, as you say, Perth is similar in a way to Pheonix.

You live in a small country town in the desert in the USA. You want to move
to a small country town on the edge of the desert in Australia. Why?

I mean, I love Australia and all, but at the end of the day East Bum**** NSW
is not that different to West Bum**** AZ. It seems a lot of work for not a
whole lot of change ....