OzTennis

Ah, I see from reading on you are moving to Riddell's Creek not Mt Macedon.

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Teliko21

Good view of Mt. Macedon though

OzTennis

Too right! The last time we came over the top of Mt Macedon (from Woodend) we hit snow and black ice and the car skidded gently off the road and we had to be towed out by a tractor. When we got down to the Trading Post the police were blocking the road not allowing anyone to go up the mountain!

Lancefield is well worth visiting if you are not familiar with it yet. The bakery is superb and they have a good farmers market each month.

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ozzieeagle

There were a fair few nurses, from Sunbury mental hospital, that used to live out bullangarook way, on the Gisbourne - Bacchus marsh Rd. All 4 of them got burnt out on Ash Wednesday, back in 83. The others on the Romsey side escaped unscathed.

It's very interesting out on the back blocks through that way, get to see an amazing amount of wildlife, from wombats, through to Koalas. I'd be very nervous in the summer though.

CasG

We're here - and love it

Live in fab Elsternwick which is the suburb next to St Kilda and Elwood.

Cas

Teliko21

My boyfriend's parents had a mother koala with baby pass through their block a few months back. They were telling me how they didn't used to have a week go by when they didn't see a koala in their garden, now they are lucky to see 1 a year They have also told me about the Ash Wednesday fires, they were very nervous, they could see the fire about the Mt but luckily it never reached them. Especially scary for them as my boyfriend was barely a year old at the time!

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My best friend and his wife and 3 children were left with the clothes they were wearing in '83. They lived at the base of Mt Macedon, not far from the Avenue of Honour. They re-built on the same block on the theory that 'lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place' and lived very happily there until about 4 or 5 years ago when they moved to Williamstown. The daily trip for his wife to the city to work in a hospital and their children going to Uni and their love of sailing made them move down.

We used to have 3 or 4 koalas on our block permanently for all the years we owned it. In case anyone didn't see it there are some great koala pics in this thread - I particularly the 2 at the swimming pool.

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...ghlight=koalas

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jimarg

We are heading to Melbourne 17th March. We are going to be staying in Mooroolbark, I think that is near Box hill as my sister sometimes works in there, she works for the local housing authortity. My other sister lives in Croydon Hills, hubby going to be working in Bayswater.

Margaret

Pomster

we live in Melbourne too- near Newport.

There seems to be a fair few people who have succombed to the charms of the west...

fraser

Charms

Teliko21

Yes, the joys of crossing the Westgate Bridge which seems to have permanent roadworks on it would be enough to convince anyone to live over here :P

Pomster

...and of course the delightful aroma from the organic recyclers/ Altona refinery/whatever when the wind is in the wrong direction....

Teliko21

That fertilizer plant is particularly appealing (at the corner of the Ring Road/Westgate Freeway)

wendywoo

hi all
we moved to aspendale a couple of weeks ago
we left all our friends in bendigo
had to come down here for work. we love here though but it would be good to make some new friends closer to our new home
so if theres going to be a meet up count us

Vanessa

Hi, We are just up the road in Mentone so if you want to meet up let me know - there are a few of us around this area and perhaps we could arrange a meet at the Mentone Hotel (not the most salubrious of places but the only pub I know)

Let me know if anyone is interested.

Vanessa