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                               CONTENTS

                               0 0 3   Introduction

                               0 0 4   Map of Suburb Location

                               0 0 5   Fast Facts

                               0 0 6   Werribee Virtues

                               0 0 7   Melbourne’s West is the Fastest
                                       Growing Region in Australia

                               0 1 6   Melbourne

                               0 1 7   Victoria

                               0 1 8   Mineral Energy

                               0 2 1   Local Industry

                               0 2 4   In The News

                               0 3 0   Projects

                               0 3 2   Shopping

                               0 3 3   Education

                               0 3 4   Map of Estate Location

                               0 3 5   Amenities Distances
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INTRODUCTION TO WERRIBEE
Werribee is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 32km
south-west of Melbourne’s Central Business District. Its local
government area is the City of Wyndham. At the 2011 Census,
Werribee had a population of 37,737.
Werribee is situated on the Werribee River, approximately
halfway between Melbourne and Geelong, on the Princes
Highway. It is the administrative centre of the City of Wyndham
Local Government Area and is the City’s most populous
centre. Werribee is considered part of the Greater Melbourne
metropolitan area and is included in the capital’s population
statistical division.
Since the 1990s the suburb has experienced rapid suburban
growth into surrounding greenfield land, and becoming a
commuter town in the Melbourne-Geelong growth corridor. Due
to this urban sprawl Wyndham and its suburbs have merged into
the Melbourne conurbation.
The suburb is best known for its major tourist attractions,
which include the former estate of wealthy pastoralist Thomas
Chirnside, known as Werribee Park and the Werribee Open
Range Zoo.
Werribee’s central business district is located along Watton
Street; the civic centre (council chambers) being just 500 metres
away also makes it the administrative centre of the City of
Wyndham. Werribee is surrounded by several mostly residential
suburbs: Wyndham Vale to the north-west, Hoppers Crossing
and Tarneit to the north, Truganina and Williams Landing to the
north-east, and Point Cook to the east. The market gardens and
well-known tourist precinct are found in Werribee South, on the
other side of the Maltby Bypass.
The area’s major regional shopping centre, the Werribee Plaza,
is actually located just across the suburb boundary in Hoppers
Crossing.
Werribee’s town centre and its Civic Centre (council offices)
are located adjacent to the Princes Highway, known locally as
Synnot Street. Major local arterial roads Derrimut Road and Old
Geelong Road (as an extension of Morris Road) connect the
highway to the City of Wyndham’s north, as does Cherry Street.
Ballan Road is the major arterial to Wyndham’s north-west.
The CBD also links with the Princes Freeway via Duncans
Road to the south-east, and via Geelong road (the
continuation of the Princes Highway) to the south west. The
Princes Freeway circumvents the township via a section
known as the Maltby Bypass.

Source: wikipedia.com
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 FAST FACTS

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WERRIBEE VIRTUES CONSIDERED
SIGNIFICANT BY EXPERTS IN
PROPERTY INVESTMENT:
1. RIPPLE EFFECT
Property booms often begin with the inner-­city suburbs. As prices
rise, they become unaffordable for many buyers - who seek less
expensive property nearby. The growth, therefore, ripples out -
and continues to do so until it reaches the outskirts of the city.

2. TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
A direct route to the city is considered a valuable asset when it
comes to infrastructure.

3. LOCATION, LOCATION
Being close to the Heart of Melbourne means that residents can
enjoy the short commute to work or a night out.

4. ACCESS
Werribee has direct access to Melbourne CBD and the airport via
the Princes Highway and the Westgate Freeway.

5. POPULATION GROWTH
Werribee experienced a 25.32 population growth in the last 5 years.
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Figures suggest
                              MELBOURNE’S WEST IS THE
                              FASTEST GROWING REGION IN
Melbourne’s west will         AUSTRALIA
                              The rapid growth of Melbourne’s west is part of the rebalancing
                              of Melbourne. After a history of strong growth to the east, south
maintain its rapid            and north, Melbourne is now reorienting towards the west.
                              Werribee is at the centre of this swift expansion to the ‘New
                              West.’

growth for at least the       Designated growth areas in Melbourne’s west provide for a
                              minimum of 30-40 years of intense development, so it’s time to
                              look west and be part of the fastest growing region in Australia.

next decade, creating         *Bernard Salt, demographer and author, KPMG.
                              Source: The Age, April 19 2011.

tremendous business,

commercial and

professional opportunities*

                                     East Werribee

Werribee City Centre

                                                   View of Werribee looking towards the Melbourne CBD.
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CAPITAL OF MELBOURNE’S
NEW WEST
The Werribee City Centre and East Werribee serve a large
and growing catchment. With Principal Activity Centre and
National Employment Cluster status, Werribee is of high
importance to Melbourne’s west. Few other centres of
similar scale and characteristics exist with opportunities to
equal Werribee’s.
Not only does Werribee have the capacity for enormous and
sustained growth, Wyndham City and the Victorian State
Government are both committed to support this growth.
The precinct structure plans for the Werribee City Centre
and East Werribee provide the framework for business
and mixeduse city development. This prospectus outlines
Werribee’s major strengths and locational advantages.
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                                 GROWTH CAPITAL
                                 Wyndham is one of the fastest growing municipalities in Australia.
                                 Projections estimate that over 330,000 people will be living in
                                 Wyndham by 2031, while Melbourne’s western region will grow to
                                 the size of Greater Adelaide, with over 1.1 million people.
                                 This substantial increase is occurring through the birth of around
                                 75 babies each week and an average of 35 residents moving into
                                 Wyndham every day. In 2011-2012, over 12,700 people moved
                                 into the municipality, a population increase equivalent in size to the
                                 Victorian town of Benalla. These record-breaking statistics create
                                 extraordinary possibilities for employment related development and
                                 business growth.

                                 FUTURE POPULATION IN WYNDHAM CITY

                                 Wyndham’s population growth record is creating new trends
                                 by attracting people from everywhere, not just traditional home
                                 seekers who already live in the area. State-wide migration to
                                 the municipality, coupled with large numbers of new residents
                                 moving from interstate and overseas, points to the importance
                                 of Wyndham to Melbourne’s expansion, and its appeal to many
                                 different people. The major benefit of this migration pattern is
                                 the creation of a diverse resident population and multi-skilled
                                 workforce in Wyndham, which can offer both the flexibility and
                                 the numbers to service a range of businesses and industries. As
                                 the primary national employment cluster in the new west region,
                                 Werribee businesses stand to benefit from the varied skills,
                                 assets and interests of its resident population.

