Moving To Australia

Moving to

Australia

The past six week we have covered the likes of 3rd world living and the conditions that they provide to their people. The conditions of living have been focused on the geographic location of these countries, the social issues that take place, military status, economical well being and the technology that is possesses. Before I make the decision to uproot and move, I need to make certain of some things. I will most definitely not move somewhere where I will not be able to, at least match or increase my income, so I need to take a look ant the economy of the relocation destination. I want to make certain that the culture and its surrounding are suitable for the upbringing of children. The schools, the climate, and a few other things that I will find out as I prepare myself to move to the "outback" of Australia.

. The first step I needed to take before I made it my decision to relocate was to see if the relocation country would allow me to become a citizen. I took a gander at www.immi.gov.au to check the criteria and there seems to be a match somewhere in my professional career that would be suitable for me to live there. Australia is a highly industrialized country; however, the GDP in Australia is dominated by the service industry. With several years of restaurant management experience a profession would not be an issue. An important factor contributing to Australia's ability to maintain low inflation with high growth has been the economy's productivity performance. The main economic goal, as of late, is for Australia to become a competitive producer and exporter of more than just the goods that their land possesses. With a wealth of traditional farm and mineral commodities, Australia has been a big player of exportation of these goods but wants to become diversified exporter of value-added manufactured products, services, and technologies.

I considered any country that claims English as their official language. There were many to choose from with that as my top criteria, since it is the largest spoken language. English is the official language in many countries formerly under British or American rule, such as Pakistan, Ghana, India, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, and the Philippines. That said, anywhere that was not an English speaking country would not make the list of consideration. Having been exposed to the Spanish language and almost fluent in it, I would much rather the English language to speak on an every day basis. Outside of the United States, Canada, Great Britain and India, Australia has the largest population of English speaking citizens. With over 75 percent of the population speaking the language, this would make the transition a great deal easier (http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0856773.html). Now that I have an idea of where I can travel and not be exposed to a significant language barrier, I must evaluate the conditions of living and the culture around these conditions.

In Australia there are five continental states Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia, in addition to Tasmania. The Queensland area, on paper, would be the most desirable area to relocate to. A factor in this decision for me is the fact that I am a certified scuba diver and the location is on the doorstep of the most amazing location to dive in the world, The Great Barrier Reef. Listen up here, this reef extends over 1600 mile long and contains over 3000 clusters of individual reefs (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0101/feature2/). If you're familiar how to use it, Google earth it, simply amazing. The culture in Australia is very similar to that of the United States, there is a very diverse range of people from all over the world. The Australian people are fond of the " barby" when they cook. There cooking style stem form the days of the British and English rule, meat and potatoes are commonly found the diner table, which is completely fine in my book. There is a presence of sporting events in the every day way of life, not to the extent of the Americans but its there. They are particularly interested in the Australia rules football and Rugby. Australia's premier summer sport is cricket. They also enjoy many other sports, such as tennis, netball, soccer, golf, and basketball (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Australia). Gambling is a pastime of many, and horse racing and greyhound racing are popular sports for this reason. I guess for me being a baseball die hard I'm on an island and may have to adapt to the game of cricket. As for the education of my son, again, very