georgeg3

Orange is a medium size town its large enough to provide you with the benefits of a city e.g. shopping, library, museum, aquatic centre and art gallery etc but small enough to provide you with the benefits of a close knit community, e.g. you can drive across town in 10 minutes. People nod or say hello to you in the street if they recognise you. Amazingly enough compared to Sydney properties to buy or rent are relatively cheap. People say keep away from this part or that part of town but I've been living here for nearly three years and in my opinion there really isn't a dangerous part of town....practically the whole town feels safe. Orange is a surprisingly beautiful place.....it has lots of lovely parks and an amazing botanic gardens next to a children's adventure playground. It has many trees along the roads which provide a miriad of colour during autumn. Orange has a University campus and a large TAFE. It has a brand spanking new hospital. Practically evey time you open the local paper it seems they are announcing a new development, the latest being a planetarium and new conservatorium to be built near the award winning museum building that sits opposite the library and art gallery. Orange has working opportunities in a spectrum of industries. The only real thing that I could say that would put me off Orange and really is something negative are the winters....it can get very cold in this neck of the woods....but then I suppose this provides an opportunity to wear those winter clothes that you can never wear in warmer climates!