Wyndham Park Pedestrian Bridge
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                   ATTRACTION CAPITAL
                   Wyndham’s population growth record is creating new trends
                   by attracting people from everywhere, not just traditional home
                   seekers who already live in the area. State-wide migration to
                   the municipality, coupled with large numbers of new residents
                   moving from interstate and overseas, points to the importance
Wyndham is         of Wyndham to Melbourne’s expansion, and its appeal to many
                   different people.
                   The major benefit of this migration pattern is the creation of

attracting new
                   a diverse resident population and multi-skilled workforce in
                   Wyndham, which can offer both the flexibility and the numbers
                   to service a range of businesses and industries. As the primary
                   national employment cluster in the new west region, Werribee
                   businesses stand to benefit from the varied skills, assets and
residents from     interests of its resident population.

across Melbourne

                   Melbourne
                     CBD

     City of
    Wyndham

                                                      Source: Metropolitan Planning Authority.
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The ingredients for
                           OPPORTUNITY CAPITAL
growth are terrific in     Population growth is a major foundation of business growth
                           and higher density development in Wyndham. It is leading to an
                           increasingly diverse resident workforce, customer base and local
                           employment opportunities.

Werribee; a population     Some key opportunities for businesses include:
                             nn A
                                 doubling of Wyndham’s working population over the
                                last ten years with a predominantly young, skilled and
                                educated resident workforce. Census figures show
of 200,000, 30kms from          residents with degrees and professional occupations
                                represent 17.3% of Wyndham’s workforce - the largest
                                emerging group recorded between 2006-2011.

the CBD, two airports,
                             nn Increasing demand for local employment from residents
                                 and businesses. Over 40% of Wyndham residents are
                                 employed in professional, scientific and technical services
                                 and over 60% in financial and insurance services. More
                                 than 50% of these commute to the Melbourne CBD for
metro and regional rail,         work, indicating an opportunity gap for local businesses.
                             nn G
                                 reater demand for local goods and services generated by
                                Wyndham’s large and rapidly growing customer base. $2.5

diverse attractions...*
                                billion per year is lost in escape expenditure from Wyndham.
                           * Scott Vickers-Willis, Executive Director, Techne Pty Ltd Project Developers
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Werribee is centrally
                         ACCESS CAPITAL
positioned with access   Werribee is connected to the Central Business Districts
                         of Geelong and Melbourne by freeway and rail,
                         providing direct access to two of Victoria’s largest cities
                         within 30 minutes.
to Victoria’s major      Just 20 minutes from Avalon International Airport
                         and 30 minutes from Melbourne International Airport,
                         Werribee has the benefit of being within close reach of

cities and transport
                         the Port of Melbourne and other major transport and
                         logistics hubs.
                         Major commercial hubs and lifestyle centres are within
                         20-40 minutes of the Werribee City Centre.

corridors                New transport infrastructure projects will further
                         strengthen Werribee’s accessibility. These include:
                           nn R
                               egional Rail Link
                              a $4.8 billion project opening in 2015
                           nn S
                               neydes Road freeway interchange
                              a $40 million project opening in 2016
                           nn E
                               ast Werribee Stage 1 road works
                              a $27 million project opening in 2016
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                                                 BUSINESS CAPITAL
Quest Serviced Apartments Werribee
                                                 Population growth is expanding demand for goods and services.
                                                 In Wyndham, employment in high-end service sectors is currently
                                                 increasing at two to three times the state and national average,
                                                 with Werribee providing a focal point for these services in the
                                                 region. The number of people employed by Wyndham businesses
                                                 grew by 28% between 2006-2011, with particularly strong growth
                                                 occurring in:
                                                   nn Health services (53.7%)
                                                   nn Professional, scientific and technical services (42.5%)
                                                   nn Education services (40%)
                                                   nn Finance and insurance services (38.5%)
                                                 These figures highlight the existing commercial strength of
                                                 Werribee, and point to a number of standout opportunities for
                                                 businesses including:
                                                   nn A
                                                       forecast increase in Wyndham’s economic output by
                                                      almost $5 billion from the development of East Werribee
                                                      alone and more than doubling the number of jobs available
                                                      in Wyndham.
                                                   nn T
                                                       he opportunity to capitalise on over 1 million visitors per
                                                      year to Werribee’s Tourism precinct, a premier Victorian
                                                      tourist attraction.

dells Patisserie Werribee

                                             Aegis employs 60,000 people in

                                     13 countries servicing 300 iconic clients.

                                              Werribee’s large talent pool and

                                                vibrant location enables us to

                                        operate a highly skilled and engaged

                                                     office of 200 professionals*

Tonia T Boutique Werribee                                                *Andrew Hume, CEO, AEGIS Services Australia Pty Ltd
Melbourne Clinical School, The University
of Notre Dame
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                                                    UNIVERSITY CAPITAL
                                                    A number of leading educational institutions have recently been
                                                    established in Werribee in response to the region’s growth, while
                                                    others have had a long-term presence in the area.
                                                    They cover many sectors of learning such as vocational
                                                    education and training organisations and range from primary to
                                                    tertiary institutions.
Wyndham Health Inter-Professional Clinic,
Victoria University                                 Leading tertiary education providers include:
                                                      nn T
                                                          he University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Veterinary Science
                                                         - first veterinary school to be established in Australia, with
                                                         large-scale expansion planned for the campus
                                                      nn V
                                                          ictoria University - recently added to their extensive
                                                         Werribee campus a new $14.8 million Wyndham Health
                                                         Inter-Professional Clinic, the first of its kind in Australia
                                                      nn T
                                                          he University of Notre Dame - constructed the $12 million
                                                         Melbourne Clinical School in Werribee in 2010, educating
                                                         and training third and fourth-year medical students
                                                      nn D
                                                          eakin University and The Gordon Institute of TAFE -
                                                         recently established the Werribee Learning Centre with
                                                         clear plans for growth
                                                      nn N
                                                          ational Centre for Dairy Education Australia - major
                                                         provider of dairy technology education in Australia.

    Werribee is home to                             Vocational education and training organisations include:
                                                      nn W
                                                          erribee Community and Education Centre, the Malka
                                                         Group and Ashley Institute

    a number of leading                               nn L
                                                          eading training and employment organisations -
                                                         MatchWorks, WISE, CVGT and AMES.
                                                    Werribee also offers elite secondary school education, most

    educational institutions
                                                    notably at Suzanne Cory High School, one of only four selective
                                                    entry state schools for academically elite students in Victoria.

