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Highly recommend Warrnambool as far as regional Victorian towns go, but the lack of humidity, constant wind and freezing water would take getting used to after

by dwd 6y ago

Highly recommend Warrnambool as far as regional Victorian towns go, but the lack of humidity, constant wind and freezing water would take getting used to after Thailand. The Sunshine Coast or Cairns have a similar vibe but warmer weather.

stephenr 6y ago
I'd been considering Portland actually, and maybe it'd still get a look-in, but it may be too small. Definitely will not miss the humidity/heat. I'll miss the weather being fairly constant though. Also, no to Qld. We want to move back to Australia, not move back to the 1920s.
- dwd 6y ago
  Haha - you'll find half of Queensland is just ex-pat Victorians. Just don't wear Victorian plates on your car - first day there after driving up from Victoria I got abused by some Maroochydore bogans. Portland is nice, but Port Fairy is possibly the best little town along the West coast. I grew up in Warrnambool, but spent a few months house sitting an old whalers cottage there.
  - stephenr 6y ago
    You just proved my point about Qld.
- willemh 6y ago
  Torquay/Ocean Grove may be more your style. The weather isn't as consistent as QLD but beats Warrnambool by being a couple of degrees warmer. It's near Geelong but you still get the ocean. And it's only about 1.5hrs to Melbourne if you avoid peak hour. I get your point about Queensland. Maroochydore might be slowly modernising. They're building a new city centre from scratch on what used to be the golf course. They've recently connected to the Japan-Guam-Australia South submarine fibre cable and the council are marketing that pretty hard. Saying that, it's still largely seen as a place to retire; evidenced by one of the largest contributors to the local economy being healthcare (which includes nursing homes).
  - dwd 6y ago
    Don't forget the Otways. The old growth forest parts are amazing and you used to be able to camp some places in there and even take along the dog. I live within walking distance of a comparable waterfall but can't take the dog due to its park classification.
  - stephenr 6y ago
    How exactly does the submarine cable connection affect things realistically? I’d have thought the point of contention for most people in Australia would be either the last mile with the boondoggle that is FttN or the distance to other countries. Does skipping a bit of terrestrial fibre backbone really make that much difference?
    - dwd 6y ago
      Brisbane is a 10ms ping away, Sydney is 20ms and 90% of the sites people use have a least a Sydney based CDN; but we can't let facts get in the way of real estate sales.
      - stephenr 6y ago
        That's what I thought.
    - willemh 6y ago
      Yeah, not much difference to the end user but I think the council are trying to attract businesses. That could be the good mix up the economy needs. The future will tell whether it works or not.

by dwd 6y ago

stephenr 6y ago

I'd been considering Portland actually, and maybe it'd still get a look-in, but it may be too small. Definitely will not miss the humidity/heat. I'll miss the weather being fairly constant though. Also, no to Qld. We want to move back to Australia, not move back to the 1920s.

dwd 6y ago
Haha - you'll find half of Queensland is just ex-pat Victorians. Just don't wear Victorian plates on your car - first day there after driving up from Victoria I got abused by some Maroochydore bogans. Portland is nice, but Port Fairy is possibly the best little town along the West coast. I grew up in Warrnambool, but spent a few months house sitting an old whalers cottage there.
- stephenr 6y ago
  You just proved my point about Qld.
willemh 6y ago
Torquay/Ocean Grove may be more your style. The weather isn't as consistent as QLD but beats Warrnambool by being a couple of degrees warmer. It's near Geelong but you still get the ocean. And it's only about 1.5hrs to Melbourne if you avoid peak hour. I get your point about Queensland. Maroochydore might be slowly modernising. They're building a new city centre from scratch on what used to be the golf course. They've recently connected to the Japan-Guam-Australia South submarine fibre cable and the council are marketing that pretty hard. Saying that, it's still largely seen as a place to retire; evidenced by one of the largest contributors to the local economy being healthcare (which includes nursing homes).
- dwd 6y ago
  Don't forget the Otways. The old growth forest parts are amazing and you used to be able to camp some places in there and even take along the dog. I live within walking distance of a comparable waterfall but can't take the dog due to its park classification.
- stephenr 6y ago
  How exactly does the submarine cable connection affect things realistically? I’d have thought the point of contention for most people in Australia would be either the last mile with the boondoggle that is FttN or the distance to other countries. Does skipping a bit of terrestrial fibre backbone really make that much difference?
  - dwd 6y ago
    Brisbane is a 10ms ping away, Sydney is 20ms and 90% of the sites people use have a least a Sydney based CDN; but we can't let facts get in the way of real estate sales.
    - stephenr 6y ago
      That's what I thought.
  - willemh 6y ago
    Yeah, not much difference to the end user but I think the council are trying to attract businesses. That could be the good mix up the economy needs. The future will tell whether it works or not.