Viewbank, VIC 3084

Beautiful suburb with plenty of parks and bike trails. 15-30 minutes drive to everywhere.

We just moved here 4 months ago and we already love it!! Leafy gorgeous neighborhood with the most breathtaking walking trails. Schools are fabulous too.

It's like living in a hamlet but only 15 kms away from the city. I have lived here since 1994 and have never regretted it or the lifestyle. There is the Yarra walking trail, the river, horse riding school... Neighbours are friendly and watch out for each other (without being intrusive). Train station is only a few kms away and also nearby bus routes available. It also falls within the much touted Viewbank Secondary College precinct. The only downside is there isn't a vast array of local cafes and restaurants and, being a family area there is very little nightlife. Although, its only a 2-5 min drive to those in Heidelberg, Lower Plenty, Greensborough, Ivanhoe and Montmorency.

Eh

Meh.glad I left.
Filled with cyclists who believe the road revolves around them, the noise and roadworks from the northeast link construction will drive you mad, no cafes, nothing in the area beside families. The best thing I did was buy in the area, let it gain value, then cash out. If you want trees, parks and nosey neighbours come here.

Dramatic scenery of parks and mountains, cyclists everywhere enjoying the vast view. And, to top it off, the Viewbank College highly regarded reputation as one of the top school in Melbourne.

I have been a resident for the past 5 years.
My family enjoyed Viewbank tremendously with parks, great neighbour spirit because people takes a lot of long walks around the surrounding greenery.

More recently, due to the fact that Viewbank College powering up to 12th places for top public comprehensive school in Victoria (excluding the 4 selective schools), a lot more conversation about Viewbank is about the college in the north east side.

Plenty of open spaces for growing healthy (plenty of parkland, walking trails, etc.) and intelligent (great school, good families background) children.
Close to CBD for work too.

I have been renting for 3 years, and decided to own a house 2 years ago. I have noticed more diverse Viewbank populations (used to be mainly Greek, British, and Italian), now slowly growing Asian populations (by far lesser than Doncaster or Box Hill, I am guessing they are attracted to Viewbank College), which is a great mix for Viewbank as an awesome place to be.

I just came back from the San Francisco just in time to celebrate Australian Day with my family and mates! I was there for a Math + Computer Science conference. Let me tell you this about Viewbank.

The vast greenery.
The big sky.
The chirping of birds in the morning.
The walking trails (Main Yarra Trail and Plenty River Trail)

It has psychological and emotional impact on daily life here that is rarely mentioned but is incalculable. It is a Thinking place. It is a Walking and Cycling place.

The gentrification that's happening around Viewbank is not your usual cafes, shops, etc. But a gentrification of quality people coming to live here, and the activities that you can do here.

It encourages living in the moment (let's get going), as well as living in a Zen like moment (be still and think).

A good place to take long walks and stay healthy cycling and walking the dog

Let me invite you to where I stay, a place where I can grab my bike and straight to the Lower Plenty Trail, and if I want to straight to Main Yarra Trail to cycle to the city.

I have met many cyclists around Melbourne, Viewbank is their favourite place, why? Great view of the vista, kangaroos and horses. Close to amenity, great zoned school, and yet not too far from the CBD.

From Glen Waverly originally, moving my three children away from Glen Waverly hyper-competitive, academic driven, tuition-hungry high school. What a blessing Viewbank and Viewbank College my three children ... more time in the nature, more time to learn about their surrounding world. More importantly, a great school environment, a real school environment without us needing to spend money on tuition and tuition, just to keep up with the Jones and Jane.

It is a small suburb with friendly neighbor, mainly Greek and Italian, and British as well.

Plenty of open spaces.

Balanced lifestyle, close to the city and yet have still very much away of the hustle and bustle

River, creek and rolling hills

Whether you like rising at dawn for a quick cycle along the many cycle tracks or taking a walk (Plenty River Trail or Main Yarra Trail), there are plenty of spaces in Viewbank.

When I first settled in Viewbank many years back and recently move again to Hendersons Road (for its marvelous sunrise view and bike trails), I can't wait to be home especially during the long summer day, as I can take a walk while surrounded by rambling nature reserve and plentiful sport spaces that Viewbank offer (tennis, biking, walking, etc.)