    from all sectors

Building 6, Werribee campus, Victoria University.
Source: Trevor Mein
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                                 LIFESTYLE CAPITAL
                                 In and around Werribee, you will find culinary and cultural
Werribee South Foreshore         offerings that enhance the lifestyle of both residents and visitors.
                                 Specialist stores and award winning restaurants complement our
                                 performing arts centre, art gallery and library.
                                 An array of sporting facilities, recreational spaces and shared
                                 trails add even more to Werribee’s complete lifestyle offering.
                                 Located on the picturesque banks of the Werribee River and
                                 surrounding parkland, the Werribee City Centre immediately
                                 stands apart. Public meeting places, bridges, riverbank
                                 promenades and other recreational attractions enhance this
                                 beautiful setting. East Werribee will be similarly transformed into
                                 a lifestyle capital with lakes, waterways and open spaces being
                                 strong features of the precinct structure plan.
Shadowfax Winery                 Further along the Werribee River is the Werribee Park Tourism
                                 Precinct. This mecca for tourists is home to the Werribee
                                 Open Range Zoo, Werribee Mansion, Mansion Hotel and
                                 Spa, Shadowfax Winery, Victoria State Rose Garden, National
                                 Equestrian Centre and the Werribee Park Golf Course.
                                 At the mouth of the Werribee River is the Werribee South
                                 Foreshore, which provides spectacular views across Port Phillip
                                 Bay and is home to the iconic Wyndham Harbour development.
                                 The Werribee South market garden region, recognised as the
                                 broad leaf vegetable capital of Australia, fringes the foreshore.
                                 These high-quality facilities, bountiful natural attributes and
                                 world-class attractions provide an ideal gateway to Geelong
                                 and the Great Ocean Road, and firmly position Werribee as the
Watton Street Werribee           Lifestyle Capital of Melbourne’s New West.

                                                                   Werribee offers

Wyndham Park Pedestrian Bridge
                                                               a unique lifestyle

                                                  combining the best of

                                               city, coast and country

Point Cooke Marine Sanctuary
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                        MELBOURNE
                        The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater
                        metropolitan area. The metropolis is located on Port Phillip, a
                        large natural bay, with the city centre positioned on the estuary
                        of the Yarra River at the northernmost point of the bay.
                        Melbourne has been placed alongside New York and Berlin as
                        one of the world’s great street art meccas, and its extensive
                        street art-laden laneways, alleys and arcades were voted by

Melbourne has been      Lonely Planet readers as Australia’s top cultural attraction.
                        Melbourne is an international cultural centre, with cultural
                        endeavours spanning major events and festivals, drama,
                        musicals, comedy, music, art, architecture, literature, film

placed alongside        and television.
                        The city celebrates a wide variety of annual cultural events and
                        festivals of all types, including Australia’s largest free community
                        festiva-Moomba, the Melbourne International Arts Festival,
New York and Berlin     Melbourne International Film Festival, Melbourne International
                        Comedy Festival and the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
                        The city is home to three major annual international sporting

as one of the world’s
                        events: the Australian Open; the Melbourne Cup; and the
                        Australian Grand Prix. Melbourne was proclaimed the “World’s
                        Ultimate Sports City”, in 2008, for the second time. The city is
                        home to the National Sports Museum, which is located in the
                        Olympic Stand.
great street art        The CBD and surrounds also contain many significant historic
                        buildings such as the Royal Exhibition Building, the Melbourne
                        Town Hall and Parliament House.

meccas                  Melbourne is often referred to as Australia’s garden city. There is
                        an abundance of parks and gardens in Melbourne, many close to
                        the CBD with a variety of common and rare plant species amid
                        landscaped vistas, pedestrian pathways and tree-lined avenues.
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                        VICTORIA
                        1. The Port of Melbourne is one of the world’s largest and
                            busiest container port, located on the edge of the CBD. It
                            handles nearly 40% of Australia’s container trade - about
                            3,500 ships and 2.14 million containers each year, and $90
                            million in exports each day. That’s more than Adelaide,
                            Brisbane and Fremantle ports combined.
                        2. M
                            elbourne’s air and port capacity is well supported by

The Port of Melbourne      extensive road and rail networks, boosted by continuous
                           government investment. More than $5 billion of major road
                           projects are currently underway, including the Peninsula Link
                           project, the M80 Ring Road Upgrade and the M1 (Monash-

is one of the world’s
                           CityLink-West Gate) Upgrade.
                        3. M
                            elbourne is a highly competitive global business location in
                           terms of cost and availability of commercial property.
                        4. T
                            he $750m Sugarloaf Pipeline connecting Melbourne’s water
largest and busiest        supply with the Goulburn River System was officially launched
                           in February 2010. The Sugarloaf provides the biggest boost to
                           Melbourne’s water supply since 1984.

container ports
                        5. O
                            ver the past decade, Government investment in infrastructure
                           has quadrupled, with investment over 2008-2009 estimated at
                           $4 billion.
                        6. T
                            he freight and logistics industry is of critical importance to
                           Victoria. It directly adds around $25 billion annually to the
                           economy, employing more than 100,000 people.
                        7. B
                            y the time it’s completed in 2020, the Docklands precinct will
                           double the size of Melbourne’s CBD. The $12 billion project
                           has so far seen construction of apartments, a $360 million
                           technology park, and television and film studios. It is emerging
                           as an important financial services hub and the home of major
                           companies such as National Australia Bank and Lend Lease.
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VICTORIA MINERAL ENERGY
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                           VICTORIA MINERAL ENERGY
                           BROWN COAL
                           Victoria is a major contributor to the Australian energy
                           extraction and generation industry, which involves extracting
                           the raw materials for energy production, and turning them into
                           useable energy such as electricity, gas or other exportable
                           energy based commodities.
                           All of the brown coal extracted in Australia comes from Victoria,
                           and almost all of it is used for domestic power generation at
                           present. Victoria is also Australia’s second largest producer of
                           gas and oil, which includes crude oil, natural gas and liquefied
                           petroleum gas. The state accounts for around 18 percent of
                           Australia’s production. Although oil production is declining,
                           natural gas production is growing strongly.
                           Around one quarter of Australia’s electricity is generated in
                           Victoria, with much of Victoria’s energy generation occurring
                           in the Latrobe Valley, east of Melbourne. Brown coal is
                           the state’s major source of electricity generation, although
                           significant progress is being made in the area of sustainable
                           energy generation through wind farms, solar generation and
                           tidal systems.
                           In 2009/10, brown coal production, predominantly from the
                           Latrobe Valley for electricity generation, reached 68.7 million
                           tonnes. The number of people employed in Victoria in the oil and
                           gas extraction industry was estimated to be around 1500.
                           Each year gas produced offshore in Victoria is worth about $1.5
                           billion, and crude oil production is valued at over $2 billion.

Each year gas produced

offshore in Victoria is

worth about $1.5 billion
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                         VICTORIA MINERAL ENERGY
                         COAL FUELED GENERATORS
                         Most of electricity in Victoria is generated by burning brown
                         coal in thermal power stations in the Latrobe Valley. The major
                         electricity consumers in Victoria are the aluminium smelters at
                         Portland and Point Henry in Geelong.

