Lynbrook, Victoria
Lynbrook is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey.
Lynbrook is positioned on the South Gippsland Highway, slightly north-west of Cranbourne, and just south of the residential suburb of Hampton Park.
The suburb was developed by the VicUrban, a Victorian Government department, in the late 1990s. Lynbrook started off as a housing development, but grew over the next few years. Included in the suburb are Banjo Patterson Park with a large lake, wetlands area and sporting oval. A special feature of the VicUrban development is the stormwater catchment which flows into the lake and wetlands.
Local Features
Lynbrook Primary School opened in Jan-05 with an initial enrollment of 175 students, this is expected to grow to 800+ students by 2010. A site has been set aside for a Catholic primary school to be built in the future.
A maternal and child health centre is being constructed by the Casey Council and will open in early 2006.
Banjo Paterson Park is a large park that services the recreation mneeds of the residents of Lynbrook. The park has many paths for walking and cycling, a BBQ area, a large children's playground, open spaces and a football / cricket oval. The oval is home to the "lynbrook Lakers" cricket team which fielkds a number of adult and children's cricket teams in the local league.
A large shopping centre development site on the corner of Sth Gippsland Hwy and Casey Boulevard was purchased by Coles Myer Ltd who will build and operate the complex. Construction of the shopping centre is expected to be comple by mid 2006.
More details on Lynbrook can be found at the Lynbrook Residents Association
City of Casey All Melbourne suburbs | ||
Dandenong South | Hampton Park | Narre Warren |
Lyndhurst | Lynbrook | Narre Warren South |
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Lyndhurst | Cranbourne North | Cranbourne North |