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Melbourne Zoo
Australia's oldest zoo established in 1862, home to over 320 animal species in the heart of Melbourne.
17 km · about 20 min drive
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Taylors Lakes
Victoria, Australia · Oceania
About Taylors Lakes
Taylors Lakes works well as a base: 10 minutes from Kings Park, 17km from Melbourne Zoo.
Taylors Lakes is in Victoria, Australia, with about 15,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Kings Park, about 4 km away.
Taylors Lakes is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 km (12 mi) north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Brimbank local government area. Taylors Lakes recorded a population of 16,910 at the 2021 census.
Taylors Lakes is bounded by the Calder Freeway in the north,Read more
Overnewton Road and Taylors Creek in the east, Lady Nelson Way in the south and the Bendigo railway line in the west. The suburb is mostly composed of recent developments dating from the 1990s, with Taylors Lakes Post Office opening on 18 August 1994.
One of Keilor's earliest settlers was the Scotsman William Taylor, who built the Overnewton homestead in 1849. Taylors Creek was named after him, which in turn gives the name of the suburb.
There are many available facilities in Taylors Lakes, such as shopping centres, cinemas, bowling alley, schools, a railway station, bus routes, parks and gardens, sports grounds, roads, houses and kindergartens. It also has the largest rate of Southern/Eastern European ancestry of any Melbourne suburb.
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What is there to see near Taylors Lakes?
Within an hour or so of Taylors Lakes: Melbourne Zoo (17 km), Petrol Circus (20 km), SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium (20 km), Pellegrini's Espresso Bar (21 km).
Where is Taylors Lakes?
Taylors Lakes is in Victoria, Australia, about 4 km from Kings Park.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 15,174
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- Victoria
- Timezone
- Australia/Melbourne
- Coordinates
- -37.6986, 144.7863
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Worth the detour from Taylors Lakes
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Petrol Circus
Melbourne's automotive culture and lifestyle brand hosting regular car meets, rides, and community events across the city.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium
Melbourne's premier aquarium on the Yarra River featuring Antarctic ice displays and an oceanarium with sharks and rays.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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Pellegrini's Espresso Bar
Melbourne's oldest espresso bar, opened in 1954 on Bourke Street with the city's first commercial espresso machine and an unchanged Formica bar. Order at the counter and eat standing or in the back kitchen.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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Albert Park Circuit
Melbourne's lakeside street circuit, traditional F1 season opener
23 km · about 25 min drive
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Luna Park Melbourne
Historic St Kilda amusement park opened in 1912 with its iconic laughing face entrance on the waterfront.
25 km · about 30 min drive
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Sandown Raceway
A fast, flat 3.1km circuit inside a Melbourne horse racing course, running since 1962 and one of the last surviving old-school Australian touring car venues.
44 km · about 50 min drive
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Country Cob Bakery
A Kyneton bakery that has won Australia's Best Pie at the national baking competition multiple times, drawing Calder Highway travellers off the freeway for the chicken and mushroom or curried beef.
58 km · about 65 min drive
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