8 LAUREN AND HER BOY LUCAS LIVE IN AN APARTMENT IN ROSEBERY Lauren and her husband live in an apartment block called The Gallery in Rosebery with their child Lucas. In the same building is a child care centre and a park is over the road but even more amenities are planned in the near future. “We love living here. There are so many good things going on in the area. We’ve got a new primary school being built, where Lucas will be the second kindergarten to go through. And just up the road he’s got the Gunyama Park which is a new aquatic centre and its going to have an indoor and an outdoor pool. I think they’re trying to make an urban beach, which will be pretty cool.” “We’re within ten minutes’ walk to Green Square Station, which is two stops to my work at Museum so it’s really convenient.” “If we wanted to live one stop away from Central Station, we had to live in an apartment and it’s been the best decision we’ve made.” “Some people don’t think that we should raise a child in a unit because we don’t have a garden, but look around here. We have a massive shared garden and we have a massive pool, again that I don’t have to look after.” “I’ve made friends in the block, especially through having the daycare downstairs. Lucas has made friends as well with children from other blocks so every Tuesday we alternate whose pool we swim in, which is really, really cool.” THE GALLERY BY MERITON Rosebery Moore Park Botany Newtown Sydney Airport Sydney CBD LAUREN’S WALKING TIME 3 4 6 Childcare Shared garden Local park across the road Bus stop Cafe & coffee New park about to be built mins 8 New Primary School mins mins 10 Green Square Station Gunyama Park and Aquatic Centre mins mins Rosebery Primary School