Susan H.

Lavender is a wonderful location if you like parks and appreciate native bushland. Along its whole length, Lavender street has houses only on one side, and the other side is bordering two large parks and a strip of native bushland.

One end of Lavender street joins Rosemeay St with bus stops for routes to Inala Plaza shopping centre and Darra train station. A walk through Kev Hooper park will take you to the bus stop for the route 100, which is a frequent service of the express bus to the city, operating from early morning to late night.

The other end of Lavender street has a few shops/reataurants, and if you don't mind walking for a few more minutes, you will reach Richlands Plaza with a major supermarket, cafe, bakery, takeaways, medical centre, dentist, pharmacy and a gym.

Barberry is a green and quiet street, not far from Biota street shops, doctors, takeaways and post office, bus stops on Azalea st and Balsa st. The blocks are generous size.

Veronica road is a very neat and very short street with only 4 houses on it. All houses around are the famous Inala's modernist style pour-on-site concrete houses, built for returned servicemen just after WW2, and built to last. The original floors are beautiful brushbox hardwood, which is near to luxury these days. The roof frames are also hardwood. Large yard and green surroundings.

Veronica Rd is on a gentle slope of a ridge end, and it is 100% flood safe.
The bus stop is just around the corner, 15 minute ride to Oxley train station. 2 km to Richlands train station.

Childcare/kindergarten just a few minutes walk. A large McEwan park with a renovated playground is just around the corner, with a sports oval next to it. Medium distance walk or a very short drive to a few primary schools and a high school.

10 minute walk or 2 minute drive to Richlands Plaza, which has a major supermarket, bakery, cafe, a few takeaway places, pharmacy, medical centre, gym, dentist, lawyers and the Queensland premier's office.
3 minute walk from shops and eateries on Lavender street, and 6 minute walk from the corner shops on the junction of Magnolia street and Atcherfield road.
Veronica road is also 20 minute walk or 4 minute drive from Biota street shops, post office, restaurants, doctors, pharmacy, hairdressers and other conveniences.

Veronica is a neat, short street with only about 20 houses on it. All houses on Veronica are the famous Inala's modernist style pour-on-site concrete houses, built for returned servicemen just after WW2, and built to last. The original floors are beautiful brushbox hardwood, which is near to luxury these days. The roof frames are also hardwood. The yards are large, and the whole are is quite green.

Veronica street is on a gentle slope of a ridge end, and it is 100% flood safe.
The bus stop is just around the corner, 15 minute ride to Oxley train station. 2 km to Richlands train station.

Childcare/kindergarten just a few minutes walk. A large McEwan park with a renovated playground is just around the corner, with a sports oval next to it. Medium distance walk or a very short drive to a few primary schools and a high school.

10 minute walk or 2 minute drive to Richlands Plaza, which has a major supermarket, bakery, cafe, a few takeaway places, pharmacy, medical centre, gym, dentist, lawyers and the Queensland premier's office.
3 minute walk from shops and eateries on Lavender street, and 6 minute walk from the corner shops on the junction of Magnolia st and Archerfield rd.
Veronica street is also 20 minute walk or 4 minute drive from Biota street shops, post office, restaurants, pharmacy, doctors, hairdressers and other conveniences.

Jasmine is a relatively short and quiet street. The noisiest part would be where it crosses Azalea st, but still very little traffic by Brisbane standards. Quite green. Close to bus stops on Azalea and childcare/kindy. 3 minute drive from Richlands Plaza and 2 minutes to Biota street shops.

Eugenia is a very wide street with not much traffic, so there is plenty of space if you need to park a large vehicle on the street in front of your house. The section of the street near the top of the ridge offers great views.

Crocus is a nice and quiet street, yeat it is close to Biota street shops, Azalea street buses and other local facilities. Solid houses and generously-sized yards.

There is a group of small, independent shops, restaurants, takeaways, cafes, post office, newsagent, pharmacy, doctors and other business on Biota street, making it a very convenient spot and a small local hub. It is also close to buses that go via Balsa and Rosemary streets.

In addition, Biota street has the most beautifully crafted benches and community notice board. It is a stunningly designed group of 3 benches and a notice boars stand, with amazing details. Following the area's tradition of botanical theme and plant-related street names, the benches and the board poles are made in the shapes of leaves from stainless steel and timber, resting on carved rocks decorated with mosaics. The steel leaf stems and board plates also have small detailed engravings of native Australian animals. The amount of talent and thought put into this corner of Biota and Tallow streets is astonishing. The most wealthy and trendy suburbs in Brisbane don't have anything like that!

It is the first street in Inala where Inala's famous concrete houses were built. These houses then were build in many other neighbouring streets, and they last forever. Very solid, require little maintenance.
Buddleia street is close to Biota street shops, food places, doctors, and buses along Balsa street and Rosemary street. Also close to primary and high schools. Buddleia street is sutuated alond the ridge top, offering great views and 100% flood safety.

A good suburb with an extensive new development. Affordable, green, with parks and recreational facilities. Good shopping options in Richlands and in Inala next door. Many affordable eating-out places, especially in the adjacent Inala. Very good access via motorways and public transport, including the new train station. Doctors (many bulk bill), schools, childcare - all nearby either in Richlands or in Inala. Inala also has three post offices, TAFE, gym at PCYC, large Buddhist temple, sports ovals, and old parks with beautiful big trees.

A very green suburb, the official statistics say that Inala has the greatest parks/residents ratio in Brisbane.

Very good shopping options in Inala and surrounding suburbs. Great market at Inala Civic Centre - fresh and very cheap fruits and vegetables all year round. Good butcher shops and great fish shops. Major supermakets and smaller shoos at Inala Plaza, another Woolworts at Richlands Plaza, Aldi and more shops on Blunder Road. Lots of small independent shops, many with Asian food and homewares, 2 post offices, new shops opening soon in Richlands, Bunnings in Oxey, a few department stores at Forest Lakes, and Mt Ommaney Shopping Centre is only 4 minutes via Centenary Motorway.

Many very affordable eating places.

Bulk billing doctors and medical centres. A few schools to choose from.

Great access to Inala via Ipswich Motorway, Centenary Motorway, Logan Motorway and Springfield train line. Richlands train station is very close.

Lots of nice, hardworking people living in the suburb. A few idiots of course (of any age, background and ancestry), but there is no suburb that doesn't have them?

Very solid, well-built, termite-resistant, flood-safe houses. Plenty of parks and trees. Good street parking.

Very nice street names. All streets in Inala are divided in 3 groups: plants, birds and constellations, which makes it easy to search and navigate too. It's not a tangible asset, but I really like telling the name of our street to new visitors and guests, it's just pleasant. My personal preference is in the "floral" sector of Inala: it is quieter and cleaner because it is a bit further from the main shopping district. It has the largest parks and is the closest to the train station. It also has a beautiful Buddhist temple.

I reckon that Inala is one of the best value-for-money suburbs in Brisbane. The "bad" people that used to make Inala the subject of unfavourable news reports in the past seem to have gradually moved out, but the old stereotypes are still lingering in the minds of people who have never lived in Inala. And this makes Inala a very affordable place, for now. For the same money we could either afford a tiny apartment in a trendier suburb, or a solid, well-insulated 3-bedroom house with a large backyard on a nice quiet street in Inala, with no decades-long mortgage slavery and still have enough money left to renovate the place. After 5 years of living in Inala we think we made the right choice. At the same time, the price of our house grew substantially during these 5 years, and that's during the house market recession! So when, in a few decades, the time comes to sell and move somewhere for the old age care, we should be just fine.