There is a suburb (locale) in Melbourne's west called Mt Cottrell. It is not terribly well known by many people other than the locals as it is not very heavily populated at all - the average property size in Mt Cottrell is in the hundreds of acres. It's horse and pony country. Two very good riding schools and horse agistment properties are located in Mt Cottrell - Taleeho Lodge and Kimgara Park - both on the corner of Doherty's Rd and Dukelows Road.
Mt Cottrell lies between Werribee (at the South) and Rockbank/Melton (to its North) and it is part of the City of Wyndham. One of the main roads leading to Mt Cottrell is Doherty's Road. The time that it takes to drive from the West entrance to the Westgate bridge to the corner of Doherty's Rd and Dukelows Rd (basically downtown Mt Cottrell) is 25 minutes. At that corner, all the properties are in the hundreds of acres.
Closer to town, the property sizes go down to 10 acres and there is one such property coming up for sale on 9th April in Doherty's Road.
Below is a picture of the board. This property is probably 20 minutes drive from the west entrance to the Westgate and there is one set of traffic lights between this property and the Westgate.
Interesting article by David Beswick on Anthony Cottrell after whom Mt Cottrell was named.
http://www.beswick.info/besfam/cottrell.htm
Posted by: Alan | April 17, 2006 at 12:33 PM