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Campbelltown

"Family and Future...all that you need."

I've been living here for 28 years and watched the city grow whilst we brought up our 2 kids. There are plenty of opportunities available for everyone. There are private and public schools, with nearby boarding schools well known and acknowledged by people in country areas who have sent their kids here. The University of Western Sydney has a campus along with Campbelltown TAFE supplying plenty of courses including trades, nursing, law and medicine.The local shopping at several shopping centers provides all of the retail therapy you need but parking can be a bit of a pain, as it is at most locations, in holiday times like Christmas and Easter otherwise it is generally ok. The peak hour traffic on the M5 is a disaster early morning and late afternoon and I expect most would use public transport if you could rely on it and have a seat. The carriages are normally full by the time the train is part way to the city for those who need to go there for work. There are plenty of sporting clubs as well as numerous golf clubs in the area. The kids can get involved in pretty much most sports if they want to. There's a 41/2 star hotel, RSL. Catholic Club which has been named NSW club of the year with the CUBE entertainment venue bringing the best acts to the area and award winning spa and fitness services. An 11 theater Events cinema as well a local cinema that only charges $6 for adults making it really affordable for families. There is a large public hospital as well as a new private hospital in a new contemporary facility. We are close to the F5 for travel and within an hour of Bowral and Mittagong to the south for a leisurely day out and an hour to Sydney. The south coast is easily accessible and about 45 minuites away to the beaches from Thirroul down further to Wollongong. Sydney airport is only a 45 minute drive down the freeway and M5 which is a breeze if you don't travel in peak hour. Despite media hype of antisocial behaviour reported out here, Im a former police officer and have worked in the area. I have worked in other areas as well and found the same problems everywhere you go. We have no problem living here and have brought our children up here. They both now work in the area and one has bought a house here. In fact a business associate of mine from Adelaide who travels regularly tells me of all the places he has been in NSW, he really doesn't like Sydney but could easily live here!!

Great for

  • Everything you need
  • People are mainly friendly
  • Nice places to live with a varity of homes

Not great for

  • Someltime seen with a bad rap that is unfounded
  • M5 traffic a disaster
  • Need better regular public transport

Who lives here?

  • Professionals
  • Families with kids
  • Retirees
  • Students
  • Country Lovers
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Treesnleaves

Good review very informative well done.

KwongyBoy

Very helpful review as I am currently in the process of buying a property in Campbelltown. I agree every suburb has it's problems and it's great to hear the opinion from a former police officer who would have experienced the thick of it. Cheers!

catherinez2

I was terrified of moving to Campbelltown as Id heard the gut-wrenching stories and watched Channel 7 from mannerly places like Balmain, Jannali, Lisarow, Randwick, etc. And true to form, the first chilly nights of neighbourhood bliss were spent in a horrified state listening to a housewife screaming, while being bashed, followed by a heinous 3 am chook chaser leading armies of V8s and Harleys vibrating up the block. Hell yes - I wanted out ASAP! Oh, and lets not forget the charming, loutish, vandals who littered, muddled, piddled and yelled obscenities all the way up the street following nightly club closure in Queen Street.

Ten good years later an economic miracle unfolded! Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the entire clan of the Nazareens rose up and floated into Council. The Queen Street Disco suddenly closed - amen to that circus. Housing prices almost doubled in eleven years, reaching a stable level of affordability. The evil louts got older, wiser and moved out to Nimbin. (No offence to the fine, fake Russian Choir.) Quite suddenly, the land was transformed with radiant goodness when waves of wholesome folks from all corners of the globe descended upon god-forsaken Campbelltown. It literally evolved like a young, unbridled teen into a gloriously, mature debutant.

The streets morphed, the shops were upgraded, the attitude softened somewhat and money was poured into improving lifestyles of the moderate and not so famous. Boy it worked - its cleaner and greener than ever before! Archangel Scomo delivered with Jobkeeper and Jobseeker, prompting unparalleled happiness and contentment in the hearts and souls of yobbos - both near and far. Yes, theres a new paradise emerging like a Phoenix from the yobbo ashes, into a the gleaming, suburban horizon - and her name is Campbelltown. (If, by chance you see a yobbo it is a ghost of a reminder of days past...)

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