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"That old neighbourhood feel"
I have lived in Deer Park almost 4 years and grew up in the western suburbs. The proximity to the city is great, 20-25 mins going by the Ring Road, Ballarat Road or Calder Hwy. Its also an easy jumping point to Ballarat and Geelong being so close to Western and Princess Hwys.
In the old Deer Park neighbourhood around Millbank Drive the Kororoit Creek bike/walking track is a great place to walk and is well maintained with playgrounds, seats and footbridges. The house blocks are bigger and houses are the well made old brick style and some streets have cute old weatherboard houses perfect for doing up. I walk my dog around and there are always friendly people to chat too and many retirees at home during the day giving it a safe and old style neighbourhood feel. My neighbours on both sides take turns bringing my bins in!
The shopping is easy, within a stones throw you have Brimbank Central, Cairnlea shopping Centre, and Ballarat Road strip shops. Within 10- 15mins drive you have Su
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Families with kids
Still here. There is a great new dog park on Davitt Drive, its fully enclosed so the dogs can run round around away from the children at the playground. There is another larger playground at Isabella Williams Reserve with many slides and cool new age equipment. There are toilets, picnic tables and shelters, BBQ and outdoor gym equipment.
Brimbank Shopping Centre has had another extension with the addition of a new food court, large Coles and speciality shops.
The Ballarat Road shopping strip is still and issue although a new Malay restaurant opened a while ago and is always full. Can someone please open a cool coffee shop with great pastry and coffee that is kid friendly with an outdoor space, you would make a mint!!!! Mothers groups have no where to meet and eat and there is no where decent with a great atmosphere...still have to go to Yarraville.The shopping strip needs some good shops that will bring people to the area.
The old school site on the corner of Ballarat and Station Road is letting the suburb down. The awful grungy appearance of this site should be dealt with by the council immediately. If the building is heritage listed could they at least protect it and move on with developing this site into a park or community garden with café, something rather than a vacant block with a big cyclone fence around it.
Still a great affordable place to live.