Best Suburb - wanting to move to Gympie but don't know the area well
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We moved from Sunrise Beach (25 years) to a beautiful gumtree forest, 5 acres at Curra (2 years now). The tree change is magic, people always wave to you and are super friendly. We just love this place.
Also, there are more drug use and crime reports in the local papers for Noosa than Gympie these days. If you love waking up to the sounds of birds and a peaceful, relaxed lifestyle - then Curra is still amazing value for money.
Thanks for information , much appreciated : )
Any comments on Curra? Any areas around Gympie I should avoid? flooding areas? Thanks!
My understanding was it was a little feral .... but in saying that I have friends that moved there and have met a few other people in the area . Areas chance as time goes by . Gympie was always known as Hell Town ... from listening and watching - the type of people heading into the region ,that has change for the better lots of people from Brisbane , Sydney etc etc..... moving in we have met 5 couples that moved here in the last few years as they like the region up here . Good to hear : )
Heaps of homes in here ,just out of view I suppose . We have the Mothar Mountain Hall @ Shadbolt road they always have monthly get togethers etc . O'Keeffe Road has heaps homes on it if you drive up it and out that way . The turn at The Bunnings on the Bruce that heads into Mothar Mountain or you can come up Old Noosa road from the south end . further apart homes but all friendly nice people .
If you want to chat more email me on [email protected] better than all public viewing ...lol
We are about to start building our new home in stage 1 at St Andrews estate in Curra, Qld which is located right at the end of Purcell/Curra estate road. Lovely estate with a great outlook, all new homes on big blocks at great price's. We are building a big 300sq home on a 7100sq block fully fenced with concrete driveway already done for about $400,000. We are from Maroochydore but we didnt like the size of the blocks down here ( 600sq ) or the price's of around $250000 just for land.
Hi all,
I was interested in moving to Southside. Seems to have nice sized blocks and homes.
I am a mental health patient and just want somewhere quiet without any trouble.
I have emailed 'AhhYoda' who seems rather active here so hopefully get a response.
Could someone please give me some information about Southside.
There isnt specific suburbs with crime drugs and ferals like moronfield or crapboulture for example. But there is a lack of support services & srrvices in general in the whole Gympie area. The problem is theres still a large population that have never left gympie. Think one eyed yokels who if your appear or arent exactly the norm will give you the look etc. You will find positive things from people who have lived there as long as the hills. But thats to be expected. Ive lived all over Australia, and find gympie to be a bit of a rats nest. Theres a lot of twisty and to be honest total crap roads, lack of infrastructure investment and the whole town is on borrowed time thanks to the cooroy to curra bypass. To be honest closer to the sunny coast is better, you have much more opportunity, flexible options less one eyed locals and more people happy to embrace outsiders. Gympie is the kind of place where you walk into a local restaraunt etc and the locals all stop and stare. Ive personally had this happen so much i ignore it now. But its funny when friends finally visit us and ask...hey do i have something on my face? There are some really lovely people too, but i cant say id move here by choice. There are plenty of beautiful places between brissy and gympie to choose that are far better and have far better services.
Hi we have been in our new house in St Andrews estate for about 3 months now and we love it friendly neighbours nice big blocks with a great outlook over the range's. We can only hear the highway on really quite days when there is no wind. Once the bypass is finished there will be an interchange just a few km from the estate so easy access to new highway and sunny coast Brisbane etc
Hi Matt, glad to read your comment. We are looking to buy by the end of this year and from Brisbane. For some reason we keep coming back to Curra but in the last few weeks heard some nit great things. I believe everywhere these days have downfalls. We are looking to gave more space but still have a nice house :)
Chatsworth , east side and futher out Mothar Mountain is a great place to live take your pick 😆
We have friends at Curra and there place is beautiful, other people say stay away from the area but it seems to be heading up market a little bit more ??