Great neighbors mainly young professional with two or three kids, who works in the city (nearest station is Rosanna) or medical practitioners in Austin Hospital or university professors at the the nearby La Trobe.

I have noted more and more people are attracted to Viewbank Primary and Secondary College for its great facilities and teachers.

Welcome to all to take a walk in Viewbank - the kind of place for leafy retreat made for reclining with a book in the sun.

We live in a leafy location overlooking the parkland along Hendersons Road in Viewbank.

We have been living in Viewbank for more than 6 years now raising our four beautiful children with great surrounding, biking along the Plenty Bike Trail and taking a walk along the leafy street of Viewbank.

Prior to having children we lived in Carlton, love it there, however once we have our first child, we decided to find a place where our child can play safely and have lots of open space. Viewbank is one of our top choice.

This is an exceptionally great place to stay considering great schools in Banyule Area i.e. Viewbank Primary and Secondary. Our four children love these two great schools with great teachers. Scout, tennis, picnic and biking are all within reach in this small patch of leafy suburb.

Hey there ...

I have been living in Viewbank for about 3 years now (previously I was from Brighton), lovin' it everyday! Go to work in the city via train. Reach home to plentiful of parklands. What I love most about Viewbank is its friendly neighbours who are country lovers, active and professionals with young family, mostly working in the city but love to come home next to country parklands.

My kids love the schools - two boys in primary school and my daughter in Viewbank College. These two schools are highly regarded among the students and their parents. Not sure why before I moved to Viewbank. Now I know why - good school facilities, great teachers, and striving for excellent in academic and music.

Brighton has its beaches, Viewbank has its parklands and friendly neighbours!

We love it here after moving from Hawthorn just under a year, after many months of searching for a suburb for raising two girls, and of course a place close to school ... for a primary school and secondary college for my two girls. Looks like any where you stay in Viewbank, you can walk to school. My elder daughter just love Viewbank College with good manner schoolmates around, and supportive, experienced teachers, no wonder Viewbank College is one of the top ten public school in Victoria!

It is small suburb with lot of characters, mostly professional with families, mainly who work in the city as IT professionals, professors, programmers, a few city cafe owners, ... and a few medical scientists! A brainy place to be, I presumed. Maybe because it is close to Yarra Park, Yarra river ... a place to ponder while walking along the trail.

The house prices are getting pricey though because of the school zone and a good place to raise a family.

Two years ago we moved from Alphington to Viewbank. I am very fussy about where I live and I am very impressed by Viewbank. We are in the area near Viewbank college. Fresh air, peace and quiet with polite friendly neighbours (not too friendly!) and trendy cafes (i.e. Miss marie), shops and train not far in Rosanna.
If you are heading into the city, Warringal shops and Burgundy street have heaps of shops. The Yarra and parklands pretty much at your doorstep, I'm really very surprised as to why its not a very expensive area. The houses and blocks are large, however all mid-century. With a bit of cosmetic renovation the mid-century dag can be transformed into some mid-century cool. 1 hour drive into the city during peak and about the same via train. Absolute gem of an area.

I have been living in Viewbank for just less than two years. I have been canoeing along the close Yarra River. I have been walking along the Yarra Plenty Trail. The view is just great with lots of green.

I have been living in a number of suburbs in the Bayside and inner East ... Viewbank suits my family most because it is a safe neighbourhood, close by libraries, beautiful streets and most important of all, my oldest son will be heading for Viewbank College next year, which is known for its academic excellent, music and great facility.

It is an up and coming pretty suburb with unique characters that suit young families.

G'day and Halo

We have been living in McKinnon for almost 15 years and have recently move to Viewbank. We love it!

The Yarra River is just a stroll away through the Plenty River Trail. Summer fun swimming. Spring slow stroll. Autumn reflection. We have spent endless time walking around the few parks in Viewbank and of course the Yarra River. Although Viewbank is just a small patch north east of Melbourne, it is a big attraction to professional family with children because it is safe, clean and green.

