kpurc12
Reviews
"Smithfield"
Smithifeld doesnt have maany friendly people in it that i no of. ii have just movied here and no one has welcomed me or my family and the streeet that we are living in is quite feral. Dogs are barkiing all night and morning and it isnt a friendly place to live. but it has a wonderful big shopping centre and is surrounded by litle shopping centres. it has a nice big dog park aswell .
Great for
- Parks
- Shops
Not great for
- Dirty Streets
"Bowen- NQ"
Bowen is a lovely, walm climated place set in the hot whitsundays. Bowen has many good tourist destinations such as: The Big Mangoe, The Beaches, Look Outs and Its People. Bowen is home to many lovely people and cheerful familys. It is a lovely small town for the kids to grow up in. You can feel safe letting your children / child running around outside or going to the beach with friends. There are many different places to live in Bowen: Queens Beach, Merinda, Rose Bay, Horseshoe Bay, Delta or Bowen Central. There are 4 primary schools in Bowen and 1 high school: Queens Beach State School, Merinda State school, St Marys Catholic School, Bowen State School and Bowen State High School. There are many sporting clubs and childcare centers. The main shoping centre there is the Woolworth Complex with consists of Target, Jewerls, Cafe, Rockmans, Sports Power, Newsagency and Hair Dressers. The safest spot to live in in Bowen would be Queens Beach because there is mainly families living there and there are plice watch houses and heaps of nice, friendly, social people live there. There are parks, skate bowls and convienence stores a school and nice residential areas for families. I would reccomend Bowen. Bowen is a tad boring on school holidays but that ca be changed because a water park is coming to Bowen, Macdonals is there, new esplanade is good for a quiet walk, bush walks and maany different swimming holes. And Airlie Beach is just a half an hour drive from Bowen!
I have lived in bowen for 14 years and i still am i have 3 children and they absolutley love it ! There are atleast 2 familys with kids in each street. I reccomend do not move to Merinda there are no shops and a train tracks run through the middle of it at it is ferally. About 30 kids go to Merinda State School and it is a main road through Merinda and It is a 15-20 minute drive into town to collect groceries.
So Bowen is a safe, friendly neighbourhood to live in
Great for
- Small
- No Traffic Lights
- Good Schools
Not great for
- Not Much To Do
- Not Many School Choices
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Families with kids
- Retirees
- Tourists
- Beach Lovers
What area of Bowen are you in ?
I have just visited and both hubby and I think it would be a nice town to live and retire. (We are in out Min 40s) youngest child is almost 16.
I don't drive so this would also need to be considered I guess. So walking distance to shops and a dr.
Are there taxis?
I don't think this lady has seen all areas of Smithfield unfortunately. Take a drive and you'll find things are very different to what you are experiencing :(