Cranbourne

Cranbourne is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 43 km south-east of Melbourne’s central business district. Its local government area is the City of Casey. At the 2016 Census, Cranbourne had a population of 20,094 and the greater Cranbourne area 51,340. The ever expanding greater Cranbourne area consists of Cranbourne, Cranbourne North, Cranbourne East and Cranbourne West.

 

Places

In the south of Cranbourne is the Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne, and the Cranbourne Racecourse & Recreation Reserve. Cranbourne also contains the Cranbourne Golf Club, the Amstel Golf Club, the Ranfurlie Golf Club and an indoor swimming pool.

The Casey Complex was opened in December 1994 by the former City of Cranbourne. It is located off Berwick Cranbourne Road, and features a wide variety of community facilities, including The Shed (an indoor skating facility), the Cranbourne Indoor Sports Centre (basketball, netball, and indoor soccer), the Cranbourne Branch of the Casey-Cardinia Library Corporation. It also is home to YMCA Casey Race, the local swimming pool for Cranbourne which contains two 50m lap pools, children’s recreational pool, heated rehabilitation pool, spa, sauna, steam room, full gym and weights room as well as two water slides.

The Factory – Rehearsal Centre for the Arts (Cranbourne, Caseyville (traffic school) and Bowland (a ten-pin bowling complex) 24 lanes.

The new Cranbourne Multicultural Community Centre is set to open in early 2007. Contractors, on behalf of Casey City Council are currently building a new indoor swimming complex which will open in mid-2009. It will include a new wave pool, main lap pool (50m), slides and a hydrotherapy pool. This will be based next to the Casey Complex. Along Berwick-Cranbourne Road is the new Casey Fields Complex

 

Schools

• Cranbourne Carlisle Primary School
• St. Peter’s College (West and East campus)
• St. Agatha’s Catholic School,
• St. Therese’s Catholic Primary School,
• Cranbourne Secondary College,
• Lyndhurst Secondary College (formerly known as Cranbourne Meadows Technical School),
• Casey Grammar School (formerly known as Cranbourne Christian College),
• Cranbourne Primary School,
• Cranbourne North East Primary School,
• Cranbourne East Primary School,
• Cranbourne East Secondary College,
• Lyndhurst Primary School,
• Alkira Secondary College (formerly known as Casey Central Secondary College),
• Marnebek School,
• Hillsmeade Primary School,
• Cranbourne Park Primary School,
• Cranbourne West Primary School,
• Rangebank Primary School,
• Courtenay Gardens Primary School,
• Cranbourne Specialist School.
• Chisholm Institute of TAFE also has a campus in Cranbourne, to the city’s east. To cater for the growth in Cranbourne several primary schools have been proposed.

 

Entertainment

FReZza or Spectrum Entertainment run occasional youth programs including All Ages music events, charity programs and other youth services. Over the years a number of local artists have emerged that have featured at many of Spectrum Entertainment’s live events. These include bands such as Josh Wins Again, Arpejio, Closure in Moscow, Ellora just to name a few who have all hailed from Cranbourne or the City of Casey.

 

Shopping

Cranbourne has two major shopping precincts. In the north of Cranbourne, on the corner of Thompson Road and the South Gippsland Highway is the Thompson Parkway Shopping Centre (anchored by Woolworths) and Cranbourne Homemaker Centre complex with JB Hi-Fi Home, The Good Guys, Officeworks, La Porchetta, Hungry Jacks and more major stores. This complex has largely developed around the Bunnings Warehouse located on the corner. In the centre of town is High Street and Cranbourne Park Shopping Centre (formerly known as Centro Cranbourne), anchored by a 17 aisle Coles Supermarket and an 8 aisle Woolworths supermarkets, and Kmart Australia, Target Australia, JB Hi-Fi Home, Harris Scarfe, Manchester and More, Best & Less, Reject Shop, and Priceline. The centre previously included a 5-cinema complex. Smaller shopping centres include the Sandhurst Shopping Centre anchored by an 11 aisle Coles Supermarket in Cranbourne West, Springhill shopping centre including coles and Urban Chill Cafe located Thompsons Road Cranbourne North and Hunt Club Village Shopping Centre in Cranbourne East with Woolworths, Aldi and 17 speciality stores. Other supermarkets include an Aldi Supermarket in Bakewell Street and Ritchies Supermarket in the High Street Retail area.

 

Source: Wikipedia

 

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