Lynbrook, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Lynbrook
city = Melbourne
state = vic


caption =
lga = City of Casey
postcode = 3975
pop = 4,490 (2006) Census 2006 AUS
id=SSC21415
name = Lynbrook (State Suburb)
accessdate=2007-09-15
quick=on]
area =
est =
propval = $304,250 [ [http://www.domain.com.au/public/suburbprofile.aspx?suburb=Lynbrook&postcode=3975 Lynbrook] , accessed 27 November 2006]
stategov = Lyndhurst
fedgov = Holt
dist1 = 40
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 9
location2= Dandenong
near-nw =
near-n = Hampton Park
near-ne =
near-w = Lyndhurst
near-e = Cranbourne North
near-sw = Skye
near-s = Cranbourne West
near-se = Cranbourne

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, 40km south-east of Melbourne CBD, slightly north-west of Cranbourne, and just south of the residential suburb of Hampton Park.

The suburb was developed by VicUrban, starting in 1994. When completed in 2005, Lynbrook will have 1,750 households, approximately 5,200 residents and a total area of 1.85 square kilometres. A special feature of the VicUrban development is the stormwater catchment which flows into the lake and wetlands where it is purified before being released into Dandenong Creek and into Port Phillip Bay.

Prior to 1994, the area now occupied by Lynbrook was part of Lyndhurst.

Facilities

Lynbrook Primary School opened in January 2005 with an initial enrolment of 175 students. A site has been set aside for a Catholic primary school to be built in the future.

A maternal and child health centre was constructed by Casey Council and opened in early 2006. This centre also includes a pre-school kindergarten for the growing number of children in the area.

Banjo Paterson Park, a large recreation reserve, has many paths for walking and cycling, a barbecue area, a large children's playground, open spaces and a football / cricket oval. The oval is home to the "Lynbrook Lakers" cricket team which fields a number of adult and children's cricket teams in the local league.

On the corner of South Gippsland Highway and Lynbrook Boulevard is a large shopping centre complex owned and operated by Coles Myer since opening in March 2007. Lynbrook Village features a 3,700sqm Coles Supermarket and Liquor outlet along with 33 speciality stores, and a free standing Red Rooster.

The Lynbrook railway station on the Cranbourne line is to be built between 2011 and 2016. [http://www.doi.vic.gov.au/DOI/Internet/transport.nsf/AllDocs/7475D912FB2103D4CA25725F001109BD?OpenDocument#lynbrook Department of Infrastructure - New metropolitan railway stations] ]

Events

Carols by Candlelight is held every year in December, and includes a fireworks display. The carols scheduled for 17 December 2006, however, were cancelled due to lack of numbers to organise the event. The 2007 carols will not be running.

References

External links

* [http://www.vicurban.com/cs/Satellite?c=VPage&cid=1148271837194&pagename=VicUrban%2FLayout VicUrban project website]
* [http://www.lynbrook.org.au Lynbrook Residents Association]
* [http://www.cranbourneleader.com.au/article/2007/07/31/19355_csv_news.html Bid to Get Station on Track]