Help with Rockhampton
 

Hi Guys and girls

need some help here

got a good friend coming over to Rockhampton...

She needs some advice on good areas and bad

Yes i realise that this has probably been asked before but the search brings up so many results.......


Thanks in advance

Sam xx

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Make sure she has a good look at the flood zoning. Some parts of Rockhampton are very flood prone, so she needs to talk to the local council about that.

Theres not actually that much on here about suburb info for Rockhampton, lots of mentions of it but little real detail. Yeppoon usually gets good press though, try a search on that :)

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Jeez, I grew up in Rocky. Best advice to your friend would be go somewhere else! Failing that, best parts are the Range (southside) - lots of old Queenslanders with good views and then on northside, Frenchville has probably been the best area over the last few decades. The town is pretty stagnant - not much new industry opening, the Uni is the main employer, followed by the meatworks. Surrounding areas have done better with the boom, some of the mining towns inland are getting more prosperous, but still pretty dire to live in.

Yeppoon is growing and has been for the last 10 years or so, but not much employment there - the dual carriageway all the way to Rocky meant it became communtable with travel <30 mins, but I think the congestion is starting to push that back up.

Rocky is a bit warmer than Brissy, and is a lot more humid. Air-con a must, a pool is also good.

If your friend is desperate to live in regional Qld, there are better places that won't be such a culture shock.

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Kind of explains why it hasn't many posts on here, I guess.

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Nothing wrong with Rockhampton, its a city and a tidy one at that. PM me if you want some info.....where is your friend going to be working? Yeppoon is a great place to buy at the moment, its growing fast with new shopping centre and new industrial estates opening up

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absolutely nothing wrong with Rockhampton. it is a lovely city with a good heritage. My advice is to live closish to where you work that way you can ride a bike to and from work for 9 months of the year as the city is just full of big wide streets.

Would agree that the range is very nice and so close to the botanical gardens. Nice to live in if you can afford it. Wandal was Rockhamptons first truly traditional suburb from the turn of the century before last and plenty of the local leading lights lived in the area. Frenchville the place to be in the 70's and still close to most things in north rocky. Allenstown is ok and has a good primary school. We lived in Kalka for a while and found it quite nice for us. Also lived over kawana way off Richardson Road and that was ok as well. New suburbs are going up to the east of the University and these are very flash although all houses are low set which I don't like in such a warm climate.

the only areas where you might find it not quite so good are depot hill (regularly floods) and some areas of Park Avenue (again prone to flooding) and hence attract the lower rental set. you can view a map at the council that shows you all flood areas for the last 153 years.

If your friend is not used to the warm weather then they might find the coast a bit cooler. Loads of people live on acerage in between town and coast as well.

I loved living in Rockhampton and enjoyed being in a place i new all the neighbours. Never found ourselves without something to do. plenty of sport or clubs to join. loads of weekend activities like 4WD, sailing, surfing, swimming, fishing, bbq every day..............................

when I go back home we shall be living in the vicinity (just have to convince hubby that Mt Morgan is the place to be)

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Well, I'm guess I'm writing from the perspective of someone who didn't have a choice living there :( but if you seriously like the idea of living in Mt Morgan that explains a lot :p

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yes the lifestyle is very appealing on the mount. I have several friends (as you do if you family has been in the town since gold was discovered) and a few distant relatives. The lifestyle is very laid back and i like knowing most people i see in the street.

Never bored when I am their for a visit. My friends and I are researching the local history so spend ages sitting on peoples wide verandas having a yarn and a drink. We have loads of other things to do. I have a friend who does wonderful wood turning and carving. we always have a go fossicking for gold here and their.

I would say i do enjoy living in a small rural town and can't wait to move back home permanently.

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thanks for the response peeps


i shall be passing it all on to her, i'm hoping at some point that she'll get the courage to join us on here :thumbsup:

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Yes, my OH had the possibility of a job in Rocky. We had a bit of a look but decided it would be a nice place to work but I don't think I could live there. I could live in Yeppoon and commute as lots of people do. It's by the coast and cooler, has a mix of older and new housing, schools, shops etc. The school and Uni in Rockhampton seem to have really good reputations though. It depends what your friend's expectations are.

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Hi Peeps
I've found the courage to join you all thanks Sam :p

Thank you for all your comments and information good and bad all helps.
We have just had a 457 visa granted and OH has a job to go to in Rocky based in Frenchville, hence the enquiry.

We have never been to au so we are going open minded is how we like to think of it (naive) probably the reality but at least we have nothing to compare it to so will make the best of it. :thumbup:

keep the info coming

Nic

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http://www.rockhamptonregion.qld.gov.../Homepage.aspx

http://www.capricorncoast.com.au/

http://www.capricorncoasteguide.com/

www.podre.com.au postcode 4701 for rocky and 4703 for Yeppoon

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Thanks for the links they look well good have saved them and will interrogate:thumbup:

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Welcome to BE.... You a Medway lass too?

