boonge72

The Dene is Adelaides best kept secret. It is really a large valley consisting of large (ave 1200m2) low density allotments, that quietens down at night, emitting little light or noise except perhaps for wildlife sounds. It is 15km to the city or beautiful Brighton beach, but a world away from the hustle and bustle of the plains. The many trees are green and the air is clean. Property is tightly held here as people rarely leave. If you like a highly ordered environment then the Dene is not for you. Council rarely sweep the streets or mow the verges here and a great percentage of the streets do not have any footpath (let alone paving like say in Unley) to walk on. However there is only local traffic anyway. A few ferals around living cheaply in the remaining 1950s bungalows that sprang up as weekenders for visits to the National Park, but they are few now and being redeveloped continuously. Well serviced with a wonderful local primary school and adjacent shopping, dining, medical, educational and fitness facilities. Should be relatively impervious to the SA governments disgraceful "Densification of existing suburbs" population growth housing plan for 2012 and beyond. If you move here you need to have a realistic expectation about the reasonable requirement for yard maintenance (Weeding, leaf litter etc) particulalry in the lead up to the summer fire season. Overall the Dene facilitates an enviable lifestyle that can be enjoyed as Dinks, then as a family and then as retirees.