Alanz Eyes

At least, not yet. Maybe not for a while. But definitely not within the time that we originally planned.

There are too many signs happening around us that are pointing to Australia NOT being the place for us to go to in the near future.

• My career taking off, with interesting opportunities arising.
• The Australian Dollar losing ground against the NZ Dollar, meaning it’ll be more expensive to move to Australia than what we planned for.
• The new Industrial Relations laws making it a fracked up environment for working (one of my friends was fired this week, because ‘unfair dismissal’ was no longer illegal. She was replaced with someone who would do the same job for less money. I wonder how many such stories are happening around Australia now that it’s ok for employers to fire whoever they want, for whatever reason they like, without penalty.)
• Property Investment laws favouring purchasing in New Zealand over Australia.

And there are other signs too, which I won’t go into right now.

Deidre and I went to our first property investment seminar as a couple last night. First time ever for her, and maybe 5th time for me. It was good. I got a lot more from it than I expected, namely Deidre very excited about investment strategies and goals. Excited enough to decide that this is the way of our future.

Indeed it is. I can’t see any other way of guaranteeing an easy retirement before I’m 45.