Steve99

Hasnt been better for a long time. Unfortunately we had to send all our money back to UK in Feb. Who knows what will happen $£ now things are beyond prediction.

Hi, you should be alright for the short time there and Long-island is nice in the summer-early autumn months.. Check out the suburbs along the Frankston line between Carrum and Mentone (probably the nicest along that line with the best balance of what you need/want and full of private and nice enough state schools and close to shopping etc). These are mostly quite nice, near the beach, a bit closer to the city 40- 50 mins, somewhat more up market than Frankston and state schools, certainly at primary level seem pretty nice. The good thing about these suburbs is that you will not be completely car-bound.

Beware of Frankston, much of it is somewhat unsavoury with a huge amount of anti social behaviour, drugs are also rife. South Frankston is a nice residential suburb and quite different. We are currently at a caravan park on the edge of Frankston visiting family. Every night the main road outside (Mooraduc Highway) is a drag strip for a handful of psychopath drivers and in the morning when we drive out we find the road criss crossed with tyre marks. When we did live nearby before returning to the UK last year we found it was impossible to park at the station if you went after about 7.15 and you will probably have to drive to a station as not much residential (that you would care to live in) is walking distance. Trains mostly reliable during the week but many weekends there are closures for line upgrades and repairs. 3 times on this visit we have been tossed off the trains to continue for a few stations on the bus.