Does anyone know or live near Collie in the South West it's inland from Bunbury.

Looking for a rural area around here but within an hour of construction work for hubby

Don't restrict yourself to Collie, you could also try Busselton, Capel, Australind, Eton and several other small towns. Busselton may be worth a look as their is a huge amount of building at the moment and it's barely half an hour to Bunbury.

Thank you Santa LOL (haven't said that for a while!)

Yes, interested in any of the areas around there, so all information on area gratefully received

Yes we live at australind and love it here

Hi,

Collie is a bit 'rougher' than Bunbury, land and housing is cheaper.

Keep in mind that if you live in Bunbury and work in Collie you've got a 40minute drive into the sun each morning, which is not pleasant.

Currently am in Boyanup which is rural but 20 minutes to Bunbury. There are lots of very nice suburbs of Bunbury as others have said. If you wanted somewhere in between Collie and Bunbury for a compromise in price then that I think would be Brunswick.

Cheers,

Gemma

I agree Gemma, personally I wouldnt move to Collie!

Brunswick always looks nice, I am also wondering if Donnybrook might be close enough to Collie but I'll have to get the map out as I'm not entirely sure if it's in the same sort of direction (I know they are both inland)

Also seems to have a lot of murders!

Little old lady found dead in suspicious cirumstances this week..... a few months ago it was the teenage girl killed by two of her "friends".

On Google Earth 'Collie' looks to much of a town for us anyway, we want rural - not suburbs or urban sprawl - We have dogs and I need to be in an area that will allow over two without having to go down the 'permit' route and hubby works in construction but fine to travel and hour - so any suggestions of places to visit on a reccie would be great

i am not saying that collie is inbred but my aussie mate said "the most confusing day in collie is fathers day " collie is rather like a scene from deliverance "squeal like pig boy" bunbury is far nicer

Brunswick, Roelands, Dardanup, Burekup, Ferguson Valley - all within easy driving distance to both Collie and Bunbury and lovely rural places to live.

Best thing you can do is get yourself a map and just drive around the whole area, there are plenty of houses dotted about