The 26-year-old, who switched allegiances from New South Wales to Tasmania last season, has moved into a new house with teammates Belinda Vakarewa and Maisy Gibson and is enjoying her free time in the state.

"It's sort of growing on me Tasmania, I haven't actually spent a heap of time here consecutively over the last 12 months since I've been here so it's actually been nice to spend some time here and get the place set up," Carey said.

"I've been telling everyone it doesn't rain too much down here, but it's raining at the moment and it's actually rained quite a bit the last two days but it's not too bad, it's pretty good down here."

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Although she's unsure what pre-season training will look like for the Tigers, the 24-time white-ball international representative is looking forward to using the positives of her current situation of being confined to the state.

Originally planning on going back to New South Wales during her leave period to spend time with her family, COVID-19 and moving in to her new house has seen her priorities shift.

"We had a really hectic international schedule last season but I'm really enjoying my time in Tassie.

"I really love the coaching down here, I do a lot of batting stuff with Dan Marsh who has been really good and Salliann Briggs who's got some pretty big raps around her.

"I'm really enjoying my time down here and I'm tipping I'll spend more of my pre-season down here this season so I'm looking forward on working on more stuff more consistently with these guys."

Also joining the Hobart Hurricanes upon her arrival into the state last season, Carey scored 267 runs at an average of 24 and took 13 wickets at 28.76 during the WBBL, finishing seventh with only four victories.

Admitting her batting input could have been greater, the recruit was still able to take positives out of the sub-par season.

"It was an interesting season for us," Carey said, "we got so close in so many games and it always went the other way a little bit.

"I don't think we were too far off, I think our bowling unit was pretty good. I thought Belinda Vakarewa had an outstanding season in both WNCL and T20 cricket for that matter and I guess our batting just didn't click.

"I don't think we scored enough runs and our top order, including myself, needed to do a little bit more so if we could work on that and put it all together, I'm sure we could win some more games next season."

A member of Australia's victorious T20 World Cup side that graced the MCG in front of 86174 fans just over a month ago, Carey described the day as the best in her career.

"Obviously a fair bit has gone on around the world with the whole coronavirus thing but I was looking back at the calendar the other day and I couldn't believe it was nearly four or so weeks ago.

"Time has been flying since that day but it was a pretty special day and I'm not sure if I'll top that again in my career. I can't believe it was so long ago now."

Making her international debut in 2018, Carey was yet to play a World Cup fixture before this year's campaign, having been a member of both the 2012 and 2016 squads.

Since ticking the World Cup milestone off the bucket list, the left-handed batter believes she's now a better player for it.

"I sat on the sidelines for a lot of T20 cricket and saw the girls go about their business and obviously it's quite a successful team and hard to crack into.

"It gives me plenty of confidence leading into the next season, who knows what that holds but hopefully we'll get some cricket and hopefully I'll stick around in the team for a bit longer."

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