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Marngrook making Families had a fun day at Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne (RBGV) on Wednesday 10 July, celebrating the NAIDOC Week. An interactive workshop showed everyone a traditional aboriginal game called Marngrook, the original AFL football. The ball was often made by possum skins and kids got to create their very own Marngrook to take home. Story Page 10
2-year-old Kiah from Cranbourne with a finished Marngrook. She loved it! (Gary Sissons: 418421)
Clyde left behind By Violet Li & Corey Everitt Communities beyond Cranbourne still feel left out of train access with the continued silence on the Clyde Rail Link, while a new station has recently been built not far away in East Pakenham. Growth areas Clyde and Clyde North have a current population of over 40,000 and are expected to have just under 110,000 by 2031 - yet these towns still lack a train station. Chalm Davey, the sales associate of Verve, a developing estate in Clyde, said one of three people coming into the office would ask about the potential Clyde Station. The fledging estate along Pattersons Road is eight kilometres away from the Cranbourne Station, which would take residents about an hour to go by bus, the only public transport option in the area.
“Once a Clyde Station is up and going, it’ll be four kilometres from us,” she said. “At the moment, we have to say to our clients we don’t have any details around the Clyde station, recommending them go to the Cranbourne Station, but that’s twice the distance away. “Even if you are driving to the Cranbourne Station, I think it’s about a 20-minute drive from here. A 10-minute drive to a Clyde Station would be a lot nicer.” The estate now has 200 lots with a total of 1100 lots projected. Surrounding estates also have thousands of lots in the pipeline. With the demand and growth remaining strong in the area, Ms Davey believed that a Clyde Station would no doubt benefit the residents. Casey Council has long been advocating for an extension of the line to Clyde. Back in 2022,
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Casey’s plan pitched a duplicated line across about 5 kilometres with three new stations: Cranbourne East, Casey Fields and Clyde. With a then-estimated cost of $1.5 to $3 billion, the State Opposition put down a commitment of just under $1 billion if elected in the last election. With the Liberal party failing to achieve Government, the project has largely fallen to silence since - with the State Government yet to even hint at the prospective extension. Ms Davey said that the envisioned Clyde Station had now almost become a running joke. “It’s actually pretty awkward because we do actually have the fact that there will be a future Clyde Station on a lot of our printouts, and then people will ask about the timeframe,” she said. “It creates a level of awkwardness for us in
the explanation, and we’re having to turn to a running joke pretty much. Because that’s what it is really. “Just a running joke about when the Clyde Station will arrive.” The Pakenham Line recently added the East Pakenham Station, which currently services a precinct with approximately a thousand residents - but is made in anticipation of the over 8,000 expected to live in the new suburb by 2031. Residents beyond Cranbourne are questioning when the Clyde Rail Link will serve a much more established area with an existing considerable number of residents. Public transport advocate and former Department of Transport bus planner Peter Parker believed that Clyde absolutely should get a rail extension along with improved buses. Continued page 10
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