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Old 10th Jun 2018, 00:29
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flopzone
 
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It was pretty much paddocks until the mid 1970s when the land was rezoned to residential from then until this day. Aspendale, Mentone and Epsom Race Tracks became housing estates. The "green wedge" of farming land has been eroded away by greedy property developers who are hell bent on having Moorabbin closed one way or another. Local and State Govts have rezoned the land not the Commonwealth. The committment of the current operators to maintain the site as an airport lasts only as long as the Federal Govt wants an airport there. When Canberra sells it off to the current operators, its all over.

A parcel of land abt 5k to the n/e of Moorabbin about half the size of the airport was sold by the farmer a few years ago for 4 mil. It then sold for 14 mil. It was rezoned to housing and sold again for 40 mil. It was then cleared by the developer, carved up into lots and roads instated and sold to the Superannuation Trust of Australia for 400 million and a house hasnt been built yet. So the land at Moorabbin, whats left of it would be worth a couple of billion once its sold as housing lots. Probably more as they would fill it with 10 story towers to get sea views not 3 bedroom brick veneers.

The best view of the current airport minus the new factories to the south but in anyones eyes, its a bloody joke.



This photo is from 1972 35l/r centre of screen by my reckoning. The collection of structures on the left are cars and machinery associated with the packing sheds you can see. In other words there may be an odd farmhouse but there are no dwellings to be seen.

This image is from about 1956 the airport is the large mown section.

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