Bendigo, VIC 3550

When in Bendigo as a new resident you will get hoon behaviour near your home and curt service. This is a cautious community that will let you know if you don’t fit in. It’s not racially motivated it’s monetarily motivated. Businesses have a nice little cartel running and enterprising blow-ins is the last thing anyone wants. If you can handle the low level hostility, go for it. Everything else is marvellous.

The best way to describe the town is meh. Not the best not the worst lived here for years and meh.

I came to bendigo on a day trip after looking around ballarat as we wanted to move out of melb. I got here just as dusk was coming and the coach lights lit the town Hall up and I was gone. I’m very into the old style buildings and history and I loved it. Ballarat didn’t have that feel, you could kinda see when you were moving into older or poorer or dirtier suburbs in Ballarat but here wasn’t as bad. We got here six months ago. Sold and bought on line. Got here over Xmas and yes, died in the heat. 42 and the neighbours said that was mild for summer. I know I’m in for hell next year but I’ve changed my seasons to suit me, lol, and am now walking around in a tshirt in winter -16 degrees which isn’t cold to me. The neighbours are lovely, we share what we grow, our recipes, whatever. The kid had a harder time, ESP with uni being from home due to Covid. But she’s coping. Easy to visit melb and for friends to come here. If you love exploring then you won’t stop. Gorgeous old towns and spots to visit and still some gold to go fossicking for, dog parks, good lakes - lakes are everywhere - and Eppalock is good, can literally drive onto the sand with the dogs and swim etc - and if you’re an older person, the library is really good and the U3A is the second best in Vic. Have nothing nice to say about the tafe course I did and the four lots of bullying I heard about and experienced myself as an older person. Awful. But I’ve found other people otherwise all pretty cool and helpful. Some suburbs of course are prettier than others and prices vary but our suburb is a bit of old and new, and there’s heaps of history in those older buildings! I love it! Good luck with your choice!

Non-stop hoons.. Community is fed up and cops don't do anything about it. Prevalent especially in the Eaglehawk/Epsom area. It's such a shame an other wise calm and neat country town is allowed to be run by people doing burnouts and attempting to run people down.

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Moved here four years ago. It seemed like a good idea at the time but has been a nightmare and we can’t wait to leave. We arrived in Dec 2015 and it just happened to be the hottest week (in the 40’s) Which you can look forward to every year . . . There seems to be only two seasons here (Summer & Winter) The people are a bit hit or miss. Service in retail can be hit or miss. The town is extremely geared toward tourists and not much thought given to residents. Every weekend the town is not only full of tourists but a lot of younger people getting drunk and being a nuisance. The Main Street through town has a constant flow of HEAVY TRUCKS, MOTORBIKES, SPEEDING RATTLING TRAMS and HOON’S (another nightmare when living in a weatherboard house) They desperately need a freeway/ring road around Bendigo as the noise is horrendous (probably the worse thing about living here) house prices are very expensive considering the distance to Melbourne (2hrs by train) It could be a wonderful town with a bit of thought and a lot of money.

Nice place. No green cube.

I have seen some pretty negative comments about Bendigo - comparing it with 20 years ago and commenting that it is now "worse" than before. think this is neither fair nor helpful. Which major cities in Australia have not grown in population in size and numbers over the last 20 years? In this globalised world where things progresses so rapidly, it is impossible for Australia, let alone Bendigo to remain stagnant.

For those who complain about the heavier traffic and lack of job opportunities, they should turn around and see what has happened to Melbourne and the other small country towns.

Bendigo offers a mix of business with good lifestyle. It is a progressive and growing city that has almost everything one expect to have in a Big city. There are always issues around but I feel at the end of the day, it is how one orientate himself to face them.

Ive lived and visited Bendigo for over 20 years and I really don't get the appeal of this place. Everything is so spread out and where is the river? The creek is a joke. Honestly it has lots of stores and stuff but its so boring and lifeless. I'd rather be in Queensland near a beach. Good for a short time not a long time.