Thanks for sharing. You might even make no 2 and 3 into a retirement business !

No, part time still, but in Australia. I’m calling time in Singapore… can’t keep shuttling back and forth. Too taxing and the travelling is taking a toll physically. But you know the pace is sooooo much slower Down Under. It will be like full retirement for me hahaha

I’ll start off 3 days a week for about 6 to 7 months of the year first… gotta take it slow….

Well, we’ll be doing quite a fair bit of traveling during those 6 or so months off work… definitely a lot of domestic travel especially to scout out post post retirement homes in Tasmania. She Who Must Be Obeyed has quite set her sights on a final retirement in Tassie….

Good for you my friend

We loved it... the air is crisp and fresh and the water is crystal clear... and by the time we end up there, we'll be well into our 70's ... it's not a bad place to die.

Hahaha… no, not that ancient bro. I’m in my 50’s, not born in the 50s hahaha. Cheers mate

So, the plan post retirement in Australia is broadly speaking, to spend the first 10 to max 15 or so "still productive" years in Sydney, where my network is, my part-time practice is and where I'm most familiar with things.

This is obviously because I'll still be working 3 days a week for at least half a year per year initially (just to keep my mind occupied).

Once I'm finally ready to call time on even the Sydney part time practice (probably in 10 years' time), we'll move down to Melbourne where we've kept a holiday home (presently tenanted) for the next 5 or 10 years. Just for a change of scenery, and to acclimatize to the weather (personally, I love winters and prefer that to hot climates).

And if that works, we'll make the final move to Tasmania to spend the rest of our (final) days. It's a reverse migration, but for now, one that seems to work for us.

Of course, we might hate the weather and the cold and the rains so much that we'll move back up to Sydney or maybe back to Singapore.... who knows.

Probably Hobart or Launceston - close to amenities, but still within easy walking distance to nature.

Well, I'm also not entirely closing shop, but I'm choosing to work at a slower pace

Just to flesh out the answer a little... waifu is keen for something single level, so no townhouses or mansions (thankfully, can't afford those on a retiree's savings), but it also means we're happy with just an apartment (which I think would be ideal as we grow older).