Hervey Bay QLD has Australias most content people
Feb 13th 2006, 1:49 am
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Hervey Bay QLD has Australias most content people
From the Courier Mail
MONEY can't buy happiness.
That's the message from research released yesterday showing Queenslanders in the federal electorate of Wide Bay have the nation's highest level of personal well-being despite also having one of the nation's lowest average household income levels.
Wide Bay in Queensland, comprises: Maryborough, Hervey Bay and Gympie.
MONEY can't buy happiness.
That's the message from research released yesterday showing Queenslanders in the federal electorate of Wide Bay have the nation's highest level of personal well-being despite also having one of the nation's lowest average household income levels.
Wide Bay in Queensland, comprises: Maryborough, Hervey Bay and Gympie.
Feb 13th 2006, 2:12 am
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Re: Hervey Bay QLD has Australias most content people
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
From the Courier Mail
MONEY can't buy happiness.
That's the message from research released yesterday showing Queenslanders in the federal electorate of Wide Bay have the nation's highest level of personal well-being despite also having one of the nation's lowest average household income levels.
Wide Bay in Queensland, comprises: Maryborough, Hervey Bay and Gympie.
MONEY can't buy happiness.
That's the message from research released yesterday showing Queenslanders in the federal electorate of Wide Bay have the nation's highest level of personal well-being despite also having one of the nation's lowest average household income levels.
Wide Bay in Queensland, comprises: Maryborough, Hervey Bay and Gympie.
Feb 13th 2006, 2:36 am
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Re: Hervey Bay QLD has Australias most content people
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
From the Courier Mail
MONEY can't buy happiness.
That's the message from research released yesterday showing Queenslanders in the federal electorate of Wide Bay have the nation's highest level of personal well-being despite also having one of the nation's lowest average household income levels.
Wide Bay in Queensland, comprises: Maryborough, Hervey Bay and Gympie.
MONEY can't buy happiness.
That's the message from research released yesterday showing Queenslanders in the federal electorate of Wide Bay have the nation's highest level of personal well-being despite also having one of the nation's lowest average household income levels.
Wide Bay in Queensland, comprises: Maryborough, Hervey Bay and Gympie.
I know of a very high powered executive, of NZ origin, that worked for Nestle, travelled and lived in lots of different countries, including Switzerland and France, for quite an extended period. Who when his travelling days where over. Didn't choose to go back to NZ to live, or Europe, or America for that matter. He chose Gympie to live in, It made me very curious about that area. Especially as he had no family or other ties there. I figured it had to be a very Educated choice.
So whats Gympie like ?
Feb 13th 2006, 2:41 am
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Re: Hervey Bay QLD has Australias most content people
Originally Posted by MrsDagboy
Crestaaaaaaaa, is that cos they are all either smoking weed or drinking homebrew?
Feb 13th 2006, 2:45 am
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Re: Hervey Bay QLD has Australias most content people
Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
I know of a very high powered executive, of NZ origin, that worked for Nestle, travelled and lived in lots of different countries, including Switzerland and France, for quite an extended period. Who when his travelling days where over. Didn't choose to go back to NZ to live, or Europe, or America for that matter. He chose Gympie to live in, It made me very curious about that area. Especially as he had no family or other ties there. I figured it had to be a very Educated choice.
So whats Gympie like ?
So whats Gympie like ?
On several measures from the 2001 census, the electorate is the poorest in the country
Feb 13th 2006, 2:46 am
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Re: Hervey Bay QLD has Australias most content people
It said people who live in OZ's cities were the unhappiest while those who lived in country area's particularly coastal areas where the hapiest . It said West Australians were the most unhappy people of any state. 
. It said West Australians were the most unhappy people of any state.
Feb 13th 2006, 2:57 am
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Re: Hervey Bay QLD has Australias most content people
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
Here is one quote from the 2001 Census for the electorate area that includes Gympie:
On several measures from the 2001 census, the electorate is the poorest in the country
On several measures from the 2001 census, the electorate is the poorest in the country
Blimey, that was the last thing I expected !!!
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Feb 13th 2006, 3:09 am
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Re: Hervey Bay QLD has Australias most content people
Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
Blimey, that was the last thing I expected !!!
, spent a good 3 days checking out the area and the project. I came rapidly to the conclusion that the areas main populaton group was elderly retired, which would explain the low income thing.Its also an area thats got high unemployment adding further to low incomes.
