Making Waves: Plumpton

So we've established your name isn't Dean, and it isn't Glen. But what if you're a little plump?

Plumpton

Landing just west of my previous suburb of Glendenning is Western Sydney's Plumpton. Per my day's exploration so far, I crossed into the suburb by car, entering through its southern border.

This placed me on an entirely uninteresting residential street.

It's not all red-brick suburbia though. Here I found an interesting Serbian church,

with some head-scratching graffiti on the security sign perched on the fence out the front.

Continuing past the church,

I pressed deeper into suburban Plumpton, finding a surprising patch of bushland,

a Polish sports club,

and more completely ordinary suburbia.

Continuing up the road took me to Plumpton Park, the suburb's local bit of greenery.

This is a surprisingly large, natural feeling park, with plenty of gum trees,

picnic tables,

and even a lake,

with plenty of local waterfowl to say hello to.

From here, there're also plenty of paths to go on an afternoon stroll. Not quite a bushwalk, but it beats walking through a Westfield.

This park is nestled in amongst Plumpton's suburbia.

Having glossed over it so far, I figured I should give it a shot before heading to the next suburb. My exploration was centred around this odd little sector of Plumpton which calls itself Sanctuary Park.

This nosebleedingly exciting place features modernish single storey brick houses,

and streets that are wavy for no reason.

Seriously, look at the map. What is going on here?

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With that out of the way, I left Sanctuary Park and Plumpton.

Plumpton: Pluses: Interesting Eastern European influence, waterbirds. Minuses: Wavy streets.