Our children are in the Viewbank Secondary College now, and they just love it there. According to them, it is comparable to Mckinnon ... with more balance academic life. Over time, we can observed that more and more families are moving into Viewbank to enter Viewbank SC. Great school with highly committed teachers.

I have noted the house prices in Viewbank is inching higher and higher and I am guessing because of few factors that hold the house prices here: green parks, prized school zone, great family surrounding and I can't say enough, the Yarra River.

Cheers ... Lucas

We moved to Viewbank from Eaglemont and I asked my husband why the house prices are so much better in Viewbank. I think Viewbank area is better for us as a family with the great schools, preschools, great friendly neighbors, child and maternity health center, beautiful parks and little convenient shops within walking distance. He said that it was due to the public transport situation. I still don´t understand, because in Eaglemont we also had to drive to the station and it has no school, preschool etc. Yes, it´s 10 minutes closer to the city but that´s not enough reason for the great price difference.
Viewbank is a beautiful place, with fantastic views, close to so many different areas but yet quiet. If you don´t have a car, the bus will take you to the station (!). The neighbors are very friendly and Price park is getting a completely new playground and so many children of all ages meet there. We have small children but we constantly hear about the school in Viewwbank, getting the same results as top private schools do.

To Joele, I live in Viewbank and have cable internet. Rosanna Village, Burgundy Street, Warringal Shopping Centre and Rosanna and Heidelberg train stations are only 3-5 minutes drive away. The proposed freeway if it goes ahead will not impact on the suburbs wonderful parklands as it will be built as a tunnel under the existing creek and banyule flats area. It will send house prices skyrocketing when the drive to/from the city is further reduced. The subsequent express bus service along this route will get to the city quicker than the current train does.

Schools and childcare options are very good, location (distance form city) for price is also very good I think... Poor public transport options and little to no business around (i.e. no restaurants) and TERRIBLE internet options (no optus cable, no telstra cable and as it is so far away from Heidelberg Exchange either no ADSL or very poor quality ADSL)... No Telstra Cable also means no Foxtel unless you get satelite, the problem there is with the poor broadband options you cannot use IPTV either so little option other than regular free to air TV..

Parks are very good around the area, though I am not sure what will happen when/if the freeway does go through as is planned.

My family and I have lived in Viewbank since 1997. We live in a quiet, friendly and well cared for
court and have fantastic views over the parklands and golf courses toward Lower Plenty. It is only a short walk to both the local primary and secondary schools and the small group of shops in Martins Lane. The bus stop to Rosanna Station, Northland and Greensborough shopping centres is also a 1 minute walk from our front door so very convenient. Our neighbours are also young professionals who now have childeren and settled in the area primarily as it is a great place to bring up children. We are also only a short drive to Austin Hospital which is fantastic.

The only draw back is we have to drive out for restaurants etc however Heidelberg (and Ivanhoe) offers some great local options and is only a 10 minute drive away.

I have lived in Viewbank for 3 years and it has been ok to live here but I hate the style of the houses and have no character. The houses look like boxes and isn't the best superb to drive through that will make you say wow look at that house.

Nearing surburbs are very nice such as Ivanhoe and Eaglemont that drive the prices up in viewbank and Rosanna.

Transport is very poor.

a great suburb with million dollar suburbs right next door.Wake up to Clean and fresh mornings.majestic park life at your doorstep.

I am living in Viewbank for the past 25 years. I can't describe the joy i feel every morning and evening, walking around the parks and streets of Viewbank! Beautiful Views a lot of green fresh air,
friendly people. It is country like and yet so close to everything.It is a hiden paradise, although in the past year going by the high property demand and rising property prices it is obvious that people have finaly discover this beautiful pocket o Melbourne.It is serviced by regular Bus transport,
a small strip of shops with hairdressing saloon, Grocery, Fish and chips,Pizza shops.
A very good medical centre with GP's Dentist, podatrist,Dendist and a Pharmacy.
The streets are wide and the traffic is minimal. We have 2 kindegarden,a good Primary school and an excelent and very much in demand high School.
We are only 20 min from the City, 10 min from Northland and Westfield, 5 min from Heidelberg and Rosanna shops.
I have raised my family here and i will live here for the rest of my life.

