Bruce Rock - WA

Haven't been there in for about 25 years

Check out the official town website: http://www.brucerock.wa.gov.au/
You will also find plenty of sites in Google

Cheap land prices (council initiative to attract new people I think)

Merredin (about 50 km north) is a biggish town that should have lots of facilities.

Northam is a major regional centre about 100 to 150 k west

Perth is only about 350 k away

Lots of good touristy things near Bruce Rock (Wave Rock, Holland Track etc etc)

I like the area myself

Visited around easter.
Fairly rich in aboriginal heritage- the numerous granite outcrops scattered around are worth visiting. From memory the surrounds are rolling and open, with some nat parks scattered about too. Went cruising through a few of the national parks and didnt find much inside them, but still plenty of places to explore and check out.

Houses are cheap, its half an hour from merredin so you still get "fast" food, and at worst, its certainly within a fridays' night driving distance from perth.

Hay Troy,
I used to do seasonal work in Shackleton (about 30 kms from Bruce Rock)
Been in and through there a few times and think its quite a nice little town .
Its got a Supervalu store , butchershop and a pub what more esentuals could you want ! . Merridin is up the road a bit around 40 kms which is a pretty big town , Doodlakine is down the road a bit which is where Jimmy Barnes sings occasionally .If friends want to visit the train stops at either Kellerberin (about 50 kms away ) or Merridin. If you hapen to get along with the right people theres a few lakes around to ski on. I think theres a golf course there but there is definately lawn bowles at either Shack or Bruce Rock.
The only down side is it is bl**dy hot in summer and cold in winter .

Hope this helps
Cheers
Grant

Thanks guys... it's sounding more and more like i'm going to get the spot... it's for 3 years so i'm going to have to think of things to keep me occupied :)

TROY
My wife and myself have a weekender in Bruce Rock
Had it since last sep. it's a good little town around 700 people
good shops, pub, club etc. It has a high school and a hospital all that one needs
We use it as a base to go bush saves around 3 Hrs driving time from Perth

Regards

Richard

What sort of work do you do?

Apparently Bruce Rock has the Smallest Bank in Australia - so I found out when I did a recent quiz