Royal Vic Aero Club, used to use the South Dandenong airstrip for their monthly competitions
The late Colonel Edward 'Ted' Neil had a private airfield just south of Berwick, where he used to keep his Beech 55 Baron. VH-EHN, which had a permanently installed fuselage tank. The Baron did a wheel up landing either on the ferry flight from USA or just shortly after arrival. EHN registration was of course his initial Edward H Neil. Teddy was also Chairman of David Syme and Co, publishers of the Melbourne 'Age' newspaper. Combined with that powerful position as well as being mentioned in despatches during WWII, did not prevent the SEC (State Electricity Commission) from running a huge gantry and power lines over the top of his homestead and airstrip. Needless the say Teddy never took his Lear 25 into the Clyde Rd, strip. (Lear was VH-TNN, Ted and Nancy Neil)
The late Barry Coutts also had an airstrip alongside Clyde Rd, Bazza kept his C172 their. His wife ran a horse agistment park on the property. Barry was well known in Formula Vee racing and owned Volkspower in Burwood.
Racing Driver Rusty French had/has an airstrip inside the Moorabbin training area.
Manufacturer John Berends had an airstrip inside the Moorabbin training area where he would land his Piper Navajo
There were a few more ............