Well done on the move, and having a few good mates who have helped out so well. 

I was a teenager around the Forster/Tuncurry/Taree/Port areas and it is such a beautiful place with the best of all worlds with great beaches, lovely forrest/national parks etc, and even great lake systems. A lovely place to live if u can find work. When the Sydney bypass went in and alot of these lovely areas were bypassed, it was a two edged sword, great for the locals who didnt want extra expansion and new people arriving to stuff the place up, but alot of jobs were lost.

Still, its a great place to live, espescially if u have pinball friends in the area. Doesnt get better than that.