Sugestions for family on Central Coast NSW
Apr 8th 2007, 8:38 pm
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Sugestions for family on Central Coast NSW
Hi There
Could anyone suggest somewhere nice on the Central Coast for a family. OH has to travel to the CBD, is this doable. He currently commutes into London so is use to the drive but a reduction in drive time would be nice, at present it can be between 1-3 hr one way.
Any info would be great, kids are of school age so schooling is also an important factor.
Cheers
Could anyone suggest somewhere nice on the Central Coast for a family. OH has to travel to the CBD, is this doable. He currently commutes into London so is use to the drive but a reduction in drive time would be nice, at present it can be between 1-3 hr one way.
Any info would be great, kids are of school age so schooling is also an important factor.
Cheers
Apr 9th 2007, 1:54 am
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Re: Sugestions for family on Central Coast NSW
Hi There
Could anyone suggest somewhere nice on the Central Coast for a family. OH has to travel to the CBD, is this doable. He currently commutes into London so is use to the drive but a reduction in drive time would be nice, at present it can be between 1-3 hr one way.
Any info would be great, kids are of school age so schooling is also an important factor.
Cheers
Could anyone suggest somewhere nice on the Central Coast for a family. OH has to travel to the CBD, is this doable. He currently commutes into London so is use to the drive but a reduction in drive time would be nice, at present it can be between 1-3 hr one way.
Any info would be great, kids are of school age so schooling is also an important factor.
Cheers
Half the population up there travels to Sydney for work so it's certainly do-able - if rather a long commute. Most people take the train rather than drive. I've known a few people who live up there and they all said they're happy to suffer the commute because the weekends are so fantastic.
The older suburbs are those closest to Sydney and they're more expensive than the newer suburbs further away. So much like Sydney itself, the longer your commute is, the cheaper your house.
Apr 9th 2007, 9:14 am
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Re: Sugestions for family on Central Coast NSW
All of the Central Coast is nice and totally suited to families.
Half the population up there travels to Sydney for work so it's certainly do-able - if rather a long commute. Most people take the train rather than drive. I've known a few people who live up there and they all said they're happy to suffer the commute because the weekends are so fantastic.
The older suburbs are those closest to Sydney and they're more expensive than the newer suburbs further away. So much like Sydney itself, the longer your commute is, the cheaper your house.
Half the population up there travels to Sydney for work so it's certainly do-able - if rather a long commute. Most people take the train rather than drive. I've known a few people who live up there and they all said they're happy to suffer the commute because the weekends are so fantastic.
The older suburbs are those closest to Sydney and they're more expensive than the newer suburbs further away. So much like Sydney itself, the longer your commute is, the cheaper your house.
Apr 9th 2007, 10:03 am
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Re: Sugestions for family on Central Coast NSW
I live in Umina which some people dont like, but we do and we are a quick 5 min walk to beach. Woy Woy is 5 min drive from here and this is where the train station is. Hubby used to commute to central and it takes about an hour 10 mins on the fast train. Trains are very regular rush hour and half hourly during day. Terrigal and Avoca are popular with expats but for us it was just that bit to far away. Hubby now drives to North Ryde as there are no trains to that are yet and it takes him an hour but not in rush hour. House prices where I live are around $500-600k for a 4+ bedroom with/without pool depending on style and location. Ours was an older style hardiplank (which we never invisaged looking at or buying) which was lovely inside and we have 5 beds, 3 bath + extra toilet, pool and 2 lounges at a cost of $480k.
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Apr 9th 2007, 10:45 am
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Re: Sugestions for family on Central Coast NSW
I live in Umina which some people dont like, but we do and we are a quick 5 min walk to beach. Woy Woy is 5 min drive from here and this is where the train station is. Hubby used to commute to central and it takes about an hour 10 mins on the fast train. Trains are very regular rush hour and half hourly during day. Terrigal and Avoca are popular with expats but for us it was just that bit to far away. Hubby now drives to North Ryde as there are no trains to that are yet and it takes him an hour but not in rush hour. House prices where I live are around $500-600k for a 4+ bedroom with/without pool depending on style and location. Ours was an older style hardiplank (which we never invisaged looking at or buying) which was lovely inside and we have 5 beds, 3 bath + extra toilet, pool and 2 lounges at a cost of $480k.
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Thanks for the information, we keep receiving quite differing information on travel times to the CBD. But I guess if we look a the central coast then we'll have to check the drive or train our selves. The area really looks nice and a mixture of beach and bush which what we're looking for.
Many thanks
