[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by fringe_dweller

Its funny Ken i know people that said the romantic country lifestyle dream was negated somewhat for them by all the chemicals farmers have to spray/cropdust and use, in fact i know of one elderly retiree person that eventually died indirectly from constant exposure/proximity to cropdusting. not too mention those dangerous highspeed roads, lack of doctors, sometimes decent jobs ect. Its not all beer an skittles surely?

of course i'm just jealous

Too True, Kearn.
But no-one cropdusts around here. No crops
This is sheep and cattle country.

No high speed roads, coz we are nowhere near any main roads. We are off the beaten track in between nowhere and the other nowhere. Yeah, Doctors are 20 minutes away at Beaufort but we have a 1st reponse team operating in the town, who are faster than ANY ambulance anywhere.

Jobs? Yeah, gotta travel for those. Anywhere from 15 - 20 mins for the nearest places.

But also in response to Doug:

Originally Posted by dugnsuz

It's not the city Ken, it's the booze etc which is the problem.
But, I don't live in the city either!!!!
But pissed peeps are the same all over!

Yep, country locals now how to put the grog away too

Just not as many of them and only one small pub, and when they start causing trouble, someone will knock em down and drive em home, and still be mates tomorrow

I agree, the country isn't all roses. And it doesn't suit everyone due to lifestyle, work commitments, whatever.

But when you live it for a while, cities seem so overbearing and hurried.
It's hard to leave the peace you've gotten used to, even temporarily.

I do go into Ballarat quite a bit, but I haven't been in there at night for a very long time.