Bulleen, Victoria

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Bulleen
Melbourne, Victoria

Population:

10521 (2001 census)

Postcode:

3105

Area:

6.7 km²

Property Value:

AUD $439,000 ^[1]

Location:

12 km from Melbourne

LGA:

City of Manningham

State District:

Bulleen

Federal Division:

Menzies

Suburbs around Bulleen
Heidelberg	Viewbank	Templestowe Lower
Ivanhoe East	Bulleen	Templestowe Lower
Kew East	Balwyn North	Doncaster

Bulleen is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. It is located in the Local Government Area of the City of Manningham. Bulleen is located approximately 12 kilometres from the CBD. The Member of Parliament for Bulleen is Nicholas Kotsiras(Liberal).

1 Shopping
2 Schools
3 Major Roads
4 Public Transport
5 Other places of interest
6 Reserves
7 External links

[edit] Shopping

Bulleen Plaza is the main shopping complex, located on Manningham Road. It includes a library (Bulleen Branch of the Whitehorse Manningham Regional), post office, medical centre, business centre, a Coles supermarket and various specialty shops, including food retail shops such as Hungry Jacks Charcoal Rooster, Dominoes Pizza, Skippers Fish and Chips, Eastern Red Asian cuisine, abundance of cafes.

Besides Bulleen Plaza, several small shopping strips exist, including Thompsons Road, Bulleen Road and Templestowe Road.

[edit] Schools

Within the suburb of Bulleen, the following schools exist

St. Clement of Rome- a Catholic Primary School
Templestowe Valley Primary School- A state Primary School (Prep-Grade 6)
Templestowe College- A state Secondary College (Year 7-Year 12)
Marcellin College- a Catholic Secondary School
Bulleen Special School- a special school for those students requiring additional assistance
Yarraleen Preschool
Bulleen Preschool (Maternal and Child Health Centre next to Preschool)

Bulleen is the home extensive sporting facilities belonging to the private schools of Carey and Trinity

[edit] Major Roads

Manningham Road (40)
Thompsons Road (42)
Bulleen Road (52)
Templestowe Road (52)
Eastern Freeway

[edit] Public Transport

Public Transport in Bulleen is limited to travel by buses. Bus routes operating in Bulleen are operated by the National Bus Company. Lobbying by various public transport groups is currently taking place to extend the metropolitan train network to Doncaster, with a station in Bulleen but the state government is yet to allocate funding.

[edit] Other places of interest

The suburb border, to the north of Bulleen is the Yarra River, which also adjoins parkland including Banksia Park, which has bike paths and picnic facilities. Adjacent to Banksia Park is the newly refurbished Heide Museum of Modern Art. Other than these, other reserves are prominent in Bulleen, including Bulleen Park - sporting grounds and approximately in the centre of the suburb, Yarraleen and Morris Williams reserves offering an adventure playground and general open space.

To the west of Bulleen Road is the well known Yarra Flats with bike tracks, walking tracks, picnic tables, shelter, wood BBQ, birds, wild berries and Yarra river views, billabongs. Yarra Flats adjoins Bulleen Park and Banksia Park. The Bulleen Park complex has a number of grounds suitable for Australian rules football, cricket and soccer. There is also an archery range and a model aeroplane club. The Yarraleen Cricket Club, which plays in the Box Hill Reporter District Cricket Association, is situated in the Bulleen Park Pavillions at the rear of the complex.

[edit] Reserves

Koonung Park, home of the Bulleen Cricket Club and the Bulleen Cobras Football Club, is located just off Thompsons road near the Eastern Freeway. Koonung Park regularly hosts the Dunstan Shield Grand Final, the highest grade of turf cricket in the Eastern Cricket Association.

Other reserves: Sheahans Rd Reserve (basketball, tennis, play) Swanston St Reserve (play)

Sport: Boorondara Tennis Centre (Bulleen Rd) Swim Centre (Bulleen Rd) Golf Driving Range (Templestowe Rd)