What about korrumburra or warragul as then not a long drive to inverloch which is beautiful!
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What about korrumburra or warragul as then not a long drive to inverloch which is beautiful!
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Wonthaggi area or Warburton.
... you must have esp that's where he went to school and a couple of his family members he doesn't want to live near still live there
(yeh love Inverlock for a drive !!)
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Haha ahhhh ok so that's out!!
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I grew up in Melbourne but the family moved to Warrnambool when I was a teenager. At the time I hated it with a passion and moved back to Melbourne as soon as I could so I didn't really live there for too long. However, in hindsight I see all the good things about the place and highly recommend it as a place to live or bring up children.
- not *too* far from Melbourne with the new Geelong Bypass
- not too big, not too small
- beach and town together
- lots of young families moving into the area in recent years , positive growth and lots of potential new friends
- has a university therefore it keeps the young people in the place and keeps the town fresh
I am personally very happy living in Melbourne but think W'bool is a pretty good option and I really enjoy visiting the grandparents there with DDs. I also know that most of the people I knew who grew up there are very attached and keen to move back to raise their family. I think this says something.
... thanks heaps JR for that but sadly W'bool is further to travel from for us to get to the north side of Melb where my family live and would be further for DP to get to work then from Ballarat.
That story sounds familiar i have met many couple's that grew up here in Ballarat that have come back to settle down with their young families, i think also it helps to have family nearby for these people if their family still lives here !!
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oh gosh smiles4u, we have moved to a small town (along the vline) and I hope 5 years from now I know some people - and even have some good friends! I think its really hard for the men communting. DH finds it quite tiring and we didnt move out as far as we wanted because he wasnt willing to lose that many hours of the day and week to travel. Personally i'd like to be a by a beach too but anything we could afford would be too far for DH getting to CBD.
So I sympathsis with your situation!
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If i could afford it, JanJuc or the Mornington Peninsula would be my first choice. Second would be Yarra Valley. Although i didn't live in Yarra Glenn, it is where i shopped, and spent lots of time with friends. Lovely area, close to lots of things, an easy drive to Melbourne on Citylink, but still feels like the country.
Last edited by Junglemum; August 5th, 2010 at 07:20 AM.
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oh... I didn't realise that your DH would still have to commute, W'bool is a little too far for that!
RainbowRaver, thanks for the encouragement! I love visiting W'bool but am very tied to my inner city home at the moment. ...still you never know...!
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Healesville is gorgeous. Whittlesea is a nice spot too, on the very far edges of surburbia with the rolling hills of Kinglake behind you. St Andrews and Strathewen are beautiful, but I'm biased because I spent my teenage years growing up there :P
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