Lawn mowing in Oak Park

About Oak Park

The railway ran through from 1872 without stopping, and electrification in 1921 did not bring a station either. Oak Park station finally opened in August 1956, two years after the primary school and a year before the post office of 2 April 1957. The high school of 1960 closed in 1997, and seedling oaks were planted on its ground. A Catholic primary opened in 1961. The Winifred Street shops sit by the station. Growth was fastest in the 1950s and 60s. If the lawn has been re-laid since the house went up, give the year.

Moonee Ponds Creek is the western boundary, Pascoe Vale Road and Watt Avenue the eastern, Main Street the southern. Two creek-side reserves hold the Oak Park Sports Centre and the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail. The elevation is 75 m. The suburb is small, 1.9 km². Fawkner's own house on the land was called Belle Vue, or Grand View Park.

Merri-bek City Council does not maintain nature strips in front of private property. Residents mow, weed and trim the edges, and council comes in only where the strip poses a hazard; the guidelines want the surface within 40 mm of kerb and footpath level, and any planting under half a metre. The lime-green-lid food and garden bin is collected weekly on the normal day, 120 L standard or 240 L, paid through the waste charge on rates, since the four-bin service started in July 2023. Rubbish is planned to go fortnightly from July 2027 and the garden bin stays weekly.