CrackerCasey

The local environs of Shearwater, Port Sorell and Hawley Beach are amongst the most beautiful in Tasmania, if not in Australia. A wonderful place to live, to raise kids, to be a part of a community. Unfortunately, if you are planning on renting in these areas, be prepared to pay big bucks. The majority of rental properties on the market currently sit in the high two hundreds and mostly mid to high three hundreds per week. Until the property owners figure out that it is much better to have a great tenant in their house at a lower rate than to have a higher rate but a vacant house, the prices will continue to force out hard working, but not so high earning, renters. The real estates need to let the owners know of the many wonderful tenants they have on their books who quite simply cannot afford the prices they are charging per week - but then of course their fees would suffer! Unfortunately the prices have, after over 10 years living and renting here, forced me to move away to the less desirable, but much more affordable Devonport area.