Skye is a suburb and semi-rural locality in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 48 km south-east of Melbourne's

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via the Monash Freeway, located within the

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. Skye recorded a population of 8,088 at the .

History

Skye Post Office opened on 1 June 1889 and closed in 1895. In 1964, Lyndhurst South office (open since 1902) was renamed Skye. This office closed in 1972. There are still a couple of houses standing from the 1890s today in Skye. Prior to 15 December 1994, Skye was a part of the

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(formerly the Shire of Cranbourne until April 1994). It still shares the postcode, 3977, with Cranbourne. In January 2018, Skye's Darnley Drive and Skye Valley residential developments were threatened by the Carrum Downs Bushfire, with a few houses damaged.

Transport

Public Transport Skye is serviced by one local bus service, the 760 operated by

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, which connects Skye to neighbouring suburbs as well as two railway lines – Frankston and Cranbourne Road To the east of Skye is the Western Port Highway which connects Skye to

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and Melbourne. To the west is

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which connects Skye to Mornington and

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, EastLink which connects Skye to Ringwood and

Dandenong Valley Highway Dandenong Valley Highway is an urban highway stretching over 30 kilometres from Bayswater in Melbourne's eastern suburbs to Frankston in the south. This name covers many consecutive streets and is not widely known to most drivers, as the entir ...

which connects Skye to Frankston and

and the

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which connects Skye to Chelsea and Portsea. To the north is Thompsons Road which connects Skye to

Carrum Carrum is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Melbourne city centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Kingston Local Government Areas of Victoria, local government ar ...

and Clyde North. To the south is Cranbourne Road which connects Skye to Frankston and Cranbourne

Education

Primary Schools The suburb has two schools, Skye Primary School and Lighthouse Christian College. Many Skye children also opt to attend larger schools in Carrum Downs such as St Joachim's Catholic Primary School, Rowellyn Park Primary School, Banyan Fields Primary School and Flinders Christian Community College Secondary Schools There are no secondary schools in Skye however in neighbouring suburb Carrum Downs there are two high schools, Flinders Christian Community College and Carrum Downs Secondary College. There is also two high schools in neighbouring suburb Cranbourne West, Cranbourne West Secondary College and St Peter's College. Skye children who attended St Joachim's for primary school tend to attend high school at John Paul College in Frankston

Religion

Southern Lights Christian Church and Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses serves the Skye region. Skye is part of the Seaford Parish in the Melbourne Catholic Archdiocese with the closest Catholic Church in Seaford. The closest Sikh temple is in

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, the closest Hindu temple is in Carrum Downs and the closest Buddhist temple is in Springvale

Location

Skye enjoys a large area of land to the east of the suburb which is outside the main growth area and is semi-rural. It forms a green wedge between

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and

Cranbourne West Cranbourne West is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 40 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Casey local government area. Cranbourne West recorded a population of 19,969 at the 2021 c ...

, which is in the neighbouring municipality of the

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. The suburb has a number of newer housing developments (many which have been developed since 2005). A full list of the developments can be seen in the section below. Skye was ranked in 2015 as the least liveable suburb in Melbourne. Reasons cited for this included sewerage odour, a lack of public transport and a lack of shops. Nearby Sandhurst received a similarly negative ranking.

Sport

The suburb's

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football team, the Skye Bombers, competes in the

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. Golfers play at the Skye Public Golf Course on Ballarto and Taylors Roads, at the course of the Sandhurst Club on Thompsons Road or at Centenary Park Golf Course in neighbouring area, Langwarrin North

Residential developments and estates

Skye has multiple developments and estates, the majority of them being built from 2005 onwards. All of them are listed below. * Skye Valley * Lady Emily/Edinburgh Drive * Darnley Drive * Rangeview Drive * '' Sandhurst'' (now a separate suburb) * ''Wedge Road'' (under construction)

State politics

Since the state election on 29 November 2014, The suburb of Skye has been represented by

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in Victoria's Legislative Assembly. Skye falls within the

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References

{{City of Frankston suburbs Suburbs of Melbourne Suburbs and localities in the City of Frankston