UrbanChowboy

Tarragindi is ideally suited to families and/or professionals needing easy access to the city and plenty of green spaces and a quiet environment. The area is replete with parks, reserves and forest and is far less built up than your average inner city suburb. Close access to the SE freeway means you are in the CBD by car generally in under 10 minutes (in good driving conditions); most bus routes here join the busway which shortens trips considerably. I get into the city by bus far quicker than I ever did living in city suburbs like New Farm and Paddington. Access to the freeway also means you can be at Main Beach/Southport and other Gold Coast beaches in under an hour. This is one of the quietest suburbs I have ever lived in - you can walk most streets here at 8pm on a Friday night and barely hear a sound. For most people I know, that is a big positive. I think this is largely a function of the area attracting a lot of families, and the complete absence of appartments/unit blocks (due to zoning) that would otherwise attract more boistrous student types. That said, it is only about 5 minutes by car to Griffith University and the University of Queensland's Green bridge access.

The one compromise you may find in moving to Tarragindi is that is currently lacks a decent retail hub or cafe/restaurant area. That is not a huge issue though, because there are plenty of grocery options in neighboring suburbs, a couple of choice takeaways in nearby Annerley, and plenty of restaurant/cafe options a bit further down the road in Stones Corner, West End, South Brisbane. One of the best bakeries/butchers/fruiterie in Brisbane, at the Rock'n'Roll fruit barn in Greenslopes, is about 5 mins by car. There is plenty of potential for a great dining strip to establish itself somewhere in Tarragindi (a la Camp Hill/Coorparoo), and I think as that happens over time this suburb's capital growth and status is ripe to move into another stratosphere.