mkeller

Cuming Street is one of the prettiest streets in Mile End and is currently undergoing redevelopment with storm water upgrades. A leafy street it has speed humps to keep traffic in check and has one of the oldest collections of Federation designed homes in Adelaide - many of which have been restored. We bought here so our kids could go to Adelaide High School and we wanted to still be within 'cooee' of shopping, the city and a few good restaurants. We love the yum cha at the Golden Crown on Henley Beach road and Tongue Thai'd is our second favourite haunt. We can also walk to the Wheatsheaf for a quality ale on a hot summers night. We are surrounded by upper income established families many from Melbourne so football banter is solid. Interesting that the Victorians 'get' the fact that Mile End has all the aspects of inner city living without the weirdos and price tag you would expect. We found it after moving home from Sydney and the block sizes are massive so plenty of room for the munchkins to roam free..

Gladstone, Cuming, King & Ballara Streets are the quiet 'flagship' streets of Mile End with lots of street parking, friendly neighbours and an absence of traffic flow (its hard to use this area of Mile End for cut-throughs to/from South Road from James Congdon Drive). For those new to the area it takes 20 minutes to walk to work in the city and there is a park within 2 minutes to take the pups for a run. The South Park lands are only 10 minutes walk and can be accessed by tunnel under the train line. There are more europpean cars on the street now than we have seen in the last 5 years so other people are realising the quality of lifestyle you can have here. Its safe, well lit and the footpaths are in good repair for night or early morning walks & runs. We know two families on Gladstone Road who have returned to be close to their aging parents who also reside in the area - an indication of the integrity of these residents.