A variety of houses and a little garden colour

There's not a lot apart from the beach and kangaroos in Woodgate Beach - unless you talk about houses!

From fishing shacks:


to established family holiday cottages:


to alternative, organic-looking houses:


to multi million dollar residences:


There are also houses straight from suburbia, but try as I might I couldn't get excited enough to take a photo of one LOL.

Gardens vary a lot as well. Most are pretty sparse - the kangaroos eat everything green and succulent so unless the house has a keen gardener in residence it can look a bit bare!

There is the occasional dot of garden colour as in this lovely red flower


And some of the larger trees have nice hanging fronds out of the reach of the munching kanagaroos!


Apart from residences, there is a
* bowls club (with restaurant)and community centre (including tennis courts);
* caravan park with an outdoor only coffee shop;
* small centre with a general store/takeaway, real estate agency, post office and dress store;
* (another) real estate agency;
* hairdresser;
* restaurant; and
* pub.

Mind you these are spread out over about 4km along the beachfront area so there is definitely not that built up feel!

There is a newer estate adjoining the established Woodgate Beach residential area with many new houses being built and near to this area is a small centre with a
* mini-mart;
* bakery;
* chemist;
* doctor's surgery; and
* yet another real estate agency.

I guess in areas that are popular with land and house sales as well as holiday rentals, real estate agencies are going to be the most common business to be found!

As you can see you can find the basics, but as it doesn't even warrant a school (children travel by bus to the nearby Goodwood School) it definitely is not a shopaholic's haven - but perhaps it's good for those who are recovering shopaholics with next to no temptation?