The House

15kms from Perth CBD
8kms from Hillary’s boat harbour
Same distance fro Northern Beaches
20km from Perth International and Domestic Airport.
20-30 mins on train/ car to Perth CBD.
10min drive or 40min walk from Warwick Train Station, (this station only provides transport to other Perth suburbs).
8min walk to Coles Supermarket, Newsagents, Bakers, food take aways (Japanese, Chinese, Pizza, Kebabs).
30min walk to resturants (Italian, Thai, Fish and Chips).
10min walk to hotel/restaurant.
20min drive to Karrinyup Shopping Complex.

Home Features:

Type: House

Indoors: Airconditioning, Heating, Internet, Wifi, Computer, TV, Cable TV, DVD, Fans, Coffee machine, Microwave, Washing Machine, Security Screens

Outdoors: Garden Yard, Lock Up Garage

Accessibility: Wheelchair Access

The Location

The House

3 year old 3 bedroom 2 bathroom single story property, easily maintained, and can be locked up quickly and safely for travelling.
All bedrooms are large, with two bedrooms having king size beds, and the other having a queen size bed. The master bedroom having its own ensuite, whilst the other two share a bathroom.
Large double lockable garage.
Located in a group of three retired families that look after each others well being.
Modern kitchen and bathrooms with a small courtyard area for outside dining and entertaining.
Open plan living / dining area.
Has internet and WIFI facilities together with a VOIP landline.
House takes a man 12 minutes to clean, whereas it would take a woman 30 minutes to do it correctly.
Just a 8 or 20 minute walk to a choice of two small shopping centres which caters for most families requirements.

Greenwood is situated 18 kms North of Perths Central Business District, and 14kms from Joondalup town centre,having both a local bus and Train service to all Perth suburbs.

The Area:
Situated 8kms from Hillary’s boat / children’s beach and shopping complex. This complex is situated between some of Perths best beaches for swimming, snorkeling, fishing.
Boat charters for fishing and a ferry service to Perths famous Rottnest Island and its addictive selfie residents “the Quokka”.

Greenwood, together with the rest of Perth’s metropolitan area, has an extensive network of shared public walkways, that are designed for bike riding and walking. This is also true inside Greenwood, which allow you to take you to multiple pocket parks during moderate walks to transport hub, family restaurants and shops.

20kms from Perth Domestic and International airports (approx $50Aus taxi fare).

27kms (30min drive) from Western Australia’s oldest wine region, the Swan Valley, offering excellent wines and eating, that make it ideal for afternoon eating and relaxing with world renowned wines.

Has multiple “pocket Parks” suitable for all sports, recreation and dog walking.

Shopping and commercial

Greenwood has two small shopping areas (the nearest an 8 minute walk the other a 20 minute walk) both providing good family shopping requirements including small family restaurants (Italian, Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese, and Japanese) together with takeaway establishments, all with good reputations of high quality produce.
The shopping area with an 8 minute walk from the property offers small national supermarket, coffee shop, barber, newsagent, post office, ladies hair dresser, chemist and hotel (pub).
It also has a small commercial area on Canham Way providing commercial services this area hosts numerous businesses, butcher, tyre store, paints supplies, car hire, landscaping supply, martial arts, thrift shop, garden reticulation, hardware and others.

Sports
Penistone Reserve is a large reserve that caters for cricket, lacrosse, AFL AFL football and soccer. It is adjacent to the Greenwood Primary School.
Blackall Reserve. Adjacent to the former Greenwood Primary School site, is also a popular sporting area. Cricket is played on the concrete and astroturf pitch.
Other sports and leisure activities are carried out on the oval.
Warrigal Park, near Greenwood College just next to the schools soccer oval is a popular sporting area where Australian Rules Football is played.
Greenwood Park, just next to Greenwood Train Station off Wahroonga way is a large park that has a BMX track and a basketball hoop.
Oleaster Reserve, next to Blackall Drive has a good playground and a basketball hoop.

A 18hole municipal golf course is located on the other side of Wanneroo Road in Maragaroo, (20minute drive) which is open to the public throughout the year.

