Another issue too in regional areas is that the larger centers are starting to catch up in terms of city prices for housing and land, so those looking to buy are turning to the outlying towns that are still a reasonable commute to work in the larger town, but cost less to live in. I have to drive through Coolamon to get to Wagga and it is only 40 km's from Wagga, so it is ideal when it comes to living there and working in Wagga. Just last month when I went through there I noticed that on the edge of town there is a FOR SALE sign up on a fence along the Wagga road advertising 5 acre blocks for residential building. What breaks my heart is there is currently a beautiful wheat crop growing on it and worse than that is knowing that the local council approved the rezoning from rural to residential.