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We also acknowledge and pay respect to the Elders past, present and emerging. Kids pirate adventure playground The family-friendly Scarborough Beach Park is fully fenced and has two partly shaded playgrounds, Railway Place and Pirate Place , complete with themed playground equipment. Shiver me timbers, there be trees to climb! Jumping for Joy If the kids still have energy after running around at Pirate Park head back through the car park and just a little bit further along Scarborough Beach you'll find an inflatable Jumping Pillow.
Perfect spot to enjoy a picnic Adjacent to these Scarborough playgrounds are several ample sized shelter sheds with fixed seats, picnic tables, and electric barbecues making this a popular location for birthdays and other festivities.
Local Eats along Scarborough Beach Hunger pangs can be relieved by strolling Scarborough esplanade to browse the cafes, coffee shops and wine bars, most with child-friendly menus. Elveses are nasty and smelly. So are hobbitses.
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Top Things to do Nov This Weekend Nov Book now for Love Actually with live orchestra. Loading video. The Enchanted Garden. Roma Street Parkland. You would need to ensure you have a car park in Fortitude Valley. If you can travel outside 'peak hours, it will still take you around 50 minutes. A great school is Southern Cross College and it has a great swim program incorporated into the curriculum.
For travel, I would suggest your husband takes the train from Kippa Ring to the Valley to work unless of course he has a car space and can drive. If you husband can drive outside of peak hours that would help with traffic. My Father owns an electrical business on the peninsula and my mother is a teacher at a local high school.
I love driving across the Hornibrook Bridge and knowing I can leave all my worries behind me. Wow Alexandria, what a wonderful endorsement for Scarborough you are, my husband and I are moving up there to retire early December this year and I can't wait to move there especially with wonderful young people like you that are living there.
I have lived in Scarborough for 25 years. What it has become is a nightmare. It used be such a lovely, quiet, friendly suburb. Too many units being built, too many people. It's just really awful now. It mustn't be all bad as you have been there 25 years and are stilll living there. When I think about the perfect place to live my checklist goes something like this: - Close to beautiful beaches that are safe for the kids and great for fishing, kayaking and boating - Close to really good schools where the kids can maintain great friendships for life - Close to sporting clubs that have state of the art training facilities and development squads - Close to shopping centres, high quality restaurants and cafes - A close knit community where it's easy to make friends who help out at a moments notice I've lived in so many places around Australia and three years after I moved to Scarborough I still find myself delighted with just how much this suburb has to offer.
I have three children and all I have ever wanted for them is a great place to grow up and expereince the "real" Australia where everyone gets along and everyone helps out. If you're looking for the same place for your family then I can give you my personal endorsement that Scarborough is hands down the best place in this country to live!!
Matty, I am moving my family to the area in Oct 12 can you recommend a good primary school? She has access to Piano lessons and swimming lessons great development squad and they also run a before school, after school and vacation care program. My daughter's Prep teacher has been there for over 30 years and is a wonderful lady. I'd recommend organising a visit to the school to talk to the teachers we did before making the decision to enrol so you feel comfortable that it's going to be a supportive environment throught their schooling years.
Good luck and welcome to Peninsula. Hi Matty! I am thinking of moving to Brisbane next year and Scarborough is top of my list. However, I am planning on not buying a car. Could you please tell me if this is do-able in Sarborough? Thanks so much. Hayley, it is definitely do-able! You can catch the into the city everyday and the journey takes anwhere from 50 minutes through to 1 hour 10 minutes. There are plenty of bus stops around Scarborough so it shouldn't require a long walk either. The longer time is usually for a trip between 7am and 8am.
If you leave before or after the 1 hour rush then the trip should only take between 50 minutes and an hour. The best thing about a bus ride into the city is that you can relax with a book and enjoy the beautiful virews of the bay as you're crossing the bridge. I love crossing the bridge at sunset and seeing the last rays of the day playing across the sand and waves - you have to see it to believe it!
Get yourself a bike or some roller blades and do the 10 km stretch between Woody Point and Scarborough and back again to enjoy the view of the beach, the ocean and the bay. You won't regret it! The State Government are planning on building a train line out this way too but they've been saying that for 30 years so don't move town on that promise alone!
Hi Matty - I read your replies with great interest. I just bought a place at Scarborough and was wondering what are the top 5 industries in Scarborough.
I am a father of 6 children and one of my biggest consideration is work to support the family. Hmmm, good question. I'm not sure what the top 5 industries are but I could take a good guess!! Real estate agents are everywhere so that would have to be No 1. I'm sure you experienced that when you bought your house recently. If you have a trade qualification there are a lot of opportunities to gain work around the peninsula as well with well established builders, electricians and plumbers - reputation is everything though as you would expect in a small town and word of mouth spreads quickly if someone feels like they got ripped off by a dodgy tradie There are also lots of schools both public and private so teaching qualifications would go far too.
You could also look at Moreton Bay Regional Council opportunities. They cover a big area and they are a great employer. I've done some consulting work for them and they are a great bunch of people to work with. Good luck. The main point to take away is that most opportunities will come through word of mouth - everyone knows everyone up here so get out to the markets on Sunday, stand around the jumping castle or the German Sausage Hut and talk to people.
Most people are very engaging, love to talk about our community and will help you out where they can or put you in contact with someone who might be able to. That's the best thing about living up here - it's so easy to make new friends with common interests. Matty - Thanks for the reply - I really appreciate the time you have taken to reply. I already like home given your reply. You conitnue your good works and offer advise to others.
God bless! Hi Matty, I realise this is an old post now, but I wonder if you could help me please. My family and I will be moving to the Peninsula in September and I was hoping you could give me so advise on the secondary schools in the area please and if you have any experience of them now?
We are looking to move to Redcliffe or Scarborough. Thanks for your help. Hi Matty , Looking at heading North next year.. Having moved in 5 years ago,we have never looked back. I work in the heart of the city and it takes me 35 minutes in the morning and 45 in the evening,as i drive over the new Ted Smout bridge i marvel at the easy traffic and wonderful water views,thinking of people that see it for the first time,and say were were the hell is everybody.
The timeframe of 35 mins is inaccurate I drive daily into the city and I've never done it in 35mins! I agree but I do have some tips for the city commuters like me. If you're in peak hour anytime from through to take the Gateway instead of Sandgate Rd. Even though the right lane to the Gateway jams up when you enter you get going again within 5 minutes. Then you have two options. Depending on which part of the city you are going to you can either go down Breakfast creek rd for the Eagle St types or go down the Inner City Bypass for the Roma St end of things.
This way will take you between 50 - 60 minutes max. This will cut your trip down to between 40 - 50 minutes at least that's what I'm doing now whilist patronage of the tunnel is still low.
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