Thread: where to live

From boxhill you can go north to eltham, Kangaroo ground, warrandyte, hurstbridge, wattleglen, st andrews, panton hill. Or go east to lilydale, yarraglen,coldstream, dixons creek - it really depends on your wallet.

Originally Posted by blitz

I may have the oportunity to get work down in Melbourne, at box hill. Does anyone know how far it is from there to rural living and what sort of cost the land there is?

My only recollection of Melbourne is the Esplanard hotel in St Kilda, from about 25 years ago

Hmmm Box Hill - Rural Living.... OK rural as in how isolated?
From BH to somewhere like Warrandyte is maybe 30 mins, to somewhere like St Andrews - 40 but true rural (what I'd call rural) is probably further out - like Yea and that would be 1hr plus. As for land - no idea.(times are rough Peak Period travel times).
I suppose the 'rural' aspect is what you may need to compromise on - either less travel and live closer or more travel and have 'country life'.
Being on the west of the yarra the best side maybe the 'eastern burbs' peoples will add there opinions and be able to give more accurate distances

I meant to add it depends on how rural you want, for acreage you'll want to go to at least kangaroo ground or yarraglen and out.

Box Hill is suburbia .... good for Asian food though

Is it still a dry area ?

Originally Posted by waynep

Box Hill is suburbia .... good for Asian food though

Is it still a dry area ?

Dry ? , there is a pub there.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Dry ? , there is a pub there.

Where?
I think you may find its on the border of the next council Same as Camberwell - the only pubs are in Hawthorn Or thats how it was when I miss-spent my youth out that way...

Box hill is not to bad these days. Still dry meaning BYO for restaurants only.

Living rural and working in box hill would mean you will be spending a fair bit of time in your car. I like the idea of rural living but can't deal with the traffic situation when getting to work.

Need to work on my retirement fund.

Originally Posted by mns488

Box hill is not to bad these days. Still dry meaning BYO for restaurants only.

Living rural and working in box hill would mean you will be spending a fair bit of time in your car. I like the idea of rural living but can't deal with the traffic situation when getting to work.

Need to work on my retirement fund.

Its not that far, a lot easier than Eastern burbs to the city down the eastern carpark. Eltham to Boxhill would be no more than 25 mins and then maybe another 10-20 to get out further.