Junee
Superbly located. Specialities: Trains, Chocolate and Ghosts
Halfway between Melbourne and Sydney just off the Hume Highway, and flanked by rolling hills and the Murrumbidgee River, Junee offers attractive and affordable lifestyle choices.
With local employment opportunities plus the advantage of a regional airport, University and NSW largest inland city within an easy 30 minute drive – your dream lifestyle with a job that meet your skills drive and initiative is now within reach.
Discover what it’s really like to make that change, read our articles about Junee for news and personal stories from tree changers who live there!
Living & housing
Median house price
$237,500
Rent average
$260pw
Population
6295(2016 census)
Climate
The climate can best be described as temperate, with hot dry summers and cold winters – perfect for those who like experiencing distinct season
In summer, the average high is 30.6°C
In winder, the average high is 13.6°C
Long term average rainfall 540mm (80 days per year)
Transport
Distance from cities
Canberra – 222km, Sydney – 438km, Melbourne – 492km
Public transport options
Wagga Wagga Airport 42km or 33 minutes by car
Direct flights from Wagga to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast
Train – twice daily XPT services Junee to Sydney and Melbourne
Bus – 2-3 times per day to Wagga Wagga or intra & interstate via Wagga
Taxi – Junee Taxi Service
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Health & medical
GP’s
Junee Medical & Dental Centre
Nearby hospitals
- Junee Hospital
- Wagga Wagga Regional Referral Hospital (34 minutes by road)
Disability and aged Care facilities
- Cooinda Court Aged Care Facility (Junee Hostel for the Aged Inc)
- Lawson House
- Junee Hospital – aged care section
- Junee Community Centre
- Junee Community Transport
Other allied health services
- Junee Medical & Dental Centre
- Wagga Wagga Health Precinct
Education
Junee is well serviced by all stages of education
Early childhood services
Pre-schools
Primary schools
- Junee Public School
- Junee North Public School
- St Joseph’s Primary School
- Eurongilly Public School
- Illabo Public School
High schools
TAFE/University
- Riverina Community College – select course delivery in Junee + Wagga Wagga
- TAFE Riverina Institute, Wagga Wagga
- Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga
Recreation
Parks/natural attractions
- Junee Junction Recreation & Aquatic Centre
- Junee Skate Park
- Junee Tennis Courts
- Laurie Daley Oval
- Loftus Oval
- Park Dam
- Burns Park
- Endeavour Park
- Dobbyns Park
- Memorial Park
- Rocky Hill Reserve and Lookout
- Junee Urban Wetlands
- Junee Showground
- Junee Golf Club
- Illabo Showground
- Illabo Motorsports Park
- Bethungra Dam Reserve
- Bethungra rail spiral
- Sandy Beach Reserve, Murrumbidgee River
Clubs
- Junee Ex-Services Memorial Club
- Junee Golf Club
- Junee Bowling Club
- Illabo Motorsports
- Junee Harness Racing Club
- Junee Pony Club
- Junee Tennis Club
- Junee Cricket
- Junee Rugby League
- Junee Rugby Union
- Junee Soccer
- Junee Netball
- Junee Basketball
- Performing Arts Group
- Friends of the Athenium
- Mudlarks Pottery
- Friends of the Athenium
- Junee Art Group
- Senior Citizens
- Junee Historical Society
- Menshed
- Rotary
- Lions
- CWA
- Probus
- Various village progress groups
Major Attractions Include
- Junee Licorice and Chocolate Factory
- Monte Cristo Homestead
- The Junee Roundhouse Museum – Regional Heritage Transport Association
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- The Junee Roundhouse Museum
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- Junee Licorice and Chocolate Factory
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- Monte Cristo Homestead
Careers
Rail sector
- QUBE Harefield Intermodal Facility (40 staff)
- ARTC Control Centre (50 staff)
- Junee Railway workshop (15 staff)
- Instruction Complany (National Headquarters in Junee with 17 training staff delivering rail safety training.)
- GrainCorp (40 staff)
- Other Rail related business operators
Corrective Services
- GEO Correction Facility (staffing level 350 growing to 450 in July 2018)
- Corrective Service NSW – Community Corrections (10 staff)
- TAFE – Contract to GEO provide educational services to inmate (12 staff)
Manufacturing
- Junee Abattoirs (employs 160 growing by 40 staff in in 2018)
- Junee Licorice and Chocolate Factory (25 staff)
Tourism
- Monte Cristo Homestead. (Australia most haunted house)
- Junee Licorice and Chocolate Factory
- Junee Gaswork Museum
- Regional Heritage Transport Museum.
- Broadway Historical Museum
- Ray Warren Statue
- Bethungra Old School tea rooms
- Bethungra Rail Spiral
Others
- Agriculture
- Junee Shire Council (65 staff)
- Junee Junction Recreation and Aquatic Centre (12 staff)
- Junee Business and Trades Inc. (Chamber of Commerce 40 members)
Learn More About Junee
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