Caroline Springs, Victoria
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| Caroline Springs Melbourne, Victoria |
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 Kororoit Creek at Caroline Springs |
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| Population: | 10,880 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3023 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 4.9 km² (1.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $292,250 [2] | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 25 km (16 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | Shire of Melton | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Keilor, Kororoit | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Gorton | ||||||||||||
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Caroline Springs is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Melton.
Located 22 kilometres west of Melbourne, Caroline Springs is a large residential suburb that was launched in 1999 by the Urban Land Corporation. Developed by Delfin, the suburb's popularity was spurred by an extensive advertising campaign promoting the lifestyle benefits of the area. Caroline Springs has now met its neighboring suburb, Taylors Hill to the north. The suburb also has a newly opened town square (commonly know as CS Square) in the north of the suburb including a moderately large shopping centre and a man-made lake, know as Lake Caroline. The suburb's population reached 10,000 in 2006, and expects to be home to more than 20,000 people by 2015. There is a $30 million dollar 5 star hotel expected to be built by 2009. The hotel will be placed on the edge of the Lake Caroline.
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[edit] Flora and Fauna
Kororoit Creek is located on the Northern border of the suburb. The creek has been home to healthy populations of native reptiles for thousands of years, including Tiger snake, Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard, Common snakeneck turtle and Eastern brown snake. Unfortunately due to development over the past 15 years, these species are now rarely seen in the area.
Due to development of large lakes and wetlands, species of frogs have reclaimed the area. The Common Eastern Froglet, Eastern Banjo Frog and even the now endangered Growling Grass Frog have been seen and heard in the new lakes, wetlands and in Kororoit Creek. Many species of birds are also returning to the creeks and lakes.
It is expected that the Kororoit Creek Trail will eventually be linked up to Caroline Springs providing cyclists with an off-road path all the way to Sunshine and onto the Melbourne CBD.
[edit] Congestion
The area currently suffers from congestion due to poor planning and little money spent on infrastructure by the developers.
Public Transport is rather poor with no train line to the area.
It is hoped the Deer Park Bypass will provide some relief in the not to distant future.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Caroline Springs (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
- ^ Caroline Springs, accessed 27 November 2006
[edit] External links
- Caroline Springs, Victoria is at coordinates Coordinates:
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