Congratulations on the job and welcome to QLD!
I look forward to meeting you when you make it over. You will love it here, the Sunny Coast is a really nice laid back place with plenty of nice roads off away from the heat of the fuzz.
Like any place, the fuzz have their hotspots which they frequent so when you first come over I highly recommend you catch up with the locals and go for a cruise and work out how it all works to avoid trouble.
To the best of my knowledge, for QLD rego transfer you will need to get a Road Worthy Certificate which is now called a Safety Certificate. These are easy to get and if you have any troubles please ask a fellow member in person and some 'assistance' may be possible in relation to obtaining one. Check the rules/laws, but you can run around for a while with rego from out of state.
I wish you well with the new job and I hope you find somewhere good to shack up.
Cheers,
Ben.