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Footscray is a melting-pot of nationalities. For a long-time, it was a favourite home for Italian and Macedonian migrants but in recent years, has seen growing numbers of new settlers from Vietnam and Somalia. Each year, Footscray holds a Tet Lunar Year Festival covering live music, food stalls, fireworks and the mandatory dancing dragon.

The migrant influences are visible around the Footscray’s markets and shops. The Footscray Market next to Footscray station and Little Saigon are vibrant, colourful centres to purchase food and condiments of all kinds. This concentration of fresh food has also encouraged the establishment of many restaurants in the area.

For most of its history, Footscray has been a dormitory suburb for workers in surrounding manufacturing industries. Most factories have since closed. The affordability of housing in Footscray and its proximity to transport and facilities is also attracting first home buyers into the market. The median price of houses is $447,000 which is above the average for the area, and $275,000 for units. Another attraction of the suburb is Footscray Park which is the State’s second largest botanical park.

Footscray is well served by schools with four State primary and two private primary schools in the vicinity, two secondary colleges and two campuses of Victoria University. The Western General Hospital, a long-established teaching and research hospital, attends to acute medical and surgical procedures. It serves as a magnet to medical specialists and general practitioners who are based in Footscray.

Footscray is the home of the Western Bulldogs AFL football club. Whitten Oval, which is currently being redeveloped for wider community use, remains the Club’s training centre although Etihad Stadium at Docklands is now their home ground for matches. The Flemington Racecourse is nearby – easy walk to the Melbourne Cup!

The suburb is bounded by the city, Victoria Parade, Punt Road or Hoddle Street and Brunton Avenue in the South, and includes a special zone called Jolimont. Historical Parliament House and St. Patrick’s Cathedral are situated in the suburb. East Melbourne homes include some of the largest, oldest and most graceful Victorian home and terrace houses in the State. Property prices are constantly high due to the demand to live in this small 1.9 KM2 suburb – only 4330 residents – with its abundance of amenities and carefully preserved streetscapes. The median house price is around $1.2 million; units are typically about $425,000. The suburb has a larger proportion of residents in the 20 to 39 age bracket, most of whom are professionals who walk or tram to work.

Trams to the city run along Swan Street and Wellington Parade. Trains from nearby Richmond Station connect to the whole suburban rail network. Jolimont station also connects to the city and the Melbourne Underground Rail Loop. The suburb is endowed by excellent taxi coverage and north-south bus links.

East Melbourne is an important medical and hospital hub. The northern reaches include Freemasons Hospital and the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. St. Vincent’s Hospital and St. Vincent’s Private Hospital are just across Victoria Parade. This cluster of hospitals is surrounded by specialist consulting rooms.
Planned developments include the adoption of a bicycle strategy that will see bike lanes along Welling Street, more bike parking facilities and special traffic lights for cyclists.

Median house price is $795,000 and $623,000 for units (both well above the respective median prices and growth rates for the region). Adjacent suburbs include Ormond, Bentleigh, Murrumbeena and Brighton East.

The McKinnon railway station is at the heart of the very accessible suburb with regular services from Frankston to the city. Cars travel to Melbourne via Nepean highway or Dandenong Road taken about 30 minutes. A bus service runs between Oakleigh, Chadstone Shopping Centre and East Brighton.

The strip shopping centre at McKinnon has been in decline over the years due to the success of nearby Bentleigh Shopping centre and Southland Regional Shopping centre in Cheltenham. Local restaurants are beginning to emerge in McKinnon Road.

The well-regarded McKinnon Secondary College is located in McKinnon Road and runs courses for Years 7 through to Year 12.

While Census statistic say that residents of the area are older than average, the profile is changing as more young professionals succumb to its visual appeals and amenities.

Freeway access to the city and all eastern and southern suburbs is a few minutes away. Regular trams to the city originate at Balwyn Road. Burke Road, the main north-south road link, has a bus service running to Ivanhoe.

