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Set slightly off the main road between Merimbula & Tura Beach, awsome views over Merimbula and the bay. This quiet suburb is currently expanding with quality homes. As it is out of the way, most Merimbula residents have never been there and seem surprised at the views when they do.

Blocks selling for $200 - $300k, but good value when compared to blocks with similar views in Merimbula or Tura Beach. Established homes v. good value compare to Short/Long Point and Sunny Waters who get similar quality views. Believe it is currently underpriced, as it is a fairly new sub-division and prices will increase as existing blocks get sold.

As it is no through road, quiet streets and neighbourly, tends to be older people as houses are mediun - high end of the market, few young families.

No shops or services in the suburb itself but Tura Beach shopping strip with a new supermarket being built is just around the corner, with Tura Beach Country Club, Medical Centre and Tavern (a primary school is planned). 5 minutes drive from Merimbula, walk to town or beach in 20 minutes, although path is pretty steep.

The community spirit in Tarraganda is unsurpassed. Consists mainly of larger family homes on small acreages set amonst the beautiful rolling hills, neighbours are 200m+ away, but will always say hello, stop for a chat and look out for you.

Very peaceful, but also less than 5 minutes in to town. Can get very cold in winter (sub-zero overnight) and hot in summer (over 40 C - few days a year). Early morning fogs are actually very beautiful & lift fairly early, unless you are right down on the river.

Tarraganda Country Club (with great golf course) is the focus of the local's Friday night socials, where members make basic meals on a roster basis, for under $10. Everyone goes, old to very young, (kids can run around). You often several generations of one family.

Merimbula is a great place to live. It has beautiful beaches and national parks, plus lush (after rain) rolling hills inland. The area as a whole has something for everyone, and different areas attract a different set of people, but most are city escapees looking for a more relaxed lifestyle. If you want action, and nightlife, then this is perhaps not the place for you. Good community, a lot of retirees, but increasingly younger people moving to the area.

Wide range of housing available ranging from $1M to below $200K, and you get an awful lot more for your money than in the city or more 'trendy' resort towns. $500k will get you a quality 4 bed home with ocean views. $600K upward & you can get spectacular views. Upmarket areas areas are Long Point, Mirador and Sunny Waters and Dolphin Cove (Tura Beach). Good value for money overlooking the lake and Tura Beach.

Professionals, people with office and bookkeeping skills are particularly in demand, low skilled jobs may be in short supply, but usually if you want to work, you can find a job, although it may be in Bega. Wages are lower than in the city, but cost of living is lower too, plus you live here for the lifestyle not the money.

The town gets busy over summer, with the tourist influx, but you learn to live with it & pick your times at the supermarket, or travel to Eden or Bega where the checkouts are quieter & prices lower. Afterall, the tourists provide the town with its income & we residents get empty beaches the rest of the year. New supermarket currently being built at Tura Beach, and a new one planned in Merimbula town centre.

Good choice of resturants and cafes, increasingly cosmopolitan and not all seafood.

Serviced by daily flights to Melbourne & Sydney, 3 hours by road from Canberra