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Thomas Family Web Site |
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| Web site designed and developed by Warren Thomas | |||||||||||||||||||
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Last Revised 22.09.2006 |
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THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE |
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| 20 minutes from Melbourne's CBD, Sanctuary Lakes estate community is a resort style living. Set around an 18 hole Greg Norman design golf course and 168 acres of lake at Point Cook, Sanctuary Lakes Resort with a selection of residential land in a natural, environmentally friendly setting next door to a bird sanctuary, nature reserve and Port Phillip Bay. Outstanding homes with golf frontages, lake & natural wetlands views and parkside locations. Sanctuary Lakes Resort is a self-contained lifestyle enclave where residents are members of an exclusive club.Facilities include the beautiful Clubhouse, Rec Club with tennis, indoor pool, sauna, massage and gymnasium facilities as well as the waterfront Village Centre with its host of shopping, restaurant and café dining options |
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In 1836 HMS Rattlesnake sailed into Port Phillip Bay on a survey and charting voyage. Among the coastal features named at the time was Point Cooke, named after the First Mate, John M. Cooke. The 'e' has subsequently been dropped through common usage. Point Cook Coastal Park features abundant birdlife, a historic bluestone homestead, intertidal sand banks and a Marine Reserve. Located 20 km southwest of Melbourne, it is a popular destination for birdwatchers, nature lovers and family groups. Point Cook was the world's first military air base. Established in 1913, just ten years after the first aircraft flight in history, Point Cook is a nationally and internationally significant aviation site. It is believed to be ther oldest continuously operated and intact military airfield in the world today, and one of the last intact WW1 and seaplane bases in the world. It is Australia’s most important aviation site, the birth place of the RAAF and military aviation. Point Cook retains intact 1914 and WW1 buildings, a 1920’s seaplane jetty and hangers, together with its WW2 and post war landscapes. It is also the location of the Royal Australian Air Force museum. |
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There is much to love about Melbourne. Just ask the locals. This sophisticated world city in the south-east corner of mainland Australia inspires a deep passion in those lucky enough to live here. They love its vibrant energy, staggering choice of restaurants, funky boutiques, café-filled laneways, cool bars, unbeatable galleries, luscious parks and village-like inner suburbs, each with its own special character. Melbourne, a relatively modern city which is less than 200 years old, never sits still. New futuristic designs add to the fascinating mix of architecture and ensure the skyline is constantly changing. Melbourne is very much about lifestyle. It is no huge surprise to residents that their city has been named in an international poll as the world’s most liveable city. Melburnians embrace three things in particular:
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