resident32

Having moved here in 2008 from the east with my young family I'm not planning on going back. To expand on some of the ratings:

Clean and Green: With the golf course and larger than average block size, Secret Harbour gives you a sense of a very well kept country town. Council keeps the parks and shared areas; including ponds, lagoons and parks, play equipment in reasonable shape.

Peace and Quiet: No doubt closer to Ennis Avenue would get traffic noise, but for the main Secret Harbour is very quiet, apart from the sound of crashing waves. These waves can be heard back to about 50m West of Warbro Sound Ave. Not complaining as its good to be reminded that the beach is right there.

Nightlife: While there is one pub in Secret Harbour, I would not recommend Secret Harbour for singles. While "the kite" gets busy on Friday and Saturday nights in summer, the rest of the week Secret Harbour is very quiet in the evening. This is a positive in my view. For those complaining about thugs at night and such in other reviews, I am not sure where they have come from as relatively speaking it is a very safe place compared to nearly anywhere else I have lived or traveled.

Shopping Options: Expecting that with the new shopping centre with an Aldi, Coles plus keeping the existing Woolworths, we will have everything we could want? Dan Murphies, yes getting one of them too apparently, plus more food options.

Food options: There are enough here, but for something different there is Rockingham and Mandurah only 25 minutes drive away.

Internet Access: It is slow but at least it is unreliable... If you plan on working from home and require fast reliable internet check first and buy / rent one of the 100 odd houses in the suburb that will have NBN before 2019... Lets just hope NBN comes here before it gets cancelled and this problem resolves itself in a few years.

Safe and Sound: It is good to live in a part of the suburb where we can look out over a park and watch our kids play on weekends. Giving them enough space to get a sense of adventure etc. Very safe during daylight hours at least in our experience. There are snakes about but this is a byproduct of having so much water and open space about. Have the snake wranglers number handy especially if you have animals should one venture into your yard.

Parks and Recreation: Beach is great. Only patrolled at peak times. Can walk dogs and fish (Tailor, Herring, Whiting and occasional Mullaway) from the northern entrance to the beach. Beyond the southern entrance is a patrolled beach that gets its fair share of surf. In addition to beaches plenty of parks and a fair variety of kids sports going on with plenty of local sporting teams.

Lack of Traffic: Well lets face it, it's 50km odd from the city, so no traffic within Secret Harbour. If your job entails going to the City then plan on catching a train. This works quite well, and trains move faster here in Perth than east coast trains. If you are driving avoid peak times and you can drive to the city in under an hour no problem. During peak times this trek takes 2 hours and on a bad day even longer.