We spend a chatty happy hour with a chap who along with his wife has been on the road for a year. They are now looking for somewhere permanent to settle down as they no longer wish to return to their home in the Sydney suburb of French’s Forest. He calls it French’s Apartments. His conversation gets us thinking, if you had to choose another place to live where would it be?
Then we met another chap in Streaky Bay who said that they came to Streaky Bay and never left. “It’s the community.” He said. We found that there was no vet, the nearest probably Ceduna 100kms away and no auto electrician, the nearest probably at Port Lincoln a distance of nearly 300kms. Perhaps Streaky Bay is not for us, but then what price can you put on a caring community?
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It can be hard to find the right combination. When we went on the road, 20 years ago, we thought that in our wanderings, we would find somewhere else we really wanted to live, sell our home and eventually relocate. Didn’t happen – found some lovely places, but they were in cyclone zone, or too expensive, too remote for permanent living…..and so on. Eventually returned to our home base. But now, for various reasons, we are about to move – to the Bendigo area. It’s a compromise………
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I’ve always thought that Bendigo is a place where I could live. I don’t know what it is but I always feel good in Bendigo…even in mid summer!
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Seems to have a very positive energy about it these days. Maybe because there are so many young families there.
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It’s being discovered by urban Australians.
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We chose the GC when we came here from NZ and even after all our travels we still wouldn’t live anywhere else
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Good choice.
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We’ve chosen Busselton as it’s only 250 kms from our daughters. If family wasn’t a consideration, Tassie would be my hands down choice.
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Now that’s an interesting combination. My parents lived in Tassie and in their last years I felt that I was living in 2 vastly different states.
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Agree that Tas has some really attractive areas. My parents were Tasmanian – mum “escaped” to the more exciting mainland in the 1930’s & would turn in her grave if I thought of going back there! With offspring & families in Vic, Bass Strait is the issue. I do love the area around Wynyard/Stanley.
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It is gorgeous up there. We had a house in Deloraine for a short time. I love the whole state, it would be hard to pick an area there to like best.
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Ah beautiful Deloraine. Snow capped mountains and daffodils in the paddocks, ducks in the river under the bridge…
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And there’s always platypus in the meander river too.
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Oh yes!
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Bass Strait certainly is an issue but much better these days with dependable flights and ferries.
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Somewhere with a long sandy beach, sunshine, bars and restaurants so I don’t have to cook if I don’t want to. A lotto win to finance such a move would be great too 😉
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Sounds to me like Port Douglas in Queensland would do you nicely. A four mile beach, swaying palms and loads of cool bars, restaurants and my favourite pub! Oh damn now you’ve got me wishing I was there.
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Sounds fab😎😎😎
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Life’s so much easier when work, family or something limits your choices to some extent. A truly blank sheet is really hard to fill. But we did alright with our home in France, and now here in Yorkshire. In the end, most communities have a lot to offer if you go hunting.
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They certainly do.
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So many wonderful places all around the world but all too often you end up appreciating the home you left even more.
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Too true.
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Our New Forest – we chose it and moved there
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Fabulous.
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Many thanks, Miriam
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