Why Point Cook?
Australia’s fastest growing suburb in 2007 (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
Only 20 km from Melbourne CBD Approx 15 min drive to Melbourne CBD (off peak)
Approx 5 min to beach (Port Philip Bay)
Walking distance to Sanctuary Lakes and it’s resort style Golf Course
Transport to all areas via Princess Highway
Newly opened $100M town centre featuring 25,000 sqm of retail space and 15,000 sqm of commercial and medium density residential space servicing more than 50,000 people in the local community
New $440M Wyndham Harbour waterfront development only 25 min from CBD including Ferry Transit Terminal to link the CBD and possibly other marinas located around Port Philip Bay (due for completion 2010 - 2011)
Point Cook residents now enjoy safer and quicker access to and from the city with the recent opening of the $28.6 million Palmers Road extension
Strong capital growth and rental demand
A fresh start by the bay
A of an excellent location. The only thing between it and the coast is the magnificent Point Cook Coastal Park and the plains and paddocks of Werribee South, an important food-growing area. Even here there is change, with the construction of Wyndham Harbour starting soon. As elsewhere in the new west, there is strong buyer interest here, with house prices ranging from $310,000 to about $1 million for the best properties at Sanctuary Lakes.
Estates such as Innisfail offer plenty of open public space, wetlands and walking tracks.
Point Cook is 20 minutes from Melbourne and close to the established retail, educational and sports facilities of Werribee and Hoppers Crossing. the existence of so much undeveloped land close to the city and Port Phillip has given Wyndham Council, developers, architects and the business community a rare opportunity to create a model living environment from scratch.
Apart from Point Cook Homestead, with its heritage-listed gardens and stables, few houses in this flourishing suburb are more than five years old, and most of the shops, schools, playgrounds and child-care and medical centres are brand new. Point Cook has the advantage
Point Cook Town Centre, corner Main and Murnong streets. This centre combines the convenience of a modern mall with the feel of a country town main street. And it’s walking distance from many estates.
Point Cook Homestead, Homestead Road. The original home of Thomas Chirnside of Werribee Mansion, whose pastoral empire once occupied much of the surrounding land. The bluestone house overlooking the bay dates the 1850s.
Point Cook Marine Sanctuary. This 290-hectare reserve shelters the unusually prolific array of sea life found on the intertidal reef. Dive down for an intimate encounter with the southern blennies, with their long-fringed tentacles, or watch the dolphins from the shore.
Werribee South Beach. A pleasant beach at the mouth of the Werribee River with views across the bay. There’s a walking track, a jetty, boat ramps, jet ski area, picnic facilities and playgrounds.
Wyndham Harbour. Stage 1 of this 1000-berth marina and residential community will start soon. It’s been designed as the world’s first carbon-neutral development, with solar panels in every home.
Saltwater Coast, Homestead Road. Land will shortly be re-leased in this estate next to the Point Cook Coastal Park and beach. Saltwater will feature an Environ-mental Interpretive Centre and 50 hectares of open space.
Cheetham Wetlands. The old salt-producing lagoons now provide habitat for thousands of birds. Some fly up to 19,000 kilometer to feed and roost here. You might spot a rare orange- bellied parrot from the splendid viewing tower.
Western Treatment Plant, New Farm Road. A fascinating place - not just because it treats 52% of Melbourne’s sewage, but because 270 species of birds visit the vast ponds - proof of the plant’s green credentials. And it’s surpris-ingly odour– free. Access on open days
Bayview Park, Alamanda Boulevard. A playground for would be pirates. The great wooden ship atop a man-made mound is the centerpiece of the drought-tolerant park. The ship and giant slide are for the kids, the panoramic views across the bay and the You Yangs for the adults.
Sanctuary Lakes Golf Club. A private club with a Greg Norman-designed course. Home of the Men’s Victorian PGA Champion-ship. Pleasant views over the course from the clubhouse.
Melbourne’s best kept secret is finally out One of the fastest growing suburbs in Australia - Point Cook is an active, vibrant community offer-ing families modern homes, an abundance of parks and walking trails and close proximity to public transport and other community facilities. Point Cook offers residents handy proximity to the City via the Westgate Freeway (approx 15 min drive off peak) and to most other regions of Melbourne. Residents also enjoy the benefits of living close to Port Philip Bay. The Sanctuary Lakes Resort with its lakes and Greg Norman designed golf course has provided Point Cook with a much higher profile in recent years. The new Point Cook Town Centre with two major supermarkets.
Recreaction The nearby Werribee Park Tourism Precinct and Point Cook Coastal Park provide cultural, sporting and outdoor activities. For bird and plane watchers, Spectacle and RAAF lakes are vantage points for watching waders or the vintage aircraft take off and land at the RAAF base.
Location
Point Cook is 20 kilometers from the city. The Hoppers Crossing, Aircraft and Laverton train stations are a few minutes away. Apart from the Point Cook and Sanctuary Lakes town centres, Werribee Plaza and the homemaker shopping strip on Heaths Road are nearby.
Education Local schools are attractive and modern, so Point Cook kids won’t have to endure shabby buildings or broken Concrete in the playground. The senior campus of Point Cook Secondary College and Emmanuel College opened this year and there are more new schools to come. Victoria Uni-versity’s Werribee campus abuts Point Cook. And Melbourne University’s veterinary teaching hospital and the Gordon Institute of Technology are handy.
Thorougbred Point Cook
The Point Cook Homestead housed the famous Chirnside stud, and the bluestone stables are fully restored. Newminister, winner of the first Caulfield Cup, was born here in 1973. When foal’s mother died shortly after his birth, he would have been put down but a servant intervened to rescue the future champion. The horse became so valuable that an armed guard slept in his stable.
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