stasis wrote:didn't mean that far north...just the immediate rural area...like within a 15 mile radius. And didn't realise what type of place it was. Most maps show town names but not population density, so it's really hard to get a feel for what I'm looking at when viewing online. The map I was using shows a national park & two reserves to the south south/west of Maralinga, so it seemed ok. Found new maps (after dlowan's post, thanks) that show NO highways through there. Not interested in glowing in the dark,either.
What we are seeking is a town with a population between 35 to 150k, local to parks, local to natural attractions, and at the same time, kinda off the beaten path. Utopian outlook, maybe, but we are looking for a place to raise our children & spend the rest of our lives in small-town comfort.
Margo, is living on the coast insanely expensive like it is here?
...and what's with all the roadhouses on the maps?
Er...I am really not great with rural!!!
Perhaps if you look up Mt Gambier, Kangaroo Island, Port Lincoln, the Riverland, the Barossa Valley and Southern Vales, that would be a good start?
Rougher towns would be Pt Augusta, Whyalla, Port Pirie.
The problem is that SA is kind of a city state........most of the people are in Adelaide. There isn't the kind of population to have big provincial cities...and some of the ones that there are are pretty rough, have employment problems and big social problems.
Also, the south east of Oz is in the middle of a truly terrible drought....the Riverland, for instance, which was nice, is probably about to have a bunch of people walk off the land. That won't be good for the area at all.
What kind of work do you do? Some rural areas are doing ok...many are not.
There's a bit of a mining boom way outback, but you are looking at pretty basic towns, or three weeks on, flying home for a couple of weeks, then flying back. It's big money, though.
