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Heathcote is well positioned in the heartland of central victoria on the northern highway. Nestled below Mount Ida, surounded by national parks and pasroral lands. Lifestyle properties and treechangershave found this gemof a village an atttractive place to live.Friendliness and genuine concern for each other is a mark of everyday life. This makes shopping rather prolonged sometimes but there are plenty of eateries and fun places to catch up . For a small town we are blessed with cafes, wineries, bakeries, small businesses to sell clothing, handcrafts and gift ware, Our hospital and pharmacy and visiting allied health facilities mean care without the usual queues.
Numerousfestivals , a film and artist groups,several craft grouprs U3A , friendly churches and service clubs.There are two primary school and a preschool. Adolescents attend a variety of goverbnment or private schools within the vicinity of 45 kms in all directions. a youth worker and neighbourhood house run community activites including permaculture, food swaps and life style programs.Public ransport is by bus return daily to melboune and stopping at melbourne airport. Bendigo remains the neighbouring provincal city offering tertiary education, buusiness and cultural opportunities.sporting clubs include football, netball, cricket and fishing or boating at nearby lake Eppalock.Our farmers maket and the monthly market plus two great op shops provide alternative culture and recyclers with a fun place to meet and swap all kinds of wares. I have lived in Heathcote for 10 years and love its history, its characters and its growing population diversity . A warm welcome to Victoria's undiscovered gem.