My neighbours warned me not to write about my suburb. They don’t want it ruined
Instead, they survived in squats, refuges and on the kindness of each other.Witnessing that changed me. These days, land in Anstead, like everywhere else, is not cheap.As the roads narrow, horse paddocks replace shopping centres, and eucalypts crowd the skyline. The city can feel a long way away.AdvertisementMornings begin with kookaburras instead of traffic.
- ▪Instead, they survived in squats, refuges and on the kindness of each other.Witnessing that changed me.
- ▪These days, land in Anstead, like everywhere else, is not cheap.As the roads narrow, horse paddocks replace shopping centres, and eucalypts crowd the skyline.
- ▪The city can feel a long way away.AdvertisementMornings begin with kookaburras instead of traffic.
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