                         SOLAR
                         Small-scale personal, commercial and community roof-mounted
                         systems are becoming more prevalent, and a large-scale solar
                         energy project located in Mildura is under construction.
                         The Mildura Solar Concentrator Power Station is a proposed
                         photovoltaic heliostat solar concentrator power station to be built
                         at Carwarp, near Mildura, Victoria, Australia.
                         The project was proposed by Solar Systems. The 154 MW (30.8
                         net), a $420 million, project will generate 270,000 MWh per year,
                         enough for more than 45,000 homes. It will reduce greenhouse
                         gas emissions by approximately 400,000 tonnes per year, and will
                         also aid in reducing salinity and create jobs during manufacture,
                         construction and operation.

                         WIND
                         There are eight operating wind farms with 428MW of
                         capacity. Several are under construction and will be
                         operational soon and several proposals are in planning
                         stages and are awaiting approval.
                         It was not until the early 2000’s that the commercial use of wind

Victoria produces 		     power for electricity commenced. Wind farms at Codrington,
                         Challicum Hills and Portland were all built by private companies
                         with State Government funding assistance.

almost 19.5% of 		       GAS
                         Approximately 1.5 million domestic customers in Victoria are
                         supplied with gas via over 25,000 kilometres of mains. Industrial
                         and commercial consumers account for nearly 50 per cent of gas

crude oil in Australia   sales. In the 2005/2006 fiscal year, the average gas production
                         in Victoria was over 700 million cubic feet (20,000,000 m3) per
                         day and represented 18% of the total national gas sales, with
                         demand growing at 2% a year.

                         OIL
                         Victoria produces almost 19.5% of crude oil in Australia.
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                     VICTORIAN ASIAN FOOD BOOM
                     According to Victorian Premier Denis Napthine, the growing
                     demand for high quality food and beverages in Asian markets
                     represents a significant opportunity for current and would-be
                     Victorian exporters.
                     In his speech at the 2013 Global Food Forum in Melbourne on 18
                     April, Premier Napthine called Victoria the “food bowl of Australia”,
                     highlighting that our state currently produces 29 per cent of total
                     national agricultural output and 32 per cent of all sales income
                     generated by food product manufacturers. Eight out of the top 10
                     countries that Victoria is exporting to are in Asia, with China leading
                     the way.
                     The Asian demand for quality Australian food and beverages
                     - particularly meat, dairy and wine - is at an all-time high. The
                     Asian population is also growing at an exponential rate. By 2050,
                     60 per cent of the world’s demand for agrifood will come from
                     Asia and China alone will be responsible for 43 per cent of the
                     global growth in food consumption.
                     In his speech, Premier Napthine outlined how Victoria is strongly
                     placed to meet these growing demands. As well as producing
                     the lion’s share of Australia’s food, Premier Napthine also called
                     Victoria the nation’s “freight and logistics capital”. With the
                     State Government recently committing to expanding Victoria’s
                     export capability with a $110 million development of the Port
                     of Hastings, together with the current project expanding the
                     capacity of the Port of Melbourne, Victoria is poised to become
                     Australia’s trade gateway to the Asia Pacific.
                     Premier Napthine concluded his speech by saying “it is clear
                     that food exports will be the next engine room of growth for the
                     Victorian and Australian economy.”

                     FAST FACTS
Victoria produces     nn V
                           ictoria produces 86% (around $2 billion) of Australia’s
                          dairy exports.
                       nn V
                           ictoria produces 45% of Australia’s lamb and mutton

86% of Australia’s
                          close to 110,000 tonnes, worth $590 million.
                       nn O
                           verall, Victoria’s food export industry supports about
                          130,000 jobs, 5%per cent of which are in regional Victoria.
                       nn F
                           reight exports from Melbourne airport have now
dairy exports             overtaken those from Sydney for the first time
                       nn E
                           xports sent by air from Melbourne Airport rose
                          21%between 2008 and 2012. Last year 36% of all exports
                          sent by air from Australia came from Melbourne and that
                          figure continues to rise.
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WONTHAGGI DESALINATION
PLANT
Where the Bass Strait meets Victoria near Wonthaggi, construction
of the biggest desalination plant in Australia is well underway.
AquaSure, who won the 30-year contract with the Victorian
Government to deliver the Victorian Desalination Project,
appointed the Thiess Degrémont Joint Venture as its design and
construction contractor.
The joint venture partners combine the strength of one of
Australia’s largest and most trusted construction, mining and
services companies, Thiess, with the global knowledge of
Degrémont, a Suez Environment company, water treatment
specialist and a world leader in reverse-osmosis (RO) technology.
Degrémont currently has 260 projects all around the world.
The $3.5 billion Victorian Desalination Project will have an initial
production capacity of up to 150 billion litres of water a year (444
million litres per day). The project is effectively five major projects
in one: the desalination plant comprising 29 buildings; the marine
intake and outtake structures; the intake and outtake tunnels;
an 84km transfer pipeline to transport drinking water from the
desalination plant to Melbourne and regional water network; and
87km of underground 220 kV HVAC power cable to supply power
to the desalination plant. This is the longest underground HVAC
power cable in the world.
This project’s complexity and detailed scope included 45
road crossings, 21 waterway and one railway crossing for the
pipeline and power construction, one of the biggest green
roof installations in the world and one of the largest ecological
restoration projects ever undertaken in Victoria.
The driver for constructing the greenest plant possible was the
location, which is within one of Victoria’s prime nature tourism
locations. The local economy is highly reliant on its tourist trade,
and Thiess Degrémont has proactively addressed concerns
about visual impact of the plant on the surrounding landscape
with an innovative architectural solution.
The desalination plant has been designed to be totally integrated
into the landscape. Despite being one of the biggest facilities of
its kind in the world, it will be barely visible from all public viewing
points. The roof of the biggest building on site, the 28,900 square
metre RO building, is a key aspect of the design. Its roof is made
up of 438 individual panels installed at 23 different angles to
mimic the undulating sand dunes in the surrounding environment.
The panels support a green roof, one of the biggest in the
southern hemisphere, which will help blend the plant into the
landscape. The green roof will feature around 100,000 plants of
25 different species of indigenous ground covers, tussocks and
low lying shrubs.
The buildings are also surrounded by constructed dunes,
designed to provide visual and acoustic protection to neighbours
nearby. The plant’s actual footprint is quite small, taking up just
38 hectares of the 263 hectare site.
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The remaining 225 hectares will become the focus of one of           Construction on the Victorian Desalination Project began in
the largest ecological restoration projects in Victoria’s history,   September 2009. In just over two years on site, the marine
complete with wetlands, coastal and swampy woodlands, and            and tunnelling works have been completed; construction on
new habitat for local fauna.                                         the desalination plant is well advanced and commissioning
                                                                     now in progress; laying and hydrotesting of the 84 km transfer
Other environmentally sustainable aspects to the project are
                                                                     pipeline is complete and laying and energisation of the 87km
its energy efficiency and power offset. The desalination plant
                                                                     underground power is complete.
and transfer pipeline’s operating power requirements will be
100% offset by renewable energy, ensuring the same amount            Almost 6,000 people have worked on the desalination plant site
of renewable energy is fed back into the grid.                       to date, with thousands more indirectly
A number of innovative systems have been introduced to               employed by companies supplying to the project. The project
minimize power consumption within the plant including world-         has also generated opportunities for almost 90 apprentices and
leading energy recovery and re-use devices that significantly        trainees to date.
reduce power consumption in the RO process.
                                                                     Weather has presented the most significant challenge for the
The plant’s compact, modular design reduces pipe work and            construction team. While the project was conceived as an
eliminates inefficient energy use, and further energy is saved by    emergency response to the worst drought in Victoria’s history,
constructing the plant a low level relative to sea level, reducing   what no-one could have predicted is that it would end up
the amount of energy needed to lift seawater into the plant. The     being constructed through the wettest summer in Victoria’s
use of variable speed drives, high efficiency motors and low         history. Despite this, more than 14.5 million man hours have
energy use membranes have also all been adopted.                     been worked to date to bring construction of the project to
                                                                     87% completion.
The plant is being built in three parallel 50GL modules, all
with identical and replicated technology and equipment. Each         First water for commissioning is expected to be produced
module has its own dual media pre-treatment, pumps, motors,          from the plant around the middle of 2012. Once the design
instrumentation, sub power supply, cartridge filters, dual pass      and construction of the project is complete, the plant will be
reverse osmosis membrane racks and energy recovery. Online,          operated and maintained by Degrémont Thiess Services for the
real time instrumentation monitors water quality at seven            next 27 years.
delivery points along the 84km transfer pipeline to ensure water
quality standards are met.
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Growth hub approved for Melbourne
BY JENNIFER DUKE - TUESDAY, 08 OCTOBER 2013

