After a very enjoyable ~5 years in Melbourne, wifey and I are looking to head back to Brisbane. We've lived in the city (Clayfield), the suburbs (Wavell Heights & North Lakes) and after spending 2 years in rainforest acreage (Mount Dandenong) we're looking for similar environments in Brisbane.

If Maleny wasn't an hour and a half away we'd probably go there but alas it's just too far. So we're narrowing our potential places to Mt Nebo, Mt Gorious and Samford Valley area -or- Kenmore Hills, Brookfield, Mount Crosby (in particular).

Does anyone live there, have family/friends there, etc that can give feedback on those places?

We're not too keen on building so it's probably a last resort choice. If we can get an established nice place that'd be great but we're also not put off by buying a shitter with a great piece of land and renovating it.

Are 1acre blocks rare because they are mostly bigger or smaller now?

northside :(

lots of nice acreage propperty on the southside, plus we dont have the smell issues that the northsiders have.

Samford can have some gems in there, don't discount it. However they can get some awesome storms if you like that sort of thing.

you just have breakins and theft issues

and shootings, suicide, riots, and hoons

the haters always wanna get ya

you just have breakins and theft issues

And race riots :p

Oh, and drive by shootings, dont forget that

Edit: Beaten by Whoop :p

do you need to be within a certain distance from anywhere? like cbd etc? personally i'd go with brookfield, moggil, anstead, pinjarra hills etc, but i like the west side.

^^^ Fan of traffic jams right there

Wifey will be in the city, I'll probably be working from home / flying down to Melbourne.. with a view to get clients in Brisbane but who knows where they'll be.

What's Mount Crosby like?

Edit: Pinjarra Hills postcode is 4069 .. I'M SOLD!

mt crosby is lovely, road is pretty good and traffic is usually fine, except during floods if you want to go to ipswich as a bridge goes under but there is another way round just takes longer.
it is now under brisbane instead of ipswich so has the cheaper rates.

hilly in parts some good sized properties in there. i was on the other side of the brisbane river in karalee on an acre, lovely and quiet hardly got an crows at all.

Just bought another acre in park ridge south it's quiet as well and close to my work at eight mile plains technology park.
plus i got a ripper deal on it so worth checking out greenbank for 2-8 acre properties and park ridge south for 1-2 acres

yeah moggill road sucks for those heading into the city (and then the western freeway and milton rd and coro drive too, haha) but i had in the back of my mind that ticman worked from home and it wouldn't be an issue. commuting at peak hour will be a pain in the neck from the west side, but if you don't have those issues, then that's where i'd prefer to be myself!

Ocean View is currently at the top of my list at the moment, unless I get posted in ACT...

have a couple of work friends who live at ocean view/mt mee. such a beatuiful place that. i dribble every time i go up there for coffee :/

it is totes you bro that smells

What about something like elimbah? Smash through on the express train to the city

Haha ok

Pppft Bray Park, Warner and Petrie bogans... It sounds as if you are after something around Bridgeman Downs if you want a block of land and be that close to the city???

You could drive to Petrie and train it into the city from there?

It's a fair lifestyle change all around.

Gumdale is awesome if you can afford it. Some of the closest acreage to the city.