Box Hill, Victoria
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Box Hill is a multicultural suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Box Hill is located in the Whitehorse City council. It boasts the second largest retail and office precinct outside downtown Melbourne. The suburb is home to large Chinese and Vietnamese communities, and as a result boasts a diverse range of restaurants, bars and cafes.
Shopping
Box Hill has a bustling shopping precinct. These range from the shops along Station Street and Whitehorse Road, to the suburbs two shopping centres. Centro Box Hill (formerly Box Hill Central) features Safeway, Target, The Reject Shop, the large indoor Box Hill market, and a large food court. The neighbouring Centro Whitehorse (formerly Whitehorse Plaza), recently renovated and renamed, includes Coles, another food court, and a good selection of specialty fashion retail stores.
Transport
Box Hill is also a major transport hub for the City of Whitehorse and surrounding suburbs. Box Hill Central is built over Box Hill railway station, on the Belgrave and Lilydale lines. This complex also includes a large bus terminus linking commuters to a variety of destinations across the eastern suburbs.
The number 109 tram route along Whitehorse Road was recently extended to link Box Hill to the city and inner suburbs.
Residential
The surrounding suburb also features mature residential developments ranging from medium to high density.
This includes several schools, including Box Hill High, Box Hill Senior Secondary, and others. For mature students, Box Hill TAFE provides further education, and buses link Box Hill's terminus to Monash University and La Trobe University. The University of Melbourne is approximately 30 minutes away by train.
Box Hill Hospital provides medical coverage to Box Hill and its surrounding suburbs.
The Whitehorse Aquatic and Leisure Centre, run by Whitehorse council, provides residents with an indoor and outdoor pool, basketball courts, a gym, squash, and tennis courts. The surrounding parklands include - aside from a large lake (now filled with water, but once used as a quarry) - a baseball diamond, a football oval, and cricket pitches.
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