EGlider1450

Incredibly underrated. Just 2 minutes from the Western Ring Road, and either way you are into the CBD in 20 minutes off peak, plus straight down via Ballarat Road if traffic is choked up. 15 minutes to Tulla Airport, and only 45 minutes to great beaches down Geelong. (15 minutes to Altona Beach)

The area has very nice homes, none of which are more than 5 years old, and particular estates within Cairnlea are in a cul-de-sac, so no hoonery, which is great. Very down to earth people live here, forget about pretensions and wanna-be's. I grew up in the outer East, and Cairnlea is just as good, if not better in many ways, and cheaper and closer to the city.

Heaps of parks and bike trails too, great schools, with excellent brand new facilities, plus an expanded shopping centre. Only 15 minutes to what will be the second biggest shopping centre in Australia, if you like that sort of thing.

Only 10 minutes to the major Hospital servicing the west, which is undergoing a $37 million upgrade. 10 minutes to Victoria University, a very underrated uni which I attended and loved. Only 6 minutes to the nearest Zone 1 railway station.