During this visit, and because my circumstances changed somewhat drastically earlier this year, I have been giving serious thought to the possibility of acquiring a property here in Oz so I could live partly here and partly in the UK. However, I think I have decided, not only because the exchange rate is not in my favour, but because of the lifestyle for oldies, oops I mean those of us who are more advanced in years in this area is not exactly to my taste (!) to remain with the status quo for the time being. So long as I can afford to travel and am able to, then I will just have to carry on visiting. One of my other daughters needs help at the moment (not going into details, but there is a big problem within her family) and I couldn't contemplate leaving her to it. I suppose that if I get past the travelling, I could pay for D2 and some of the gc's to return to the UK for visits. If I were 30 years younger, then yes, I would move out here but I am too entrenched back home