Michael Blyth

Woodend is finally catching up with the rest of Melbourne, in that the price of housing is quite a bit more than 4 years ago, still affordable (just) so if you are thinking of moving here do it sooner rather than later. A new bus service has just been implemented (3rd Oct 2016) and the Vline is a quick journey into work. Melbourne CDB is rarely more than a 50 minute drive away, there are a lot of local activities, we even had snow this year enough to make snowballs, snow angles and a snowman it was great fun getting up at 6am and playing snowball fights with the kids. We are usually 5 degrees cooler than Melbourne and get more rain, especially in Winter/Spring. There are plenty of restaurant and pub options as well as hair dressers and other great shops. Kyneton and Gisbourne are a short 10 minute drive away all with large major super markets. A new large coles supermarket is earmarked to be built sometime soon. Woodend is a fantasic place to bring up children and the great this is that because of our position Woodend will never become part of the suburbs, we will always be a separate village. The people love the way Woodend is and its not likely to change a lot in the future despite councils best efforts.