DanSolihull

So I'm currently living in Brisbane and have previously lived in Perth and Melbourne. The job I had in Brisbane has come to an end and I've been offered one in Wagga. Just wondering whether anyone has nay experience of the place, either living there or visiting?

Kim67

I've been there once - we stayed at a friends farm just outside of Wagga. It seems like a pretty standard NSW farming town. Could be pretty boring I guess, but the people I know that are born and bred in the area are good down to earth friendly people that enjoy the finer things in life like the annual B&S ball, complete with being dragged naked around a paddock by your best mates V8 Holden ute.

Dorothy

I have a friend who lives in Wagga and loves it. She and her husband were stationed there with the army a few years ago and they stayed on after they both retired in their early 30s. It's not too far from Sydney or Canberra so there's major shopping if they need it - otherwise they're happy in town.

ozzieeagle

Its under 5 hours away from Melbourne as well, so thats a fairly big bonus in Australian terms if your that close to 3 major cities.

But..... It is very likely going to be the most boring place you've ever lived in your life... just like all of the other provincial cities around Australia. Think Toowoomba but in the Wheat belt.

Some people do like that kind of lifestyle.... god knows how.

Amazulu

Australia has become too city-centric - many rural towns are dying and if they do die, we'll all suffer

Inner city lefties/liberals/greenies/other Australian haters are now setting the political agenda of this country - and we can see the mess that is multiculturalism and PC'ness as a result

We need balance - something we're not getting at the moment

ozzieeagle

Very controversial topic here in Victoria at present Zulu. Bendigo and Ballarat are going great guns and expanding quite steadily.

However the exact issues you raise are at their peak in these Cities.... The racism i personally experienced in my Wifes home town where she was raised and schooled was nothing like I've seen in my life.

Here is exactly why I personally wouldn't live in a Aus town with less than 100K people in it.

Bendigo mosque: Anti-mosque protesters face off with counter activists - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

I'd rather live in Bradford, Luton or Southall ......honestly !

Amazulu

But then Melbourne, Sydney, London, Bradford and Luton have Jihadis living in them. People who hate Australia, the UK and the west and want to see them destroyed

Take your pick

OzTennis

As I sometimes say to pupils - 'places aren't boring, people are'. Seriously, any place is what you make of it. We both had a 5 year spell in Bendigo and wondered what it would be like compared to our life in Melbourne but we had a fantastic time there and got totally immersed in lots of things. I suspect Wagga would be like Bendigo albeit smaller. I've holidayed in Wagga and enjoyed it.

OzTennis

I hope you will gratefully accept the BE 2015 Donald J Trump award. I have this image of you from your frequent rants

ozzieeagle

I reckon there would be less than 20 Jihadis in the whole of Melbourne that would seriously take that view. Thats in a city of 4.5 mill with around 300K Muslims..... Most of those would have some kind of pathological disorder that would manifest itself in other ways if there wasn't a cause to throw their crazy hat on.

Kim67

No way!! Amazulu would have much better hair!

Amazulu

Yet another failure turbo

Do try haeder

Amazulu

The days of burying our heads in the sand are, thankfully coming to an end

ozzieeagle

I'm the one that lives in amongst Muslims in Australia Zulu


ISIS Rupert and the Powers that be, have got you sucked in.


I'll go further not ONE Muslim would have a go at you for being a Saffer.... I guarantee you would hear all about it on a weekly basis in places like Bendigo and Ballarat. I've never encountered a Muslim racist.

OzTennis

As OE points out you have the 'problem' as you perceive it out of perspective.