Lawn mowing in Airport West

About Airport West

Residential settlement began in the mid-1950s along the tramline on the eastern boundary, route 59, which runs from Westfield Airport West down Matthews Avenue and Keilor Road to the city. Parklands primary opened in 1958 and closed in 1993. The post office opened in 1960 as Niddrie North inside the McNamara Avenue shopping centre of about 30 shops, and the Niddrie primary and high schools opened on the southern boundary in 1961. The shoppingtown came in 1976 and was redeveloped in 1982 and again in 1999. Most of the house lots date from those two decades, so most of the lawns went down together.

Steele Creek passes through the suburb with a linear park along both sides, and the land sits about 78 m up. Three roads box it in, the Calder Highway to the south, the Tullamarine Freeway to the east and the Western Ring Road to the north-west, with the Albion-Jacana freight line near the north and west edge. A lot backing onto the creek park may have a rear fence that opens to grass; say so in the listing. Whether your block holds water after rain is something we cannot guess from here.

Moonee Valley's local law covers the nature strip as part of the property. Grass and weeds stay short of 200 mm, officers go round before summer, and an owner who lets a strip go can be billed for the council's clearing. Only council staff plant or prune the street trees. Food scraps and clippings share the green-lid FOGO bin, emptied on the fortnight between recycling weeks, and the council has said that stays fortnightly until further notice.