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Featherbrook Estate
We originally moved to Point Cook and spent two years in the Featherbrook estate across from the green space (park). Majority of residents were Asians or Indians and all were friendly with greets on walks however no socialising outside of that. Internet speed was ADSL2 however talk of fibre rollout in future plans.

Saratoga Estate
We moved to Saratoga Estate and was there for over a year and it was advertised as a resort style estate with a swimming pool and club rooms to come as per https://www.sjb.com.au/projects/saratoga-estate.

Didn't eventuate and instead people being sent pay up notices for collection bins or 1 or 2 weeds being visible from the road. Now an abundant of buildings that look like shipping containers piled on top of each other and talk that these were for low income shortages. Only positive for Saratoga estate is the Internet Speed using fibre network to each house and being furthest away from the M1 Freeway.

Playgrounds
Plenty of playgrounds in all estates accommodating different year levels however none have shading for summer days ans some established playgrounds have trees.

Schools
Plenty of primary schools through various and teenage son went to Point Cook College being a great school, and staff were friendly. New primary schools in Featherbrook Estate (2 years old) and Saltwater Estate in 2019.

Public Transport/Train stations
Plentiful of buses going through most estates and some dedicated bus lanes to Williams Landing train station however roughly 20 minutes from Featherbrook Estate and arrival/departure times do no match up with trains.

To drive to the nearest train stations (Hoppers Crossing and Williams Landing) was 10-15 minutes however the risk at Hoppers Crossing train station was you would be wondering If you would have fuel, tyres, or car upon return and Williams Landing train station was free parking availability non existent after 7am.

Once you got to the train station it would be a comfortable trip in standing up for 40 minutes as all seats were taken unless a train was cancelled at which you would either miss the next train (10 minutes later) due to overcrowding or would have to a total of 20 minutes for the train to take you into the city. On the way home the process would repeat however would have more cancellations.

M1 Princes Freeway
4 roads coming in and out of Point Cook to the M1 Freeway and very slow during peak. Driving from Point Cook outside of peak (can not recall If this exists anymore) would be around 30-40 minutes driving to city centre and during peak could range up to 1 - 1 1/2 hrs as there are normally accidents that will slow the commute or just life in Melbourne.

From when we started living in Point Cook we had no Issues or never heard of violence occurring until our departure the dynamics had changed and appeared to be a spillover from neighbouring suburbs with constant news of home invasions and increased violence.