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10 small Aussie towns with big property price growth By Bianca Dabu 10 February 2021 | 1 minute read SHARE COVID-19 has altered the dynamics of real estate, putting the spotlight on regional towns as more people look to swap the city rush with the laidback regional lifestyle. The rising interest in Aussie regions has been touted as one of the biggest positives to come out of the pandemic, as migrating city folk drive job creation and economic growth in towns less favoured a year ago. According to REA Group chief economist Nerida Conisbee, interest in regional towns is not only being witnessed in the bigger, more established areas, but it’s rapidly rising in the smaller towns with fewer than 1,000 residents. ....
Advertisement A body has been found in the search for a young woman who went missing while snorkelling at Altona beach on Saturday. The 20-year-old, from Ashwood in Melbourne’s east, was in the water with friends about 100 metres from shore when she disappeared from view while near the pier on Saturday about 11.15am. Divers enter the water on the third day of a search for a missing snorkeller. Credit:Jason South A search, involving specialist divers, water police and the air wing, was launched on Saturday and continued on Monday morning. A body was recovered from the water about 10.30am. ....
Advertisement Kane Treloar points out the brown sand churned up in the water washing out to sea at Thirteenth Beach, near Barwon Heads. It’s a telltale sign of a rip. Just last weekend a 56-year-old man drowned in big waves at this section of unpatrolled beach. A helicopter winched the man from the water but lifeguards could not revive him. Life Saving Victoria’s Kane Treloar at Thirteenth Beach where a man died earlier this month. Credit:Justin McManus “The water was turbulent that day. It was full of sand,” Mr Treloar says. “Then the next day another four people were pulled out here in exactly the same place.” ....
Put safety first around water Normal text size Given Victoria’s more than 1000 kilometres of ocean and bay beaches, 85,000 kilometres of rivers and creeks, 588 public and commercial swimming pools, and many more backyard pools, it is no wonder that drownings are an all too often occurrence. This summer, and during the past six months, the number of such tragedies has reached record levels. Forty-two people have drowned since July last year, including seven in the past two weeks. That is 15 more than the five-year average. During a year dominated by a virus that forced most Victorians to spend an inordinate amount of time cooped up at home, it is an added tragedy that for some, finally enjoying time outside has resulted in such terrible consequences. ....