Hi I don't recommend Pacific Pines at all. In fact, we can't wait to leave in a couple of weeks. There is major crime and problems with gangs at the moment & has been worsening for the last two years. For example, at the main park, yesterday at 11am on school holidays, there were two different people robbed violently with a knife. One man was stabbed, and the other (not stabbed) was a mother with her children. The park & skate park is well known in the area to have drug problems/problem teenage gangs. Fuel being stolen from cars left outside houses, etc. Houses look nice but I wouldn't recommend living here.
The other major crime / problems with gangs areas are Upper Coomera, Pimpama, Ormeau in the northern end. If you stay east of the M1, it is better for insurance purposes.
Mt Tamborine is really nice but quite a drive. Mt Nathan also is very nice, quicker to get to than Mt Tamborine. Maudsland & Guanaba are a couple of other options for acerage which are closer than Mt Tamborine and are very nice areas.
Good luck with your move!
Mrs Firefox
