Where to buy a property?

I would 2nd that.

We live in Gippsland (Sth East Vic) and reguarly head to Eden/Merimbula for holidays. Not as good as the gipsland lakes area (home) but a beautiful part of the world.

DON"T tell people you don't know, about the Gippsland Lakes! We're trying to keep it for ourselves.

we have just done the same thing selling our home on the sunny coast and building a new home in Heyfield.

We are amazed and delighted with how friendly and welcoming the local community is.

2 hours drive to Melbourne 1 hour to the beach 1 to the mountains. Good facilities in the regional areas and a central base for our touring.


The Gippsland lakes are awful Don't bother visiting them !

Heyfield is in Gippsland between Sale and Traralgon

Cowwarr where we live now while building is also delightful we wish we could have found a suitable block of land here but non is available for what we wanted :-(

This is well under way. Apart from the 'motor home and caravan' sites, there are cottage sites etc. Possibly worth considering due to the security provided when you are not there.

Full membership of CMCA is only open to caravan and camper trailer owners, but associate membership is. Not sure is associate membesship entitles you to 'buy in' at Casino. A call to CMCA would answer that.

Norm C

So it is...great concept. Must go back and check the date on the article I was reading (if I can find it).

Casino Village

Cheers, The Landy

Agreed it appears to be a great concept.

Good part of the world also ;-)

Hi, I'm Mark T, marketing manager for RV HOMEBASE Fraser Coast. Thanks for mentioning our new project.

Finding a home base that supports the RV lifestyle is obviously a pressing subject - we've been amazed by the volume of enquiry and the enthusiasm of those contacting us since we launched our capital raising campaign a few weeks ago.

Our management team comprises a number of keen caravanners and decades of property development experience, and our vision is to create a community of like minded people focused around the RV lifestyle - similar to Casino, but with a Queensland flavour.

No need to invest in the project to buy a home in the village.

Affordable, architect designed homes - all with the ability to park an RV alongside, connected to services

$3m in community facilities - including regular favourites like pool, bowls and fitness club, plus wash bay, dump point and Happy Hour hut.

2mins to the Bruce Highway in Maryborough, with easy access north and south, and close proximity to extensive services and facilities, and a wide range of different lifestyle destinations.

No deferred management fees

Happy to go on, but have a look for yourself. Would love your feedback and constructive suggestions.

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Timbo,
Very relevant questions many of which we have considered. I am more concerned with the region, rather than a specific type of property, but I have some preferences about what we do and don't want.

We want a holiday atmosphere, not suburbia.
Prefer to be close to a bigger regional centre or established holiday destination for choice of restaurants and services etc.
Views are a strong preference.
Near the coast would do as absolute beachfront may be too expensive.

Renting the second property is a good idea but if we had to do that we would have spent too much buying it I guess.

I know the area around Ullladulla - great in the warmer months. Never been there in winter.

I think our next trip might be a driving holiday from Ullladulla down to Gippsland. I hear Nifty 1 may be moving out because it is getting too crowded down by the lakes.

Thanks for the feedback.

Skull

Place across the road just sold under $300k. 1200sm with an OK house - not flash though. Can see the lake from the front yard, 6 doors from the lake and shops, walk to everything in town, 90 mile beach just across the water, catch your own prawns at the end of the street, dolphins, bream, flathead, big centre 16km away, 3 hours on the train to Melbourne, hour and a half to the snow, boats everywhere. Or you could live on the island with the koalas, absolute waterfront facing north with views of the town, the straits, the lake and the mountains.

Damn! What am I saying? No you wouldn't like it at all......

Aahh, I can smell the breeze and if I close my eyes, I can hear the koalas grunting. Would I have to become a Victorian? Do they have language classes anywhere?

Thanks Nifty. Will definitely be over for a look.

Skull

I was going to suggest somewhere around Tilba Tilba (it's one of my Dad's favourites) - arguably the greenest area on the SE coast, and not far from Narooma (although not exactly ON the coast, it's not too far off).

Ulladulla area is not too far from Sydney but seems a bit busy (& higher prices because of it) while Gippsland area is not too far from Melbourne - might depend if you have family in either of these cities.

The SE coast is a nice part of the world, I think it's just a matter of picking somewhere close to the facilities you want and finding somewhere near by that's acceptable for the price you're looking at - I don't think you'll go far wrong! It might also pay to check it out over a major long weekend or school holidays (esp. summer, Christmas to New Year) to see if it becomes too 'suburban' during that time, or if you can put up with it for the couple of weeks a few times a year.