A newie all the way from Western Australia....

[Janebo]

Originally from Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)... Africa. Immigrated to Australia in 1992 as conditions over there were frightening and unbelieveable. Have been very happy in OZ over the years but like everywhere the cost of living is just creeping up and up. My hubby Graham and myself are recent pensioners and that makes it even harder to survive. Thank goodness we bought a 20 acre block of rural land and over the years have slowly been developing it... eg. all the fencing had to be replaced plus we put in 2 lots fencing to partition off for keeping a couple of sheep, a couple of goats and maybe a cow and calf! Also have made friends with the next door neighbor who has 250 acres by the name of Harry... who said, we could if we wanted to, use quite a big area for putting a crop in. Hmmmm..... decisions and decisions. Anyway up until now have planted 50 fruit trees... which are doing very well. Put up a number of sheds plus 3 large water tanks and will soon be putting down a bore hole and building a water reservior. Also slowly building a small house to accommodate us both plus 3 dogs and a tabby cat. Cannot wait to move over from the farm where we are at the moment working and have been here 7 years... hubby is a diesel mechanic and also drives all the huge farm machinery etc etc. We want to be completely self sufficient in everyway and so when I came across this site.... I jumped for joy as I'm sure we will learn a lot and hopefully make lots of friends.

 

[~gd]

Originally from Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)... Africa. Immigrated to Australia in 1992 as conditions over there were frightening and unbelieveable. Have been very happy in OZ over the years but like everywhere the cost of living is just creeping up and up. My hubby Graham and myself are recent pensioners and that makes it even harder to survive. Thank goodness we bought a 20 acre block of rural land and over the years have slowly been developing it... eg. all the fencing had to be replaced plus we put in 2 lots fencing to partition off for keeping a couple of sheep, a couple of goats and maybe a cow and calf! Also have made friends with the next door neighbor who has 250 acres by the name of Harry... who said, we could if we wanted to, use quite a big area for putting a crop in. Hmmmm..... decisions and decisions. Anyway up until now have planted 50 fruit trees... which are doing very well. Put up a number of sheds plus 3 large water tanks and will soon be putting down a bore hole and building a water reservior. Also slowly building a small house to accommodate us both plus 3 dogs and a tabby cat. Cannot wait to move over from the farm where we are at the moment working and have been here 7 years... hubby is a diesel mechanic and also drives all the huge farm machinery etc etc. We want to be completely self sufficient in everyway and so when I came across this site.... I jumped for joy as I'm sure we will learn a lot and hopefully make lots of friends.

Count me in mate! I am retired and took my pension as a lump sum [I thought the firm would fail without me, It was bought out instead] I just love Australians; they still have the can do attitude that the USA seems to have lost. For years I emailed an Aussy girl in Victoria but she found a bloke and they settled in the outback with no internet so l only hear from her when she visits back home. Keep an eye out for TOR [The Old Ram] he used to post daily but cut back this summer [yours, not our northern summer] He has sheep and lives somewhere near the Capital District. He posted a question about a spice so he should be back. ~gd

 

[CheerioLounge]

from the California high desert! Sounds like you'll fit right in here!

 

[Beekissed]

I'm so glad you've come! I love Australia and particularly the accent....the one place in the world I've always wanted to visit above all others. We love pictures here, so if you have any of the countryside and of your place, we just eat that up!

 

[Dawn419]

Hello and Welcome to the forum!

Make yourself at home here and enjoy!

 

[rhoda_bruce]

Welcome. I lived in Lakes Entrance as a small child. Hope all your SS ventures work out. We are trying hard to get a lotta things together for similar reasons. I just try to do something SS everyday, so it adds up and gets in shape eventually. Sorry you had to leave your home land.

 

[BarredBuff]

and Good luck!

 

[Mr.Andersson]

 

[snapshot]

from South Central U.S.

 

[dragonlaurel]

Welcome Glad you found your way here. Lots of good info on so many things.