Caroline Springs, Victoria

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

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caption = Kororoit Creek at Caroline Springs
lga = Shire of Melton
postcode = 3023
motto = "See it for yourself, it really speaks for itself"
pop = 10,880 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC21147 | name = Caroline Springs (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on]
area = 4.9
est =
propval = $310,000 [ [http://www.domain.com.au/public/suburbprofile.aspx?suburb=Caroline%20Springs&postcode=3023 Caroline Springs] , accessed 12 July 2008]
stategov = Keilor, Kororoit
fedgov = Gorton
dist1 = 25
location1= Melbourne
near-nw =
near-n = Hillside
near-ne = Taylors Hill
near-w = Plumpton
near-e = Burnside
near-sw = Rockbank
near-s = Ravenhall
near-se = Burnside

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 [http://www.delfinlendlease.com.au/ 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 neighbouring 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, known as Lake Caroline. The suburb's population reached 10,000 in 2006, and expects to be home to more than 25,000 people by 2015. [ [http://www.delfinlendlease.com.au/llweb/dll/main.nsf/all/oc_vic_cs Delfin Lend Lease > Our Communities > Victoria > Caroline Springs ] ] 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.

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.

Transport

Caroline Springs has access to the public transport network via the bus network which links to Brighton Beach railway station via Route 216 [cite web
url=http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/route/view/733
title=Melbourne Bus Link - Route 216
publisher=Metlink Melbourne
accessdate=2008-07-12] , St Albans railway station via Route 418 [cite web
url=http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/route/view/795
title=Westrans (Sunshine) - Route 418
publisher=Metlink Melbourne
accessdate=2008-07-12] , Watergardens railway station via Route 460 [cite web
url=http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/route/view/1601
title=Melbourne Bus Link - Route 460
publisher=Metlink Melbourne
accessdate=2008-07-12] and Highpoint Shopping Centre via Route 215. [cite web
url=http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/route/view/732
title=Melbourne Bus Link - Route 215
publisher=Metlink Melbourne
accessdate=2008-07-12]

To the south of Caroline Springs the Deer Park Bypass is under development.

References

External links

* [http://www.csra.org.au Caroline Springs Residents Association]