Don't come to bendigo.. it's a HOLE!! *ahem* I mean.. well it's ok, it's fecken cold in winter, streets are good for riding but loads of flats the hills heading south to ye olde melb. are HUGE! Other wise it reminds me a lot of Toowoomba in QLD, = HOLE!

Bendigo is fine for a big country town. As a bonus you do have some nice places to daytrip like Hepburn Springs/Daylesford, Maldon and Castlemaine.

No idea what it's like to work anywhere but the big cities, so I can't really comment there.

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Yeah, jee, I've never lived there, but there are plenty of worse places in Vic than Bendigo, like..I dunno.....Yarrawongo?

Merida is full of it. Bendigo is ace. Why?

a/ it has a strong cycling culture
b/ it has one of the strongest cycling clubs in Australia
c/ it has probably the biggest track cycling carnival in the country
d/ plenty of back country roads to ride on with a mix of terrain
e/ there are several excellent bikeshops in Bendigo
f/ (most important) Bendigo has approx 45 pubs for a population of 76,000 people

Coming from QLD and seen most of NSW.. Bendigo is a hole.
I agree the country roads are grouse, however i prefer to be on/in four wheels and doing about 150kmp/h on those.. the pubs however, although there's a surplus, i'm not sure you'd wana set foot in most of them.
I guess from a cycling perspective, almost anywhere in VIC that has more than one pub is worth giving a go considering VIC is the cycling hub of Aus.. so i've heard. There's a few cyclists back home who are envious of my location due to the cycling per head ratio.
However Bendigo is very clicky.. and i still think it's a hole.
Castlemaine is pretty, cruisy and full of out of work muso's and artists.. it's a very funky place with lots of hippies. Which suits me just fine, but work wise there's not much going anywhere around here.. darn tough to get work, except for the corner of the Black Swan or Star Bar at about 3am.. so i hear

Yep Castlemaine is cool.

Coming form Vic and seen most of NSW.. QLD is a hole.

Funny when I lived in Benders, Castlemaine was considered a hole.

Not Melbourne.

TOO FVCKEN COLD!

I still dont get what is so liveable about a city where the sun never shines.

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Too cold?

we get a couple of days in winter that get below 0C, but for the most part you can get out and about in longsleve jersey and leg warmers

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You would have to throw in a free bike, free accommodation and free endless stream of pornos for me to even consider Canberra. Even then I'd probably still rather take my chances with the arsz bandits from Tasmania.

...free food and free booze. essentially all living costs..free!

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Bendigo is a beautiful country city. **** me do the tour of the murray then get back to me.

Swan Hill
Menangatang
Robinvale
Euston
Patchewollock
I could go on all night.

Sorry, I forgot,
Kerang
Cohuna
Balranald
Merbein
Wentworth

The only town I liked was Ouyen cos their vanilla slice is effin grouse.

The(uncommemorated) place of my birth.
Description: spot on.

It's the incest capital of QLD. and that's really saying somethin'.
Nearly as bad as Moe.

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