dalithak

If you choose to buy a small block then of course you will be close to your neighbours! Go figure!

Do you sit at the entrance and ask people where they are going? How can you know how many people come and go? Get real! Why not rather be proactive and if the catalog mail is being delivered in the wrong place...phone the circular distributors and complain...you will get this wherever you go to in the world as you are dealing with children most probably who want to get the job done quickly!

Good luck in your next neighbourhood, I am sure you will find that there will be some Circulars that find their way to miss your postbox there too.

what on earth are you talking aout , i think you have replied to the wrong person
i have know idea, i love my neighbours
so please check before writting to me again in a bitter way
but thank you readdress to the correct person take care Bertty

abacus must be trying to sell in the area and doesnt want the truth to get out! Thanks for your honest review Bertty

friends live there, they want out as well for similar reasons. As mentioned earlier, plenty of nicer areas for similar price and closer to the CBD.

Thanks for your comment James
I have only been here for 6 months, so i hope that i continue loving it here
Bertty

I've left the Lakes now, but, wow... Some of the anger about it. I miss a lot about Springfield Lakes. I'm miles away now - not in Brisbane - but I wouldn't live in any of the suburbs more than 5 minutes drive from Orion. They might be cheaper or have larger blocks, but they tend to be run down... Plus, of course, they're undersupplied in infrastructure, they feel isolated, they're slower to get around (you could lose half a lifetime down the road at Goodna's main roundabout or Redbank's Jones/Keidges/Redbank Plains Rd intersection)... Narrow streets are only used in the Lakes where traffic is only supposed to be local - all the main thoroughfares are generally wider and free-flowing.

Dalithak, you might consider it an idiot's paradise, I considered it a little paradise isolated from idiots. I didn't have that attitude when we moved there, I don't tend to judge people on where they come from (it's not like I come from Toorak), but some things that happened on trips to neighbouring suburbs... Like when friends were attacked in a nearby Plaza by kids, whose parents then defended them for the unprovoked attack! If you don't get it, fine, you can join the idiot local member and live elsewhere. I'd rather live in a suburb where 10 year olds aren't aggressive, and where the neighbours might be close but they don't make life difficult for you, as can be the case in many suburbs nearby.

Gee Thanks for you input lives in the lakes
i was starting to wonder what i had moved into with some of those very negitive comments about springfield lakes, you are right the kids around the place al seem good polite kids,
and where i walk everyone is very friendly and says hello, some have a chat,
so i don't know about Dalithak, i hope he finds some nice nice people when his out walking
take care Bertty

I'm moving to Brisbane in the next few weeks and because my brother lives close by I started looking at S/Lakes. Compared to Sydney, the houses are very affordable. I would be interested if there are any known areas/streets I should avoid? every suburb has them (depending on who you ask). Also, commuting to the CBD each day, what train station does everyone park at? is it secure parking? Thanks, Katz

Every day...and I have a huge brick postbox...my postbox is filled to overflowing with catalogues so that I couldn't possibly get something as tiny as a letter or bill delivered to me. Usually the postie just puts the letters on top of the letter box. This suburb gets a ridiculous amount of junk mail. I usually just wheel the bin up next to the postbox and chuck them in the bin every two days without even glancing at them. It would appear that Ipswich sees Springfield as it's bottomless money bucket.
Council land rates are high for Ipswich.
And Ipswich decided to remove Springfield from the nbn and put Goodna in it's place.
With support like that it is no wonder that Springfield Lakes hasn't been able to live up to all the wonderful plans.
The Ipswich councillors and mps seems hellbent on making sure Springfield Lakes doesn't succeed.

I agree that RBP is home to great people. My kids and I had the best time today at the new water park at Springfield with our neighbours (also fellow RBP citizens). Our cul-de-sac has a great community atmosphere, especially at Christmas!