There is a small and growing software industry in the Gold Coast. The question is do you want to form a friendship base? If you do then the gold coast is a holiday destination and will go from 50,000 to 150,000 overnight (or something like that). I live in South Australia at the moment but have lived in various parts of Australia. It is a big move for you and I have seen others move back because they have missed things in England so I would encourage you to move because you want to not because England is bad as once you have moved the brain will tell you it was not that bad where you were because it will be hard to break into the social network where ever you move. Stephen .999 is not 1 There is an absolute!