treelover

Too busy and badly planned. Hopefully the train will improve the amenities. The countryside used to lovely around here till this pimple was superimposed onto it. For a suburb planned sympathetically with the land look at Doreen and Mernda. Both are far more attractive than South Morang

I used to love this suburb but now it's just gone so bad. Part of the problem is the crazy growth that had happened in the last five years. The community feel is all but gone and the place feels like everyone is tense and on tenterhooks. I have never been at the receiving end of violence or crime but in the last few months I have twice been screamed at, and been spat at, my car was keyed and just today and idiot tried to run me off the road. People used to call it Crazyburn in jest but now it's true.

Doreen has so many upsides. It abounds with natural beauty, the air is clean and the wildlife plentiful.
The breathtakingly beautiful Plenty Gorge runs through it and offers walking, bird watching and mountain biking. Doreen has a great and active community with many sporting groups including a cycling group that organises weekly rides along the offroad network that connects to the rest of Melbourne.
The rail and road network is good and getting better as is the shopping and eating out options.