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  • 14-06-2011 2:06am
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    mjcom4d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 145 ✭✭


    What does an Irish person need to buy an Australian sheep or cattle station and which part is warmer or colder
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    hussey
    Registered Users Posts: 6,240 ✭✭✭hussey


    what visa do you have?

    also 'which part is warmer or colder' .... part of australia? part of NSW/VIC?

    you'll need to expand if you want answers


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    aido79
    Registered Users Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭aido79


    Think you're dreaming mate! Have you done any research on this? The smallest cattle station in Australia would make the average Irish farm look like a garden. The biggest is bigger than Belgium.


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    Jumpy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭Jumpy


    Its also bloody hard work.

    There is a reason its a father/son business. I dont think its something you can drop into.

    I would start working in one for a few years to understand the differences between Aus/Ireland farming before you commit.


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    mjcom4d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 145 ✭✭mjcom4d


    I know how big they are and all the work involved I don't have any visa I just want to know can you just buy it or do you have to be a citizen and by hot and cold part I mean which has the coldest summer


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    the dee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,155 ✭✭✭the dee


    The further south you go, the colder the weather. Desert areas have cold nights. I don't believe you need to be a citizen to buy property but you need to have a visa which gives you the right to live and work in the country if you want to live and work in the country.


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    Zambia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭Zambia


    I think this is fast heading for the too hard basket


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    s.c
    Registered Users Posts: 270 ✭✭s.c


    the dee wrote: »
    I don't believe you need to be a citizen to buy property

    Yoy don't have to be a citizen but as far as I know it is much more difficult if your not at least a perment resident. i.e 457 visa


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    mandrake04
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    There's a big difference between buying property like a house and buying a business like sheep farm without a permanent visa.

    Buying into a business like that is $$millions upfront.


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    kiwipower
    Registered Users Posts: 802 ✭✭✭kiwipower


    Why would you buy a farm in Oz?
    I meet loads of farmers on the verge of suicide over there. No rain for six years, wind/sand storms, bush fires, cattle/sheep taken by snakes ticks etc. $8million in dept and cant afford to walk of the block. Only get into a small village once every few months for the shopping and pub trip. Never seeing another human being for weeks on end. Limited internet/mobile coverage.
    I'd rather buy one in NZ!

    Ohh don’t forget no government subsidies compared to Ireland in either country!

    Must also mention that when it does rain it floods!!!!!


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