Hi Dawn,
I know exactly where you are coming from (almost literally as I'm originally from Coventry) Things like having my car stolen 3 times, house burgled running around not being able to sit down and have a family meal together were some of the things that made us make the descision to come out here. Some people do take the risk of coming out on visitor permits etc and things go OK but it's the ones who do it who probably haven't been on this forum and haven't done any research that are more likely to come unstuck. I was unsure about the move and was leaving a large group of family and friends but hey you only live once so hang in there and if something gets in your way try to find a way round it.

all the best

Paul