Tell Me About Living in or Around Frankston, VIC?

[smiles4u]

... i drove past Tooradin last night coming back from in'laws in Sth Gippie ... yeh, Nelle i agree with you there

[Lenny]

Ginger - we jump in the car and we are at the Frankston Waterfront in about 10 mins. It has a bit of a boardwalk which they are extending, and a great playground. It has woeful 'restaurant' there (sorry) but a nicer one at the other end of the beach. We drive through Karingal (where smiles's sister lives) - that's kinda where i do most of my groceries/butcher etc. Karingal has an awesome park for kids (Ballam Park)
About 3 mins walk from my house there is a lovely school called Woodlands Primary.
There are 2 very good reasons why the Bayside shopping centre does not have free parking - firstly, it is minutes from the train, so all the commuters would park there all day and people like me would never get a spot, and secondly, it is minutes from the beach, so again, shoppers would be competing with beachgoers in the summer.

Oh god, listen to me - i sound like the 'I love Frankston' lady I need to go and get a life now.

If you ever wanted to take a look around...I'd be happy to help. Honestly.

[*EJ*]

I'm also from Langwarrin and i really love living here. I moved here with my parents when i was about 8 years old and when DH (originally from Karingal) & I brought our first home we both wanted it to be in Langwarrin.

I'd say it's about 10-15min from Frankston/beach (give or take depending on traffic) Just straight down Cranbourne-Frankston Rd.

I find it great because it is so central to everything, 45 min to the city, 45 min to Phillip Island, 20 min to Mornington. It has a variety of shopping centres with great shops to choose from. Just recently got one of those big Home Maker centres. I don't have any trouble getting parking in Frankston (multi-level car park) and on a Sunday it's free!!! I get my fruit & veg from the Frankston shops but other than that i can get most of what i need at Karingal or Langwarrin.

Growing up in Frankston i never had any trouble but there are definately areas and to be wary of (like you would find no matter where you lived). In my younger years I went out to the nightclubs each weekend and never had any trouble, i actually felt safer in Frankston than i would going into the city.

There are schools that you'd stay away from but there are many good ones to choose from also.

Each Thursday i drive up & down Olivers Hill and look out to the water and tell myself how lucky we are to have such a view so close to home. I'm not a real beach person myself but i love the fact that it's there and we can take the boys without too much of an effort. It's been cleaned up a lot and i could be wrong but i'm sure it's got a name as to be one of the better beaches now.

I'd say Packnham is about 40 min or so from Frankston.

I don't find that it's any different so much during the summer, i could be wrong but Frankston may get day trippers & otherwise i think people go further down the peninsula to Rosebud, Rye, Sorrento to stay for the holiday seasons.

If you choose the area you will have a lot avaiable to your family, like someone else said it also has a lot to do with how you bring your children up and teach them to avoid certain situations and/or people. My parents brought up 2 well adjusted children how have managed to stay out of trouble in this area

Good luck with the search, so much comes into the decisions we make now that we have our childrens furtures in our throughts doesn't it!?!?!

[Boo Boo]

Hi Ginger

We are in Mt Eliza, which is 3 kms south of Frankston on the coast and I love, love, love it....we have been here nearly five years and it is great. we are a five minute walk to the beach, lots of family friendly groups around here, playgrounds, etc. We were living in Melbourne before we moved down here and it is a much more relaxed vibe, people are very friendly. If you are looking at Frankston, I would be looking around the Frankston South area, some beautiful houses on great sized pieces of land.

Good luck with your decision.
Laurin x

[Ginger]

thank you so much again everyone, it has really really helped me 'talking' to you all.
dh and i spoke about it a lot last night and we've had a bit of a look on the internet and we're going to go for a drive down there in the next couple of weeks and closely check-out frankston south, mt eliza and langwarrin
mt eliza sounds awesome, and is definitely where my mind is heading towards. i'm so excited to have a sea-change, now it's just a matter of getting our house ready for sale..ggrggr

[Junglemum]

I rekon you'd like Mt Eliza, even Mornington. You wouldn't like Langwarrin or Pakenham and i think you wouldn't mind some part of Frankston South.

When you coming to visit? Wed next week?

[*EJ*]

Mt Eliza & Frankston South are beutiful and hopefully you can find something in your price range, if not Langwarrin is great also

[Ginger]

i'm coming to visit you on wednesday falguni.....you can show me the ropes.
i'm loving mt eliza

[Junglemum]

Growing up in Frankston i never had any trouble but there are definately areas and to be wary of (like you would find no matter where you lived). In my younger years I went out to the nightclubs each weekend and never had any trouble, i actually felt safer in Frankston than i would going into the city.

Me too. I grew up in the back alleys of Frankston, and i'm awright......... aint i?

ETA- And i want you to move down here so when i'm back visiting it's easier to visit!