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HERVEY BAY OR MACKAY?
Which offers the most especially a sport mad 15 year old? |
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Sport is big everywhere in Queensland.
My son is 13 and plays rugby a couple of days a week. Most of the kids do some sort of sport outside school. We are in Hervey Bay so im biased!!! No idea about McKay. Angela |
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I just had a business trip to Mackay....
I have to say it was the worst shit-hole town I've ever seen. Might be ok if you're really into heavy industry, mining , irrigation etc etc - but as a place to actually live?... RUN AWAY!!!!! By way of a hint - the largest and busiest pub in Mackay seems to be the one oposite the centerlink office (dole office) - and features "topless bar staff" 6 nights a week. (was closed the 1 night we were in town ha ha ha!). When I asked locals where we should go out in the evening we were told - "The Shamrock - yeah that place goes off - its gots loads of pokies". There were perhaps a dozen people in the pub that evening, 1 table of locals and a few old codgers glued to the betting screens watching dogs and horses. There were indeed a large number of pokies in the backroom.... If that is ANYWHERE NEAR the best Mackay has to offer you need to seriously think about changing your plans! Having said that we did jump in the car and head out to the northern beaches and the beach was delightful - deserted and pristine... Ultimately I dont care how good a beach is - if theres no intelligent life out there you're going to struggle! |
Re: HERVEY BAY OR MACKAY?
Originally Posted by DadAgain
(Post 7786379)
I just had a business trip to Mackay....
I have to say it was the worst shit-hole town I've ever seen. Might be ok if you're really into heavy industry, mining , irrigation etc etc - but as a place to actually live?... RUN AWAY!!!!! By way of a hint - the largest and busiest pub in Mackay seems to be the one oposite the centerlink office (dole office) - and features "topless bar staff" 6 nights a week. (was closed the 1 night we were in town ha ha ha!). When I asked locals where we should go out in the evening we were told - "The Shamrock - yeah that place goes off - its gots loads of pokies". There were perhaps a dozen people in the pub that evening, 1 table of locals and a few old codgers glued to the betting screens watching dogs and horses. There were indeed a large number of pokies in the backroom.... If that is ANYWHERE NEAR the best Mackay has to offer you need to seriously think about changing your plans! Having said that we did jump in the car and head out to the northern beaches and the beach was delightful - deserted and pristine... Ultimately I dont care how good a beach is - if theres no intelligent life out there you're going to struggle! this was my first time in oz the missus had backpacked for a year but had never got this far north so it was new to us all,well i must say every time we got further north the places got better and better i thought shit what is mackay gonna be like near the whit sundays awsome cant wait.well when we got there all i can compere it to is a cattle station with a few bars!all that was needed was a hick on the porch playing "the dueling banjo's" as you can gues i did not take the job and we got the hell ou of dodge the next day.when we got back to civilisation we had it explained to us that mackay was full of what the ozzies call "breaders".which are just dole merchants signing on and getting their cheque every time they drop a sprog!!it has to be hervey bay i loved it there my son caught his first fish off of the jetty so it will always be remembered for that |
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Originally Posted by DadAgain
(Post 7786379)
I just had a business trip to Mackay....
I have to say it was the worst shit-hole town I've ever seen. Might be ok if you're really into heavy industry, mining , irrigation etc etc - but as a place to actually live?... RUN AWAY!!!!! By way of a hint - the largest and busiest pub in Mackay seems to be the one oposite the centerlink office (dole office) - and features "topless bar staff" 6 nights a week. (was closed the 1 night we were in town ha ha ha!). When I asked locals where we should go out in the evening we were told - "The Shamrock - yeah that place goes off - its gots loads of pokies". There were perhaps a dozen people in the pub that evening, 1 table of locals and a few old codgers glued to the betting screens watching dogs and horses. There were indeed a large number of pokies in the backroom.... If that is ANYWHERE NEAR the best Mackay has to offer you need to seriously think about changing your plans! Having said that we did jump in the car and head out to th e northern beaches and the beach was delightful - deserted and pristine... Ultimately I dont care how good a beach is - if theres no intelligent life out there you're going to struggle! Hey each to their own…:frown:Some people might like living in Mackay. They might prefer the more laid back approach to life than that of ‘city night lights’. Not all that is good has to have bells and whistles with it and you shouldn’t judge one place by just one pub! Now that shows a lack of intelligence. All said though I do prefer Hervey Bay. Just a matter of personal choice. Mx |
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Hated Mackay so much we went and left in the same day. We live in Yeppoon and love it, also like Bundaberg Good Luck
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Originally Posted by micmay3_in_oz
(Post 7787676)
Hey each to their own…:frown:Some people might like living in Mackay. They might prefer the more laid back approach to life than that of ‘city night lights’. Not all that is good has to have bells and whistles with it and you shouldn’t judge one place by just one pub! Now that shows a lack of intelligence.
All said though I do prefer Hervey Bay. Just a matter of personal choice. Mx |
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Originally Posted by BigH68
(Post 7787808)
Hated Mackay so much we went and left in the same day. We live in Yeppoon and love it, also like Bundaberg Good Luck
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Originally Posted by nick25016677
(Post 7787812)
yeppoon aaaahhhh my favorite place in oz i loved it good choice if i can find work there i will b leaving melbourne and heading north!!
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Originally Posted by BigH68
(Post 7787820)
we have been here 5 years now......arrived in Brissy on 1st July 2004, came to Yeppoon, after two weeks realised this was home...never looked back...love it
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Re: HERVEY BAY OR MACKAY?
Originally Posted by DadAgain
(Post 7786379)
I just had a business trip to Mackay....
I have to say it was the worst shit-hole town I've ever seen. Ultimately I dont care how good a beach is - if theres no intelligent life out there you're going to struggle! "Jim", "Bob", "Clarence", "Biff" etc Hope your company managed to get a decent hotel:D (word of advice - ignore the star ratings, although the marina is okay) |
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Originally Posted by nick25016677
(Post 7787829)
what do you do there i am a plumber and was hoping to get there but qld slowed up their visa applications so are now heading for melbourne.keep in touch if we dont like melbourne we could be looking north!
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Originally Posted by BigH68
(Post 7787841)
Im in sales hubby with a mining company, shit loads of housing and unit developements on the go here at the moment. Give me a shout if u r ever up this way:thumbup:
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Originally Posted by nick25016677
(Post 7787868)
cool will do,how is the economy up north at the mo
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Originally Posted by BigH68
(Post 7787948)
have bad days and good days, building work still going strong and tourists still coming so cant complain, plenty jobs in the paper for those who want them, mining seems to be picking up a bit also.
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