How Lalor is laid out
Built by a co-op
Lalor began in 1947, when ex-servicemen formed the Peter Lalor Home Building Co-operative Society to build low-cost homes east of where Lalor station is now. It was planned as a garden suburb, and it was part of Thomastown before that.
High Street and the line
High Street is the main road through Lalor, with the Mernda line beside it and the Lalor Shopping Centre on the far side of the tracks. Lalor Plaza on McKimmies Road and Lalor Hub on Kingsway Drive serve the residential areas east and west.
Out to the main roads
Childs Road runs from Lalor to Plenty Road at Mill Park, and the Hume Freeway runs to the west of the suburb. Eight bus routes serve Lalor too, including the 566 along Childs Road and Plenty Road.
Many languages
At the 2021 census, 31.8% of people in Lalor spoke only English at home. Arabic, Macedonian, Vietnamese, Italian and Greek were among the other languages.
Getting a mobile mechanic to the car
A mobile mechanic suits a service, a battery or a car that won't start, at home or at work. Bigger jobs that need the car up on a hoist, like a clutch or a gearbox, go to a workshop.
Tell them where the car is parked (driveway, carport or street), whether it starts, and any warning lights on the dash. If you'd rather talk in a language other than English, write that in the note, and if someone else in the family should take the call, put their first name and mobile in the card instead. Mobile mechanics in Melbourne.
Our take
We'd write the note as if the mechanic can't see the car: what it's doing, since when, whether it drives, and exactly where it's parked. A clear note saves a wasted trip for everyone.