Hastings Vic, Apollo Bay Vic

[Junglemum]

it is locally known as boganville

ROFL i was trying to be diplomatic!

Great school Rainy!

[MantaRay]

Oh no, not another mod moving south My sister lives on the pennisula and really loves it. Her DH is a surfer but I'm not sure where he surfs. The one thing I would recommend is taking a trip down there to scope it all out. That way you can see for yourself and get a feel for a place. Like most things I think a first impression tells you a lot. Best of luck hun.

[Lulu]

If you move to Apollo Bay you'll never get rid of me!

why not look at Torquay?

[~Raven~]

DH grew up in Frankston and knows a lot of places down on the Peninsula. I can ask him his opinion if you like.

ETA SIL went to Flinders college. It's in Tyabb.

DH reccons Hastings was known as bogan city 20 years ago and that the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree so would be home to a new generation of them. He goes down there a bit for work

*disclaimer - my DH is a bogan too ROFL*

[Lulu]

Hastings is also very flat...and not very beautiful. There are places surrounding it that might be nice

[Inanna]

You girls are BAD!

I really have my heart set on Apollo Bay - DH prefers it too. (hinterland probably - I need green space, chookies, cows, vege garden etc...

What about Lakes Entrance??? Is it green there? Is it pretty???

[melbel]

nah come out this way.....lots more BB people out this way and we have all that hinterland stuff too.......just not Hastings is all!! (or Frankston!!) LOL

[Ginger]

Great school Rainy! [/QUOTE]

i know! we're thinking of moving down that way actually and i wood seriousley consider sending the kids there.

flowerchild- i'm heading to lakes entrance for a little holiday this weekend actually, so i'll let you know what it's like they do get pretty extreme weather there though i think.
apollo bay is absolutely gorgeous

[Astrid]

Ok, just logging in as a little birdie told me my name was metioned

We are down Warrnambool way. There is surfing along a the coast down here, both east and west. I am not a surfer though, so can't really comment. I am still getting to know the area. Whilst it is a friendly place to live, it is leaning more to country/bogan (I mean there are both country folk and some bogans, not calling country bogan iykwim), than to hippy. I would like it to be a bit more hippy, there are enough people though that you can just hang out with those with a similar mindset if you want. Smaller towns would be a bit better, like Port Fairy as previously mentioned. I have often wondered what Timboon would be like, we wanted to look at houses there, but they always fell through.

All you can really do is take a drive along the Great Ocean Rd and see what place takes your fancy if you want to move along the coast.

[Inanna]

Rainforest what's the critique on Lakes Entrance?

What about Port Fairy Astrid? Would it be a nice family town...? Would it be 3 hours to Melb from there?

[~Trish~]

I've been to Lakes Entrance a few times (I was there for a few hours a couple of weeks ago) and it's really lovely . When you drive in it is just BEAUTIFUL. There is surf out there, but I've never personally surfed there (always stuck to the Island or Torquay or Inverloch) so I'm not sure what it's like. You also have the benefit of the lake nearby. I think the weather can be a bit extreme from what I've heard too, it can certainly get cold! It can become very busy during the holidays though, we could barely walk through the main street it was that packed.

Have you thought about Inverloch? It's just past Phillip Island, it's beautiful and has some great surf spots. Lots of farms and things too.

[Nelle]

If you move to Apollo Bay you'll never get rid of me!

I'm sure we could work out some sort of BB custody agreement - you have Lu and I alternating weekends.

[Junglemum]

Port fairy is a gorgeous seaside town. Pretty quiet in the off season, busier in the summer. A few nice places to have coffee and eat, a great music fetival once a year and loads of surf. Yeah about 3 hrs from melb. Another lovely spot is Port Campbell. I'd live in either of those towns.

[Astrid]

Rainforest what's the critique on Lakes Entrance?

What about Port Fairy Astrid? Would it be a nice family town...? Would it be 3 hours to Melb from there?

Think it maybe a nice family town, the whole area down here seems pretty family friendly. It is about 3hrs from W'bool to Melb, so add about another 20 min on that. It really depends on traffic and stops with kids. The first part of the Geelong bypass is in, so that takes about 15min off I think. Just wish they would put in dual lanes the whole way, it would make a huge difference. Just thought you might like to know that Port Fairy has naturally occuring fluoride in its water If you do head on down this way for a look feel free to PM me if you want to catch up.