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That she is Mark


And just to make her feel really old........



I've known her for .....wait for it.....

32 years!!!!!:eek:


Not bad when we're both only 38 :thumbsup:

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Looks can be decieving Sam.

I would have put you at no more than 32 :thumbup:

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London born but Medway bred

Thanks for showing our age Sam you forgot one thing tho.......... I look younger than you:D It's the oil of ugly dont ya know!!:o

Still buddy I wouldn't swap you for anyone x x

What part of Medway you from Mark?

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Rochester. Moved to Medway from Sydney in '72, lived in Rochester, Chatham, Walderslade, Rochester again, then back to Sydney 6 months ago :D

Went to school at Troy Town (infants) & Highfields Secondary :blink:

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Well you've certainly been around Medway Mark but the question is...........

Have you ever been to Rockhampton???;)

And you're not really from Medway are you. How comes you moved over and then back?

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:rofl:

Got me there! Don't even know where it is :D

Parents came here, had me & my sister and moved back to the UK....I was 4 so didn't have much choice. Have wanted to come back since I was about 18....wish we'd done it sooner :)

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Well your'e no good then are ya mate!:lol:

It's in Queensland somewhere north of Brisbane approx 1 hours flight. It's the beef capitol of Queensland lots of cows and stuff.
It has even been referred to as Hill Billy country by some chap from Melbourne he told my OH to take a banjo!!!!!!:omg_smile:

But we have to start somewhere and that's where the the job is:unsure:

Sam ur b in v quiet u ok?

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See thats why i love ya Bixie :wub:

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have sent you a PM....check your top right hand corner xxxxxx


when you get up of course

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Does Nicole have trouble getting up Sam ?

Don't have that trouble meself :rolleyes:

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I'm sure you don't Bixie :o:rofl:

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That proper took me ages to work out what PM was I think I have replied!!:o

I up now everyone but will be going to bed soon plus we had an extra hour in bed this morning as the clocks went back whoo hoo!!

:)

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lucky mooo


we had 1 hour less.........

just remember there is a 9 hours difference when you text me girl!!!!

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I just tex you, I know you'll tex me back when you can, I'll try and remember the 9 hours sos

I think we have lost the plot now not much being said about Rockhampton or has it all been said??:confused:

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That happens a lot :rofl:

You told me a bit about it though, so it hasn't been a complete waste of time:D

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I know how weird it should be the other way around......you live over there!!!:p

Still at least it shows I have done my homework.

Biggest thing now is trying to sell the house, the housing market here has ground to a complete halt especially with Christmas coming up, can only hope it picks up in the new year.

Really gutted already got out visa's etc...:(

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Yeah, but I am on the other side of the country lol....

The selling the house bit is probably the most stressful bit eh.

Have you validated yet? When have you got to validate by?

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She's coming over on a 457 visa.....i think they have to be here sometime in the new year Mark

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We have to validate the visa within a month of being there, but the worry is, if it takes a while to sell the house will the job offer still be there!!!

Shame we cant just rent it out but all our equity is in the house.

credit crunch munch doing me boggle smoggle in:thumbdown:

Sam we skypin this weekend?

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missed this weekend honey......how about weekend coming?:o

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K babe, looks like just me and you left on here... lol:rofl:

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I'm watching. ;)

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now why does that not surprise me ;):rofl:

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It's the quiet ones you need to watch!;)

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http://www.countryqldaustralia.com.au/rockhampton/

nicole i live about an hr south from rocky and regulary stay up there for uni in comparison to to coastal citys and towns it is hotter it sits between hills so it will feel hot i notice the temp change quite alot when we go up. so if its possible for you to commute there from somewhere nearer the coast then i would, Yeppon is about 30mins away.

its one of the more busy regional towns and has everything you need. there are no "huge" shopping malls although we have to travel there for most of the larger stores if we cant get locally from bigw, i aslo find it cheaper there.

The airport there has the cheaper airlines that fly in/out to bris and sydney regulary if you needed to get to the city.a freind of mine who was brought up there thinks its great and plans to eventually go back.
hope thats helped

also kids love the rock pool http://www.rockpoolwaterpark.com.au/

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Hi Kelli

Thanks for the information the links were really good. It does sound nice (although I know some would disagree).

We will be going open minded and will definatley be making the best of it no matter what. It does sound well hot so I think that we will start getting an idea of the properties nearer the coast.
My OH has a job where the office is based in Frenchville :cool: but he will be doing lots of travelling as his work will be all over so it shouldn't make too much differnce where we choose to live to start with.

Thanks for taking the time to reply:thumbup: