We've made the big move.

Submitted: Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 14:03
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Well a little earlier than planned, but we are now officially country residents! LOL

My wife was doing a 3 month "stint" in busselton (3 hours south of Perth) and her work offered her the position permantly. So we worked it out and said yes.

So we've cleaned up the house in Perth, given it to the real estate to rent out and we've signed a 12 month lease down here. It's not a small town, about 17000 people but it's better than the city and it's bloody beautiful.

So there we go, all done and dusted, my 9 year old started year 5 at his new school yesterday and we get the keys to the new place on Monday.

It's feels good to be back in the country.
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Reply By: Member - Doug T (W.A) - Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 14:26

Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 14:26
Jeff

YOU MONGREL

Oh well I can't really complain as my work takes me out to the country or across the country at times, but the C/park i'm in is not too bad, ppl are good neighbors, but I do miss the outback from Mt Isa , the storm build-ups , and the lovely sounding Koel, Yeh next year i am going back North ,

Hey enjoy your stint in the country ,hope all goes well for you.

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Reply By: mike w (WA) - Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 14:59

Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 14:59
Jeff, lived ther for 3 years myself, and loved it (most of the time) moved away exactly 2 years ago for work.

If you enjoy the life that the coast has to offer, you are in the right place.

Good luck and enjoy
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Reply By: V8Diesel - Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 15:42

Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 15:42
You lucky bugger! A truly beautiful part of Australia.

Do us a favour when you've settled in Jeff and check out that Rosa Glen Rd (???) that goes between the Barrabup Pool Road just north of Nannup and Margaret River. Haven't been down that way for many years but there was some beaut stuff around.

Maybe an EO SW 4x4 camping trip coming up?
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Follow Up By: Member - Jeff M (WA) - Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 16:16

Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 16:16
He he, once I get settled and do a bit of exploring I was going to organise a few trips for my 4wd club, I'll PM you on p4x4 or somthing when that time comes along and you can join us if your free! Generally only small groups of 2-4 cars come away, our group is only very small.

Rosa Glen hey... I'll have to check it out. I'm truley in 4by heavan here, I don't know where to start! All these places I've always wanted to explore but only ever had a weekend - most of which was filled with the driving to and fro.

Where to go? Agusta, Collie, Harvey, Brunswhick, Nanaup, Pemperten, Denmark, mate it's just full on. Can't wait to get all this sorted out, dust off the camping gear and get out there! I've already done some driving on the beach around Augusta and went from Sues road along the blackwood river to Margaret river, but there is heaps I want to go see round here and the state forrest between here and Nanup is months of exploring on it's own!
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Follow Up By: mike w (WA) - Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 16:29

Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 16:29
>check out that Rosa Glen Rd

the greenies love that area too, especially as there are a couple of patches of old growth through there, but still plenty to explore. Alsio, it is bitumen now from sues rd to Margret river :( that was always my favourite short cut when I lived in nannup

Jeff M,

the pine plantation north of Nannup is great (whats left of it) Some fantastic hill climbs and the likes. If you take the bailingup rd, then immediately first R (goes past the old freemasons cottage, turns into gravel. follow up and if you take the fire breaks to the left and follow the fence line, you will, I guarantee, have some fun ( or end up upside down ;))

Perhaps an EO gathering down that way in the future.

Some great stuff along the blackwood, especially N of sues rd. You also have black point, white point (aparently gates are now locked and you need to contsct the property owner for permision to cross his land)

Have fun, but leave some for the rest of us
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Follow Up By: Member - Jeff M (WA) - Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 16:40

Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 16:40
Dunno what road I went on, but it was gravel! :-P

Yeah hopefully we get go and see it before they close it all up! :-(
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Follow Up By: Member - Duncan W (WA) - Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 20:27

Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 20:27
Jeff you mean the plantation between Hawter and Ferndale Rds Balingup. Was in there last weekend. Absolutely great day and the tracks are very steep, some nicely rutted. DEC (CALM) has done a lot of grader work due to the fire season but still lots of fun.
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Follow Up By: Member - Jeff M (WA) - Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 21:28

Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 21:28
There were a lot of fallen trees too... Need to invest in a good chainsaw and go clean them up a bit. Otherwise people just tash the bush around the tracks by trying to go round them. There was a suprising amount of mud too, considering how dry it has been. Actually went through one section of track where the mud would have been half way up the rims.
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Reply By: Member - Captain (WA) - Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 15:43

Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 15:43
Hi Jeff,

Great spot to live, I spent 6 years just up the road in Bunbury many moons ago. Plenty of great 4WD trips to keep you busy for many weekends to come.

Hope all goes well - might be able to catch up when going down south again for a trip.

Cheers

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Follow Up By: Member - Jeff M (WA) - Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 16:10

Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 16:10
For sure, next time your comming down this way give us a member message! Stop in for a few beers!
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Reply By: Member - Brian (Gold Coast) - Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 18:00

Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 18:00
Good On Ya Jeff!!!!

Good luck with it all mate!

Cheers

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Reply By: Member - jeff M (SA) - Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 21:10

Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 21:10
Hi Jeff M (WA),

Good on yu, sounds like you love it.All the best.

Did some work in the Wineries around Nannup and it is a great looking place.
By the way you got a great name too.LOL

Jeff M.(SA)
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Reply By: Member - Dunworkin (WA) - Friday, Feb 02, 2007 at 01:03

Friday, Feb 02, 2007 at 01:03
Good luck with your move, we spent 5years down there in the early 70s, was a great place to be. It has changed a lot since then of course. the worst part of Busselton was the holidays and long week-ends, we use to leave our car at home and walk down to the shops because the town would fill up and there would be no parking, the closest parking that we could get was out the back of our house which was at the end of Queen Street. The first Sunday that we were there we went for a run down to Dunsborough, on that day we never saw one person in the street but there was a dog, have never forgotten that and find it hard to believe now. At the time we thought that it would be a good place to retire. (that was then)

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Follow Up By: Member - Jeff M (WA) - Friday, Feb 02, 2007 at 10:06

Friday, Feb 02, 2007 at 10:06
Yeah we found out about the tourist thing... It was fine until boxing day, then we figured we had to stock pile alchole from Condello's in Bunbury as the local prices went through the roof! We also started stock piling groceries as a trip into town was an absolute nightmare!! They reckon with Christmas and the South Bound concert the two weeks after Christmas there were over 100,000 people down here. Somehow the whole of Tasmania came to our little town for two weeks! LOL

But then like it started, every bugger just bleep off to whereever they came from, it's really quite biazzare.

It's also ironic how the locals who depend on tourism hate the tourist season! haha. I ended up taking my "Perth 4x4" stickers off the 4by because it screamed "tourist" and I'd get dirty looks all the time! ;-)

Dunsborough, yeah it's amazing, I remember when it was just nothing. Funny little place, all these expensive houses and nearly 50% of them are unoccupied as they are only holiday homes. You got all this new flash ass townsite and shops and everything just for people to use when they come on holiday!?
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