lewis11

Kelso is a great suburb to live in - peaceful and quiet. Just far enough out of town, but not too far to travel. Lots of acreage lifestyle living - great spaces for kids to grow and just be kids! Room to kick the footy or climb the trees, play cricket in the street! Has a stigma for being a 'bad' suburb, but there are more thefts, break & enters and violence in Kirwan, Willows, Pimlico, Annandale and West End... just read the paper! Yeah sure, there are some housing commission homes, but they are in every suburb in Townsville, mostly worse than in Kelso. Great parks for the kids to play in - Charles Moroney Park is great! Complete with soccer fields, footy fields, outdoor gym, flying fox and playground. Plus the new Apex Park on the Ross River is fabulous! Well done Townsville Council on a great facility! There is the pony club and horse riding school, the dam walk and lookouts. A few shops are close by in Rasmussen, so everything is pretty handy. The wildlife in the area is fantastic - cockatoos, galahs, possums, frilly lizards, lorikeets, kangaroos and wallabys are great educational examples to the kids. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else!