jennyn9

We went for a Sunday drive one day about 4 yrs ago, and we fell in love with Gisborne.
We moved here from central Melbourne and slowed the pace of life. The easy commute is Our 'wind-down' time. We enjoy the beautiful parks and walkways of Gisborne, where people still smile and clearly enjoy life. We are both now much happier, I am allergy- free & breathe easier and our stress levels are almost non-existant.
My partner and I are both city born & bred, but having lived here for the last few years, we know we will never live in a large city again.
Our two adult children love visiting here each weekend and are also considering buying land here for a future move.

We moved to Docklands for the lifestyle 6 years ago and, for the first 2-3 years we absolutely loved it - a new Mirvac building, our apartment is up high with fabulous views along the Yarra. We loved our walks along the river to the many and varied restaurants and all that the city has to offer.
How things have changed: we can no longer open our windows as the traffic noise has increased to an unbearable level, earplugs must be used in order to get quality sleep. The increased traffic also generates a lot of dust, the balconies are covered in dust at the end of every week and must be hosed down. If windows are opened to get some fresh air, every thing inside the apartment is covered in dust. Imagine what that does to someone with breathing difficulties - not a healthy environment.
Well, we've tried city living, but on balance, we consider our health to be more important than the views ( the novelty of which wears off after a while) but the wind, dust, noise, smelly cooking, animals urinating in lifts and hallways and random people parking in your parking spot is a constant in Docklands apartment living ..... no more for us, we are moving out next week :) !