One of the newest employment and investment hubs in
Melbourne, to be located at Werribee, has been given approval
by premier Denis Napthine, minister for planning Matthew Guy
and minister foir roads Terry Mulder.
Created in line with Plan Melbourne, the East Werribee Precinct
Structure Plan is set to bring in a project that creates more than
58,000 jobs and 7,000 properties.
“The East Werribee Employment Precinct is one of six suburban
National Employment Clusters outlined in Plan Melbourne. This
long-term Plan Melbourne strategy will provide a vision for the
development of greater Melbourne, with a key focus on these
major job centres spread around the city,” Napthine said.
“This precinct is the largest commercial precinct on government
owned land in Victoria’s history, with the extra benefits of
access to a major freeway and proximity to ports and two
airports. It will create jobs across a range of industries and
builds on the 2,000 existing jobs located at the site.”
The redevelopment of the hospital will be part of the overall
transformation, with work already being undertaken on
Weeribee Mercy Hospital.
Currently, plans for the 60-hectare waterway and lakes network
are underway.
“The precinct will also integrate mixed use employment clusters
with medium and high density housing,” said Guy.
Early works have also started around the transport
infrastructure, with tenders to be advertised tomorrow around
the construction of a full diamond freeway interchange at                   The East Werribee
Sneydes Road.

                                                                     Precinct Structure Plan is

                                                                       set to bring in a project

                                                                that creates more than 58,000

                                                                     jobs and 7,000 properties
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Six reasons to visit Werribee
RICHARD CORNISH - JANUARY 11, 2014

                                                                        American-built planes were essential in destroying Japanese
                                                                        infrastructure such as airfields and oil refineries in the Pacific
                                                                        and South-East Asia. There are just eight left in the world, and
                                                                        this is the only one in Australia. Come and meet the volunteers
                                                                        who proudly show you around the plane and the paraphernalia
                                                                        they have collected and curated.

                                                                        4. Cakes and pastries
                                                                        The husband and wife team behind Mondells Patisserie in
                                                                        Watton Street boast an impressive CV. Nigel Braithwaite was
                                                                        executive pastry chef of the Savoy Hotel in London for three
                                                                        years. His partner Katherine has previously worked with Iain
1. Out of Africa
                                                                        Hewitson at Tolarno. Together they have created a pastry
When a lion roars it makes you want to either run for your life or      heaven in Werribee, with mouth-watering gateaux, tarts,
stop dead in your tracks. The lions at the Werribee Open Range          brownies, slices and crumbles enjoyed in the cafe or boxed up
Zoo do their roaring at 5.45pm every day, when the gates are            to take home.
normally closed and the public on their way home. But over
summer, every Saturday the zoo will be open well into the night,
giving visitors a very different perspective of their hippos, rhinos,   5. World food
giraffes, zebras and lions, which are most active at dawn and
                                                                        One-third of the people of Werribee were born overseas,
dusk. To sweeten the deal the zoo is running an African cultural
                                                                        making the main drag of the town a veritable United Nations
program from the afternoon with drum workshops, traditional
                                                                        of restaurants. There’s Ghazal (187 Watton Street, 9742 4486,
children’s games, Ethiopian coffee ceremonies and African
                                                                        ghazal.net.au), which boasts status as Melbourne’s largest
bands. This offer costs no more than the normal entry fee and
                                                                        Indian buffet. For really good pasta dishes served on a few
you’re welcome to bring your picnic and BYO - babysat by staff
                                                                        tables in an Italian deli try Bruno’s Deli (25 Watton Street, 9741
as you wander the zoo or go on a bus safari.
                                                                        3280). Need a nourishing bowl of Vietnamese beef soup? Try
                                                                        Pho 128 (72 Watton Street, 8742 3128). There are also Thai,
                                                                        Greek and Pakistani restaurants all a short walk from Werribee
2. Werribee River Trail
                                                                        train station.
When Hume and Hovell first came across the Werribee River
in 1824 they named it the Arndell after Hovell’s father-in-
law. When surveyor John Hedge came through in 1835 he                   6. Werribee Mansion
called it the Peel, then changed his mind and called it Exe.
                                                                        Thomas Chirnside was a fiery Scot, originally from East
One of the local Wautharong Aboriginal blokes in the group
                                                                        Lothian, who loved to hunt but was adamant that Sunday
reminded him it already had a name - Weariby Yallock, which
                                                                        was the day of the Lord. He and his brother Andrew bought
meant Backbone Creek. From this came Werribee. It really is
                                                                        and sold almost a dozen properties in the colonies by the
a beautiful river, dotted with basalt fords and shaded by river
                                                                        time Thomas bought 32,000 hectares on the Werribee River
red gums that kingfishers and herons call home. The Werribee
                                                                        just before the gold rush. He then built bluestone Werribee
River Trail is a 4.6-kilometre shared path that runs from the
                                                                        Mansion, complete with 60 rooms, which was finished in 1877.
junction of Davis Creek and the Werribee River near Tarneit
                                                                        Life as a wealthy pastoralist was self-sufficient and you can
south to the Federation Trail.
                                                                        still walk through the orchards that were planted in the 19th
                                                                        century. The farm buildings tell a story of dairymaids and home
                                                                        slaughter of cattle and sheep to feed the Chirnside family and
3. Planes
                                                                        a workforce that numbered into the scores. Chirnside imported
During the Second World War there was an airfield on the                hares, foxes and deer for hunting - apparently one stag was
outskirts of Werribee built to house planes built by the                chased into the bay and swam ashore near Melbourne! Learn
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation. In an old hangar there is            all about the history of the mansion when you visit.
an almost fully restored B-24 Liberator heavy bomber. These
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What Melbourne’s Population Boom Means For Long-Term
Property Investment
MICHAEL YARDNEY - FRIDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2012

