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I haven't been to Ballarat in many many years. What's it like now?
It seems so much bigger and I think it has a lot of what I need in terms of moving back to Melbourne (well Victoria) and housing prices is within my budget. It also has gymnastics and other things my little one would want to continue doing so it definitely sounds appealing on paper.
Quite nice. Has a country town feel, but large enough to be it's own thing.
It gets coooold in the winter though. Like significantly colder than Melbourne metro.
Recent years it's become slightly hipsterised (more younger people moving there) which is great.
Closer to the city than Bendigo, and more chilled out than Geelong (IMO)
Cold certainly ain't an issue.