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McKay Avenue

"Look around, what more do you want?"

There are some simple facts about McKay Avenue that speak for themselves. It is a Cul-de-Sac with a park on one side and houses on the other. So there are only about 10 houses in the street. Lovely park. Has a lawn bowls club but not with parking. Nice. 600m to the beach. 700m to the local Black Rock village. 400m to Hospital. 400m (through lane at the end of cul-de-sac) to local primary school. 100m across park to local kinder. Tennis Courts on other side of park. Bus stop at corner of Bluff Rd and McKay Ave to St Kilda. Little corner store art end of cul-de-sac where you can wander on sat morning in slippers and pyjama pants to pick up the Saturday papers and get some milk and a loaf of bread. These are the upsides.

To provide a balanced view, there are some things I would change (perhaps more about Black Rock than McKay Avenue). Unlike Sandy, it has no train station so you're either getting the bus or driving. Nearest Coles / Safeway is Sandy or Hampton. There is an IGA in the village but you wouldn't do your whole shopping there.

But these are the only things I would criticise. Black Rock, like all Bayside is a great place to live.

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CommunityMan
CommunityMan

What other shopping alternatives are there? Is there a weekend fresh food market anywhere nearby?

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Down at Black Rock Village besides the IGA there is a Green Grocer and Butcher (both very good quality albeit on the pricey side) and a couple of bakeries. Re fresh food markets nearby - this is a stretch. First Saturday of each month there is a farmer's market on corner of Bay St and Nepean Hwy which is good. Otherwise, you're saddling up for a ride into Sth Melbourne Markets or Queen Vic. At a more commercial level, you're 5 mins drive from Southland.

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Hallam Avenue

"Great neighbourly and family oriented living 7km from city centre"

Lane Cove West is a lovely little pocket still offering value and proximity to the city. The demographics are swinging towards an influx of young married professionals and young professional families looking to be close to the city but who want to have a house at a reasonable $ on 600sqm. Drive around the streets and there are a lot of "knock down and rebuilds" which is an indicator of the area's growing affluence. Lane Cove West offers more value for dollar than Lane Cove (proper). There is a lot to be said for Hallam Avenue. Close to Lane Cove West Primary, local Figtree village shops and the huge Blackman Park and Lane Cove River. Lots of amenity for young kids. Hallam Avenue is not a through road to Epping Rd (whereas Cullen St and Barwon St can be) so does not get enormous amounts of through traffic. On weekdays you do get plenty of office workers street parking and walking through Banksia Cl to the Business Park - so make sure you've got off street parking! City and Nth Syd buses at end of street (Tantallon Oval) I have always found Hallam Avenue "10 mins from everything". Jump onto Epping Rd and head east into city, or west to Epping. Jump onto Centennial Avenue and turn right to be in Balmain in 10 mins or left to be in Chatswood in 10 mins.

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CommunityMan
CommunityMan

I quite like Lane Cove too. Thanks for the good review!

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