Hi,
Me and my otherhalf have just spent 3 weeks in Joondalup to activate our visa and we loved it. Its close to the beach, national parks and 25min drive to the city. It seemed to have good bus and rail connections and it is defenetly some where we would like to move to. We dont have any children, so I cant help you with schools, but it did seem to be very child freindly.
:notworthy:Hope it helps xxx