My suburb has a strict eight-year rule but is slowly becoming more than Range Rovers and retirees
In between homeschooling, panic-bought canned goods and an alarming amount of banana bread, we somehow packed up our city life and headed south.Soon after we arrived, someone casually mentioned that it takes eight years to count as a local here in Mount Martha. Five-and-a-half years on and we are still firmly on our L-plates. The first real sign that things were different came on school drop-off at the beginning of the school year.
- ▪In between homeschooling, panic-bought canned goods and an alarming amount of banana bread, we somehow packed up our city life and headed south.Soon after we arrived, someone casually mentioned that it takes eight years to count as a local
- ▪Five-and-a-half years on and we are still firmly on our L-plates.
- ▪The first real sign that things were different came on school drop-off at the beginning of the school year.
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| Publication time | Mon, 27 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +1000 |
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