The ultimate aussie town

[lyndoor]

Hey, Tasadam - cheese, man, CHEESE!!!

....& stop changing the thread again!!!! Ultimate town, remember

How about a caravan, folks, then we get the best of all worlds. Tassie is really small enough to live permanently anywhere & have great access from mountain to coast all over. Aren't we lucky?

lyndoor

[seakar]

ok doing some catching up...blackheath is my favorite town (blue mountains) and hobart i have yet to explore so maybe i can find a blackheath on the coast. your lucky in launceston with the gauge so close not worth letting anyone spoil this city...the fog is already to much without any more heavy industry.
allways had to get out of burnie asap also. shefild=the place where i can get coffee yay

[SurferShane]

The Steel City, 'Our Town'? Home to shopping centres, congestion, some of the most appalling suburban spawl and architecture around and drivers with a truly aggressive attitude to merging. Great surroundings pity about the city. Certainly a surprise to me to rate it so highly.

Newcastle is a perfect place to live especially for surfing and university study. I have met so many people who have got here and been totally blown away by what the place has to offer. You just have to make it past the suburbs and the same bad drivers that terrorise most of the continent!. The real pity is that the main highways pass through the least desirable parts of the town; although this is also probably the reason the CBD and surrounding beaches and parks are a well kept secret and are less congested than Hobart. Then the place is slowly coming ahead with a nice little alternate culture that has grown out of its coal mining and industrial beginnings. Like most areas, there is some good walking including the foreshores and beaches for fitness and nearby ranges.

Nevertheless, after doing a few walks in Tassie and spending time on this website I would consider relocating if the right opportunity arose. Thanks for all the great suggestions and tips!

[Kainas]

Convince me that the Newcastle is the area. I have thought long and hard about the perfect town..Toowoomba or the Hunter...I want to move near my family in the Hunter...but it is soooo ugly. Please tell me that I am looking in the wrong places. (Somehow the wool came off my eyes last month and I realised Cessnock is ugly), even the lake lacks lustre.

[Dicksonia]

Here's some VIC options.

*Small towns where you can walk out your back door into the bush

Marysville- Pre fire, used to be a paradise for bushwalkers. Close to Cathedrals, Lake Mountain, Yarra Ranges and within easy striking distance of Howqua-Wonnongatta-Moroka. Just big enough to get a coffee, beer and a half decent feed.

Warbuton- Surrounded by the Yarra Ranges NP, close to Melbourne and with nice restaurants, cafes etc.

Lorne - A little busy and touristy at certain times of the year but 100s of kms of walking tracks on doorstep. Easy to get a decent beer, cofee and feed.

Daylesford - The rainbow retreat is good for bushwalkers and those seeking finer things.

Beechworth - In the bush, close to VIC alps and within stiking distance of Snowys. Drive to Albury-Wondonga or Wang to work.

Halls Gap - In the centre of the Grampians. Can get a feed, coffee and beer but a bit small for most.

Mallacoota - For those who like remoteness, would be awesome. Hard to get a job I'd say.

Mansfield - Not quite in the bush but close enough. VIC Alps and Mt Buller on doorstep. Enough amenities for most.

Bright - Same reasons as Mansfield, except close to Falls and Hotham.

Lakes Entrance - Not bad if you can handle the bogans. On the beach, at the edge of East Gippsland and close to Alps.

Foster - Pretty small place but the biggest near Wilsons Prom. Also close to the Stretzlekis, Waratah Bay and the little Visited islands between the Prom and Ninety Mile Beach.

*Bigger Cities -

Albury-Wodonga - Always thought it would be cool to live here. Well located for weekends in both the VIC Alps and the Snowies.

Traralgon - Bogan factor applies here also, but is the best in the Latrobe Valley. Is good for weekends around Licola, Baw Baws and the Stretzlekis.

Benalla - A bit smaller but conveniantly located for both Howqua area and Bogong High Plains.

