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Old 19-05-2005, 08:12 PM   #1
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Default Living in Hervey Bay QLD????

anyone living in the Hervey bay area??

just looking for some advice regarding the area as am looking to buy property there shortly.

If you do can you pm me or leave me a general "feel" for the area?

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Old 19-05-2005, 09:18 PM   #2
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Best way to get a feel for the area is to get there for a few weeks at least twice a year.
Now is the property to be investment or to live in any case hope you've got a bit as the values are up there,from memory average block about 800sqm will probably be around the 200+k,thats just the dirt.

Mind if you move back a bit it gets cheaper.

Just a thought ring the local real estate mobs.
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Old 19-05-2005, 09:22 PM   #3
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thanks john...
my old man goes every year for 4 months.... hates vic winters!
i was there in november, just looking around, but not long enough.
it's the ideal spot i'd like to buy an investment property with view of later on living there myself...
i've checked all websites etc and prices too.
bit hard for me to go there and check out as now live and work in hongkong... but was just trying my hand on here incase anyone lived there.

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Old 19-05-2005, 10:59 PM   #4
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we have a member here called flappist he lives in Harvey Bay...
send him a PM, he might take you for a spin in his new F6..
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Old 19-05-2005, 11:45 PM   #5
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My daughter and her family live in the 'Pialba' area. Very nice. The prices are reasonable, so I thought, but her mum-in-law told me that they have nearly doubled since they bought their property, but that was way back when...

compared to where we live in 'coal country' the cost of housing in Hervey Bay is dirt cheap!
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Old 20-05-2005, 12:59 PM   #6
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thanks guys...
xrfpv8, i'll pm him and check...

gran, prices will rise in future, no doubt, all coastal areas do, but at present still ok.

again thanks to all.

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Old 20-05-2005, 01:09 PM   #7
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Hervey Bay is awesome! Not far to Fraser Island, lots of nice people, laid back and a happy town. You can see whales certain times of the year, The only thing that sucks is the shopping, but you have Maryborough or Bundy. It would be a good time to buy and a great investment.
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Old 20-05-2005, 01:40 PM   #8
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I live in Maryborough which is 20 minutes inland from the Bay. I don't mind Hervey Bay. Lived there for a year. It is mainly retirees that live there. Nice place, prices are kinda high though compared to Maryborough, but in comparisson to places like Bris and Sydney I suppose they are reasonable. I would recommend you buy in Maryborough and visit Hervey Bay. Cheaper living and you can visit the Bay whenever you please.
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Old 20-05-2005, 03:32 PM   #9
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thanks big...
hadn't thought about maryborough... good thought though.
is it only 20mins... at what speed??? ;)

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Old 25-05-2005, 04:53 PM   #10
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is it only 20mins... at what speed??? ;)

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Heh. At "Waity Speed", which I don't reccomend. He is a religious man so he seems to get away with sitting on 140.

From the centre of Maryborough it's around 30-35min to the Bay. It's a dodgy road though, and very busy.

Maryborough and Hervey Bay are good places to live. Maryborough is cheaper, cleaner, has less crime, and less of a police presence. It's really a nice town to live in. Better to drive in too. I commute between the two towns regularly however, and if you plan to spend a lot of time at the bay, I would still recommend you live there.
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