Renato

Frankston South has two main areas. The area nearer Frankston and parts of Nepean Hwy have standard old style large house blocks, while the area bounded by Mooroduc Road, Humphries Road and parts of Nepean Hwy have larger blocks with a minimum size of 2/3rds of an acre. We live in the latter area near Humphries Road.

My wife is an avid bird watcher, and has in the last year identified 30 species of birds in our large back yard. We put some wild bird seed out on our balcony. In the morning the Lorikeets are there chirping away for us to come out and feed them, and the Easter Rosellas are waiting their turn as well. More recently, when the weather is drizzly, a family of King Parrots hangs around waiting for our seed too. Crimson Rosellas like to put in an occasional appearance also. During the warmer months, it is not unusual to have eight Kookaburras on our banister, happily waiting to be hand fed meat scraps. The Magpies, Mudlarks, Little Ravens, Bronzewing Pigeon and doves we consider our pets too. And there is always the flittering of elusive wrens, thornbills and fantails in our bushes and trees.

When we moved here, we had expected to be doing lots of long nature walks in the numerous reserves in the area to photograph birds with my DSLR and long lens, like we used to where we lived. Well, we haven't done that as they all come to us on our balcony or around the house. I even get to use flash on the bigger birds, as they are so close.

In summer, we also have the amusing croaking of bullfrogs all along the little creek that runs through our property

Humphries Road is the boundary between Mt.Eliza and Frankston South. When we were looking to buy, the houses on the Mt.Eliza side were about the same price as on the Frankston South side, but they were older and often around 23 squares in area. While those on the Frankston South side were generally a bit newer and over 30 squares in area. We opted for house size rather than for the place name.

For grocery shopping we mostly drive to Mt.Eliza some six minutes away, but the supermarkets there are relatively small. When I want a bigger range, I drive 9 minutes to the Woolworths in Baxter. The Frankston shopping centre is about 10 minutes away, and Mornington shops 15 minutes away. And there are plenty of restaurants in the area to cater to all tastes and budgets.

Our area is very quiet and the neighbours we've met are all retirees like us, and all are very amiable and helpful.

The Mt. Eliza beaches are the closest to us, but while pleasant enough, the Frankston and Mornington beaches a little further away have more sand on them.

We love living in our part of Frankston South. It's like living in the country, but with all the convenience of city living and of beach living.
Regards.