>>2183960I don't feel your pain but I understand it. Most of my old friends are in Melbourne, and working from home has either been a great experience or driven them to alcoholic depression. Getting paid to stay at home sounds pretty comfy but I'd definitely hit the booze. You should really check out the Dandenong ranges if you haven't already, the scenery is really similar to here but only an hour from the city. I never camped there but stayed in a few cheap but awesome airbnb cabins where you can just hike off into the bush. Personally I'd say visit the snowfields when they're closed during the warmer months. Places like Mt Buffalo and Mt Bogong (near me) just put up Road Closed signs and maybe close a gate across the road that isn't connected to any fence because CFA /forestry/locals still need to move around. If you have a 4WD there's a ton of fire tracks where you can just pull over somewhere that looks interesting and hike in a random direction. I've noticed that vicroads and councils have been turning a lot of unofficial camping sites and rest areas with NO CAMPING signs into actual free campsites during the lockdowns though, like cleaning up all the undergrowth and installing composting toilets and signage. My theory is that it's to support the exodus of homeless people from Melbourne when restrictions lift
>how do you enjoy living there? It seems like an absolute blastIt is a blast, but only because I was in the right place at the right time with the job and housing. If I went online to find a job and a rental there would be nothing. If I found the house but not the job, I'd be commuting 3 hours every day in the dark to work in an office or retail and would be miserable. If I had what I have now but was younger and not already a hermit I would miserable. If I didn't have the earlier DIY experience to keep the power and water running into / poo going out of a ghetto-rigged off grid place I would be dead. Like an actual corpse.
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