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Moondarra Rail Trail

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The Moondarra Rail Trail is a little-maintained, 7 km section of the former Walhalla Railway in Gippsland, Victoria. Located entirely within the Moondarra State Park, the surface is entirely dirt and partially overgrown.

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Moondarra Rail Trail
Trillium Boulevard, Melbourne Cranbourne North

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Cranbourne North, Victoria

Cranbourne North is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 39 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Casey local government area. Cranbourne North recorded a population of 24,683 at the 2021 census.Merinda Park railway station is located within the suburb's boundaries. The station is located on the Cranbourne railway line. Merinda Park Railway Station was opened in March 1995, upon completion of the electrification of the line between South Gippsland Highway and the junction with the Pakenham railway line at Dandenong South. Vic Roads has completed duplication of Thompsons Road between Lesdon Avenue and Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road, which runs the length of the suburb. Thompson Parkway shopping centre is located on the corner of Thompsons Road and South Gippsland Highway. It was opened in March 1994, and contains a Safeway/Woolworths store, Priceline Chemist, Han's Sushi Bar, Daniel's Donuts and a number of other specialty shops. Cranbourne North Post Office opened here on 21 March 1994.The Cranbourne Homemaker Centre is located just outside the formal boundary of the suburb, which includes Bunnings Warehouse, Spotlight (Formerly Harvey Norman until the early-mid 2010s), Officeworks, The Good Guys, JB Hi-Fi, Beacon Lighting, Autobarn, Red Rooster, Hungry Jack's, EB Games and more. It also included a masters From 2015 until Woolworths permanently closed all Masters stores in 2016. The Cranbourne Golf Club is located on South Gippsland Highway. The Camden Green Estate is one of the largest developments in the suburb. Formerly a market garden, construction commenced in 2003. It is alongside Narre Warren – Cranbourne Road. More recently construction has commenced on the opposite side of Narre Warren – Cranbourne Road on further subdivisions. These include the 'Sierra', 'Eve' and 'The Avenue at Casey' estates. The latter skirts the Melbourne Urban Growth Boundary. Glasscocks Road is currently under construction and will run east–west from Dandenong Valley Highway to Berwick – Cranbourne Road when completed.

Casey Airfield
Casey Airfield

Casey Airfield, later known as Berwick Airfield (ICAO: YBER), was a small airfield for light aircraft located in Berwick, Victoria, Australia. It was built by Rupert Ryan on land he had interited in 1935 and with his sister Ethel ("Maie") had turned it into a successful stud farm "Edrington". Maie had married Richard Casey (later Baron Casey, the 16th Governor-General of Australia) in 1921. In 1937, Richard and Maie Casey took flying lessons, obtained their licences and bought a Percival Vega Gull which Richard flew between Melbourne and Canberra. Ryan built a landing strip on the property in 1938 and built a hangar to house the Gull. When certified as an aerodrome in June of that year it was named Casey Airfield. Use of the airfield was suspended at the outbreak of World War II and the Caseys' Gull was impressed into the Royal Australian Air Force in November 1939. The airfield resumed operation in 1947 when Ryan gave permission for the Victorian Motorless Flight Group to use it for glider operations and sport parachuting. VMFG relocated to Bacchus Marsh Airfield in 1962. Richard Casey purchased a Miles Messenger in 1953 and housed it at the airfield until 1962. In 1968 the airfield was taken over by Groupair Pty Ltd, founded by Keith Hatfield and Ron Kerrison, and renamed Berwick Airfield. Groupair operated a flying school, aerial charter operation and aircraft maintenance facilities. The company had plans for expansion and to turn it into a commercial airport. Some promotional material referred to the location as "Casey Airport". The Royal Victorian Aero Club also conducted flying training from the airfield and planned to move up to 60% of basic flying training away from Moorabbin Airport. Following Kerrison's death in a flying accident in 1969, the company was bought out by millionaire grazier Bryce Killen. The company went into liquidation in 1978 and the assets were bought by Pressfast Industries which planned to turn the site into business park, with a small area retained for helicopter operations. A helicopter hangar was constructed in 1982 but the airfield was out of use by 1989.The airfield formally closed in 1994 and the Victoria State Government acquired the land. In 1996 it became the Berwick Campus of Monash University. The original 1938 hangar and Casey's Miles Messenger are preserved at the Australian National Aviation Museum at Moorabbin Airport. In 2018 the site became Federation University Australia, Berwick campus.