Suburb of Gero to stay clear of
Submitted by bouttime on Fri, 2011-05-06 13:17
Hi all, A good chance I will be moving back to the west coast next month and will be posted to Geraldton.
Looking at property to either rent or buy and would like to find out what suburbs to stay clear of. Currently looking at Utakarra, Karloo and Rangeway area.
Any help would be apreciated.
Cheers
till
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Is this a trick question?
Is this a trick question?
Paully
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Looking at staying n those areas
or staying away from? - Parts of Spalding would be a no go too.
bouttime
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What do you mean trick
What do you mean trick question. Am i missing something.
Only ever drove through Gero, never stopped and had a look around.
Adam Gallash
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haha
Stay away from areas where Poddy fish and Spooled live, I hear property values devalued when they moved in! Be good to have you back in the west mate, been a long time.
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Paully
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Hey mate
are you looking at staying in one of those areas you mention?
dodgy
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Parts of Utakarra and
Parts of Utakarra and Rangeway are ok. Would stay away from Karloo though. Spalding has the worst reputation these days.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Jody
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Further out
Drummond Cove rates.
Bout time you got back here ;)
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HuggyB
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I'd avoid
Gero in general - I felt nervous stopping for fuel on the way to Exmouth.
My friends lived in Tarcoola Beach and that was a nice spot if thats any help?
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Man Overboard
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That's where twin tanks come
That's where twin tanks come in real handy, straight through to Northampton.
Then up to Exy with you and the car all in one piece
HuggyB
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I had enough to keep going
with the Prado, but our travelling party did not.....
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dkonig82
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Any suburb is fine, just
Any suburb is fine, just familiarise yourself with this first
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Guthook-Knife-from-an-Old-Saw-Blade
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n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
Nelly
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Trick question???Lol.If i had
Trick question???Lol.If i had to would i probably look at drummonds cove or seriously consider the 150km round trip everyday from dongara....
Paul_86
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drummonds cove
Yeah from my limited experience i know drummonds cove is pretty good. Ive left the car and boat overnite in the driveway fully loaded up on trips up north a few times now without any problems, touch wood! Probly a bit more expensive tho
Shorty
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I stopped in town 20 years
I stopped in town 20 years ago,,there was dry blood all over the footpaths when i went for a walk,,,have not been back since,lolo
Gadsy
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Spalding is probably the worst
suburb here atm, with some parts of Rangeway pretty bad also. As others have said, Karloo is a place to avoid. Wandina and Seacrest are nice to the south, Bluff Point is good and so is Drummonds.
tangles
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drummonds m8
hey stevo! back to the west hey! m8 dont go anywhere near spalding or rangeway! or you might find your bosses will be asking questions!! drummonds is perfect m8 good possy and tucked out of the main town and just that little bit closer to barri !!!! might be back working outa barri in november have to catch up n ill load ya gps up!
bouttime
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Thanks guys, Will stay away
Thanks guys, Will stay away from some of those suburbs.
Cheers
flagpole
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Hey mate I live in Gero in
Hey mate
I live in Gero in wonthella not a bad suburb. Me and some mate head to the islands and fish out of Gero when ever we can pm me if you get stuck with any thing always happy to help
Cheers
Pete
hemi
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My mate lives in seacrest
My mate lives in seacrest with his family and loves it there.. I think it has come along way from the dry blood days ...we considered a move up there.
carps
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Seacrest is pretty good but
Seacrest is pretty good but as mentioned before drummonds is ok.
Best part of gero is the road out tho lol
bouttime
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By some of the comments made
By some of the comments made it might be best to commute from Perth.
Comes down to the costs and by the sounds of it you have to pay to live in a nice suburb.
Will suss it out when/if I get there.
The problem I have is keep the boat and live in a crappy area or sell the boat to live in a nice area.
Decisions, decisions..................................................
hlokk
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But is it really living
But is it really living without the boat? ;)
Kingfisher549
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Gero
Lived in Gero for the past 13yrs, rent first then take your time to look around. Golden rule, west of the hwy is great, east stay away from, north and south of town excellent. Getting ready to build just out of town after living in West End (central) which was great. The three subs you listed I would not even drive through unless I was speeding.
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dodgy
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After growing up in gero in a
After growing up in gero in a couple of those suburbs it honestly wouldn't bother me to door again. Funny how living in South Hedland conditions you to accept certain things.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?