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Old May 9th 2009, 8:22 am
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Originally Posted by kezzabird
We are now living in a sleepy place called Magra, it's 5 minutes away from New Norfolk and have acreage, most properties in the area have acreage. It is roughly about 50 minutes to Hobart from here. In my opinion the Derwent Valley is breathtaking, we are very happy here, the people are just soooo friendly. I have found that country areas always seem to be that bit more friendlier. There are no keep up with the Jones's around here, just peeps getting on and enjoying there lives, the way it should be.

You really must come and see for yourselves because what's good for the goose may not be good for the gander. Good luck with your quest!!!
Its lovely round your way Kerry I really like it down there

Originally Posted by GaryVFR8
You off to aggfest this weekend???
Will have to meet for a drink/bite to eat sometime.
Gary Vikky and Hollie.
missed this first time round, I went to Agfest yesterday with a friend, had a great day wasnt the weather fab been told it normally rains!

saw some alpacas and some knitted stuff made from their wool, there was a bloke spinning in there you probably know him Vicky thought I might have found you in there wish i'd known you were at the childrens area I should have text you

Cols birthday tommorow, I bought him some bottles of two metre tall
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Thanks for that, we are more than likely going to live in Hobart but we would consider Launceston of one of us was offered a job.

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Being from up north can't help you much about Hobart but lots of people from down there who are lovely and will help you out. But in Launceston the areas to avoid I have been told are Ravenswood, Mowbray Newnham and Rocherlea. We live 25 mins out and its lovely only thing bothering us is possum in the roof!!!!
Depends what you want, You can live 10-15 mins drive out of town and be in the middle of nowhere with land. Or can live 10-15 mins walk to town and have a nice house in West Launceston.
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I have now Possum thanks, I have been having some strange things happen with my computer, We have been to Hobart before but I can't remember a lot of it, it was a few years ago now. i don't drive (yet!) so to begin with it will probably have to be Hobart itself.

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Hi did you read/use any of the links in my previous response to you?

mm it pretty impossible to answer what i think is a dump the next person will love and vice versa! cant you come and do a recckie? also it really depends on your life style, do you want pubs on your doorstep or remote living? I'd say the later is what draws many people to Tas

anyhoo we intended living in Hobart prior to moving here. all I can say is we were told before we arrived that Moonah is a dump, reckon anywhere close to a city with reasonable rents arent going to be that good an area.

Only managed to stick Hobart for 5 days we hated it, Sandy Bay looks nice though also looks very built up, looking into peoples bedrooms/backyards. yep rents are riddiculus Hobart thinks its on a par to Melbourne it certainly isnt.

Bellerive looks nice but some places around look dodgy ie claremont, mornington the prison is in Risdon.

launceston some lovely houses in Travallyen but if your car broke down hell of a hill to climb. If you like leggo land styles then Blackstone Heights is nice and close to the casino/golf course. Some nice areas out of town Evendale is lovely, rural places like Relbia into the wine regions some great houses, up the tamar river to Rosevears, gravelley beach and surrounds are lovely some believe the pulp mill will affect the river?

it really depends on how quiet you want it

Thanks for your advice, we will loook into it. We are living in the UK at the moment

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Hi

Difficult to answer really because as already said, what one person loves another might hate!
So this is just my opinion:

Moonah, along with most of the Northern subs would not be my choice, a bit grotty in places. Saying that there are some lovespots in North Hobart.

Bridgewater, Risdon, Berriedale etc on the upper eastern shore, not great reputation!

Bellerive, Howrah, Tranmere and Lindisfarne - all have nice spots, handy for the city too

Kingston - reasonable facilities, expanding rapidly, nice beach, along with Blackmans Bay which it joins into. Good choice of schools too.

Going further down the channel, we live at Margate, which I think it quite nice, only about 20 mins or so into Hoabrt but far enough out to feel a bit more rural, beyond us are some lovely places, Conningham, Kettering etc.

The Huon Valley is pretty, a bit more green than many places, with Huonville being the main town and then getting smaller and quieter as you go down south.

It really depends on what you want, acreage or town, (or a bit of both which is perfectly possible here) Will you have a car, ideally one each here as we only have the one and find it hard juggling with us both working and 2 children. Public transport is not so good in this direction, probably better the nearer you are to the city.

There are nice roads and not so nice roads in every suburb, are you in SA right now, if you are, I'd definitely suggest you comeover and look around. Generally speaking people move to Tas from interstate and further, for the lifestyle, the scenery, the wildlife, the (relative) lack of people, they don't tend to come here for the nightlife or shopping

Feel free to ask away, there are others on here who live in different parts of Tas, and we're all bound to have varying opinions of the areas we live in.

