Raven, my gf said the same thing when I told her!! She grew up on the farm next door to DH and they were best friends, and she can't understand why we would go back!! I can understand once they get to teenage years possibly, I mean, my DH had to come to Melbourne for uni and at the time my parents had moved to their own treechange and I stayed in Melbourne and went to uni, living in share houses etc.
Kim - The driving is a big one and wonder how much worse it will get once school hits. Now we just have swimming and kinder.
PRM - Thanks hun, we know the kids will love it, Iz comments every time we go down that it is really really quiet at nana and pa's place and that there alot of trees! They have a covenanted block in the middle of dairy farms and it's all Aussie bush!
i would jump at a chance like that, but i am a country type person. it's not everyone's cup of tea. my worst nightmare would be living in a city. i would feel claustrophic and stressed.
i think being 1.5hrs from your parents is totally reasonable and doable. being near the beach is a bonus too. i would say go for it! sounds like a great opportunity.
We just did this. But its northeast vic and no family under 3hrs away. We just jumped into it. We figered why the hell not? It fails we move, simple. Its been interesting. Once dj is sorted i'll venture out into play groups. Fwiw my dad grew up in south gippy and wanted to raise us up there but mum veto'd it.
Besy thing for us is the space, people (on the whole) are friendlier and the life style much more relaxed. Plus we've found that we now hate the 'burbs. Even in town (30mins away) its a get in get out type deal.
If it blows up; you can move on. Best thing is you never move again.
I moved from Northcote to Woodend. After being an inner-city girl for 15 years and treading all the sticky carpet pubs in town, my friends thought I'd gone completely mental because I was a real city girl.
We had several reasons for moving. I didn't drive in the city and with two kids my unwillingness to drive was going to be a problem. Getting used to driving here was a doddle by comparison and I love it. Secondly, to move to a bigger house in the city would have meant a bigger mortgage (and would have meant me going back to work at least part-time) whereas moving here meant no mortgage and money leftover in the bank. I never have to work again if I don't want to but it will also give me the freedom to try to forge a freelance writing career. Personally, I grew up in a country town and bringing children up here 'feels right'. In the city, I couldn't get my head around taking DD for a walk and being surrounded by traffic and people.
Having said all that, we moved to a part of Victoria that is very popular for treechangers. MOST of the people I meet at the playground here have moved from Melbourne very recently. And the food and coffee is much better than it was in the city. Yes, I know those are superficial things but they've made me extremely smug about my move. Had we moved to an area without decent food and coffee and where we were the only treechangers, I think I may not have been as delighted as I have been.
I said to an old friend the other day, that we'd actually like to be on a bigger block. We moved from a block of 250sqm in Northcote to 3000sqm here and now we'd like a few acres. He almost fell off his chair and said, "who are you?"
Honestly, I'm completely and utterly thrilled that we moved.
You gals have got me all excited!! and you are totally right, if it doesn't work, the worst thing that happens is that we move back here. Now to plan plan plan!!!!
Raven, my gf said the same thing when I told her!! She grew up on the farm next door to DH and they were best friends, and she can't understand why we would go back!! I can understand once they get to teenage years possibly, I mean, my DH had to come to Melbourne for uni and at the time my parents had moved to their own treechange and I stayed in Melbourne and went to uni, living in share houses etc.
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