John Holland

Love it

Mckinnon is quite a small suburb. It is however a suprisingly friendly area, close to public transport (2 stops to caulfied), fantastic educational schools (prep, primary schools and secondary college) cafe's, shops, heaps of parks including dog parks and a close drive to either Southland or Chadstone shopping centres. Close to the Moorabbin industrial area (great for breweries, auto mechanics, plants and pots and a lot of other businesses you can get better deals direct instead of going throug the middle men)
The secondary college is run really well and achieve great results with all ranges of teenagers and provide them with solid foundations post VCE studies.
The Glen Eira council is really proactive within its jurisdiction and support the community far better the a couple other councils i've lived in (i.e. provide inforamtion backs when your first arrive, constanly fixing roads, community events, festivals and interactive functions for both the young and old) and proabbly most imprtantly they recognise the importance of youung familes and provide a lot of fantastic avenues or support. Not to mention their support forthe older community as well.
all in all i enjoy living here close enough to all the action but further enough from the hustle and bustle and pollution of the inner suburbs of Melbourne.