Warnambool - On the beach and within stirking distance of the Otways, Grampians and Great Southwest Walk.

Bendigo - Is actually surrounded by the Box-Ironbark forest. A little far from the main walking areas though.

[winterling]

Did anyone mention Mount Beauty? Nice little town close to Bogong High Plains etc.

[eddie the eagle]

The best town?

It's like an old saying/ proverb that I heard once: "There's only one beautiful child in the world, and every mother has it."

I really like the Victorian High Country - Drove through Yackandandah before it was 'found' by the cappuccino set, was a very nice town at the time, and ideally placed for access as far as bushwalking goes. (I also used to live in Berry, NSW, when there were no antique shops and five takeaways, and the whole school was either dairy farmer's kids or the typical small town kids.)

Yack, Bright, Corryong, etc are all nice.

Cheers,

eddie

[north-north-west]

Traralgon - Bogan factor applies here also, but is the best in the Latrobe Valley. Is good for weekends around Licola, Baw Baws and the Stretzlekis..

It's also only a couple of hours at the most from Bairnsdale, which means easy access to the Snowy River (and thus the Snowies), the Cobberas/Tingaringy area, Buenba and the Bogongs.

And it's spelt 'Strzelecki'. Now behave, or I'll try to tell you how to pronounce it.

[Dicksonia]

Traralgon - Bogan factor applies here also, but is the best in the Latrobe Valley. Is good for weekends around Licola, Baw Baws and the Stretzlekis..

It's also only a couple of hours at the most from Bairnsdale, which means easy access to the Snowy River (and thus the Snowies), the Cobberas/Tingaringy area, Buenba and the Bogongs.

And it's spelt 'Strzelecki'. Now behave, or I'll try to tell you how to pronounce it.

May I suggest that the Polish spelling police take a running jump off Mt Kozziosko.

[WarrenH]

I used to work with a Polish lady, called Stenia. She was always correcting how I pronounced Strzelecki and Kosciuszko.

Stenia would say, "Where did you walk this past weekend?" "It is not Strzelecki ... its Stretch-letch-ka." "It is not Kosciuszko ... it is Koffs-chews-ka."

There is no excuse for getting it wrong now, hey? No matter how one spells these names.

Warren.

[stepbystep]

May I suggest that the Polish spelling police take a running jump off Mt Kozziosko.

I'm married to a Pole and even she has trouble pronouncing some of their words - and no 2 Poles EVER agree on anything but they do like talking about it
So the only thing you can be sure of is that you've got it wrong.
BTW she is a direct descendent of Strzelecki on her mother's side - his tale is most interesting as is the story of Kosciuszko.

[Dicksonia]

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Tak

[north-north-west]

May I suggest that the Polish spelling police take a running jump off Mt Kozziosko.

Sure.
Where is it? 'Cause I've never seen that name on a map.

I'm married to a Pole and even she has trouble pronouncing some of their words.

So do I, as I'm only Polish by descent, having been born and raised in Aus. Still, it does help having grown up with the language being spoken around you.

And there's no 'ff' sound in Kosciuszko: Kos (short 'o', 'cost' without the 't') - choosh (like 'chook', only with a 'sh') - ko (short vowel again, like the first syllable, but without the 's'). Stress on the second syllable. Kos-choosh-ko.
See - it's easy.

Strzelecki, on the other hand . . . there's just no way of properly explaining that first consonantal combination.

[Rick]

What a fantastic topic, although perhaps it should have been titled "The Ultimate Tassie Town"

I moved from the NW to Launceston (well really Perth) 10 years ago and have not regretted it one bit!!

The trout fishing here absolutely craps all over the NW....that's my main reason!

[flyfisher]

Good onya Rick, always good to hear from another flyfisher.

FF

[Joel]

I've done the opposite Rick.
Try living at Lake St Clair for a year and then moving to Cradle Mt. Man, I wish the fishing was as good at this end of the National Park.