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Peerless Avenue

"Peerless Avenue, I MISS YOU!"

I used to live here. I only moved away because we wanted to buy our first property and we simply couldn't afford anything in the area. For example, our 30 year old apartment we'd rented for 5 years (started on $285 a week) was asking half a million dollars. Our budget just couldn't do it.

This street is nice and quiet. You can't hear the highway at all till you get about 5 houses off it (even when walking from the highway into the street, as soon as you get into it, the noise level drops dramatically).

We used to live at the beach end. 5 doors from the Hedges Ave and the sand. Every Friday evening I'd take a gorgeous, relaxing walk to Broadbeach where I'd meet my partner for dinner at one of the many restaurants there. I would alternate between walking through the park, along the beach, along Old Burleigh Road, or Surf Parade. It's only 10 minutes.

It's also only 10 minutes walk in the other direction to Pacific Fair, which is amazingly handy for not only shopping but also public transport, since it's a bus depot (of sorts). Also, it's a 20 second-2 minute walk to the highway (depending what end of the street you live), which is also good for the buses.

I would move back here in a SECOND if I could.

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Surfers Paradise

"Chevron - nice, SOME cafes, and convenient IF you have a car!"

I'm clearly one of the very few residents of the Gold Coast that does NOT have a car and is thus restricted by public transport.

We moved to Chevron Island 2 years ago from Mermaid Beach, and while it does definitely have its strong points...

- Cafes
- Close to the heart of the Gold Coast (Surfers Paradise)
- Waterfront, prestige properties (mixed with a lot of run-down flats unfortunately)
- Quiet, village atmosphere

...there are also some negatives...

- Said cafes aren't that many, and tend to close very early (2pm-ish)

- The walk to Surfers Paradise isn't the most aesthetically pleasant. It's NOT 2-3 minutes unless you live almost at Surfers already (right ON the bridge). It takes me 10-15 minutes and I walk fairly briskly. The main street is lined with unattractive, old flats. Not the best first impression for visitors!

- There are 2 buses that service the island. They are both timetabled to come 2 minutes apart for some mysterious reason, and each comes either every 1-1.5 hours or less frequent, and that's when they're on time! VERY frustrating, especially when it's raining or boiling hot and you only want to go ONE stop into Surfers Paradise. You end up waiting way longer than it takes you to actually get there.

Moral of the story - if you have no car, are elderly or hard-of-walking, beware. Otherwise, it's a nice, village atmosphere.

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