| Caroline Springs Melbourne, Victoria |
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Aerial view of Caroline Springs from the north |
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Caroline Springs
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| Population: | 10,880(2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3023 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 4.9 km² (1.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 25 km (16 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | Shire of Melton | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Keilor, Kororoit | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Gorton | ||||||||||||
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Caroline Springs is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia located 25 km west from Melbourne's central business district on Kororoit Creek. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Melton. At the 2006 Census, it had a population of 10,880.
Developed on greenfield land since 1999 by Delfin[2] under the direction of Vic Urban, the Post Office opened on 8 August 2005.[3] At the north of the suburb is a town square (commonly known as CS Square) including a moderately large shopping centre and a man-made lake known as Lake Caroline.
It is a fast growing suburb and Delfin anticipate the population to be in excess of 25,000 people by 2015.[4]
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A $40 million dollar 5 star hotel owned by the Mercure Hotels group opened in August, 2009. A new hotel & entertainment complex named WestWaters[5] \ on the edge of Lake Caroline, is now open.
Kororoit Creek runs through the centre of the suburb. The creek has been home to healthy populations of native animals for thousands of years, including Tiger snake, Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard, Common snakeneck turtle, Eastern brown snake and Kangaroos. Unfortunately due to development over the past 15 years, these species are now rarely seen in the area.
Due to development of large lakes and wetlands, species of frogs have reclaimed the area. The Common Eastern Froglet, Eastern Banjo Frog and even the now endangered Growling Grass Frog have been seen and heard in the new lakes, wetlands and in Kororoit Creek. Many species of birds are also returning to the creeks and lakes. There are also a few kangaroos, several located in the endangered grassland bordered by Holland Way and College Street. These can usually be seen from the steel board walk or 4m viewing platform.
It is expected that the Kororoit Creek Trail will eventually be linked up to Caroline Springs providing cyclists with an off-road path all the way to Sunshine and onto the Melbourne CBD.
Its main form of transport is the automobile and is a largely car-dependent community. It was planned under the concepts of street hierarchy and has just one main arterial, Caroline Springs Boulevard, which feeds into both the Deer Park Bypass and Western Highway in the south and connects to Melbourne via either the Western Ring Road or the Princes Highway.
Caroline Springs is one of a number of new train stations proposed under the Victorian Transport Plan. Construction of Caroline Springs railway station is still on hold by the government.ref>Andrew Jefferson (7 November 2010). "Work starts on Caroline Springs train station, just a bit south". Melton Leader. http://melton-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/work-starts-on-caroline-springs-train-station-just-a-bit-south/. Retrieved 6 December 2010.</ref>
Local health services in the Town Centre include Modern Medical health clinic and Life Physiotherapy. A new medical 'Super Clinic' owned by the controversial Dr. Geoffrey Edelsten is due to open at the Mercure Hotel in late 2010.
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