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Dumbarton Drive Kenmore is a qintessential friendly Brisbane suburban street. We live at the Kenmore High School end of the drive and apart from the extraordinary well behaved great mass of students that enter/exit the school, and the expected traffic movement at such times, it is a lovely quiet and peaceful existance.For 12 weeks of the year and all weekends we actually don't have any "neighbours" as far as the school side is concerned....not many people enjoy that kind of privacy and serenity! Many kids in the street and general "Misty Morn" estate attend the local schools, as do ours, and let me say the joy and freedom of no daily commute is reason enough to live here.My kids leave for school at 8.50am, they haven't been on transport since 7am and are home at 3.05pm not with their parents at 5 or 6pm. Forgot their Maths assigment this morning? no problem...still be back by the bell at 9am! Got a school function to attend? No parking issues...walk the family there.

As of 2010 we have lived here for 7 years and wouldn't consider living anywhere else. Friends have commented that they drive their kids to the park etc and how lucky we are to just stroll next door to the park and can walk along the creek's edge to the offleash dog area in Brookfield.Funny how we take these things for granted until someone points out your good fortune. We can use the cricket nets for that impromptu game and all the shops and local primary schools are within walking distance.Stroll the 5 minutes to Moggill Road and catch the bus to Indooroopilly or straight into the city or Southbank or UQ direct.

The neighbourhood itself is very friendly and community minded with a mixture of retirees, empty nesters and young families and in recent years we have seen young couples etc moving into the street and doing amazing contemporary renovations lifting the general streetscape appeal whilst still maintaining the overall ambience of the leafy surrounds. We enjoy Christmastime etc street parties and the quick chat to people in their gardens or whilst out walking, with or without our four legged friends.As the Drive ends in a no through culde sac the traffic generally tends to be local so even if you don't know your new neighbour yet, you'll know whose car and kids and animals belong where and a great majority of the households are either working from home, retired or raising their young families so dare I say it is very safe as there is a quiet, unofficial bit of a neighbourhood watch thing going on quiet unintentionally, not intrusive at all, just that kind of thing we all enjoyed in our childhood and thought had been left there, with decent people just watching out for each other or doing the neighbourly thing.Rember those days? We still live them!