About this property
Alternate search: Unit 1, 160 Derrimut Road.
160 Derrimut Road, Hoppers Crossing VIC 3029, Australia
Alternate search: Unit 1, 160 Derrimut Road.
The unit is located about 24 km (15 mi) south‑west of Melbourne’s CBD, placing it within a reasonable commute to the city.
Pacific Werribee, a large shopping mall, is just 0.5 km away, and Village Werribee with its 10‑screen cinema is about 0.7 km distant, providing plenty of retail and entertainment options.
Hoppers Crossing railway station is roughly 2 km away, offering train services on the Werribee line, and several bus routes connect the area to the station, Werribee Plaza and surrounding suburbs. Major roads such as Derrimut Road, Princes Highway and Heaths Road provide easy car access.
Woodville Park is about 1.3 km from the unit, and there are several local recreation reserves and playgrounds within a few blocks, many of which follow the former course of Skeleton Creek.
The eastern edge of the suburb is bordered by Skeleton Creek, which supports healthy populations of native reptiles such as tiger snakes, eastern blue‑tongued lizards, eastern brown snakes, striped skinks and stump‑tailed skinks.
Hoppers Crossing was named after Elizabeth Hopper, the gatekeeper of the local railway level crossing. The area developed rapidly from the 1970s, transitioning from open farmland to a residential suburb with its first shopping centre, Woodville Park, and railway station opening in 1970.
The suburb offers numerous gyms, tennis courts, soccer fields, Australian rules football ovals and basketball courts. The Federation Trail, opened in 2004, provides a popular route for cyclists and walkers linking Hoppers Crossing with neighboring areas.