Moonee Ponds, Victoria
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Moonee Ponds is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moonee Valley.
Moonee Ponds is where Barry Humphries' fictional housewife-megastar Dame Edna Everage originally lived as well as the home of prominent unionist Bill Shorten. It is also home to Queens Park and the Moonee Valley Racecourse.
Transport
The Broadmeadows line train stops at Moonee Ponds Station which is on the west end of Puckle street. Bus 467 runs from the station. At the east end of Puckle street is Moonee Ponds Junction. Tram number 82 terminates at the junction and Tram number 59 stops there. There is a bus interchange at the junction (called Moonee Ponds Interchange), where many bus routes terminate (routes 404, 472, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 483, 501, 504, 506 and 508).
The Maribyrnong River Trail and Moonee Ponds Creek Trail are cycling tracks in and around Moonee Ponds.
Commerce
Moonee Ponds is the commercial centre of the North West; servicing the surrounding suburbs such as Essendon and Ascot Vale. It has several bars, pubs and nightclubs as well as a few high-rise apartments catering for students and single dwellers. Traffic is significant due to public transport depots and the intersection of several roads. Puckle Street is the CBD of Moonee Ponds but Alexander Road is also very busy.
The Moonee Ponds Market used to be a fixture of the suburb where families would shop for carpets, homeware, groceries and fish but the market never quite recovered from the recession of 1991/92 and was closed at the end of the decade.
| City of Moonee Valley (All Melbourne Suburbs) |
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| Essendon | Strathmore | Coburg |
| Aberfeldie | Moonee Ponds, Victoria | Brunswick West |
| Maribyrnong | Ascot Vale | Parkville |