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"Just needs a few more things...."
Have been living in the area for about 2 years now and I am loving it! Neighbours are friendly and there's a great sense of family and lifestyle. Go for walks and there's always a warm and friendly "Hello" to put a smile on your face. Young families as well as retirees are aplenty and great mix of cultural diversity in the area. There's a good shopping centre in Point Cook Town Centre. The Santuary Lakes shopping centre renovations are currently making strides and looking good but will have shops that are already found in the Town Centre (Coles & Aldi). There will be a Kmart but here's hoping its a 24hr one. Still, if developers and retail giants are pouring more money into the area, it must be a good thing! The beach is close by and the coastal park with native birds and migratory birds makes it a nature lover's paradise. It's like a great weekend getaway without spending hours in the car and all the open space and fresh air does wonders for the tired soul.
Of course, there are some cons and the main cons include:
1) Main issue is course the peak hour traffic! It's a nightmare driving into the CBD or out of the area in the mornings and there really needs to be wider and more road options.
2) A real lack of public transport. Buses don't cover all the estates and are too few and irregular to make it worth taking and relying on them as your main transport.
3) There is next to nothing to do at night. Hope the area will have a multiplex cinema soon! Admittedly some points of Point Cook can look quite ghetto-ish thanks to the small minded, idiotic and rather bored graffiti 'taggers' (not even remotely artistic)
4) Restaurants are mainly found in the Town Centre and there's less than 8 and quality of their food is also rated at less than eight.
Despite all the cons, as a resident and owner, I think the Pros easily outweigh the cons and potential for growth (physical and land value) in Point Cook will be huge. It's only 24km from the CBD and the value of houses are still affordable. Once the area gets more built up and get the infrastructure and services in place, it really will be a slice of country, coast and city heaven.
Great for
- Great for 'open areas'
- Like living in country
- Totally unique family lifestyle
- Close to the cbd
Not great for
- Landscaping - trees are still young and not developed
- Roads
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Singles
- Families with kids
- Retirees
- Country Lovers
- Trendy & Stylish
Hi just wana know how long to take for going to shopping centre?and is any medical centre near by?and how the transport?is train station there?
Hi there, I've just moved to point cook from NZ with my 13month old and fianc and we are in need of some mum groups for myself a stay at home 23 year old Muma and a good Doctor, anyone able to give us some details on this?
Hello we were looking to rent in this area and wondered if there is a railway station near by for trains into the cbd
Reading this it just shows how much some things have moved on since this review nearly 5 years ago.Hope you still enjoy living here and have seen the changes yourself too.
Sanctuary Lakes shopping centre was finished years ago and now we have another new one at Featherbrook Shopping centre off Boardwalk Boulevard and Soho off Sneydes road. There is also another shopping centre being planned for Saltwater,Point Cook.The area that was tagged around Palmers Road was 'adopted '2 years ago and now has been painted by the Community and paid for by Vic Roads. You would struggle to find any tagging at all now in this Suburb. As for restaurants they have exploded. There is a wide variety of choice being added to regularly check out Facebook pages Point Cook Dining and Eat West.
1. Traffic still a problem in some directions at Peak best to use the Sneydes road interchange to access the freeway.
2. Lots of additional buses were added a while ago and now operate into Sanctuary Lakes and Saltwater Coast. We do want more though and more direct services to Werribee.I think the new railway station at Williams Landing just on the edge of Point Cook opened after this review too.
3.No cinema yet sadly.The one in Pacific Werribee was expanded dramatically recently. Still talk of one coming but just that at the moment. A few more places to go at night but still could do with more-Craft beer shop/bar and restaurants with live music at the weekends. You would struggle to find any tagging in our area now.
4.Lots of restaurant options now just shows how far we have developed.
It is a great place to live.
Not perfect no but i don't think anywhere is.
Im just moving to mebourne. What is the travel time to the cbd from point cook