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Best Place To Retire In Australia
We travel Australia to find the very best retirement spots. We don't sit at home gazing at the computer screen...we actively go and research areas around Australia.
Read more about Best Place To Retire In AustraliaSir Alex Ferguson Says He's 'Too Old' To Retire
Sir Alex Ferguson maintains he's "too old" to retire as a younger man would and said he would have nothing to do but for football.
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From having a problem with soap to soap being a passion......Robyn has an interesting story to tell.
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Creator Barry Humphries says that the next stage tour will be Dame Edna and Sir Les' last on stage
Read more about Retire!, Dame Edna and Sir Les To Retire?Half Back Retirees?
Half Back Retirees
Know someone who is a ‘Halfback’? No, this doesn’t refer to a position on the sporting field. It refers to people who make a second move to areas that are ‘halfway back’ to the place they orginally moved from, hence the name ‘Half Back Retirees’.
In Australia it is possible to see ‘Southerners’ (think Victoria, Tasmania) who have moved to the warmer climate of Queensland and northern NSW move again after a few years.
Is a warmer climate, stunning sunsets and a more leisurely pace necessarily the environment people are looking for? Not always it seems.
Why do they do this?
There are a multitude of reasons given by ‘half back retirees’ and sometimes things just don’t work out they way they had thought.
*Closer to Friends and Family (and also, ‘further away’).
*Sick of the climate! (not enough variety)
*Medical facilities
*Change in family circumstances
*Nostalgia
What are your experiences? Let us know
