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Dalmany Avenue

"Great Location Close to Everything a Family Needs"

A short avenue of decent sized blocks in a mature established area with many long term family residents. Everything you need is nearby within a couple of km. A great location central to everything you need and yet peaceful and quiet. Only a few hundred metres from a free tennis court and park, and the Skeleton Creek bike path is only 1km away. Point Cook shopping centre and Sanctuary Lakes shopping centre are only a couple of km, 15min walk or a couple of minutes in the car. There is a bus at the end of the street. Plenty of health centres with a choice of at least four dentists and three opticians within a couple of kms. Fire brigade and ambulance less than 1km away. Freeway is a couple of km away, but access can be busy during peak hours. Library is nearby also. Lots of child care and schools within a couple of km. Plenty of restaurants and take aways of all different kinds are not far away. Unfortunately no internet access (thanks to Telstra) despite petitions and public meetings. Narrow residential street so visitors often park on the nature strip if they don't park on the driveways.

Great for

  • Decent size plots of land in a mature area.
  • Near schools, shopping, restaurants, health care and transport.
  • Long term friendly residents.

Not great for

  • Only mobile internet.
  • No local police station.
  • Narrow residential street, so visitors park on nature strip.

Who lives here?

  • Professionals
  • Families with kids
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Point Cook

"3 years in Point Cook and no regrets."

I have lived in Point Cook for 3 years now and there are pros and cons. There are plenty of schools, a good shopping centre, plenty of medical facilities including several dentists, opticians and doctors, there is a nearby fire station and ambulance station. There are now plenty of places to eat out at the food court and restaurants at Point Cook Town centre. The neighbours are fantastic and it is as quiet as living in the country (according to our visitors and family). We have a free tennis court within 400m and a safe bike track within 1km which goes all the way along the coast to Williamstown 25km away. It takes just 15 mins to the beach at Williamstown, 20 mins to Avalon airport, 45 mins to Geelong. We have Werribee mansion, Point Cook Air Museum, Shadowfax winery, coastal parks, Werribee shopping centre and the country with vegetable growing farms only 10 mins away. I have never smelt anything from the Werribee sewerage plant. I also has a very multi-cultural family feel with lots of Indian and Asian families. I also like the variety of housing giving the area character and many houses are very desireable for the average Australian, being mostly single storey, on good plots of land and with plenty of room for families.

The cons are that traffic on the freeway to the city can be bad between 6.30 and 9am and between 4pm and 6.30pm when it can take 40 mins to an hour to get to the city. If you avoid those times it will take 25 mins to the city. We have a bus at the end of the street which links up to the train stations, but it is zone 2, so most people will drive to Laverton, which is zone 1 and much cheaper. It will still take over an hour to get to the city. A new station will be built at Williams Landing and with the future investment in public transport, it is expected to improve.
There are no pubs and no sports centres, although there are footie ovals and sports clubs. Internet is by wireless only, which is variable but usually not too bad for normal use, it is not impractical to download 100mb files if you are prepared to walk away for 1/2hr. We do get too many power cuts at two or three a year, I only had one power cut in ten years in Caulfield. There has been one break-in in our street, and we do hear the hoons at night, but this happens everywhere now.

The council is good and allow you to book two hard rubbish collections a year, the rates are reasonable considering the vast investment in infrastructure and as a booming suburb, there is a dynamic and happening atmosphere as new houses, roads and facilities spring up all the time. Some of the suburbs like Tarneit and Wyndham Vale seem to be poor relations with endless streets of houses with few parks or facilties.

Overall it beats living in a tiny flat in an expensive area close to the city and we like the lifestyle which is quiet, peaceful and healthy. Also land costs are now increasing pushing up the house prices as the suburbs become mature and house sales are less common pushing up demand. I believe this is one of the better new suburbs having looked at suburbs such as Caroline Springs and Tarneit.

Who lives here?

  • Professionals
  • Families with kids
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Cherry

This is a sensible, balanced review that accurately reflects life in Point Cook.

It is worth noting though that if you took the bus from anywhere in Point Cook, it would be Zone 2 but your Metcard or myki will then be good for the train.

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