Viewbank is great, if you want to live with a little drummer boy, who plays way too loud in his garage at all times during the day. You have migrant neighbours who complain about anything and everything. But on the otherside, we have fatastic parks and playgrounds, tennis courts, close to shopping (Rosanna, Heidelberg, not too far from Doncaster). Plenty of primary schools to choose from, and Viewbank college zoned secondary school.

For a suburb that is only 12 -14 km from the city, Viewbank (previously Rosanna East) is a wonderful place to live. It has well sized homes and blocks with wide, winding, undulating, leafy streetscapes. It has very little medium/high density dwellings and hence very few renting residents. Property turnover is lower than the average suburb which suggests resident satifaction. The residents are pedominantly professional families and retired couples who originally built here. It has a definite community feel, is safe, traffic free and quiet.

Viewbank is no more than 10 minutes drive from the following.

The Ring Road, the Eastern Freeway, Austin Hospital, Warringal Private Hospital, Heidelberg and Rosanna train stations, the highly regarded (and zoned) Viewbank College, Marcellin College, Our Lady Of Mercy College, Loyola College, Parade College, Ivanhoe Boys and Girls Grammar Schools, La Trobe University, Northland Shopping Centre, Greensborough Plaza, (Doncaster Shopping Town 15 mins), Warringal Plaza, Burgundy St and Rosanna Village shops, the Yarra River, Main Yarra Trail, Banyule and Yarra Flats, the soon to be built state of the art Greensborough Aquatic Centre and numerous other facilities.

Ask and of the residents and they'll tell you that 'Viewy' is the best kept secret in Melbourne.

Recently moved out of Viewbank - found it too isolated with a lack of reliable public transport; very car reliant and no facilities within working distance. Proximity to a McDonalds and Quix found many late night party goers passing through. Neighbours were rude, dirty and couldn't mind their own business. The streets are too narrow and many houeses are too close together. Had letterbox smashed a few times by the students of the local school. There is no consistency in the housing with some houses are very unkept due to high level of rental properties and lower priced properties. Feel that either Heidelberg or Rosanna a better place to live due to facilities and capital appreciation.

Viewbank is a great suburb to live in if you have a family, in particular a young family. It is a quiet suburb layed out over a series of gentle hills, giving many of the streets views of the parklands or surrounding suburbs. The locals are all very friendly. The nearby primary schools are great, in particular, the viewbank primary vice principal is very passionate and friendly. The high school is well regarded although we haven't used it yet. There are a number of child care centres and kindegarten centres. The maternal health nurse is extremely friendly and helpful. Basically, if you have a young family or are about to start it is a fantastic place to live.

We moved in the area in September 2007 - what a great decision that was! This is a lovely area with a rural feel, gorgeous parklands for the kids (we have a 7 hectare park 200 metres from our door step). There is little to do in Viewbank re nightlife, shopping and eating out but with Heidelberg, Rosanna and I vanhoe minutes away we don't mind (the more peace and tranquility for us!). The schools have a great reputation here and are walking distance from our house (we are in Duff parade). It is very quiet with friendly neighbours and you do feel very safe here (no crime as far as we know). The funny thing is very people know of Viewbank although if real estate prices are anything to go by, those in the know are purchasing wonderful properties and taking advantage of the area and all it has to offer. After living in Preston and Reservoir, we are glad to have left the noise and cramped living for space and nature at its best.

Hidden between the yarra river and lower plenty road, Viewbank has kept its country feel - it is very quiet and has large tracts of parkland. The suburb also has many beautiful local views.

Sitting amongst Macleod, Yallambie, Montmorency, Lower Plenty, Rosanna, Heidelberg, Bulleen and Templestowe Lower, Viewbank is based just 15km outside of the city centre. With almost 7,000 residents, it is a sizeable residential suburb ideally located for professionals and families. Boasting features such as part of the Yarra River, wetlands and a number of parks and reserves, Viewbank is also home to a couple of public schools and a small commercial strip. The average cost of property in Viewbank is $485,000.