Bungarribee to the clinic on route 728
Bus route 728, Mount Druitt to Blacktown, stops on Steeltrap Drive in Bungarribee and on Bungarribee Road on its way to Blacktown Station. For rail, Doonside station is about 500 metres from the northern end of the suburb. It is on the T1 Western Line, and Blacktown is the next station towards the city. Once there, the walk to the clinic is about a kilometre. Driving, the clinic is about 5 km by road from the middle of Bungarribee. One direct route follows Doonside Road and then Bungarribee Road, and parking is available.
Bungarribee families and Saturday mornings
Bungarribee had 3,177 residents at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 33 compared with 39 for NSW. Couple families with children made up 76.6% of families, and 29.8% of residents were aged 0 to 14. With so many households built around children, times outside the school day matter. The clinic opens from 3pm to 7pm on weekdays and from 8am to 12pm on Saturday. The first visit takes about an hour, so a Saturday start can give you room to settle in without watching the clock.
Horse stud streets and an 1822 estate
Colonel John Campbell set up the Bungarribee estate in 1822 to breed horses for the East India Company. Streets such as Steeltrap Drive, Manto Street and Sir Hercules Parade are named after thoroughbreds bred at the stud. The homestead was demolished in the 1950s, and its archaeological site went on the NSW Heritage Register in 2000. Today the suburb contains Bungarribee Nature Reserve, and Sydney Zoo, opened in 2019, sits to the north-west. If you live off Steeltrap Drive, route 728 to Blacktown stops on that street.