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Which suburb do you live in? I would like to have the train easily accessible so I was looking at the Seaford line (which also explains the whole Oaklands Park/Warradale/Marion interest) and I guess if we look at Eden Hills and Blackwood it would be the Belair line, right?

Thanks for the suggestions. Might be interested in the Blackwood area as well, right close to Eden Hills. Not having really been to Adelaide before (we finally just went a few weeks ago to look at some primary schools and do some stuff like bank account and Medicare stuff, but time was short) it was basically like picking names out of a hat and seeing if it looked interesting. We kinda like being somewhat close to Westfield Marion (can't seem to shake off the shopping mall culture ) but of course it doesn't have to be walking distance. That's why we were looking at the Dover Gardens/Warradale/Marion area as it seems a bit more affordable compared to like Kensington or even the Paringa Park primary zone (Somerton Park and North Brighton). It's still a year off but we'll keep looking around! But thanks for suggesting Blackwood. We'll definitely look into that. Any issues with Clovelly Park or St Marys, which are just near Eden Hills?

We finally got our visa and are looking to make the move to Adelaide later next year, probably September 2017 or so. My wife and I, plus two daughters (one is 4, another is below 1 year old) and two dogs. We've been looking at places and schools (I asked about schools in another thread before) and like what we've seen of Adelaide so far (except some brusqueness from the staff at the Woolies in Mitcham). Would love to send my children to Marryatville Primary School but it's zoned and the price of rent around there is shocking especially for small, old houses. Same goes for Paringa Park (to a lesser extent, though) which was my second choice. Seems like it might be better to rent anyplace nice but cheaper and send the kids to an independent school? We're looking at the south, around the Warradale/Marion/Dover Gardens/St. Marys area, or even Eden Hills. Alternatively maybe South Plympton or Park Holme. Any recommendations or comments about these places? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the heads up. I had heard somewhere that Charles Campbell had a bit of a reputation for being not so good. I don't think the specialist thing is done in primary school, but I wanted one that actually did a good amount of music (as opposed to some which don't even have a specialist teacher for music or simply just have a bit of choir with no instruments). I've found that Paringa Park and Flagstaff Hill both seem to have decent musical opportunities based on their websites, but as I'm still in Malaysia at the moment I have no idea of the quality of those schools.

We are looking to migrate to Adelaide around the end of this year or next year. We've got two daughters, the older one is very interested in music and dance (it's hard to tell with the younger one as she's just a couple of months old at the moment!). I was wondering if there are any primary schools with very good music programs (and dance would be a bonus!), preferably both instrumental and choral. I tried looking at many various school websites but many don't really give much information. So far some better ones seem to be Seacliff, Hillcrest, and maybe Brompton primary schools (though some others do look promising). Private schools are out for the time being as we don't know what shape our finances will be in by that time. By that same virtue, expensive neighborhoods would be out of the question as well. I already know of the specialist music high schools at Brighton, Marryatville and Charles Campbell, but would like to get my daughter on the right path in her primary years first. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.