Maryborough, VIC 3465

I live 30 minutes from Maryborough; I have been doing shopping and dental appointments for my family for 14 years in Maryborough. The town is fairly laid back and there are no parking metres. Good choice of speciality boutiques and supermarkets, Kmart, Toyworld/Sportspower.
Arts and crafts are popular hobbies in the district, with a number of groups and good craft shop.
Library staff are friendly and the air conditioning is appreciated on a hot day.
There is a small Cinema that has been renovated.
Small art gallery at the old fire station with its impressive Victorian architecture. There are a number of prominent buildings from the Victorian era.
A lot of the town is quite and some areas are a little rundown. I look at the rentals for my adult children in case they want to move out of home, as Maryborough is mostly flat it easy to walk to the shops, parks and two central lakes.
The dentists are good in the town, but I have yet to find a good doctor there. The hospital is well run: good nurses and visiting specialists. The new buildings for the hospital are being built(2024).

Maryborough climate is not as cold as Ballarat in winter and not as hot as Bendigo in summer.

Some of the advertised rentals and homes for sale are on the truck route : Gladstone Street.

You can buy a lovely 3 bedroom house with about 800sqm - 1000sqm of land for around $300K within walking distance of town centre, schools and amenities. Lots of new interest and new investment in this pretty town. Seems lots of new buyers are in the 25 - 45yo age group, buying well priced properties with space and room to move. Most of the streets are tree lined with period homes from 1930's and 1940's. We purchased a beautiful 1940's classic timber home with gorgeous original features on 900sqm of land for $270K, we put in a new kitchen and small modern extension at the back. There are 4 good supermarkets, Target, KMart, Mitre 10, Paramount cinema, some quirky little shops in and around the main street. Some great restaurants and cafe's in the main street and a few nice quaint pubs with beer gardens that are dog friendly. A choice of schools. Lovely golf course and renovated golf club and lots of things to do for outdoor activity. Huge outdoor public pool in the town centre and good indoor pool with full gym at the leisure centre. Lovely lake in the centre of the town, with walking tracks and bike tracks. Exceptional tennis club and public courts. People seem friendly and greet you as you are walking. Lots of open air, trees and parks, children's play equipment, BBQ area's, football ground with gorgeous grandstand, caravan park at the lake and quite possibly the most adorable train station in regional Victoria. There are some gorgeous historic buildings that have been preserved and well looked after. Becoming more popular for tourists who wish to strike it rich with some gold mining or simply enjoy a drive to the country for the day or weekend. We moved from Melbourne for a tree change and wanted to ditch the huge city mortgage in exchange for a bigger house with more land for a lot less money. We've lived here for 1 year now and felt VERY blessed to live in such a beautiful safe and caring community during COVID. This was the best lifestyle change for us, couldn't ever see ourselves back in the CBD rat race working to pay off a huge mortgage again. We are a couple of empty nesters in our 40's with a tiny mortgage now, working from home remotely, and living a really happy and relaxed country inspired life.

Surrounded with trees/crown land, Kmart, 4 supermarkets, 10+ takeaways, great bike tracks, low priced houses, no trucks in the main street,