SJT Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Hello, We are moving to Perth later this year and I am trying to look at areas where we would like to live. We have three children who will be 13, 11 and 8 when we arrive. I see lots of people like the Joondalup area and it does seem to have everything that we are looking for, but my husband's job might be in the heart of Perth. At the moment his commute on the train is 50mins. Does anyone else do the Joondalup to Perth commute and is it doable or a no go area. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards. SJT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linda@no9 Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Hi SJT. We visited Joondalup when we stayed with friends in Madeley recently. Joondauup was about 10 mins drive from Madeley. Madeley to Perth about 20. Evidently folk in Perth don't drive anywhere further than 20 mins. If it's more, they say it's too far out!! Our friends were great with areas and letting us know (their opinions) where we should be looking. Nice areas (their words) are Lansdale Dartch (this is nice, just up the road from Madeley my pov) Woodvale- has an excellent school! Caramar- very nice. again my pov as we drove around. Great golf course. Tapping also very nice. These areas are on the north side of the main road, Wanneroo. Areas which are more ex pat are Clarkson Butler. There is a wonderful land package in Corimbia which is just beyond Dartch. This is something we'd like to look in to as they are just releasing further plots. We also drove up the coast to Alkimos which is a 35 min drive from our base at Madeley. Again, there is a land package building site going on up there. I guess from there to the center of Perth would take approx 50 mins. The freeway doesn't go up that far as yet, but this is all in the pipeline. We looked at everything when we were there. Timed distances, looked at the rail networks. I have a file!!! Hope this has helped xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arwen Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Hello, We are moving to Perth later this year and I am trying to look at areas where we would like to live. We have three children who will be 13, 11 and 8 when we arrive. I see lots of people like the Joondalup area and it does seem to have everything that we are looking for, but my husband's job might be in the heart of Perth. At the moment his commute on the train is 50mins. Does anyone else do the Joondalup to Perth commute and is it doable or a no go area. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards. SJT My husband until recently worked in the City. We live in Connolly which is one suburb west of Joondalup. His commute was about 50 minutes door to door using public transport. Bus to Joondalup and then train. The train from Joondalup to Perth is 25 minutes. You can save a little time by driving to Joondalup but we didn't want the expense of a second car just to drive to station when there are buses. It worked well for us for over 6 years, he has gone to work overseas now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesw Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Joondalup to Perth in peak hour is a 10 minute service taking around 25 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJT Posted February 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Thanks everyone for your advice. I will take everything on board for when we start hopefully getting job offers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scot01 Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 Thanks everyone for your advice. I will take everything on board for when we start hopefully getting job offers. No one has mentioned that the trains are really busy and that there has been lots in the paper about people having to wait for three or four trains to go by before they can actually get on http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/10493246/commuters-face-great-train-squeezeForceRecrawl/ - or that parking round the station is a nightmare if you are going to leave the car there, or that if you drive the rush out traffic can average 10mph for several miles both getting to work and coming from it, and that parking can cost $25 a day, or that Joondalup has had a 33% increase in violent crime (Check West Australian on line Feb 6th. http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/12815868/joondalup-a-violence-hotspot/ sorry but it's not all sunshine and roses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest angiemalc Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 Public transport is the way to go - yes the trains can be busy but there frequent - we have had no probs so far. Mitchell freeway is a nightmare if you chose to drive to work - Its busy from about 0600-1030! (in my experience) Nose to tail all the way - a normally 10 min journey took me 45! Then city parking is really expensive. My advice - get a place to live with good transport links and amenities. I live in Duncraig. angie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hodgie safc Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 Hi SJT I currently live in Mindarie (great suburb for children) I travel to Perth airport (Hazlemere) to work by car, the travel time going is around 40 minutes leaving around 5.30am, but coming back is a bit of a nightmare usually the travel time is over an hour. This is due to the the Mitchell Freeway being bumper to bumper when you hit Padbury area, however there is other routes you can take which will cut your travel time down, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraighttothePoint Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 No one has mentioned that the trains are really busy and that there has been lots in the paper about people having to wait for three or four trains to go by before they can actually get on http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/10493246/commuters-face-great-train-squeezeForceRecrawl/ - or that parking round the station is a nightmare if you are going to leave the car there, or that if you drive the rush out traffic can average 10mph for several miles both getting to work and coming from it, and that parking can cost $25 a day, or that Joondalup has had a 33% increase in violent crime (Check West Australian on line Feb 6th. http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/12815868/joondalup-a-violence-hotspot/ sorry but it's not all sunshine and roses. The people that cannot get onto the trains are further down the line and this problem is not an issue going from Joondalup to the city. It can be problem returning after work depending on when you leave the city. If you can stagger the leaving times away from peak times, or use the Esplanade station, then you increase the chances of getting onto the first train dramatically. This is the same for any major city in the world and is no different for folk living in Joondalup. Another benefit of Joondalup suburbs is depending on where you choose to live the walk to Currambine station is the same as going to Joondalup station. Car parking at any station in Perth is a nightmare because the city will not invest in multi story car parking nor can it afford to buy bigger parcels of land. Again not a Jonndalup issue. As for an increase in violent crime the bulk of these incidents are happening in the Joondalup centre, late at night and in or near the pubs. Assuming that the person who is asking these questions re the suburb is not an absolute pi##head who goes pubbing every night until the wee small hours then their chances of being involved in any nasties is remote. So it is all sunshine and roses. It just depends on if you believe the glass is half full or half empty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arwen Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 The people that cannot get onto the trains are further down the line and this problem is not an issue going from Joondalup to the city. It can be problem returning after work depending on when you leave the city. If you can stagger the leaving times away from peak times, or use the Esplanade station, then you increase the chances of getting onto the first train dramatically. This is the same for any major city in the world and is no different for folk living in Joondalup. Another benefit of Joondalup suburbs is depending on where you choose to live the walk to Currambine station is the same as going to Joondalup station. Car parking at any station in Perth is a nightmare because the city will not invest in multi story car parking nor can it afford to buy bigger parcels of land. Again not a Jonndalup issue. As for an increase in violent crime the bulk of these incidents are happening in the Joondalup centre, late at night and in or near the pubs. Assuming that the person who is asking these questions re the suburb is not an absolute pi##head who goes pubbing every night until the wee small hours then their chances of being involved in any nasties is remote. So it is all sunshine and roses. It just depends on if you believe the glass is half full or half empty. I would agree with that. My husband commuted from Joondalup into Perth for 6 years, always got a seat in the morning and once the Esplanade opened he pretty much always got a seat at night too. As for the trouble, some Aussie friends of mine are convinced the majority of trouble is caused by young british people. A friend of mine's son was glassed before Christmas at a pub in Woodvale, he was a bouncer there. He was trying to break up a fight and all the people involved were british. Sometimes I find it embarrassing to open my mouth in public for fear of being tarred with the same brush. Just my opinion of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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