Local shopping at North Balwyn Village and Greythorn cater for basic needs. Step up to wider choices at Balwyn strip shopping centre in Whitehorse Road Balwyn or Westfield Doncaster Shoppingtown a convenient 5 km away.

Educational facilities in Balwyn North and surrounding suburbs reinforce demand for property. Many residents have moved from other suburbs to live within the residential zone for the highly-regarded Balwyn High School. Marcellin College is just over the Freeway in Bullen Road. Tram commuting opens up schools and colleges in Kew but for most, it is a daily school run for Mum. Three primary schools within the suburb add to the schooling options.

Balwyn North has plenty of parks, sports ovals and is endowed with the new Boroondara Sports Complex and adjacent Leisure Centre off Belmore Road plus the multi-court Boroondara Tennis Centre in Bulleen Road.

Balwyn’s median house prices fell 20% during the 2008 GFC but have since recovered 12% to $1.25 million. Units have similarly gyrated but with a current median price of about $460,000, have under-performed the overall Melbourne market. Professional people are overly represented resident category in Balwyn.

Located 12Km and 25 minutes from the city, access is via Hawthorn or Kew or Eastern Freeway, or by tram along Whitehorse Road. Camberwell and Canterbury stations are further south. The 15,300 residents live in a 5.6km2 area generally bounded by Belmore Road in the north, Burke Road in the west, a zigzag southern boundary touching Mont Albert Road, Northcote Avenue and Whitehorse Road, and East of Union Road. Neighbouring suburbs are Balwyn North, Canterbury, Camberwell, Surrey Hills, Mont Albert and Mont Albert North and Hawthorn East.

Top Balwyn attractions include good roads, good public transport, good shops, a local cinema, views, sporting grounds, parks and excellent schools nearby.

The major road arteries to Melbourne and cross-flow traffic move freely although trams add to the congestion on Whitehorse Road during peak hours. The Balwyn Shopping Centre in Whitehorse Road is a viable retail hub with enough diversity and competition to survive competition from Doncaster Shoppingtown 6km away and Camberwell Junction Shopping Centre.

Schools are a big attraction with many families moving into the area to be eligible for their children to attend their preferred schools – both private and State schools. Balwyn has two primary schools, a special primary school for disability students (Belmore School) and the premier Balwyn High School in Buchanan Avenue Balwyn North. Admission to Fintona Girls School in Balwyn Road and Camberwell Grammar School in Mont Albert Road is always in high demand.

Balwyn has some wonderful open spaces, parks and sports ovals. Maranoa Gardens in Beckett Park is a botanical showcase. The popular Balwyn Cinema in Whitehorse Road shows mainstream and art house films and has a retro entry and staircase to upper cinemas.

The Morning Peninsula is Victoria’s most accessible regional leisure and beach peninsula just 75 minutes by car from the city via Mornington Peninsula Freeway and Moorooduc Highway. Balnarring is located near Merricks at the junction of Frankston-Flinders Road and Balnarring Road and is midway between Hastings and Flinders (12km away). Dromana is 17 km away; Frankston is 30km.

The recently opened EastLink has greatly extended Balnarring’s accessibility and appeal to Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. A regular bus service between Frankston and Flinders stops at Balnarring.

Balnarring’s 2,400 permanent residents reside almost exclusively in houses spread across 100hectres of residential-zoned land – an average of just 24 persons per hectare. The median house price in Balnarring is $385,000 – on par with the region. Residents are typically families with school-age children making home loan repayments of between $700 and $800 a month.

Balnarring’s primary school is located in Civic Court behind the main Balnarring shopping centre at the six-way road junction at the centre of the town.

The Balnarring Picnic Racing Race Club holds six picnic race meetings a year at Emu Bay Racecourse. Races are held on the third Saturday of the month with the feature Balnarring Cup run on Australia Day. The racecourse is also the venue for the Emu Plains Market which is held during the summer months.

One popular attraction of Balnarring is the Balbirooroo Wetlands with boardwalks around its lagoon which is frequently ringed by Ibis. The wetlands are behind the school and shops.