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Water Body Attractions In Greater Melbourne

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Melbourne is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Its name refers to an urban agglomeration of 9,992.5 km2 , comprising a metropolitan area with 31 municipalities, and is also the common name for its city centre. The city occupies much of the coastline of Port Phillip bay and spreads into the hinterlands towards the Dandenong and Macedon ranges, Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley. It has a population of approximately 5 million , and its inhabitants are referred to as Melburnians.The city was founded on the 30 August 1835, in what was the British colony of ...
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Water Body Attractions In Greater Melbourne

  • 1. Warrandyte River Reserve Warrandyte
    Warrandyte is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Manningham. At the 2011 census, Warrandyte had a population of 5,520. Warrandyte is bounded in the west by the Mullum Mullum Creek and Target Road, in the north by the Yarra River, in the east by Jumping Creek and Anzac Road, and in the south by an irregular line from Reynolds Road, north of Donvale, Park Orchards and Warrandyte South. Warrandyte was founded as a Victorian town, located in the once gold-rich rolling hills east of Melbourne, and is now on the north-eastern boundary of suburban Melbourne. Gold was first discovered in the town in 1851 and together, with towns like Bendigo and Ballarat, led the way in gold discoveries dur...
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  • 2. Cherry Lake Altona Altona
    Cherry Lake is part of historical coastal wetlands in Altona, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The wetlands were converted to a lake with construction of retaining walls, levees, and flow channels. The lake and surrounding reserve is an important wildlife habitat and popular recreational destination.
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  • 3. Albert Park Lake Albert Park
    Albert Park and Albert Park Lake are situated in the City of Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south of the Melbourne CBD. The park encompasses 2.25 square kilometres of parkland including Albert Park Lake and provides numerous ovals, sporting facilities, the Albert Park Public Golf Course, a 4.7-kilometre walking track around the lake, and the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit. It is bordered by Albert Road, Queens Road, Fitzroy Street and Canterbury Road. Surrounding suburbs include Albert Park, Middle Park, St Kilda, Melbourne and South Melbourne.
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  • 5. Ringwood Lake Ringwood
    Ringwood is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government area is the City of Maroondah. At the 2011 Census, Ringwood had a population of 10,009. Ringwood has many parks reserves, most notably, Ringwood Lake. As of July 2012, the average house price in Ringwood was $583,500 and $390,000 for a unit.
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  • 7. Melton Botanic Garden Melton
    Melton is an urban area within metropolitan Melbourne, Australia located 35 km west from the capital's central business district. It is the administrative centre of the City of Melton local government area and its most populous centre. At June 2016 Melton had an estimated urban population of 62,117. It is considered part of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area and is included in the capital's population statistical division.Melton began as a small town before being declared a satellite city in 1974, separated from Melbourne's urban area by a green wedge. Since the 1990s it has experienced rapid suburban growth into surrounding greenfield land and has become a commuter town in the Melbourne-Ballarat growth corridor. Changes to Melbourne's urban growth boundary passed by the state governm...
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  • 8. Yan Yean Reservoir Yan Yean
    Yan Yean Reservoir is the oldest water supply for the city of Melbourne, Australia. At the time of its completion in 1857 it was the largest artificial reservoir in the world. It is 30 kilometres north of the city and is built on the Plenty River, a tributary of the Yarra River. An embankment 9.5 metres high holds back 30,000 megalitres of water. As of August 19, 2018 the reservoir sits at 82.6% of capacity, holding 24,988ML of water.The reservoir is managed by Melbourne Water as part of the water supply system for Melbourne.
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  • 10. Cairnlea Lakes Cairnlea
    Cairnlea is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Brimbank local government area. Cairnlea recorded a population of 9,657 at the 2016 Census. The former Albion site became open grassland after European settlement but later, from 1939, it was a government explosives manufacturing site. The site closed in the 1990s.The suburb is a new estate, and has only been developed since 1999, with development of the new suburb to finish in mid-2005. The suburb features several man-made lakes and has implemented a suburb-wide stormwater recycling system that feeds all the lakes. By 2011 Cairnlea is projected to have 3,000 residential blocks and to have a population of more than 10,000. It covers 460 hectares boun...
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