I posted on this forum four years ago that the best thing about my job was riding to work and some bugger told me to stop whinging and change it.
We shifted out to NZ and now have skiing, beach, and singletrack within half an hour. if you enter on a tourist visa (wirking visa has age restriction) there is just enough time to swop to a residents visa if you can line a job up quickly. you might want to look at Nelson as a location. Lots of trucks/heavy diesel plant here on account of the forestry.