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Murray River area anyone? if not how far? 12-May-2009 At 3:03:26 PM lacto

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On 11/05/2009 Sarah Gara wrote:
>I don't know what I'm doing with accomodation but I'll be upset if I'm
>in a caravan. I get accomodation provided for the first 3months - they
>were asking me the other day whether I want my own house or to share a
>unit -not sure what they meant by unit -but I assumed it was a flat or
>apartment. I'm sharing btw.
>
Normally a unit will be 1/2 bedroom brick with 3+ similar others with it on a single block , Robivale has had a huge influx of people (to service the rapidly growing horticulure ) and may not have this quality of unit but rather the portable type which are certainly an improvement on a caravan but still relatively cheap Get photos sent to you of your available choices . for weather play around with the climate info on Mildura on the bom.gov.au site . temperature ranges, sunshine, rain, uv radiation etc .
The heat is normally quite ok as it is very low humidity which makes it much easier to cope with . Most roads you use to go anywhere will be bitumen highways 24 foot wide paved secondary roads 18 to 20 feet and the lowest if the sealed roads are 12 to 14 foot wide with good dirt sides no need to slow down from 100 kmph to meet oncoming traffic . Flat tires these days are a rarity you can travel for years without getting a flat but need to be wary as a flat without being able to change it in some places could have very serious consrequnces but victorian roads have lots of traffic and are fine . Mildura is a good major centre and very fewthings arent available there . Dawn night and dusk driving bring the risk of hitting kangaroos which can write a car off hit at speed . Spend an extra $50 on windscreen replacement with your car insurance country roads do have lots of windscreen accidents . you'll be ahead if you replace it every 4 years or less and that is highly likely