Bulleen, Victoria

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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.

Contents

0.1 Shopping
0.2 Schools
0.3 Major Roads
0.4 Public Transport
0.5 Other places of interest

1 External link

Shopping

Bulleen Plaza is the main shopping complex, located on Manningham Road. It includes a medical centre, business centre, a Coles supermarket and various specialty shops, including food retail shops such as Hungry Jacks and Charcoal Rooster. Besides Bulleen Plaza, several small shopping strips exist, including Thompsons Road, Bulleen Road and Templestowe Road.

Schools

Within the suburb of Bulleen, the following schools exist

St Clement of Rome - a Catholic Primary School
Marcellin College- a Catholic Secondary School
Bulleen Special School - a special school for those students requiring additional assistance
Yaraleen Preschool

Bulleen is the home of numerous sporting grounds belonging to the private schools of Carey Grammar and also Trinity Grammar School

Major Roads

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

Public Transport

Public Transport in Bulleen is limited to travel by busses. 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.

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.

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[Australian Places - Bulleen]

Melbourne suburbs near Bulleen (City of Manningham)
Heidelberg	Viewbank	Templestowe Lower
Ivanhoe East	Bulleen	Templestowe
Balwyn North	Balwyn North	Doncaster

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