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"Affordable, good lifestyle with plenty of disposable income, not far from city, Gippsland Lakes and Mountains"
I have lived in Melbourne , regional centres in Nsw and Victoria and was amazed how affordable Traralgon is to live in. We have bought a lovely house here at a great price. Traralgon is close enough to Melbourne but far enough to not be caught up in the city madness. It is clean, vibrant,plenty of choices of schools for kids, some great cafe's and restaurants. Vline has a great service in and out of the city by rail or one can drive there in 1.5-2 hours depending on part of city you need to go to. The magnificent Gippsland Lakes is 1.5 hours the other direction, Beaches 40 mins away and the Mountains are easily accessible. There is plenty of work in the area with the unemployment rate of 3.9% (i looked that one up). It is a friendly and warm town and we have decided we would now like to settle in one area and for affordability, access to things we love doing both in the great outdoors and in the city Traralgon allows us to do all this. My in laws and some friends have loved their visits down to see us that they have moved here now also from Bayside in Melbourne. No more traffic jams getting to work. In Traralgon life is about living life to its fullest. If you chose to move here you will not regret it. We haven't.
Great for
- Affordable, clean and friendly.
- Nice distance to city, Gippsland Lakes, Beaches
- And Mountains. Great lifestyle.
Not great for
- No large indoor pool.
- No kerb side collections like in other
- Areas and have to pay for green waste at tip?
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Families with kids
- Retirees
- Hipsters
- Students
- Country Lovers
- Trendy & Stylish
V line have a great service? You have got to be kidding! Traralgon has had huge issues with lack of public transport for several years now. There is also lots of unemployment, high crime rate and the pollution is quite bad with the paper mill smell some times unbearable
I live down here and really wished I hadn't moved here, hopefully moving back to Melbourne, I would never move to regional Australia again. Every thing I've read about regional towns are the same. Forget about this perception about country people being friendly and easy to converse with because nothing could be further from the truth. The dog regulations are draconian to say the least. You're not aloud to let your dog off the lead on the street, you can only do so in designated parks (if you can call them that). The parks have no facilities, seating, water fountains, barbecue areas, it's only a block of land with a few trees stuck on there. The infrastructure is woeful, the roads are totally crap, pot holed, rough, when driving you feel like a bit of clothing being thrown around in a washing machine. In summing up if you're a single person living in Melbourne and thinking of moving to the regions DON'T you'll regret it as I have.
Hi We are thinking of moving from Tamworth NSW down to your part of the world ...we are not sure which town to settle in...we are thinking of Traralgon, Morwell, Moe, Churchill etc...which towns are good and which are bad?..or what streets should I stay clear of?..... also I would like a good high school for my son to go to.... we might be selling our house up this way and want to buy something down there as I cant believe how cheap houses are.... but we were thinking of renting for 6 mths then buy something but we have pets...3 small dogs and a cat and cant find anything down that way that will let you rent with pets....