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Feb 13th 2006, 3:22 am
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Re: Hervey Bay QLD has Australias most content people
Poor old Gympie gets a rough trot from most people usually who dont live there. My other half is from Gympie and most of her family still live in the area so I get up to the place at least once a month (including this coming weekend) maybe more and its not as bad as the stories I heard. It may lack on the sophistication front but most of the people I have met up there are genuine and friendly. Its probably like 90% of the large towns/small cities in England most of the facilities you need but may lack high end products.
My only complaint with the place is as of yet I have not found 1 Indian restaurant so no curries if your in the Gump.
My only complaint with the place is as of yet I have not found 1 Indian restaurant so no curries if your in the Gump.
Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
I know of a very high powered executive, of NZ origin, that worked for Nestle, travelled and lived in lots of different countries, including Switzerland and France, for quite an extended period. Who when his travelling days where over. Didn't choose to go back to NZ to live, or Europe, or America for that matter. He chose Gympie to live in, It made me very curious about that area. Especially as he had no family or other ties there. I figured it had to be a very Educated choice.
So whats Gympie like ?
So whats Gympie like ?
Feb 13th 2006, 3:35 am
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Re: Hervey Bay QLD has Australias most content people
Originally Posted by TrickyTree
Poor old Gympie gets a rough trot from most people usually who dont live there. My other half is from Gympie and most of her family still live in the area so I get up to the place at least once a month (including this coming weekend) maybe more and its not as bad as the stories I heard. It may lack on the sophistication front but most of the people I have met up there are genuine and friendly. Its probably like 90% of the large towns/small cities in England most of the facilities you need but may lack high end products.
My only complaint with the place is as of yet I have not found 1 Indian restaurant so no curries if your in the Gump.
My only complaint with the place is as of yet I have not found 1 Indian restaurant so no curries if your in the Gump.
Feb 13th 2006, 3:40 am
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Re: Hervey Bay QLD has Australias most content people
Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
Blimey, that was the last thing I expected !!!
Feb 13th 2006, 5:12 am
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Re: Hervey Bay QLD has Australias most content people
Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
Blimey, that was the last thing I expected !!!
I'm not going to comment on Gympie itself just in case I upset anyone who lives there , but I will say it's not a place I would personally like to live.
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Feb 13th 2006, 5:39 am
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Re: Hervey Bay QLD has Australias most content people
Originally Posted by MrsDagboy
Crestaaaaaaaa, is that cos they are all either smoking weed or drinking homebrew?
hang on while I have another toke and I'll get back to you Ti's true though simple people simple tastes just fishing and chilling smoking a bit of weed and collecting dole cheques and pensions. Check out the unemployment figures for Wide Bay and you'll see why so many are happy as pigs in shit.
Feb 13th 2006, 5:42 am
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Re: Hervey Bay QLD has Australias most content people
Originally Posted by jad n rich
We nearly got transferred there (hervey bay) , spent a good 3 days checking out the area and the project. I came rapidly to the conclusion that the areas main populaton group was elderly retired, which would explain the low income thing.
Its also an area thats got high unemployment adding further to low incomes.
, spent a good 3 days checking out the area and the project. I came rapidly to the conclusion that the areas main populaton group was elderly retired, which would explain the low income thing.Its also an area thats got high unemployment adding further to low incomes.
It's known as God's Waiting Room. Have some good mates there (60 - 70 yrs of age and lovin' it).
Feb 13th 2006, 6:21 am
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Re: Hervey Bay QLD has Australias most content people
Originally Posted by cresta57
Hic hic hang on while I have another toke and I'll get back to you
Ti's true though simple people simple tastes just fishing and chilling smoking a bit of weed and collecting dole cheques and pensions. Check out the unemployment figures for Wide Bay and you'll see why so many are happy as pigs in shit.
hang on while I have another toke and I'll get back to you Ti's true though simple people simple tastes just fishing and chilling smoking a bit of weed and collecting dole cheques and pensions. Check out the unemployment figures for Wide Bay and you'll see why so many are happy as pigs in shit.
The population of Gympie in 1996 was 10,803 people. By 2001 the population was 10,572 showing a population decline of 2% in the area during that time. The predominant age group in Gympie is 10 - 19 years.
Households in Gympie are primarily couples with children and are likely to be repaying between $400.00 - $600.00 per month on mortgage repayments. In general, people in Gympie work in a professional occupation.
Households in Gympie are primarily couples with children and are likely to be repaying between $400.00 - $600.00 per month on mortgage repayments. In general, people in Gympie work in a professional occupation.