Wherever you choose to live. It is important it is your own choice as it is far easier to live with your own mistakes than someone else's; General; Two points ?; regards the lady who found south Perth too hot' = it is no hotter than Adelaide the big difference from my perspective is that Perth is on the Indian Ocean with warm water and Adelaide is on the Southern Ocean with cold water; Both cities can be variously pleasant or too hot; Perth at least does not have insuperable water problems; albeit we now have one water desalination plant (Brisbane has massive water problems) . General. As far as arriving in any city is concerned; the question is > does what you find on that day suit you; your headspace; your wardrobe; and your pocket. How emotionally and physically prepared anyone is for that initial encounter with the stuff of a completely different latitude and culture (and although Australia speaks English; I maintain, it thinks Italian, culturally, it is not England) to find yourself standing in the streets of Perth/Rabat, or Brisbane/Accra being variously high or low humidity cities; wearing clothing bought in northern Europe; would feel challenging from too many dimensions at once, No car?, and No local knowledge; unsure about schools; which areas to live; which areas have massive amounts of new building, requiring able experienced builders, it's a new world and a marvellous game in understanding, don't expect all the answers at once. hence from this perspective there may be advantage in thinking of the move as being to another latitude: rather than to Australia, without the any of the expectations that might attach a move to a faraway suburb. You mention your husband is a bricklayer, again that opens, two lines of thought; one of the plumber who long ago migrated to Rhodesia; and on a long flight changed from being a plumber to being a fully qualified drainage engineer in consequence of a conversation with fellow traveller on the flight and on arrival knowing enough to keep a team of 120 local drainage labourers working productively and without creating inter-tribal competition by belonging to any of local tribes worked happily in his new role for years. The second relates directly to your husband's position as a bricklayer, presumably with some length of experience in that role, while stressing that I am massively out of date with regard the UK; it occurs that in the UK if he was looking for additional work or new work; he might look in the paper, or go to the local employment office, in Australia. He might ignore both; and be advantaged by telephoning building companies directly with a view to gaining employment variously as a bricklayer or with a view to what other prospects the larger builders may be in a position to offer him; because with the very low unemployment rates and some level of drug use by young people: here it is almost impossible to get decent staff, in consequence a clean skin, after the briefest of orientations may well find himself coordinating and supervising others and liaising directly with the builder or builders office; (bricklaying has never been for idiots; they have to fix their own mistakes; and idiots don't survive in that trade) again best wishes, John