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Students were on a roll when they attended a wheel gymnastics course in Werribee last week. Head coach of the Cyr and German Wheel Club, Ludwig Schukin – who is also a trainer at the National Institute of Circus Arts in Prahran – is running the Summer Holiday Wheel Intensive at Eagle Stadium. People have come from across Melbourne and Geelong to study under the expertise of Mr Schukin, who grew up in a Russian circus family and has travelled the world with Cirque du Soleil and the Moscow State Circus. Mr Schukin, a Melton resident, said that although wheel gymnastics was a popular performance art, not many people know the sport also has a bi-annual World Championships. He said his dream was to build a team to compete at the championships, and he has started training two of his children in wheel gymnastics so they can join the squad. “Right now, I’m really enjoying it because I’m teaching, I love the lightbulb moment when a student says, ‘This is actually so easy’,” he said. Details: https://www.wheelgymclub.com. au/ Alesha Capone
Point Cook sales soar By Alesha Capone Point Cook has ranked alongside some of Melbourne’s swankiest south-eastern and eastern suburbs to record the highest value of total house sales in the state, across a 12-month period. A new report from property information and analytics provider CoreLogic has listed Point Cook alongside Brighton and Kew, as having the highest financial value of houses sold in one suburb. On a “top five” list from between September 2019 and September 2020, Brighton earned more than $651 million in total house sales,
Glen Waverley reaped $530 million in sales and Kew recorded $489 million in sales. Point Cook came in next with $484 million in house sales, followed by Balwyn North with $469 million. However, Point Cook recorded the highest number of houses sold within the period (713 properties), followed by Glen Waverley (353 properties sold), Balwyn North (230), Brighton (198) and Kew (179). As of November last year, Point Cook’s median house value was $675,129. In comparison, Brighton’s was $2.88 million, Kew was $2.3 million, Balwyn North $1.88 million and Glen Waverley $1.31 million.
Sanctuary Lakes, Point Cook and Wyndham Residential Real Estate agencies director Fadi Saad said Point Cook had a number of attributes that were attracting buyers. “Point Cook is popular from an affordability perspective and for its proximity to the city, airport and Geelong,” Mr Saad said. “While Point Cook was once considered way out west, now – compared to places like Altona and Altona Meadows, which are five-10 minutes up the road – what you get when you’re buying is a hell of a lot more property for your money. “In Altona and Altona Meadows, a typical three-bedroom brick-veneer or even
weatherboard home might go for $800,000 to $900,000, for that money you could get a double storey house in Point Cook, possibly with a pool.” Mr Saad said that although there was a shortage of stock last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, his team achieved “good results”. This included a five-bedroom house at 13 Heron Way, which sold for $2.15 million, and a four-bedroom at 18 Spinnaker Rise, which sold for $2.125 million. He said government incentives, the First Home Owner Grant and “extremely low” interest rates, meant now was a good time for people to both buy and sell property.
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