Jane Sheppard
Reviews
"Was Great, now spoiled by greedy council and developers"
Lived here for over 11 years, have watched what was a great little country town become another congested suburb, with no roads or infrastructure to support it. Too many people now, and too many new estates, thanks to the Greedy useless council that takes all the rates and does not do anything with it, some streets don't have gutters, the footpaths are not maintained and grass areas are left to die with no watering or maintenance. No hard waste collection, no real good walking tracks, the whole town is looking run down, tired, and needs a huge face lift and overhaul. No Jobs, so everyone works some where else. The houses are now just as expensive as everywhere else. Thank you council for allowing this town to be ruined. The locals are from the city and not friendly at all, neighbours won't talk to you, all the local tradies and mechanics are a rip off and are substandard , I tried to support them all over the past decade and each time got disappointed, now employ other from outside Bacchus Marsh. The roads are in terrible state, potholes, and cracks, not maintained at all. All the local eats are average at best and overpriced, You can get a good Pizza, but all the Chinese are terrible, not even the RSL does food, or can't even get a good cheap pub lunch meal !! unless you think $25.00 is cheap!?
I cant wait to move away, TOTALLY had enough of the area, need to find a real country town!
"A boaring little town full of stoners or retired people interesting in doing nothing"
Its like an old sea side town, untouched by developers, with no real views to speak of, and no vibe or soul. Some ok places to eat, and so ok walks on the beach , unless you like fishing or boating this is not a place to enjoy surf, night life, or views, it all feels a bit run down, old and boganny. Better places in Queensland to live.
So tell me; where would be the better places to live in Queensland?
Yeppoon, sunshine coast, gold coast, Mackay, just to name a few
No, you must have misheard me; I said 'better'..
I've lived near Yeppoon, have lived on the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast and worked in Mackay. You said HB was full of stoners and bogans - you think the places you mention aren't?
this is not a forum for back and forth, you like green I like blue, IMHO.. if you think different great, I am not going to have a discussion about it. Its simply my view. End of story.
I love Hervey Bay, but like most places it depends on the people who are around you that influence our opinions
I love Hervey Bay and at the moment it seems like so many other people do. The bay is booming. House prices have jumped, there are so many restaurants opening up, all kinds of keep fit, schools are doing well, hospital is expanding, esplanade looks great and in my experience when I am out most people say hello.
what a wonder full place to die, they are building the hervey bay hospice next to a crematorium hope fully the planning people will spend their last days looking at the smoke stack, my parents survived the 2nd world war have we learnt nothing this is how an incompentent local council treats the elderley
Being an outsider I am laughing at the negativity of some of you. Lets get things really clear - Hervey Bay is lovely and a growing regional town, it will NEVER be a thriving metropolis, so you either like or you dont. Helenm30- what has parents got to do with crematorium next to hospice and council??? I think it fantastic idea to develop a area for over 50s living, to independent, nursing, hospice and crematorium all in one - powered by natural gas. End to end from 50s to death.
Low cost housing and low priced rents = lower socioeconomic demographic people - no surprises here. Wake up and smell the roses otherwise stop complaining and enjoy or move back to where you came from. A lot of whinging Nancys on this page.
Wow seeing all these comments really is scary im thinking of moving to Harvey bay to point vernon but now not to sure can anyone thats living there right now give me some advice please
I'm looking forward to retiring in Hervey Bay in a few years. Got my land sorted in what I think will be an awesome place. I'm from down south and looking forward to the relaxed lifestyle you all portray as well as lots of vitamin D. After what we are experiencing down south at the moment, you guys are very lucky and fortunate to live in the paradise you live in. Want to swap?
Stuff happens everywhere, just have to embrace everything and let the crap flow by.
Looking forward to saying hi and if I'm ignored? Who cares.
Cheers from a future Queenslander ;) x
We are looking to move to Hervey Bay in the next 9 months after buying a house there. IMO, this is a place that is up and coming, you can already see nice houses being rebuilt replacing the old run down houses. The Council has a development plan for the growing population. The Sunshine Coast is now so expensive no doubt people will start looking farther north for affordable oceanside living. Hervey Bay is only going to get better and will become a bustling little town as the new restaurants/business start to open along the Esplanade. Every town has druggies, oldies and issues..........Hervey Bay is lovely in my opinion and can only get better and property will go up even more over the next few years. You can already see what's happening with property prices now.
What are the best suburbs to live in ?? We are considering moving up.
Absolutely agree!