Anyone from Waimate?
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Topic: Anyone from Waimate?
Posted By: Nutella
Subject: Anyone from Waimate?
Date Posted: 10 December 2010 at 1:54pm
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What is it like there? Seems pretty small but also lots of things going on... ------------- 
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Posted By: Mucky_Tiger
Date Posted: 10 December 2010 at 3:21pm
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its small.
drove through it one day. 3min drive from one end of town to the other. didnt notice any big shops, only a 4square/convenience store similar size to a 7eleven. so you would have to travel into timaru for groceries, hospital, doctors etc |
Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 10 December 2010 at 4:23pm
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DON'T DRINK THE WATER!!!
No, local joke  (i live in Timaru). Its a bit bigger then that - it has a new world hidden away there somewhere as well as the foursqure. They have a strawberry fair every year which is huge, the topp twins came to one a few years back. Its definatly a community town - everyone knows everyone sort of place. A woman raises wallabys and is a bit mental about them but you can also buy wallaby pies, the local speciality  .
There is a doctor in town, and a pharmacy but the Hospital is in Timaru. Has a local rep as being back country and hillbilly - "waimo's" as the residents are referred to are often stereotyped as being hicks with missing teeth wearing flannel, denim overalls and marrying their cousins. Despite all that though, i quite like waimate, its the sort of place where your neighbour trev will offer to get the mail in while you're away but will also mow your lawns and turn the sprinklers on because helping the neighbours is what you do. Kids run free on the street in and out of each others house playing soccer on the road until dinner time sort of vibe. |
Posted By: Nutella
Date Posted: 10 December 2010 at 11:08pm
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Haha thanks Bowie tee hee, that is interesting lol. We live in a hick town in aussie which has like nothing in it so was surprised at the facilities there.
I did have to giggle at the rodeo....they are big where we live so would be like we never left (groan) -------------
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