Sam

PS Don't really know about the rents for Sydney or Melbourne but we had no problems finding a really nice, almost new house, 4 beds, in Blackman's Bay with wonderful views over the sea, for $400 per week. If we had gone down to 3 beds and a bit cheaper, there was more competition as there were more popular but still a reasonable choice I think. We did look at some horrors though, so watch out!
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seayork2002 - I can only agree with what the others say both for Hobart and Launceston... I wouldnt even attempt at taking a chance on a house without viewing... I've done it both in Melb and Syd but wouldnt here. Rent - I believe is on a par with both melb and syd, but generally closer to town for that money. I have worked in Hobart and live in Launceston, there is quite a 'north/south' divide... Hobart I liked the cafe's, but I reckon in Launceston you can get 'semi rural' much closer to town (we are between Launceston and the airport on 6 acres, about 2 mins from supermarkets and shops, and about 10 mins from town)

Gary & Possum - we did go to agfest yesterday too... if you saw an 18mth old going feral around 3pm and not wanting to sit in her stroller or hold mums hand, that was us! We didnt stay too long due to that but loved the weather. Did love the sign by some of the cows 'please dont pat us, we have had enough!' My little girl did pet the calf though, which she loved.

Would love to arrange a catch up with the other 'northerners' if anyone is up for it?
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Old May 11th 2009, 11:21 am
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seayork2002 - I can only agree with what the others say both for Hobart and Launceston... I wouldnt even attempt at taking a chance on a house without viewing... I've done it both in Melb and Syd but wouldnt here. Rent - I believe is on a par with both melb and syd, but generally closer to town for that money. I have worked in Hobart and live in Launceston, there is quite a 'north/south' divide... Hobart I liked the cafe's, but I reckon in Launceston you can get 'semi rural' much closer to town (we are between Launceston and the airport on 6 acres, about 2 mins from supermarkets and shops, and about 10 mins from town)

Gary & Possum - we did go to agfest yesterday too... if you saw an 18mth old going feral around 3pm and not wanting to sit in her stroller or hold mums hand, that was us! We didnt stay too long due to that but loved the weather. Did love the sign by some of the cows 'please dont pat us, we have had enough!' My little girl did pet the calf though, which she loved.

Would love to arrange a catch up with the other 'northerners' if anyone is up for it?
Hi Effie lol heard a lot of feral kids yesterday it was warm wasnt it!

we'd be up for meeting not sure when though would have to be before mid july as i'm away for 4 months.

I am sure Gary & Vicky would be up for it
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Hi Cathy the main fish up here at our chippy are Flake (gummy shark) and Flathead, both are nice but not as good as Cod first thing on my hit list when I got back to the UK is a nice bit of Cod wi mushy peas
Yummy Yum thats what I filled my tum with on Thursday and had second helpings of mushy peas ummmmmmmm
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Hi,
Me VIkky and Hollie are more than happy to meet up.
Was speaking to a lady at agfest about shearing sheep and she seems to think the cost you are being charged Kerry is dear and there is no way he should be taking the wool at that cost. We have found a few times that once people realise your not local they can try and charge you more. This has happened a few times its like they think you are not local and they can do what they want. That is the once thing which does annoy me a bit over here.
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Gary - I agree on the 'locals price'... I cant recall how much Kerry was paying though!

How about a meetup in June sometime? Other than Queens birthday weekend we should be around (even if its just me and my little one).

My little girl has a lung infection she's on anti-biotics to try and stop it becoming pneumonia.
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Originally Posted by Effie1970
Gary - I agree on the 'locals price'... I cant recall how much Kerry was paying though!

How about a meetup in June sometime? Other than Queens birthday weekend we should be around (even if its just me and my little one).

My little girl has a lung infection she's on anti-biotics to try and stop it becoming pneumonia.
Hi Effie

Hope your little girl is better soon

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Hi Effie

Hope your little girl is better soon

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Hi Effie, i too hope that your little girl feel's better soon.


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and a message for Sammy T - which i'm sure everyone else would like to join me with is "Happy Birthday for today"!!!!!!
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Thanks Cathy

Just about to have a nice glass of Tassie pinot

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Hey Sammy!! Happy Birthday babe! xxx
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Happy birthday Sammy, hope you are enjoying the Pinot!

Thanks guys for the get well wishes, I think I have one tough little cookie... she still is very 'fluidy' but other than that you wouldnt know she is sick. Hoping that the anti-b's work soon though and she avoids pneumonia.
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Hey Effie, she'll be fine, the antibiotics will get her better, kids are tough cookies! Alex is 5 and has never had antibiotics in his life despite getting coughs and colds he has always pulled through. Bless her cotton socks though, you feel so helpless when your little ones are poorly.
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Kezza - Thanks - she does seem to be responding ok to the anti-b's now (thankfully our doc only gives them when they are really needed and avoiding pneumonia I am happy about lol)... I do worry about her... she had bronchiolitis and ended up in A&E when she was 6 mths old. Have to admit pneumonia scares the cr@p out of me, DP had it a couple of years ago and was so sick, and it was what accelarated his dads lung cancer

I dont know if anyone else is interested... just with the talk of a meetup... I hold a parents group on a Saturday once a month - the next one is on the 13th June. I have use of the child health centre, there's a place for the kids to play and somewhere for the parents to just sit and chat and have a cuppa.
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