Anyone know anything about salisbury?

[darlo 2 adelaide]

Hi there!!

I am due to start a job in salisbury (the noirth apparently) and was silly to think I would be based in the south and have only looked at the south suburbs so far. Does anyone live there? Are there any links anyone can send me re; malls, entertainment, good bus/tram route to the CBD? How long does it take to get to the CBD from salisbury? Any info greatly received. The rental proces seem really cheap and I know every suburb has it's poorer parts but what is salisbury like?

Many thanks

sarah

[Lea]

Jo from Salisbury Massive lives in Salisbury Heights - maybe give her a PM she is always helpful :)

Lea

[darlo 2 adelaide]

many thnaks will do!!

Sarah

[Diane]

Have a read of this thread ... http://www.pomsinadelaide.com/forum/...ead.php?t=6819 ... for some suggestions of where to live etc (just ignore the negative comments about the whole of the north!)

[marty]

Salsibury Heights is Ok but dont go any further North, I live in Highbury the same as Diane which is ok but dont ignore the bad comments on the north, I have been here 30 years and beleive me there all true, however, the south is no better, if you can live between Golden Grove in the north and Darlington in the south you will be ok and if you can taje advantage of the falling $ then the east is the way to go

[massive]

Hi Sarah,
Like you we had only researched the south thinking beach life for the kids however my hubby got a job at Jacobs Creek in the Borrossa that left us in the north . We are in Gawler and loving it , it has everything we need and the beach is 40mins away we have got friends in the south so have seen both parts and there's good and bad in both . There are some fantastic schools here and our daughter is very settled . As for house prices being cheaper up north its like anywhere north or south you get what you pay for there are places up here you wouldn't want to life and if you look down south it will be the same we are all individuals what suits one doesn't another , so just take your time and have a look for yourself you'll work it out yourself , mingers are mingers north or south
Debbie

[salisbury massive]

Hi Sarah, just in case you didn't get my message as it came through on a notification and not a pm,

Salisbury is made from various different suburbs. The actual "City of Salisbury" is quite large and covers quite a few suburbs inc Salisbury. So Salisbury has Salisbury Plains, Downs, Park, South, East and Heights. Then the immediate suburbs are Brahma Lodge, Gulfview Heights, Parafield Gardens & Paralowie. The Council website is a good place to start http://cweb.salisbury.sa.gov.au/mani...=1&stypen=html

This is on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury,_South_Australia

Personally I wouldn't live in any part of Salisbury except Salisbury East and Salisbury Heights which is where I live. To get to the city there are good public transport links, there is an interchange in Salisbury centre and there is a train link direct to the City centre, you can also get the bus but obviously it goes all around the houses and would take a while. The train takes about 25 minutes to get to the City. It takes about 40 minutes to drive to the City and also to the nearest beach at Semaphore. Parabanks the shopping centre is very good, its just like a large english shopping centre with all your immediate needs. Elizabeth and Munno Para are about 15 minutes north by car and cater for furniture shopping, TV's etc. There is also a nice centre at Golden Grove which isn't far away. If you want schools I can't say that the schools locally are very good. Salisbury Heights Primary is nice but then you have to go on to Salisbury East High which isn't very nice at all. Do not confuse this school with Salisbury High which is an excellent school with waiting lists for out of catchement. Have a look on the Department of Education website. http://www.decs.sa.gov.au/
Here is the website for Salisbury High http://www.salisburyhigh.sa.edu.au/ the primary schools are a bit rough but here is the site for Salisbury Heights Primary http://www.shsr7.sa.edu.au/ If you can give me more information if you want schools I can tell you where to look. When you go on the DECS site, click on schools/preschool on the right and then the little red Adelaide spot, then click on Salisbury for all the schools. when you are on the DECS site check out Keithcott Farm Primary and Gulfview Heights Primary also, they are great local schools.

Living in Adelaide is different to the UK, most suburbs all have a large shopping centre that cater for your immediate needs, supermarkets etc. You don't travel to the City just to get groceries, you can do that at the nearest centre and there are clothes shops etc. There are no big supermarkets just by themselves like an out of town tesco. You just go to your nearest centre.

Jo

[Rob and Clare]

Here's a link to all average house prices.

http://www.abelrealty.com.au/_excel/...mes2007_08.htm

You can see all the salisbury areass listed, some are quite expensive places to live Gulfview heights compared to all of Adelaide, and some are relatively cheaper, but come out and see for yourself.

[darlo 2 adelaide]

thankyou, all info much appreciated!

sarah

[darlo 2 adelaide]

Here's a link to all average house prices.

http://www.abelrealty.com.au/_excel/...mes2007_08.htm

You can see all the salisbury areass listed, some are quite expensive places to live Gulfview heights compared to all of Adelaide, and some are relatively cheaper, but come out and see for yourself.

This website is great. I can already get a feel for the towns etc just by the house prices. Thanks very much.

Sarah