NBN reaches Western Sydney broad-acre site

The Western Sydney residential development of Bunya Estate will be the first “broad-acre” site and the first location in Sydney to gain access to the government’s high-speed fibre optic National Broadband Network.

The 5,280-hectare development near Doonside extends from Quakers Hill to Leppington and will feature approximately 730 new homes in the new suburb of Bungarribee when completed.

Final Bunya land lots in stage one were released by Landcom in June, with 69 of the 75 released now sold. Prices start at $310,000, plus a $20,000 Housing Affordability Fund discount for eligible purchasers, and homes range in size from 420 square metres to 547 square metres.

A display home centre featuring designs from Allcastle Homes, Champion Homes, Eden Brae Homes and Wisdom Homes was opened in July.

Doonside railway station is approximately 500 metres from the northern end of the project.

The announcement of NBN access at Bunya Estate Minister was made by Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy, who says it is the first new broad-acre development to get the NBN in all dwellings.

“Local residents in the Bunya estate can receive fibre-based telephone and high speed internet services over the NBN by contacting a retail service provider of their choice. It will be the first of many such sites and our local community is very excited,” says Ed Husic, Chifley MP.

The federal government is also supporting the release of more affordable homes in this estate through a $7.5 million Housing Affordability Fund grant.

According to the Daily Telegraph, just a handful of homes have been completed to date, with families due to start moving in at the end of the month.

The Bunya Estate announcement follows the launch of the NBN in Kiama Downs and the township of Minnamurra in August, about 120 kilometres south of Sydney.

Armidale in NSW, the whole of Tasmania, parts of Brunswick in Melbourne; and parts of the Townsville suburbs of Aitkenvale and Mundingburra were the first to receive access to the NBN.

Midway Point, an outer suburb of Tasmania, was the first location to get NBN access in August last year.