Commuting from North Ryde
Dec 12th 2011 | 3:42 pm
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Re: Commuting from North Ryde
The Hills district would certainly fit your needs for good schools and green open space, although you might have to think more about your rental budget.
I work in the CBD and commute in from Westleigh on the train every day (which goes thru North Ryde). Takes me about an hour, so to North Ryde would prob be about 1/2 of that.
Westleigh (in Hornbyshire), is nicely located close to the Northen Beaches and is on the Northern Line. Other areas are Hornsby itself and the surrounding areas.
To be honest, commuting on a bike would be a nightmare. I planned on also commuting, but the traffic is deadly (although there are some cycle lanes depending on your location/ destination).
To give you an idea, we're a family of 3 paying $780/ week. Expensive I know, but we probably pay a premium for having a largish pool.
Cherrybrook is also nice and has some of the best schools/ colleges in the area- perhaps even Sydney. It's not on the train line, but has buses or you can get bus to Pennant Hills and jump on the Northern Line there.
I work in the CBD and commute in from Westleigh on the train every day (which goes thru North Ryde). Takes me about an hour, so to North Ryde would prob be about 1/2 of that.
Westleigh (in Hornbyshire), is nicely located close to the Northen Beaches and is on the Northern Line. Other areas are Hornsby itself and the surrounding areas.
To be honest, commuting on a bike would be a nightmare. I planned on also commuting, but the traffic is deadly (although there are some cycle lanes depending on your location/ destination).
To give you an idea, we're a family of 3 paying $780/ week. Expensive I know, but we probably pay a premium for having a largish pool.
Cherrybrook is also nice and has some of the best schools/ colleges in the area- perhaps even Sydney. It's not on the train line, but has buses or you can get bus to Pennant Hills and jump on the Northern Line there.
Yep....reckon thats the reason!!
Dec 12th 2011 | 8:22 pm
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Re: Commuting from North Ryde
This is all great advice - thank you everyone.
Dec 12th 2011 | 11:05 pm
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Dec 12th 2011 | 11:42 pm
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Dec 13th 2011 | 12:43 am
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Re: Commuting from North Ryde
You see now I'm just curious how you guys know Wells - most people don't know it exists! (I LOVE Wells)
Dec 13th 2011 | 12:47 am
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Never mind that 900 year old cathedral, Hot Fuzz really put it on the map
ahh, the penny has just dropped as I've noticed Gabby's location. I thought it was a bit of a coincidence LOL
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Dec 13th 2011 | 8:59 am
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I really was born there and lived there until I was 22 and left for Oz. My parents still live there and I cycle with the local race club a fair bit.
Never mind that 900 year old cathedral, Hot Fuzz really put it on the map
ahh, the penny has just dropped as I've noticed Gabby's location. I thought it was a bit of a coincidence LOL
Never mind that 900 year old cathedral, Hot Fuzz really put it on the map
ahh, the penny has just dropped as I've noticed Gabby's location. I thought it was a bit of a coincidence LOL
Dec 13th 2011 | 7:08 pm
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Re: Commuting from North Ryde
Re the old Italian War Camp, that's one of the reasons why there are a lot of Italian builders in Wells as they never went home afterwards. There was a German security guard at EMI for years which was quite ironic
The EMI Social Club looks likely to be sold to make way for a Waitrose (much to my Mother's disgust,
).Long way from Wells to Nth Ryde
Dec 13th 2011 | 8:45 pm
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Re: Commuting from North Ryde
Thales site closed at the end of November. The staff were split between Templecombe, Bristol and Basingstoke. I took redundancy as I couldn't do the commute with a young family. Thales have produced a book of the history of the Penleigh works, some great old pics in their of the apprentices.
Small world huh!
Small world huh!
Dec 13th 2011 | 8:56 pm
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Re: Commuting from North Ryde
Thales site closed at the end of November. The staff were split between Templecombe, Bristol and Basingstoke. I took redundancy as I couldn't do the commute with a young family. Thales have produced a book of the history of the Penleigh works, some great old pics in their of the apprentices.
Small world huh!
Small world huh!
Is Datatech still going?
