"A great place to relax" Langwarrin by craic

Langwarrin Travel Guide: 9 reviews and 17 photos

Langwarrin is on the Mornington Peninsula about half an hour's drive from Melbourne. (According to daughter's bf but his half an hour may be someone else's 50 minutes.)
It's an area that is in transition.
The remnants of small farms with venerable verging on the tumbledown houses and outbuildings, swish new houses with everything that opens and shuts like tennis courts and dressage arenas, modest dwellings, enclaves of suburbia with attendant malls and takeaway shops, and a wide, state of the art highway in construction.
Many of the roads off this new homage to the car are gravel, with rabbits and hawks and snakes and ponies and sheep. If you listen carefully you can just hear the hum of the cars as they flash by to Cranbourne or Frankston.

There is the highway in the distance. A very short walk to the bus stop. But once on the property you are rural. Lovely.

There is room for an exercise track. The weather can be chancy, being Melbourne as it were. And the area is prone to high winds. Luckily this property (12 acres) has old established trees which break the force of it a bit, and they are also great for those stinking hot days. Plus they provide fuel for the wood heater.

Pros and Cons

Pros:You can still find a quiet enclave not far from conveniences.
Cons:The car rules.
In a nutshell:If you found the right spot it could be a nice place to live. For a little while.

Intro Updated Apr 4, 2008
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And then I went home ... Off The Beaten Path (8)

... and Bri was giving one of the young brats a bit of a tune up in the round yard - probably making liberal use of the... more travel advice

And a berry farm Off The Beaten Path (8)

The next day I strolled in and got a little punnet and strolled around picking the last of their raspberries. They sell... more travel advice

Run for it! Another walker! - Langwarrin

Another walker! Off The Beaten Path (8)

I saw another walker out on the highway and he saw me and dodged off across the road risking life and limb. He ran like... more travel advice

Then I found ... Off The Beaten Path (8)

... where the tarmac meets the gravel and the land of rabbits and hawks and snakes and dusty cars begins. Cars slow... more travel advice

Transportation (1)
There is a bus

Nightlife (1)
Agreeable pub

Travelogues (1)

Written Aug 17, 2009

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TheLongTone Aug 20, 2009 at 11:53 AM

What does 'jointed' mean? I can sort of guess,, I guess....is it good or bad? Mind you....you'd have to go back to do your research, wouldn't you.
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Manara Jun 23, 2009 at 10:12 AM

I agree about the berries. Most of the pleasure is in picking them.
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DAO Jun 22, 2009 at 3:15 PM

Great story, the pub looks agreeable though.
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saraheg77 Feb 9, 2009 at 11:10 AM

Poor little Molly! YEA raspberries! I didn't like blueberries til I had some from a little blueberry farm in Oz. I'm sure the raspberries were wonderful!
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hunterV Feb 8, 2009 at 5:53 AM

G'day, Jennifer! It looks like a nice refuge... It would be great to visit such rural places!
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vpas Jan 21, 2009 at 7:49 PM

nice pictures
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JLBG Sep 26, 2008 at 10:02 PM

I love gravel roads! A great page on an amazing place!
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daarth May 16, 2008 at 1:12 PM

Wonderful
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Dester May 3, 2008 at 8:44 PM

If that's not you on that pony yer daughter's thspittinimage ofya
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beret Apr 24, 2008 at 5:07 AM

kind of like where i live but sans bus stop. did you ride too? jump a four rail fence? show that kid how it's done?