TonyA

Pakenham is exploding with first time home buyers attracted to the town by the abundance of affordable new housing. (Average sized houses on tiny sections). Although there are some great people living in Pakenham, the township is spoilt by the large number of bogans. You can see this just driving around the streets. Although the local primary and secondary schools have great teachers, they spend most of the day dealing with a small minority of children who have appalling behavioural issues. The problems at the local secondary school have been well documented in the press. Fortunately there are some very good local private schools.
Pakenham has all of the sporting clubs you would expect for a town it's size and council are trying belatedly to catch up with communal facilities to cater for the increasing population: Recently opened skateboard park and tennis courts but work has yet to commence on the new library, civic centre and shopping centre....
The good news is the V Line train stops here so it's only 55 minutes to Flinders Street or 24 stops (1hour 20min) on the Metro zone 2 line. Fountain Gate is only 20minutes drive away and Pakenham is on the door step to some beautiful countryside and Phillip Island.