Cardinia Shire Council

Cardinia Shire is one of the fastest growing regions of metropolitan Melbourne. Located 45 kilometres east of Melbourne CBD, the Shire extends from the Dandenong Ranges in the north to Westernport Bay in the south. It comprises rapidly growing residential areas and rural farmland accessed by Monash Freeway and Princes Highway. Its features include significant wetlands, densely vegetated rolling hills, plains and swamps. It also includes unique Aboriginal cultural landscapes used by the Bunurong people until early explorers and settlers opened up the land for farming and agricultural development.

Post-war soldier settlement farming, orchards and residential expansion saw the growth of existing townships which continue to accelerate as the population grows and demand for housing and jobs increase.