An artificial wetlands and lake created by extracting sand between 1997 and 2001, it is located on Warrigal Road in Moorabbin.
The airport was the site of a light plane crash on 26 November 1998, when a Piper Lance crashed shortly after take off on its way to Moorabbin, Victoria, killing three Melbourne nurses on board.
Born in Brighton to market gardener Robert Brooke Coates and Jane Annie Boxshall, he attended Moorabbin State School and became a cigar maker.
Major industries with a presence in the area include Philip Morris and Coca-Cola.
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The leading goalkicker for the season was Peter Schofield (Moorabbin), who kicked 95 goals for the home-and-home season and 96 goals overall.
The leading goalkicker for the home-and-home season was Jim Hewes (Coburg), who kicked 83 goals; the leading goalkicker after finals was Alby Linton (Williamstown), who was third behind Hewes and Peter Schofield (Moorabbin) with 73 goals in the home-and-home season, and kicked 84 goals overall.
The Highett Junior Football Club was established in 2001 after the Moorabbin United Junior Football Club (known as the Bears) decided to align themselves with a senior club in order to provide a developmental continuity for their young players to progress through to the open-age ranks.
Coates died in 1976 at Moorabbin and was buried at Cheltenham.
Moorabbin exacted its revenge the following year, beating Sandringham twice in the finals in 1963, including a 64-point win in the Grand Final under coach, Graham Dunscombe, who was appointed mid-season.
Moorabbin Oval was the home of the Melbourne Reds in the former Australian Baseball League from 1994 to 1999.