Housing in Western Sydney

Thanks Karl, im not a fan of Sydney, im a country boy through and through, but the employment opportunities that the city areas open up for me in the force are enormous so im keen to get in and give it a go.

We havent really picked a set location yet but I hope to secure a job in the western sydney area. Where we will live is really an open book at the moment.

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Originally Posted by dobbo

So when you catch your new neighbour down the local with your blueray player on the table and a tourniquet around his arm, can you do anything or would it be classified as a conflict of interest?

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will you be contributing anything constructive Dobbo? Or did your first post use up all of your contructive input?

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Originally Posted by Scouse

Casula's quite nice & there might be a suitable house for sale soon.

Nearly 800m sq block, double drive through garage, room for at least 2 more cars undercover out the back. 3br brick veneer, ducted A/C, big lounge room & kitchen. Nice, low maintenance native garden too :).

5min walk to the shopping centre & 10min to the railway station.
1 min drive to the M5/M7 junction, 20min to the airport, 30min to the centre of Sydney on a good run.

:D:D

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Sounds like the dream home Scott, and how much will i need to be prepared to part with to make this slice of heaven mine? :D

Where did you buy your new place at Scott? I cant remember.

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Originally Posted by KarlB

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My advice is keep out, it is bl**dy awful. Look at the lower Blue Mountains (Springwood down). Travel time to Penrith is not bad, and the living environment so much better.

Cheers
KarlB
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Sage advice ;)

I grew up in Penrith, went to Penrith Infants, Penrith Primary and Penrith High (and was the only child in my street to go to a Public School, my best mate two doors away and his brothers went to Newington and his sister went to MLC, the two boys over the road went to Kings the girls three doors the other way were Tara tarts, so some streets are considered more upmarket than others, but I digress...)

My work spanned from Parramatta in the east to the Hawkesbury, up to Bilpin, the Blue Mountains to Leura south to Bringelly through to Smithfield and back.

The mountains are great but far too many people nowadays and travel throughout the region over ten years ago sucked, I can't imagine what it's like now.

Some areas are nicer than others, but it's really degrees and there is no way I could live back there after a decade away, even after spending the last five or six years at Greendale (about 7km south of Wallacia)

Matt, after living for as long as you have west of the hills you'll be in for a culture shock






(and a note to the Victorians, where Matt lives ATM is pronounced 'Bath-erst', not Bath-hurst' :p

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Originally Posted by Ace

Thanks Karl, im not a fan of Sydney, im a country boy through and through, but the employment opportunities that the city areas open up for me in the force are enormous so im keen to get in and give it a go.

We havent really picked a set location yet but I hope to secure a job in the western sydney area. Where we will live is really an open book at the moment.

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Matt there are some nice little pockets like Mulgoa and, Wallacia to the south, Castlereagh and up through Agnes banks on the northside, Grose Vale, Mt Bowen and Kurrajong west of Richmond but public transport is woeful to non existent from what I remember and so a car is a must and therefore bottlenecks and slow traffic the result.

Ron's side of the river is good and usually prices reflect that.

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Originally Posted by Ace

will you be contributing anything constructive Dobbo? Or did your first post use up all of your contructive input?

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The only redeeming factor about living in the greater west is it's low population of ESL australians. Due to this fact, there are a lot of DIP (Dad's in prison), MADIP (Mum and Dad in Prison) and of course WAD (whats a Dad) families.

If you can live with this, go for it. I however would not.


(Too far away from the beach for my liking)

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Originally Posted by rick130

Sage advice ;)

I grew up in Penrith, went to Penrith Infants, Penrith Primary and Penrith High (and was the only child in my street to go to a Public School, my best mate two doors away and his brothers went to Newington and his sister went to MLC, the two boys over the road went to Kings the girls three doors the other way were Tara tarts, so some streets are considered more upmarket than others, but I digress...)

My work spanned from Parramatta in the east to the Hawkesbury, up to Bilpin, the Blue Mountains to Leura south to Bringelly through to Smithfield and back.

The mountains are great but far too many people nowadays and travel throughout the region over ten years ago sucked, I can't imagine what it's like now.

Some areas are nicer than others, but it's really degrees and there is no way I could live back there after a decade away, even after spending the last five or six years at Greendale (about 7km south of Wallacia)

Matt, after living for as long as you have west of the hills you'll be in for a culture shock


(and a note to the Victorians, where Matt lives ATM is pronounced 'Bath-erst', not Bath-hurst' :p

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Hi Rick, thanks mate, yeah I know im in for a culture shock, it wont be a permanent thing. My plan is to do 3-5 years, fine a highway patrol spot, get trained up, do the time and get back out to a country area. I feel that for the benefit of my career I would like to experience working in "The City".

I have plenty of time to do the research and between now and then there will be a few trips down for drives around various areas I'd say.

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Originally Posted by dobbo

The only redeeming factor about living in the greater west is it's low population of ESL australians. Due to this fact, there are a lot of DIP (Dad's in prison), MADIP (Mum and Dad in Prison) and of course WAD (whats a Dad) families.

If you can live with this, go for it. I however would not.

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I cant live with that, and do not intend to live with that. This is why I have asked the question I did. Having said that, there are plenty of areas in bathurst, Orange and Lithgow which have similar problems, minus the NESL australians. But by all means say that, that is constructive, your post about blue ray players was not, partly due to the fact that I do not own a blue ray player. :p

Older parts of Richmond and Windsor are very nice but you need to be very flood aware. The next big one is well over due. Same is true of Penrith. Think about the railway viaduct on the eastern side of the Victoria bridge and the elevated line across much of Emu Plains: 100 year flood level! A good rule of thumb for the Nepean area is: good soil = flooding.

Cheers
KarlB
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Don't believe that once your tenure is up, you can green form out of there on the first bus east. You may be in for a rude shock. Depending upon staffing issues etc, it is not unusual for people to have to do their tenure 2 or 3 times before they can get out.

Positions in HWP are competitive as well. If you want to be half a chance, you need to start showing an interest in traffic enforcement sooner rather than later, so you have something to bring to the table at the time. That means start now. Try to get on their junkets...errr RTA funded operations etc etc.

I wouldn't commit financially until you know you can get a transfer.