The Warwick Sporting complex provides Indoor Basketball courts, Hockey Pitches, Tennis Courts, and Lawn Bowls. The area has also several excellent short bush walk facilities (anything between 20 minutes and an hour walks).

There are two Horse racing courses in Perth (Ascot and Belmont) both have several major festivals throughout the year, and of course we have the famous Melbourne Cup on the first Tuesday of November every year, for those wishing to have a short break to the Melbourne Spring Festival.

Perth

Commonly known as both The remotest capital city in the world, and Australia’s best kept secret, I like to think of it as also the “Gateway to Australia” being the closest Australian major airport to Europe, Middle East, South East Asia, and South Africa.

Perth was first settled in the early to mid 1800’s so is relatively “new” compared to European Cities, however Our Indigenous population have lived here for the last 45,000 years, and both cultures have a lot to offer travellers from other shores.

With Non stop flights to London taking only 16 hours throughout the year, and non stop flights from Paris and Rome during the northern spring to Autumn seasons, brings Perth even closer to family reunions and celebrations.

Our nearest capital city is actually Jakarta in Indonesia, with Adelaide in South Australia being our nearest Australian Capital City (a mere 2-3 day drive away) on the other side of the famous Nullibour Desert.

Perth is located in the South West corner of Western Australia which is Australia’s largest state, being 11 times larger in area than the United Kingdom, and 5 times the size of France.

Perths remoteness has several advantages for its environment and population:

Environmentally we have less damage carried out to our Flora and Fauna due to our small population (3 million people Irving in a land area of 2.6 million square kilometres) as of 2024 official figures, with two million living in Perths metropolitan area.

Due to our remoteness, if we travel (and some of us don’t), we tend to travel for extended periods, to get value for our money. However unlike Europes individual Capital Cities, which are much closer to each other, we don’t take short breaks unless it’s within Western Australia, to some worlds most remotest places.

We are known to have a modern “Mediterranean” climate and diet, with some of the world’s finest produce, Fish, Meat, Vegetables, Indigenous herbs and cuisine.

Our local Indigenous population are part of the Noongar community which is made up of several “clans” providing rich art and cultural aspects.

Perth has a strong Penal Colony History together with periods of “Gold Rush” booms, It has become a hub for multinational resource companies.

Situated at the Northern end of the South West, Perths distance to the world known Margaret River wineries offers an excellent base to explore short 3-4 day breaks, to some of the tallest trees in the world (Pemberton area). There’s a fantastic 6-7 day walk along our coast on the cape to cape guided tours, together with a much longer walk on the “Bibleman track” which goes through some of of the worlds rarest flora and fauna.


Distances from Perth:

Exmouth (gateway to the Ningaloo Barrier Reef) 1250kms
Margaret River (wine and food experiences) 275kms
Esperance 714kms
Kalgoorlie 600kms
Kalbarri 570kms
Adelaide (31/2 hour flight time) 2,694kms road distance.
Darwin ( 31/2 hour flight time)
Broom ( 21/2 hour flight time)
Melbourne (31/2 hours flight time)
Sydney (4 hour flight time)
Brisbane (5 hour flight time)
Bali Indonesia (21/2 hour flight time).

Perths remoteness, ensures we have both good domestic and international flights, providing us with the ability to travel easily for business and recreation.

Bali, is a favourite culture break for us being only 2/12 hours away from the famous Indonesian island, for short 4-7 day breaks, with several cut price airlines offering their services.

The Swap

Where I want to holiday:
Somewhere that can offer me 2-3 bedrooms that can sleep 4-6 adults (no children or pets)
Location to be mid France ideally between Dijon and Lyon either within the cities or surrounding country towns.

Dates of travel either March-June or September - November.
Australia’s Spring is between the months of September and November, and our Autumn is between March - June.
Ideally simultaneous, I have a daughter who lives local and can provide help and assistance if required.
Length of stay minimum 2 months or longer.
Car Swap is negotiable and Children and Pets are welcome.

Location features

Services: Bakery, Convenience Store, Pharmacy, Supermarket, Gymnasium

Nearest large city: Perth (15kmskms)

Nearest airport: Perth International and Domestic Airport (20kms)