Erindale Centre

An aerial view of Wanniassa in 2008. The Erindale Centre is the cluster of white-roofed buildings at the left of the photo.

The Erindale Centre is a designated group centre located in the Canberra suburb of Wanniassa. It stands on the former site of the Erindale Homestead for which it is named,^[1] and serves the suburbs of Wanniassa, Monash, Gowrie, Fadden and Oxley. Erindale was developed in 1985, two years before the Tuggeranong Hyperdome and was intended as a “district retail centre”.

Stores

The northern entrance to the Erindale Shopping Centre

A variety of retail and service outlets are located in the retail core, Erindale Shopping Center, accessed off Denigan Street and Grattan Court, including a Woolworths supermarket, a pharmacy, Cakery Bakery, Michel's Patisserie, Coffee Guru, a take away shop, Mr. Sushi, Erindale Meats and a St. George Bank branch. Several other outlets, including a 7-Eleven service station (converted from Mobil in 2011 after 7-Eleven acquired Mobil Australia outlets), are located in a mixed services area on the southern side of McBryde Crescent. Foundation Health Care and Erindale Chambers are located off Comrie Street.^[2][3]

A new Caltex Woolworths Fuel service station and retail complex were constructed on Denigan Street in 2006.^[4]

Some buildings in Erindale Centre are: The Cheesecake Shop and Goodberry's Creamery.

Erindale Police Citizens Youth Club, Gugan Gulwan Youth Centre and Erindale Christian Centre are located at the northern end of the centre. Adjoining the commercial precinct of Erindale are Erindale College, Erindale Library, Active Leisure Center, Erindale Vikings Club, and Tuggeranong Uniting Church.

Transport

Erindale is serviced by several ACTION bus routes. Routes 63, 65 and 66 run between the Tuggeranong and Woden Interchanges every 20 to 60 minutes from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. Route 11/111 also passes through Erindale, and continues to Tuggeranong and in the opposite direction to Woden and City Bus Interchanges. The additional service 265 runs from the Tuggeranong Interchange to City West twice during the morning peak hour and twice in the other direction in the evening peak hour. These services are weekday and weeknight only, on the weekends a different set of routes pass through Erindale. These are the 961, 964, 966 and 968. On weekends, the Blue Rapid also deviates via Erindale and operates under the route number 900.

A taxi rank is located the south entrance to the Erindale Shopping Centre.

References

1. Canberra and District Historical Society (2006) CDHS Search, retrieved 21 July 2006
2. ACTPLA (2002) Recommended Final Group Centres Feb 02.doc, retrieved 21 July 2006
3. ACTPLA (2006) ACT GROUP CENTRES - CHARACTERISTICS OF OUTLETS, retrieved 21 July 2006
4. ACTPLA (2006) ACTION Buses, retrieved 23 July 2006

Extra reading

• Reynolds, Peter (29 September 2009). "Call for planning for Erindale". The CanberraTimes. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
• Violante, Victor (10 December 29 September 2009). "Greens push through Erindale master plan". The CanberraTimes. Check date values in: |date= (help); Greens succeed in getting the government to develop a master plan for Erindale.
• "Providing a safe environment for young people in Erindale". The Canberra Times (Canberra, A.C.T). 18 Mar 2009. p. 22.
• "Fed-up Erindale traders might hire own security". The Canberra Times. 9 Mar 2006. p. 2.
• "McDonalds franchise fined over safety breach". Sydney: ABC Premium News. 14 Apr 2004.
• Reynolds, Peter (18 Oct 2011). "Supermarket opposition". The Canberra Times. p. 1. opposition to a second supermarket
• "One of Canberra's best-kept secrets". The Canberra Times. 18 Mar 2009. p. 20. Shopping centre was refurbished in 2001.
• "Improvements underway". The Canberra Times. 4 Mar 2008. A new community garden between Erindale College and the Shops was organised by Communities@Work, Gugan Gulwan Youth Aboriginal Corporation and ACT Department of Territory and Municipal Services
• Clack, Peter (19 Dec 1999). "Land Auction A $3.8m Boost". The Canberra Times. p. 2. The ACT government failed to sell the site of the Erindale Police Station
• Centenera, Jeff (19 Sep 2000). "Boost For ACT Aboriginal Businesses". The Canberra Times (Canberra, A.C.T). p. 4. The Ngunnawal ACT and District Indigenous Peoples Aboriginal Corporation planned to move to the former police station.
• Lynne Minion (24 Dec 2007). "YouTube doctor after a remedy". The Canberra Times. p. 10. Obstetrician Doug Lee opened the Erindale Medical Practice in the late 1980s but recently tried to recruit doctors for it on YouTube.
• Clack, Peter (13 Feb 1998). "Closed Again: Pool-bug Cases Hit 139". The Canberra Times. A cryptosporidium outbreak scare closed Erindale pool on 4 February 1998.

Coordinates: 35°24′11″S 149°05′56″E / 35.403°S 149.099°E