Where would you live in Victoria country area if given the choice ?

[jackrose]

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.

[smiles4u]

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 !!

[Salsa]

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!

[Junglemum]

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.

[Olive]

yarra glen is where we'd love to move to!

[Muffy]

jackrose - come back to W'bool

and SMILES.... you know im gonna say it.... Warrnambool

[allycat06]

St Andrews, Warburton, Daylesford...somewhere a bit alternative with a independent middy close by

[smiles4u]

St Andrews, Warburton, Daylesford...somewhere a bit alternative with a independent middy close by

... if i lived in Daylesford i would be 20kilo's heavier because i would never be able to leave the Chocolate Mill there

(Daylesford is only 30mins up the road from us)

[allycat06]

... if i lived in Daylesford i would be 20kilo's heavier because i would never be able to leave the Chocolate Mill there

(Daylesford is only 30mins up the road from us)

So true..way to many yummy places to eat. Last time I went was for a indulgent long weekend with DH a few years ago, needless to say I came back a few kilos heavier
Love it up there though...epecially the vintage/antiques market

[jackrose]

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...!

[Miss.September]

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

[Ginger]

I would buy a lovely cottage in Olinda or Sassafrass

[Smoke Jaguar]

Ditch the job or transfer and go to Bairnsdale! I love that area - my parents live in Nicholson and it's so nice
South Gipp would be nice if you didn't have that baggage!
Torquay? Hastings? Somerville?
Kilmore is a good commuting distance and an easy drive to Benders, Shep or Echuca, as well as Melb, and on a train line (isn't it?).
Healesville is ace.
Gembrook is lovely - mountain air and commutable distance. Pakenham Upper, also.
We've made our change to Sth Gipp (well, half way there - have the block, just need a caravan so we can join our steers!)