The Baillieu government in Victoria is drawing up plans for the         Melbourne will start to look like many other large international
future of Melbourne.                                                    cities with high-rise apartment building dotting the landscape.
And it’s got quite a task ahead, as Melbourne’s population is           What does this mean for property investors?
expected to increase by half again from the current 4.1 million.
                                                                        Melbourne’s strong population growth, together with the
This means an extra two million residents in less than 40 years.
                                                                        increasing affluence of its residents, coupled with the fact that
This influx is sobering when you consider the amount of                 many of them will want to live in the same suburbs close to
infrastructure required to support that many new inhabitants.           where all the action is, will ensure the value of well-located
                                                                        properties will keep increasing over the long term.
A planning report, Planning for Community Infrastructure in
Growth Areas, has revealed we’ll need eight new hospitals,              The trick will be to own the type of property that will be
67 secondary schools, 125 new maternal and child health                 in continuous strong demand by a large demographic of
centres and 222 kindergartens by 2050 to cater for Melbourne’s          these new residents, and for many, this is likely to be well-
booming population.                                                     located apartments.
Melbourne today
There are just over 4.1 million people living in Melbourne today,
and its population is projected to grow by about 65,000 new
residents each year over the next decade.
Currently there are 1.63 million private dwellings in Melbourne,
of which about 15% are apartments. Over 70% of Melburnians
own their own homes, with almost half of these owning their
homes outright (with no mortgage.)
While on average there are 2.6 people per dwelling, almost one-
quarter of the city’s residents live alone. In fact less than half of
Melbourne’s homes have children living in them.
What about the future?
These figures suggest we’re going to need around 760,000
new dwellings built in Melbourne in less than 40 years, of which
close to 250,000 could be apartments.
Our changing lifestyles mean more Victorians are going to trade
their quarter-acre block for a balcony and the percentage of
apartments in Melbourne is likely to grow closer to 30%. As a
point of comparison, currently 25% of all dwellings in Sydney
are apartments.
We already know that Melbourne has been voted as one of the
world’s most liveable cities, but in order to maintain this mantle
our federal and state governments as well as local councils will
have an important role to play by investing in key infrastructure
in a timely manner.
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Melbourne Urban Sprawl To Extend Into Six New Suburbs
Over Next 20 Years
BY LARRY SCHLESINGER - THURSDAY, 14 JUNE 2012

Melbourne’s urban growth boundary will extend outwards over            • 6,650 new homes for 18,500 new resident in Rockbank (in
the next 20 years to incorporate six new fringe suburbs and               Melton) over a longer 25 year time frame) along with the
provide new homes for up to 100,000 people.                               development of two state primary schools, a secondary
                                                                          school, three active recreation reserves, two local community
The plans, unveiled by Victorian Planning Minister Matthew
                                                                          facilities, higher order civic uses, passive recreation and linear
Guy, includes the development of six new metropolitan
                                                                          trail network, a major and local town centre and an important
suburbs at Diggers Rest, Lockerbie, Lockerbie North, Manor
                                                                          east-west arterial road.
Lakes, Merrifield West and Rockbank North and follow the
completion of the Logical Inclusions Review of Melbourne’s             Merrifield West residents travelling into the city will have to rely
Urban Growth Boundary (UGB).                                           on the Donnybrook V/Line rail station or drive seven kilometres to
                                                                       the Craigieburn rail station, while Rockbank North and Lockerbie
The new suburbs will expand Melbourne’s urban boundary to the
                                                                       residents will need to use already busy V/Line rail stations until the
North (Mitchell and Whittlesea), to the West (Hume, Melton and
                                                                       new train station proposed for Beveridge is completed.
Wyndham) and South East (Cardinia and Casey) by 6,000 hectares.
                                                                       There will be an expansion of the Melton V/Line rail station.
The 6,000-hectare expansion is significantly less than the
43,000-hectare expansion planned under by the previous                 Guy says the urban expansion plan will provide opportunities
Victorian government.                                                  for Melbourne’s economic and social future.
Plans for the new suburbs include the building of new train            “Housing, employment, infrastructure and all the other
station, town centres, open space and other key infrastructure         elements that make up our community need to be planned and
                                                                       implemented carefully,” he says
Over the next 20 years there will be:
                                                                       “The completion of this review will lead to urban growth
• 3,800 homes developed for 10,700 residents in Diggers Rest
                                                                       boundary modifications to ensure adequate long-term land
   in Melton as well as local town centre located, the extension
                                                                       supply and enable planning for population growth to be
   of Houdini Drive, a multi-purpose community centre and
                                                                       completed well ahead of time.”
   additional sportsgrounds.
                                                                       Many of these new outer suburbs are already the focus of new
• 10,500 new homes for 29,500 new residents in Lockerbie
                                                                       housing developments, with the March quarter Oliver Hume
   (incorporating parts of Hume, Mitchell and Whittlesea) as
                                                                       residential communities report noting that 10 new communities
   well as a new train station, a new north-south arterial road,
                                                                       comprising a total of 3,400 lots launched over the first three
   three state primary schools and a secondary school, four new
                                                                       months of the year.
   sports reserves and a new principal town centre next to the
   future train station.                                               Four of the 10 projects were located in Wyndham, three in
                                                                       Melton, two in Whittlesea and one in Hume.
• 4,600 new homes for 13,000 new residents in Lockerbie North
   (incorporating parts of Mitchell and Whittlesea) along with a new   The report says it would take 6.8 months to sell the current
   train station, a new north-south arterial road, two state primary   level of supply represents 6.8, exceeding the industry
   schools and a secondary school, two new sports reserves, a          benchmark of six months for the first time since the September
   transit oriented town centre next to the future train station.      quarter of 2006.
• 4,850 new homes for 13,500 new residents in Manor Lakes             All municipalities experienced a rise in supply with 20 months’
   (in Wyndham) along with two state primary schools, two large        worth of supply in Mitchell (Wallan-Beveridge) and also double-
   new recreation reserves, a local town centre and an important       digit level of supply in Melton. The City of Hume is now the
   new north-south arterial road.                                      tightest market, with only 4.2 months of supply.
• 7,000 new homes for 20,000 in Merrifield West (in Hume)             The report also notes declining land prices with average lot
   along with the development of two state primary schools,            prices having fallen $16,000 to a median of $210,000 from their
   football and soccer grounds, two local town centres and a           peak of $225,750 in the December quarter of 2010, a fall of
   number of local parks                                               7.5% over the 15 months.
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From WERRIBEE to Berwick: The 33 Melbourne suburbs with
affordable three-bedroom apartments
BY LARRY SCHLESINGER - FRIDAY, 18 JANUARY 2013

