Should check out the prices in Western Australia $250,000 might buy a tidyish small house in some country town an hour or two from perth if your lucky. In Port Hedland $1000per week is about the cheapest rental in town and that is for a Fibro shack.
There are jobs here if you want them I don't think you will have any problem working here if you are able to but somtimes the grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Suggest you come over and have a look first then decide if it is for you.