Forest Lake generally and distance to CBD (mater hospital)
Nov 23rd 2006, 12:10 pm
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Forest Lake generally and distance to CBD (mater hospital)
Hi there, looking for advice on Forest Lake, from what I've read on here is seems ideal, good schools for son and childcare for daughter and good facilities in general. What we need to know is the good and the bad points, the best schools, the best areas of forest lake. Unfortunatley we didnt visit this area on our reccie and really wich we had.
Hubby will hopefully get a job in one of the surrounding suburbs which is fine but i am looking to get a job at the Mater Mothers Hospital and have read it can take 40 minutes to get to the CBD, does anyone know how long it would take to get to the hospital as it is on the south side of the river, and is 40 minutes during rush hour (hopefully with shifts will miss the rush hour)? Any help on this is greatly appreciated.
Any info on the surrounding suburbs would be grand too!
Clairex
Hubby will hopefully get a job in one of the surrounding suburbs which is fine but i am looking to get a job at the Mater Mothers Hospital and have read it can take 40 minutes to get to the CBD, does anyone know how long it would take to get to the hospital as it is on the south side of the river, and is 40 minutes during rush hour (hopefully with shifts will miss the rush hour)? Any help on this is greatly appreciated.
Any info on the surrounding suburbs would be grand too!
Clairex
Nov 24th 2006, 1:27 am
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Re: Forest Lake generally and distance to CBD (mater hospital)
Originally Posted by belleandscone
Hi there, looking for advice on Forest Lake, from what I've read on here is seems ideal, good schools for son and childcare for daughter and good facilities in general. What we need to know is the good and the bad points, the best schools, the best areas of forest lake. Unfortunatley we didnt visit this area on our reccie and really wich we had.
Hubby will hopefully get a job in one of the surrounding suburbs which is fine but i am looking to get a job at the Mater Mothers Hospital and have read it can take 40 minutes to get to the CBD, does anyone know how long it would take to get to the hospital as it is on the south side of the river, and is 40 minutes during rush hour (hopefully with shifts will miss the rush hour)? Any help on this is greatly appreciated.
Any info on the surrounding suburbs would be grand too!
Clairex
Hubby will hopefully get a job in one of the surrounding suburbs which is fine but i am looking to get a job at the Mater Mothers Hospital and have read it can take 40 minutes to get to the CBD, does anyone know how long it would take to get to the hospital as it is on the south side of the river, and is 40 minutes during rush hour (hopefully with shifts will miss the rush hour)? Any help on this is greatly appreciated.
Any info on the surrounding suburbs would be grand too!
Clairex
as far as I'm aware forest lake is a good area, mater is on the south side so shouldn't take you too long at all, its really not a bad drive i live on tambourine mountain and drive close to the city it takes me around 45mins so I'm sure you'll drive it in around 30-35 traffic nearly always moves along
hope this helps your more than welcome to send PM if you need more info
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Nov 24th 2006, 1:46 am
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Re: Forest Lake generally and distance to CBD (mater hospital)
Hi Claire, sent you a PM but you are looking at 30 mins from Forest Lake to the Mater in the morning rush a little shorter (20 mins) when out of peak times.
Nov 24th 2006, 5:09 am
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Re: Forest Lake generally and distance to CBD (mater hospital)
You might find it a bit high density.
You can use this to look at the area, it actually shows land boundy so you can get an idea of block size relative to other areas.
http://map.google.com
You can use this to look at the area, it actually shows land boundy so you can get an idea of block size relative to other areas.
http://map.google.com
Nov 24th 2006, 7:21 am
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Re: Forest Lake generally and distance to CBD (mater hospital)
Originally Posted by themerlin
You might find it a bit high density.
You can use this to look at the area, it actually shows land boundy so you can get an idea of block size relative to other areas.
http://map.google.com
You can use this to look at the area, it actually shows land boundy so you can get an idea of block size relative to other areas.
http://map.google.com
Nov 24th 2006, 9:09 am
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Re: Forest Lake generally and distance to CBD (mater hospital)
Originally Posted by themerlin
You might find it a bit high density.
You can use this to look at the area, it actually shows land boundy so you can get an idea of block size relative to other areas.
http://map.google.com
You can use this to look at the area, it actually shows land boundy so you can get an idea of block size relative to other areas.
http://map.google.com
Clairex
Nov 24th 2006, 9:15 am
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Re: Forest Lake generally and distance to CBD (mater hospital)
Originally Posted by wintersgills
http://www.forestlakecollege.com.au/ http://www.ourbrisbane.com/living/su...est_lake/home/ try these we live near the lake in forest lake its perfect good walks and things pubs and restaurants are first class my wife works near the mater mothers its about 30 mins I hope so anyway she will be there in Feb for our new Ozzy sum pics
, it really looks lovely and affordable, jusy now anyway 
Clairex
Nov 24th 2006, 10:07 am
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Re: Forest Lake generally and distance to CBD (mater hospital)
Houses seem to be getting larger and blocks smaller so as a result lots of new estates don't have much if any garden.
But they seem to build more parks to make up for it.
But they seem to build more parks to make up for it.
Originally Posted by belleandscone
Wow, I know some houses are close together, but some of them look as if they are nearly touching :scared: but there looks like there is plenty variety just have to wait and see when we get there! Thanks for the map the satelite one is amazing.
Clairex
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