We used to live in the Parramatta Park area. When we were looking at purchasing a house we checked the Council Flood map and Police crime map to find the best place to settle. We also looked for a house where we could have more than one route from home.
On the Southside of Cairns, there is less possibility of flood, carparks are free, and traffic conditions are better than the Northside even in case of incident happened on the roads.
I was traumatised by the Japanese Tsunami in 2011 one week before my due day for my first child. We had to move to the mountainside and avoid the coastlines so we could feel safe from any threat of a Tsunami.
We can never get enough of what we have around us. We enjoy the sky, mountains, beautiful neighbourhoods and birds. The contrast of the blue sky and the mountains; the moonlit night sky with so many stars to see plus beautiful Australian native birds.
Even dynamic pouring rain, thunder and smoke from the sugarcane stimulate my 5 senses and make me feel alive.
Our street is a cul-de-sac, our neighbourhood is very close and we talk all the time. We have a street party a few times a year, we care for each other especially when one family is away ( look after their letterbox and feed pets) or something happens (someone left the house with their garage door open, someone’s laundry machine had broken, and needed extra garage space…)
We believe that a good neighbourhood is the most effective security for your family, and we are happy that what we have.