1A profound or notable transformation.

1. 1.1Australian A significant change in lifestyle, especially a move from the city to a rural or seaside location.
   people are looking at sea changes for a better work-life balance

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Are Australians opting in their tens of thousands for a sea change, or are they being driven out of the cities by the rising cost of housing?
   • Others leaving cite on-going anti-social behaviour in the town, associated criminal damage, cost of living, sea change options or family commitments elsewhere.
   • The electorate is changing, from blue-collar rural economy, to a sea change economy, dominated by retirees and eco-tourism.
   • Rumours persist that "sea change packages" (aka redundancies) are coming soon to The Age as the paper continues to carve back its budget.
   • Efforts to court those people looking for a "sea change" or bush change saw the median house price rise by 40 per cent.
   • Ever since my family tasted the ultimate sea change three years ago my three girls are up at 4 every morning bar Sunday.
   • City-based journos across the country looking for a sea change that doesn't include moving to Byron Bay and writing the great Australian novel should take a look at the Warialda Standard.
   • It has been much discussed in the media with examples given of downshifting and sea changes.
   • Tasmania is consided by many to represent the perfect 'sea change' for those wishing to escape the concrete jungles of Melbourne or Sydney.
   • People are going to take off into the country and all that sea change stuff.