There are 33 suburbs in Melbourne – many of them on the            Also on the list are less fashionable, but well-located Sunshine
outskirts – where first-home buyers can purchase a three-          and Sunshine North, where ‘Kath & Kim’ obtained numerous
bedroom apartment and pay equal or less than the average           TAFE qualifications and where Tracey, daughter of the
estimated first-home buyer mortgage repayment in Victoria of       Kerrigans in The Castle obtained her hairdressing diploma.
$414 per week.
The suburbs can be found in an interactive heat map showing
                                                                   The full list starting from the cheapest is:
weekly mortgage repayment price bands across Melbourne
suburbs compiled by the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV)   Melton - $277 per week, median price of $210,000
as part of its new first-home buyer guide.                         Werribee - $312 per week, median price of $235,000
                                                                   Cranbourne - $324 per week, median price of $244,000
                                                                   Hoppers Crossing - $332 per week, median price of $250,000
                                                                   Pakenham - $332 per week, median price of $250,000
                                                                   Tarneit - $346 per week, median price of $260,000
                                                                   Frankston - $346 per week, median price of $260,000
                                                                   Sunshine - $350 per week, median price of $263,000
                                                                   Dandenong - $353 per week, median price of $265,000
                                                                   St Albans - $360 per week, median price of $270,000
                                                                   Noble Park - $366 per week, median price of $275,000
                                                                   Tullamarine - $373 per week, median price of $280,000
                                                                   Narre Warren - $373 per week, median price of $280,000
                                                                   Sunshine North - $377 per week, median price of $283,000
                                                                   Langwarrin- $380 per week, median price of $285,000
                                                                   Hadfield - $380 per week, median price of $285,000
                                                                   Doveton - $382 per week, median price of $286,250
                                                                   Somerville - $382 per week, median price of $286,500
                                                                   Dandenong North - $389 per week, median price of $291,700
                                                                   Mill Park - $392 per week, median price of $293,750
                                                                   Broadmeadows - $392 per week, median price of $293,750
                                                                   Epping - $393 per week, median price of $294,500
                                                                   Thomastown - $399 per week, median price of $299,000
                                                                   Seaford - $400 per week, median price of $299,500
                                                                   Lalor - $401 per week, median of $300,000
                                                                   Deer Park - $401 per week, median of $300,000
                                                                   Hallam - $403 per week, median price of $302,000
                                                                   Springvale - $406 per week, median price of $304,000
The $414 per week median mortgage repayment is based
on the average first-home buyer loan size of approximately         Craigieburn - $408 per week, median price of $305,000
$286,600, a standard variable interest rate of 6.4%, receipt of    Mernda - $408 per week, median price of $305,000
the $7,000 first-home owners’ grant, a loan term of 30 years,      South Morang- $412 per week, median price of $308,000
a 10% deposit, and benchmark lenders mortgage insurance            Sydenham - $412 per week, median price of $308,500
(LMI) and conveyance fees.
                                                                   Berwick - $414 per week, median price of $310,000
The list is dominated by suburbs further out of town, but does
include the middle Melbourne suburb of St Albans, which has        Source: REIV first-home buyer guide
a median three-bedroom unit price of $270,000 and average
weekly mortgage repayments of $360 per week.
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Melbourne Bursting at the Seams as Population Booms
BY TIM COLEBATCH - AUGUST 31, 2013

Melbourne’s population is swelling by 2 per cent
a year, adding more than 900,000 people since
this century began - and putting it on track to be
a city of 8 million people by 2050.
The Bureau of Statistics estimates that in mid-
2012, the city’s population was about to hit 4.25
million, after six boom years in which it grew by
almost half a million.
Recent bureau figures imply that Melbourne
today is home to 4.35 million people - and 27
per cent bigger than the city it was at the start
of 2000.
If growth continues at that rate, Melbourne’s
population would pass 5 million by 2025,
overtake Sydney by 2037, and reach 8 million
                                                                    In mid-2012, the bureau estimates, Victoria was home to 5.63
by 2049.
                                                                    million people, and Australia 22.71 million.
The booming population growth raises serious doubts about
                                                                    Melbourne had the largest growth of any Australian city over
the Napthine government’s plans to build only one major
                                                                    the five years, but Perth was growing fastest. Its population
infrastructure project at a time, and avoid new debt.
                                                                    shot up by 271,500 to be 1.9 million in mid-2012, and on track
With a rapidly growing population squeezing into road and           to pass 2 million late this year.
rail systems that are barely growing at all, this would intensify
the strain on the city’s infrastructure, leading to increased
congestion on the roads and overcrowding on trains.
Most of Melbourne’s growth is in the outer suburbs. The bureau
reports that South Morang had the biggest population growth
of any suburb in Australia, growing by 500 people a month over
the five years to 2012. Point Cook was second, Tarneit third
and WERRIBEE fourth.
The population of the city of Melbourne grew by 5138 in 2011-

                                                                                    Most of Melbourne’s
12 alone, and has more than doubled since New Year’s Day
2000 to 105,360. That included 23,867 people living in the city
centre itself, 13,505 in Southbank and 6640 in Docklands -
44,012 between them, compared with just 1796 in 1992.
But the bureau’s figures show populations are growing in
almost every suburb of Melbourne, and in most towns of any                                       growth is in the
size across Victoria. Ballarat had almost 100,000 people by
mid-2012, its growth rate matching Melbourne’s, with Bendigo

                                                                                                    outer suburbs
not far behind.
While people are drifting away from small towns and rural
areas, in most of Victoria, that is outweighed by those drifting
into towns such as Mildura, Warrnambool, Shepparton and
Wodonga. The exceptions are the eastern Mallee, the Wimmera
and the southern Grampians.
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MAJOR PROJECTS IN THE
WYNDHAM CITY COUNCIL
REGION
PRINCES FREEWAY INTERCHANGE AT EAST
WERRIBEE
A new full diamond interchange with the Princes Freeway is to
be constructed at Sneydes Road to provide a new gateway to
East Werribee. The interchange is part of a $72 million package
of works that will also include the upgrade of Sneydes Road and
key intersection upgrades along the Princes Highway. Click here
for further information.

VICTORIA UNIVERSITY’S INTER-
PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CLINIC
Victoria University’s new $14.8 million Inter-Professional Health
Clinic is the first of its kind in Australia with completion scheduled
for 2015. Further information on the Inter-Professional Health
Clinic can be found in the Spring edition of Werribee City Scene.

