Braidwood, NSW 2622
Ranked 6th best suburb by locals in South Eastern Region, NSW
Great for
- Clean & green
- Eating out
- Neighbourly spirit
- Parks and recreation
- Public transport
Not great for
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Singles
- Families With Kids
- Retirees
Reviews of Braidwood, NSW
"Great fast growing town"
Braidwood is a beautiful place to live.
Pros:
* Great mix of restaurants and cafes
* Real diverse community
* Metro fire brigade and an RFS, Ambulance, police, new hospital, two major medical centres.
* New over 55s estate (beautiful part of town)
* Fast growing
* has a great diverse community
* close to Canberra, South coast and Sydney is only about 3hrs away.
IGA
* two primary schools (government and private), one high school.
* pre school
* day care
* Major brand Chemist
* service mans club + sports
* BMX track and a massive skate park about to be constructed.
Cons:
* No large supermarkets like woolies or coles (yet)
* No Bunnings however a new hardware is being converted to Mitre 10.
* No good public transport links
Overall, Braidwood is a great place to live and would recommend it to anyone wanting a tree change.
Love watching this place grow and fingers crossed we get a woolies or coles. Cannot afford the local IGA :(
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Singles
- Families with kids
"Great little town"
Small list of things in Braidwood:
- Two primary schools (public and catholic)
- High school (central k-12)
- IGA supermarket with Bottlemart
- Two pubs, serviceman’s club and two bars
- Major branded chemist
- Newly built hospital
- Several restaurants and cafes
- pool
- police, ambulance and metro fire brigade
- addition to metro fire, also has RFS
- major highway, Canberra to Batemans Bay
- several real estates
Braidwood has so much to offer. Such a beautiful place
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Singles
- Families with kids
"Fast growing town"
Such a beautiful town. Has a wonderful selection of cafes, range of restaurants of different nationalities. Great mixture of heritage buildings and new estates.
Great place for anyone and highly recommended.
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Singles
- Families with kids
"High crime"
I didn’t have the best experience in Braidwood. House and car broken into on several occasions. Braidwood has a real bad underworld of junkies. The back streets can be quite scary with these junkies roaming around looking for cars to break into or steal.
If you’re a junkie, this is a great place to live in your office of housing!
Who lives here?
- Singles
Rentals in Braidwood
"Braidwood - Comfortable feel with friendly locals."
Braidwood is located on the Southern Tablelands of NSW between Canberra and Batemans Bay and travelling to the coast you will be amazed at the beautiful scenery. Braidwood has many heritage buildings that have been restored and preserved from the 1800’s. Braidwood has been used as a location for movies including ‘Dad and Dave’ and ‘Ned Kelly” as well as many small production and TV series. The town has arts and grafts shops as well as historical museums which are really interesting to the history buff. There are plenty of places to grab a bite to eat and you can stay at a guest house, motel or hotel. Whilst in Braidwood you can play a round of golf, go for a swim at the pool, play tennis or squash or go for a relaxing bushwalk close by or enjoy exploring one of the State and National Parks nearby.
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Singles
- Families with kids
- Retirees
We agree, Avoid this Town or Perish at your own Expense, NO JOKING. the Town know whom i am.
Refer to the Braidwood Times(newspaper) letters to the editor from Francis Blacker(long term local) whom states very clearly that THIS TOWN IS NOT SUITABLE FOR FAMILIES!! The previous local copper Richard pearce also let rip in the local rag condemning the locals attitudes etc and their extra curicullar activities to rip off 'blow-ins'. The best view of Braidwood is in your rear-view mirror!!
I moved to Braidwood a few years ago but left within 9 months due to the high crime rate. The town is made up mostly of government housing which cannot be seen from the lovely main street with the lovely buildings. After living there for just one month, my house was broken into, 2 nights later my car was stolen from my driveway. my neighbors thought it was a good idea to have at least two party's a week which always ended up in a violent fight out the front of my home. So my experience wasn't great but others that live there seem pretty happy.
but heads braidwood is nice
but heads braidwood is my home
Any one denigrating Braidwood have rocks for brains, I don't know where the people rubbishing this awesome friendly town come from but would have to be a haven for losers in life. Braidwood has the loveliest gardens around and just speaking for myself Braidwood residents are the friendliest people in NSW.
Hi Vivienne, there are some great people in the town. I am currently homeless with a few others in town. I am fortunate to have a car to live in but some not as fortunate. A few locals help with food and clothes. Some business help with food which has been lovely. Hoping I get a government house soon.
You have got to be joking 'blackbird! Braidwood should be levelled and you need glasses! Which run down building were you squinting at? Where did you eat? You must have been starving! Finding accommodation is as difficult as finding someone happy to serve you their sad and thawed out, overpriced fare, if you are lucky enough to catch them open! But you are right about Ned Kelly and Dad & Dave....they are the locals!!!!!!!!!!