Rich & Mitz

Hi Guys.

We are up in NZ at the moment (or is that down?!!!).

I am considering a role in Victoria not far from Melbourne and am wondering if we could have some constructive opinions regarding living in that part of the world.

Any comments, good or adverse would be gratefully received!

Thanks

Rich

Ozzidoc

It's "over".

Which part of Victoria....."not far from Melbourne" could mean anything - 2 hrs drive?

Victoria's weather is unpredictable - 35 one day, 16 the next, then 28 then 12 etc.

BadgeIsBack

Thing is, they predict it well - almost to the degree sometimes. It just changes.

thebears

no complaints from us Victorians

We do like to keep it a secret though

Rich & Mitz

OK - Over in NZ!

It is around Traralgon some 2 to 2.5 hours from Melbourne so I believe.

smurtaza

Si vous avez déjà un travail puis Victoria est un bon endroit autrement là n'est aucun placelike Sydney en Australie.

thebears

Its 1 hour 44 mins along the princess highway (155KM)

You must be almost right on the Gippsland lakes - very nice part of the country.

Ozzidoc

Yeah, you are correct....it was the middle of the night here, and I couldn't spell changeable (or is it changable?...my spell checker isn't working).

Ozzidoc

Oui, c'est vais, mais c'est vrai aussi a dire qu'il y a beucoup des personnes quii pensent que Sydney est trop cher et trop grande pour eux.

Lord Pom Percy

Gippsland, the weather and countrysides probably a bit like New Zealand.

arkon

I liked Brighton.

smurtaza

Coburg VIC3058

MartinLuther

I think Victoria is great. It has such varied countryside and the only people who complain about the weather, are the people who don't live here.

Traralgon itself is quite a big town and would suffice for most of your needs although I would imagine that most people would take the occasional trip to Chadstone for their special shops. Unfortunately Traralgon is in the flat boring bit between the mountains to the north, the rolling hills and beaches of Gippsland to the south and the Lakes to the east. It would take about an hour to get to these places - so you've got a good choice of weekend (day-trip) destinations. The areas around Traralgon promote themselves as gourmet country (although I've not had a chance to test this). The Grand Ridge brewery is just down the road in Mirboo North and has some decent beer. Immediately to the West is the heavily industrialised part of the Latrobe Valley which is where most of Victoria's coal is dug up and electricity generated - not very pretty.

Not sure why, but every time I've filled up in Traralgon, the petrol seems unnecessarily expensive.