Vancouver Island
Jan 23rd 2007, 9:07 pm
#16
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Re: Vancouver Island
Hi Davea1969
Are you bringing a family? Tofino is a fantastic place to visit but pretty far from everywhere with no hospital etc...
We live in Nanaimo & came here because the other half had a job offer, I think if we could start again we would both choose Victoria but then again, we came with teenagers & realised that they would get bored very quickly if we lived somewhere too small.
I see you are a builder, there is a lot of construction underway here
I think Nanaimo looks pretty grim when you drive through it but as with anywhere else it has some really nice areas away from the highway
..............just an afterthought.......my daughter works p/t in a pet store & one day last week when the weather was bad she served a customer who had driven from Tofino to stock up on petfood as the store there was closed.......thats a 6hr round trip!!
Are you bringing a family? Tofino is a fantastic place to visit but pretty far from everywhere with no hospital etc...
We live in Nanaimo & came here because the other half had a job offer, I think if we could start again we would both choose Victoria but then again, we came with teenagers & realised that they would get bored very quickly if we lived somewhere too small.
I see you are a builder, there is a lot of construction underway here
I think Nanaimo looks pretty grim when you drive through it but as with anywhere else it has some really nice areas away from the highway
..............just an afterthought.......my daughter works p/t in a pet store & one day last week when the weather was bad she served a customer who had driven from Tofino to stock up on petfood as the store there was closed.......thats a 6hr round trip!!
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Jan 23rd 2007, 10:08 pm
#17
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Re: Vancouver Island
Hello, We liked Ladysmith for the location, the beach was nice and seemed to be in a good position to find work from (Im a builder and my wifes a hairdresser) . We have two children so we would like to be reasonably close to parks etc. Is there anywhere you wouldn't recommend?
Jan 24th 2007, 5:58 am
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Re: Vancouver Island
Very true Tofino is a fabulous place to vist and it is quite remote however your last statement is untrue Tofino very definitely has a hospital. It may be small but it is there.
Tofino General Hospital (261 Neill Street, Tofino, BC V0R 2Z0)
Services provided:
Emergency Services, Maternity and Neonatal Services, Medical Ambulatory Program, Mental Health Program. Adult Rehabilitation Clinic. Diabetes and Respiratory Rehabilitation. Medical Imaging/Diagnostics: General X-Rays and Laboratory services.
Regards
Steve
Tofino General Hospital (261 Neill Street, Tofino, BC V0R 2Z0)
Services provided:
Emergency Services, Maternity and Neonatal Services, Medical Ambulatory Program, Mental Health Program. Adult Rehabilitation Clinic. Diabetes and Respiratory Rehabilitation. Medical Imaging/Diagnostics: General X-Rays and Laboratory services.
Regards
Steve
One of the people I work with mentioned that she lived there when she was pregnant but had to move nearer to Nanaimo 3 weeks before the sprog was born so she would be closer to the hospital so I assumed that there wasn't one there........................live & learn!!
Jan 24th 2007, 10:52 am
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Re: Vancouver Island
We like cobble hill and shawnigan areas, thats where we would like to be, but sooke looks great too, and house prices are good in that area aswell.
Do you have a job? Maybe you could private message me and i will fill you in on our exoeriences.
Take care and good luck.
Christine.
Jan 24th 2007, 11:13 am
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Re: Vancouver Island
It's a nice small town and it's close to Nanaimo (for bigger city stuff and the ferry to Vancouver for much bigger city stuff) and not that far from Victoria either.
And, best of all, you'd be near the BungyZone!
http://www.bungyzone.com/
Not really. Although there are areas of the Island that are wetter than others: generally the further north or west you go the wetter the weather. Henderson Lake is the wettest place in Canada - 6m+ of rain a year! I can't say I'd want to live there .... although it really isn't a place anyway.
Oh and I'd avoid Crofton and anywhere else where there is a pulp and paper mill and anywhere in the path of emissions from a pulp and paper mill.... unless you're ok with putting cloth pegs on your nose... nevermind the dioxins, furans and organochlorines... yum! I believe that isn't an issue in Ladysmith.
Jan 24th 2007, 11:17 am
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Re: Vancouver Island
Morning Hot,
You not sleeping either?
You not sleeping either?
Bit of an early bird.
Jan 24th 2007, 1:56 pm
#23
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Re: Vancouver Island
Took these in Ladysmith 2 weeks ago
Jan 24th 2007, 9:13 pm
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