CITY OF CASEY

'The City of Casey' is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the outer south eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Casey is Victoria's most populous municipality, with a current estimated population of 230,555. Casey at a glance It has an area of 407 square kilometres. The City is named after Lord Casey. It was formed in 1994 by the merger of most of the City of Berwick and parts of the Shire of Cranbourne and City of Knox.
Over the past five years, the City of Casey was Victoria's fastest growing municipality. It was also the third-fastest in Australia behind the Gold Coast and Brisbane City Councils over the same period. The expected future population is 350,000.

Contents

Geography

Council Structure

Council Services

Media

Places of Interest in Casey

Suburbs and Towns

Sport

Sister cities

See also

References

External links

Geography

Casey is spread between the base of the Dandenong Ranges in the north and Westernport Bay in the south. It features a wide variety of geographical features, due to its outer metropolitan location.
The north, at the foothills of the Dandenongs, is primarily made up of large blocks of land used for grazing, with some small vineyards in operation. This is gradually, over time however, being replaced with residential development.
Between Endeavour Hills and Cranbourne is a largely developed area now, with very little undeveloped land still remaining. The key suburbs of Narre Warren, Berwick, Doveton and Cranbourne fall in this area, and create a large proportion of the city’s growing population. Most of this land is flat, and was formerly made up of large farming properties.
South of Cranbourne is still largely farmland, used for market gardening and grazing. A small number of flower farms exist around Junction Village, along with the large Ingham’s plant near Cardinia.
The southern border of the city is formed by the Westernport Bay, and is the location of a variety of towns including Tooradin and Warneet. The extensive coastal reserves, including the marshes at Tooradin, link up the eastern Westernport with the Mornington Peninsula.
The Cardinia border of the city is formed by the Cardinia Creek, which is drained through channels into Westernport Bay at its southern end. The popular Riding of the Bounds event takes place along this border, in recognition of Berwick’s sister city status with Berwick-upon-Tweed in England.
An overlay of the City of Casey (Satellite, Hybrid) is available on Google Maps.

Council Structure

The City of Casey is divided into six wards. Each ward is represented at council by its elected councilor(s):

'City of Casey - Ward Councilors'

Balla Balla Ward	Cr Colin Butler
Edrington Ward	Cr Brian Hetherton	Cr Mick Morland
Four Oaks Ward	Cr Paul Richardson	Cr Rob Wilson
Mayfield Ward	Cr Steve Beardon	Cr Kevin Bradford
River Gum Ward	Cr Janet Halsall	Cr Wayne Smith
Springfield Ward	Cr Michael Farley	Cr Lorraine Wreford
'Source:' Victorian Electoral Commission

The council is currently led by Mayor Cr Colin Butler, who was elected by council in November 2006. Cr Kevin Bradford was elected Deputy Mayor at this time^[1].
An overlay of the City of Casey ward boundaries (Satellite, Hybrid) is available on Google Maps.

Council Services

In the 2007-2008 financial year, the council will administer a budget of $191.32 million with $56.77 million allocated to infrastructure projects and $134.55 million provided for delivery of council services City of Casey’s $191.32 million 2007-08 Budget Adopted - amended Ros Britz .

Media

Community Radio - 97.7 FM 3SER

Places of Interest in Casey

★ Casey Activity Centre

★ Casey Aquatic and Recreation Centre (ARC)

★ Casey Fields

★ Westfield Fountain Gate

★ Lysterfield Lake Park

★ Monash University, Berwick Campus

★ Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park

★ Myuna Farm

★ Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne

★ The Factory – Rehearsal Centre for the Arts (Cranbourne)

★ The Shed (indoor skate park)

★ Wilson Botanic Park

Suburbs and Towns

★ Berwick ★ Blind Bight ★ Cannons Creek ★ Clyde ★ Clyde North ★ Cranbourne ★ Cranbourne East ★ Cranbourne North ★ Cranbourne South ★ Cranbourne West ★ Devon Meadows ★ Doveton ★ Endeavour Hills ★ Eumemmerring

★ Five Ways ★ Hallam ★ Hampton Park ★ Harkaway ★ Junction Village ★ Lynbrook ★ Lysterfield South ★ Merinda Park ★ Narre Warren ★ Narre Warren North ★ Narre Warren South ★ Pearcedale ★ Tooradin ★ Warneet

Sport

The Casey Scorpions, an Australian rules football club (formerly Springvale), represent Casey in the Victorian Football League. Their home ground is at the Casey Fields Complex in Cranbourne.
The Casey-South Melbourne Cricket Club also have their home ground at Casey Fields.

Sister cities

★ Berwick-upon-Tweed

★ Springfield, Ohio

See also

★ List of Melbourne suburbs

References

1. Minutes of the City of Casey Special Council Meeting, Monday, 27 November 2006

External links

★ Official website

★ Metlink local public transport map

★ City of Casey (Satellite, Hybrid) on Google Maps