Thanks for your responses. Airmeh, yes, I can imagine that the SC would be busier than when you grew up. It's a bit like how I remember cows & goats grazing in paddocks around where I lived in Sydney as a child & now it's a suburban jungle! It's all relative, though, isn't it! Compared to the GC, the SC seems a much nicer pace (having said that, we haven't spent much time in the dense areas of Maroochydore or Mooloolaba - more time in Currimundi & the Hinterland). No idea what Buderim is like! Probably still too built up for us.

Schools are our other big Q to figure out up there. I'm still trying to get my head around the OP system & how a child's results can be pulled down if the school doesn't do too well....

JLeigh - thank you. May just send you a PM with some more Qs.

Have any of you ever commuted to Bris from the SC? DH may need to to begin with, but I've heard that can be a long haul....!