WERRIBEE MERCY HOSPITAL EXPANSION
Construction of a $28 million rehabilitation and geriatric facility
and a $34 million mental health facility is underway. These
facilities are the first stages of a masterplan that will see the
Werribee Mercy Hospital grow into the premier public hospital in
the region.

ST VINCENT’S PRIVATE HOSPITAL WERRIBEE
St Vincent’s Health Australia recently acquired 4 hectares of land
opposite the Werribee Mercy Public Hospital in Hoppers Lane
for the development of St Vincent’s Private Hospital Werribee.
Extensive consultation with the local community and medical
practitioners will now be undertaken.

MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY EXPANSION
Large scale expansion of Melbourne University’s Werribee
Veterinary School is planned including new facilities and a
doubling of student numbers.
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NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY CLINICAL SCHOOL
Notre Dame University’s $12 million Melbourne Clinical School
opened in 2010 to educate and train third and fourth year medical
students. The School is affiliated with Werribee Mercy Hospital
and Wyndham Private Medical Clinic.

WYNDHAM PRIVATE MEDICAL CENTRE
The $30 million Wyndham Private Medical Centre was recently
constructed adjacent to Werribee Mercy Hospital. This major
facility was purpose built to centralise some of Melbourne’s
premium health service providers across a broad range of
specialities.

DAIRY INNOVATION AUSTRALIA EXPANSION
Dairy Innovation Australia is the leading research and
development organisation for the Australian Dairy Industry.
In 2012 a $4.3 million facility expansion and upgrade was
completed to increase research capacity and consolidate
Werribee as the centre for its activities.

WEST WERRIBEE DUAL WATER SUPPLY
PROJECT
The West Werribee Dual Water Supply Project will deliver high
quality, Class A recycled water and drinking water to housing
estates in the Werribee area, as well as a number of open spaces
managed by Wyndham City Council.
The recycled water will come from Melbourne Water’s Western
Treatment Plant, where it will be further treated and sent
to homes and open spaces in the Werribee area through a
dedicated ‘purple pipe’ recycled water system.
Recycled water is not yet being supplied to properties using the
purple pipe system. Until the project is completed, houses within
the estates that have a purple pipe system have drinking water
supplied through both the drinking and recycled water pipes, so
it is important that all water use complies with water restrictions.
Recycled water will be delivered to properties in this area in
late 2014.
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WERRIBEE PLAZA
Werribee Plaza has been a favourite local meeting place for
almost 25 years and is a great part of the Wyndham community.
Werribee Plaza boasts a great mix of fashion, homewares and
convenient, everyday services and a comprehensive selection of
fresh food and also has a cinema complex.
Werribee Plaza has 220+ stores all on one level, and free
parking makes Werribee Plaza much more than an enjoyable
place to shop.
Werribee Plaza has now undergone several stages of renovations
and redevelopments since its opening. In 2009, the Victorian
state government announced $200M funding for the expansion
of Werribee plaza.
Stage 7 is set to contain at least a full-line relocated Myer
department store, a third discount department store (expected to
be Target), several new speciality stores, new food tenancies, an
entertainment precinct (including an expanded Village Cinemas),
a gymnasium, a relocated and streamlined bus interchange,
relocated library, bingo centre and tavern and at least 2000 new
parking spaces.

Some of the shops include:
  nn ANZ
  nn Big W
  nn Coles
  nn Kmart
  nn Myer
  nn Woolworths
  nn Best & Less
  nn JB Hi Fi
  nn KFC
  nn Subway
  nn Village Cinemas
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VICTORIA UNIVERSITY -
WERRIBEE CAMPUS
Located in the fastest growing area of Melbourne, our Werribee
Campus is a part of a modern technology precinct.
The Werribee Campus is divided by Hoppers Lane, forming east
and west areas. There are different facilities located at each
section of the campus.
The Werribee Campus is located in the Werribee agricultural
research/tertiary education precinct in two diagonally adjacent
sections spread over 16 hectares. It includes trades training,
facilities for water, food and fire safety research, and an animal
care and breeding facility.

The facilities at Werribee West include:
  nn M
      ajor innovative research centres for water, food and fire
     safety (part of the College of Engineering and Science)
  nn The Children’s Centre
  nn The Sport and Fitness Centre
  nn The Student Information Centre

The Werribee Campus delivers a range of local industry and
community based courses in:
  nn Business
  nn Community services
  nn Education
  nn Information technology
  nn Construction
  nn Engineering
  nn Biotechnology
  nn Chemistry
  nn Environmental management
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MAP OF ESTATE LOCATION
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AMENITIES DISTANCES

Distance from development to all major amenities

POST OFFICES                                              GROCERIES
Werribee Post Office - 1.5km                              Sims Supermarket - 1.2km
                                                          Tuckerbag Supermarkets - 1.4km
CHILD CARE
                                                          Coles Supermarket - 1.7km
Little Blossoms Child Care Centre - 3.1km
Quantin Binnah Child Care Centre - 3.6km                  ENTERTAINMENT
Woodville Park Kindergarten & Child Care Centre - 4.8km   The Park Hotel - 1.1km
                                                          Wyncity Bowl & Entertainment - 2.8km
FITNESS
                                                          Werribee Village Cinemas - 4.3km
The Pole Gym - 1.4km
                                                          Altona Basketball/Netball Stadium - 14.5km
Kelly Park - 1.4km
Werribee Park Golf Course - 6.6km                         BANKING
Fenix Fitness Clubs - 9.6km                               NAB - 1.2km
                                                          Westpac - 1.3km
MEDICAL
                                                          Bendigo Bank - 1.3km
Werribee Mercy Hospital - 4.3km
St Vincent’s Private Hospital - 4.3km                     SHOPPING
A Total Care Medical Centre - 12.7km                      Werribee Plaza - 4.3km
Altona Meadows Family Medical Clinic - 13.3km             Point Cook Town Centre - 9.5km

TRANSPORT                                                 SCHOOLS
Werribee Train Station - 1.2km                            Glen Devon Primary School - 400m
International Airport - 41.7km                            Galvin Park Secondary College - 1.4km
                                                          St Andrews Catholic Primary Werribee School - 1.8km
RESTAURANTS
                                                          Werribee Primary School - 2km
Duyen Duyen Vietnamese Chinese Restaurant - 1.5km
                                                          Corpus Christi Catholic Primary Werribee School - 2.3km
Jakkajan’s Thai Restaurant - 1.5km
                                                          Mackillop Catholic Regional Secondary College - 2.7km
Alankrita Restaurant - 7.5km
                                                          Manorvale Primary School - 2.8km
Slices Family Restaurant - 9.6km

COFFEE                                                    Victoria University-Tafe Division Werribee Campus - 5.3km
Coffee Pot Cafe - 1.4km                                   University Of Melbourne Werribee Campus - 4km
Domani Coffee Shop - 7.1km
Impressions Coffee Shop - 7.4km
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