wilson prom or philips island?

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wilson prom or philips island?; where to live?
Topic Started: 29 Mar 2007, 04:20 AM (359 Views)
caroline	29 Mar 2007, 04:20 AM Post #1
Newbie Posts: 9 Group: Members Member #1,279 Joined: 29 March 2007	[SIZE=14][SIZE=7] hi i need some help,please,we have visas and are hoping to arrive october,now the fun starts, looking for a place to call home! id like somewhere semi rural near beach walks things for the kids to do,hubby would like to get back to nature ang grow his own veg,have been looking at propertys near the wilson prom you seem to get a lot for your money but i also love philips island, is there anyone outthere who lives near either would love to hear pros and cons,schools social time,work,how far to city centre. look forward to hearing,caroline



klh	29 Mar 2007, 09:56 AM Post #2
Addicted Member Posts: 232 Group: Members Member #349 Joined: 21 August 2005	a long,long way out - wilsons prom 3 hours to city at least. Phillip Island a bit closer, say 2 hours!! Don't know about work situation , mostly tourist I would imagine - depends what you do. Try asking on General forum



mugatu	1 Apr 2007, 01:30 AM Post #3
Member Posts: 22 Group: Members Member #1,157 Joined: 9 February 2007	Hi, I'm from the Latrobe Valley but used to go down to Wilson's Prom and Sandy Point during the summer! Phillip Island takes so long to get there from Melbourne because you have to drive around Westernport Bay to get there, there has been talk about a car ferry between Phillip Island and the Mornington Peninsula for a long time, but I don't think that'll be happening soon (There is a passenger ferry but considering the level of public transport, it's not much use) Philip Island lives on tourism; apart from the penguins, there is also the motorcycle GP. The place seems to triple its size in summer (a lot of the houses are only occupied for the holidays). Tourism is also a major employer in the area along the coast to Wilson's Prom (South Gippsland), apart from that people are in service industries and agriculture (mainly dairy farming). Leongatha is the biggest town in the region, pleasant enough but not on the coast. Unfortunately it is not so easy to get to Wilson's Prom just from a swim; even if you are at Yanakie at the edge of the National Park, it's about a 25 km drive to the main stop at Tidal River. The park charges admission, but there might be a discounted yearly pass for local residents (not sure!) Towns such as Inverloch on the coast are really growing and there is apparently quite a lot of building activity in the Bass Coast region. The beaches are fantastic west of the Prom, but the Corner Inlet coast east of the Prom from Foster to Port Albert is more swampy. The Victorian Premier Steve Bracks promised to re-open the South Gippsland rail line to Leongatha, but that was in the lead up to the 1999(!) election, and nothing has been done since, so it's still a nice long drive back to the city. South Gippsland is a really friendly, clean region; hope it works out for you whatever you decide!



mugatu	1 Apr 2007, 01:38 AM Post #4
Member Posts: 22 Group: Members Member #1,157 Joined: 9 February 2007	Oh I forgot to mention that much like the rest of Victoria, there has been a distinct lack of substantial rain for the last year or so (usually parts of Gippsland have the most rain in the state), so you'd have to keep that in mind if you decided to grow anything more complex than vegies :)


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