A Bright and Airy Home In Melbourne

In 1891 a Mrs. H. P. Wicken wrote the charming guide The Australian Home: A Handbook of Domestic Economy, which is full of recipes and housekeeping tips. The advertisement for Waugh's Baking Powder on your left is from this book, by the way. Among her areas of advice is that of how to look for a home in Australia, and this is what she has to say:

Melbourne, Australia in 1840 [Wikipedia]

There are many things to be considered in choosing a house. We must get one that is convenient to the daily business, large enough for our wants, and, above all, one the rent of which we can afford...[and]  in this hot country we are very glad to have cool and shady rooms, but at the same time rooms into which fresh air and sunshine are not freely admitted soon become unwholesome. The sun is good medicine.


Mrs. Wixken is quite right, of course. When you look for an ideal home, you want the surrounding area to be just right too, and have a nice balance to it. At Manor Lakes estates in Melbourne, you'll find estates on land for sale that will give you both cool shade and a healthy dose of sunshine, too. You can choose among land for sale werribee, land for sale melbourne or even land for sale melbourne west depending on where you want to live. They are all beautifully planned out with schools, shopping, walking and bicycle trails and all kinds of amenities including a future train station to link you to downtown Melbourne. I am sure that Mrs. Wicken would heartily approve.