ashleekelly93

I grew up in Heathcote, until I moved to NSW when I was 8, and visit there regularly. Heathcote is absolutely beautiful, with lovely people helping eachother out you rarely hear of a big crime in the area. Plenty of wildlife, bush and countryside. Great for people interested in bushland and bush walking, gold panning, natural beauty and space.

Perfect for retirees and young families.

Vincentia definitely has a tight-nit community feel which is fine in all other areas besides when it comes to tourists and new renters/buyers. Like anywhere, the Shoalhaven in general is not willing to share their beautiful landscapes with any newcomers. Plenty of rich, older people live here and successful professionals with teenage kids. The teenagers in Vincentia however are much less than perfect with Vincentia High School alone being one of the roughest in the Shoalhaven.

If you can even afford to touch a house in Vincentia, then live there. But the price to buy is out of this world.

I've lived in Nowra since I was 7.

I've heard many people say "wrong side of the bridge" when referring to the good side of Nowra (Cambewarra, North Nowra and some outside parts of Bomaderry) and the bad side (parts of West Nowra, East Nowra and Worigee). If I was to give anyone a word of advice, it's not to live in Worrigee. I mean why wouldn't you? Affordable, lovely houses, leafy, whatever. Right next to Worrigee is the infamous East Nowra and there has been a multitude of Worrigee break ins, rape assaults etc. from East Nowra folk 'jumping the fence', and not robbing from their own nest.

However, Nowra is not all bad. There's absolutely lovely beaches surrounding Nowra, ie. Jervis Bay; and the Shoalhaven river goes alright too. Yes, there's your Saturday night glass fights at Posties, and your lack of employment opportunities all together - but for a new family looking for an okay area then move to North Nowra. It's affordable, with many reitrees and young families adorning the quiet streets. There are a few ghetto streets up near Judith Drive, but opposite Illaroo rd. living is fine.

North Nowra has the best primary school in all of Nowra, Illaroo rd. primary school which outdoes it's private counterparts in a lot of areas. North Nowra has it's own mini mall, with take out, a grocer, a chemist, post office, gym, waxing place and hair dressers. North Nowra also has it's own (pretty cheap!) petrol station, and most importantly, it's own Pub which goes off on a Thursday night. So Northy is the way to go.