Sunday, January 10, 2016

Escape to the Country

Yes - I know - its a corny title. We've watched all those series and have friends in France that have done just that. Kyneton for the next 10 months is our rural France, its what we experienced and loved in our now six trips to that lovely country. It taught us much and gave us courage to make a move from the city. I'm sure we will say, "why didn't we do this earlier".

Well that's the end of "Melbourne our home by the Bay" Blog - It's time for a title change.
OUR COUNTRY LIFE

Just a simple old bluestone building in one of the main streets of Kyneton ( there are 3 main streets) It has a history that will be missed by driving thru in a car.
Our new house will take all of this year before it will be ready to move in. We have our first meeting with the company at our block next Friday. There's some clearing of the land, soil tests and then permits to be considered. Once all that is finalised, the building may take another 6 months.

Kyneton will have plenty to keep us interested with markets, festivals and just discovering our new surroundings. Sue did go to the local markets yesterday and chatted with many of the local producers. One of them, a baker, has a business in Trentham where we are building. The people we meet from Trentham seem enthusiastically proud of their village of 1400 people.
Touches of Georgian architecture that litters Tasmania can also be found here. Kyneton was established a very few years prior to the great Victorian Gold Rush of the early 1850s.
Maybe we should explain the locations - Kyneton is about an hours drive to the Melbourne CBD. Our old home in Mentone is about 45 minutes from the Melbourne CBD. Work from Mentone was around 1 hour on a good day - 90 minutes on a bad day. Kyneton is 45 minutes from work and I encounter only one set of traffic lights. The freeway from Kyneton to my office is between 80 and 110 kph from the off ramp, I have less than 1 km to the office - How good is that?

I suspect that I will find many Ghost Signs as I discover Kyneton
Today Kyneton has 5 hotels that I have discovered (so far) but I suspect in its past history it had many more. This building was once the Queens Head Hotel. Was that Antoinette it was named after? 
We'll tell you more about our country life as time goes by, the towns and little rural villages, the shops, and the foodie delights of the Central Highlands. Join us on this new exciting time on our Blog.


12 comments:

  1. Looking forward to it. Good luck to you both in the 'Central Highlands of Victoria' as you live your 'Country Life'.

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    1. Thanks Gaynor - looking forward to the future.

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  2. Great name for your new life and blog.
    Have fun.
    Janine

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    1. Life changes in many ways - go with the flow is my motto. I've always told our kids to follow their dreams but with good planning.

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  3. Looking forward to reading about a new chapter in your life.

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    1. I've always enjoyed reading your posts and consider you more adventurous than us Vera.

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  4. I think it's a corny but nice name for the blog.
    All the best for 2016 and I hope your chosen path turns out to be wonderful......looking forward to reading all about it......exciting stuff!

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    1. Corny is OK Jean. The path you take is what you make it. I've learnt that from you guys.

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  5. Best of luck to you both in your new environment

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    1. Thanks Craig - an exciting new life to experience and hope you can join us.

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  6. All the best with your new life.....enjoy!

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    1. Thank you Helen. I think there will be much to tell and show over this year as it is all new to us.

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