Aarti

Hi Ceddy, I live in Rocky (yes, lucky, lucky me!) What were you wanting to know?

No questioms except, are you enjoying it here? Rockys about to get warmer so you came at a perfect time 6 months ago!

Hey PK, Did you make the move yet from Melb to Rocky/Yeppoon?

Hi Helen, just came across this thread. How is Rockhampton treating you? Liz, have you arrived in Rocky now? I'm also from Wales, but been in RockVegas for 5 years now. Aarti

Hello there, Rocky isn't too bad (OMG never thought I'd say that!!!) We've been here 5 years, summer gets easier to deal with every year, there's aircon everywhere, you just learn to dress suitably and adapt (ie the kids are in the pool at 430pm right now, next month it'll be around 530pm when they jump in so it's a bit cooler). Rocky has improved MAJORLY in the last few years, so many more things and the council are doing a lot too I reckon (new parks, the water park, nice family events in the evenings such as the riverside festival, then you have the food and wine festival, luna markets etc etc) which even the kids enjoy. Restaurants are improving and new ones opening up (just ignore the 5 McDs and 3 KFCs in one small town!) Every expat I've met here, has said the same thing. The first few months were like "wtf, I need to leave" but somehow it just grabs you and holds on, next thing, you don't want to move away! The beach isn't too far, I'd prefer to drive to the beach on weekends (and occassionally stay a night in apartments in Yeppoon), than to commute - not that I have a choice since husband works in the hospital so needs to live locally for on-calls.

Just wanted to say, even if Frenchville SS is out of your area, put your name down on the waiting list right at the start of the year (around Feb, March before they start advertising that its application time) You may still get in! I live by the airport and my son got in. Last November a friend said that she'd been turned down because she lived out of the catchment zone. 2 weeks later I saw her at the school for the orientation! And use the Myschools website to compare schools too. The breeze is pretty good over on southside too, but maybe that's just some areas?