Williams Landing is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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, 17 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district

Central business district

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. Its Local Government Area is the City of Wyndham

City of Wyndham

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The major area of Williams Landing is what was once the RAAF Base Laverton airfield. The base is no longer used for operational flying but is still used for radio training. For administrative purposes it is now merged with the former RAAF Base Point Cook as RAAF Base Williams.

The suburb was split from Laverton

Laverton, Victoria

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 in 2008, the name being announced in May and formalised by the Geographic Names Board in August.

Housing development has sold out in the Wyndham Waters estate along Sayers Road to the north of the suburb, adjacent to Truganina

Truganina, Victoria

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Williams Landing will be developed into a Transit-oriented development

Transit-oriented development

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, major activity centre

Activity centre

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 and employment node. Williams Landing will be built on land that was, up until the 1980s

1980s

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 the airfield & runway of the RAAF Base Laverton

RAAF Williams

RAAF Williams comprises the two bases of Point Cook and Laverton. Both establishments previously existed as separate RAAF Bases until 1999 when they were amalgamated to form RAAF Williams...

, which is situated on the northern edge of Point Cook. Williams Landing will be next to the planned and approved future Williams Landing railway station), just across Princes Freeway and for residents of Point Cook will be accessed via Palmers Road. Construction of Williams Landing commenced in early 2008 and is due to be completed by 2025.

Wyndham Waters

Wyndham Waters is one of two major estates in Williams Landing and has over 1000 households in it. Development started in 2001 and it was complete in 2010. The open outfall sewer separates Wyndham Waters from Williams Landings. The land Wyndham Waters was build on was very flat and was prone to flooding and gave a big task for the developers of Wyndham Waters. Urban Property Developments Pty. Ltd. (now Asset1) had build a large waterway to 'fix' the problem. There is also a recreation centre that provide residences of Wyndham Waters a gym, outdoor pool and sauna.

Williams Landing

Williams Landings is the largest estate in Williams Landing and is currently developing. There are many parks in Williams Landing and both future Williams Landing Town Centre and future Williams Landing Train Station are walking distance from the estate. Williams Landing also has 3 large conservation areas and are not for public use.

Flora

There are many species of original vegetation of Williams Landing that have been present for thousands of years. The red coloured patches of red visible are either Kangaroo Grass or Red-Leg Grass. In spring Common Everlastings', New Hollands, Blue Devils, Lemon Beauty-heads and Spur Velleia come up and are also original flora to the area. The site has also got some threatened species such as Spiny Rice-flowers, Large Fruit Fireweeds, and Basalt Podolepis'.

Wyndham Waters

Due to the waterway in Wyndham Water, there are many types of birds around the area. Examples of these birds are Shovelers, Mallards, Firetails, Moorhens, Scrubrens and there are many more that are not listed.

William Landing

The major wetland at Williams Landing provides habitat for many birds, reptiles and frog species. The water level varies over the weather and the fauna responds similarly. Australasian Bittern and other birds that migrate from Japan prefer more shallow water when wet grassy verges are available, whereas the Black Swan and Australasian Shoveler like deeper water and are increasingly seen when water levels are high.

External links

• The suburb website
• Website for residents of Wyndham Waters and Williams Landing