Correction (3 October 2026): an earlier version of this page listed places and details we could not stand behind. It has been rewritten from scratch: every place below was confirmed at two independent sources on 3 October 2026.
South Morang’s shopping is best read as a map of four centres, and only one of them has a South Morang address. The other three are close by: Westfield Plenty Valley is in Mill Park, and Mernda Town Centre and Mernda Junction are in Mernda. This page says which is which, so you do not drive to the wrong one.
We list what each centre’s own pages say about its stores and its trading hours, and nothing more. No shop prices appear here because we recorded none. We have not walked these centres, so there is no description of the floors, the foot traffic or the feel of the place. The order below runs from the centre in South Morang outwards.
The quick picks
| If you’re after | Head to | Where |
|---|---|---|
| A supermarket-led centre with a South Morang address | Central South Morang Shopping Centre | 338-342 McDonalds Road, South Morang |
| A large centre with a cinema, a games arcade and a dining list | Westfield Plenty Valley | 415 McDonalds Road, Mill Park |
| A centre with a supermarket, a library and a dine-in and takeaway category | Mernda Town Centre | 180 Riverdale Boulevard, Mernda |
| A centre with a donut shop and a supermarket that lists longer hours | Mernda Junction Shopping Centre | Corner of Plenty & Bridge Inn Rd, Mernda |
Central South Morang Shopping Centre — 338-342 McDonalds Road, South Morang VIC 3752
This is the only centre on the page with a South Morang address. Its site says it is “home to specialty and major retailers including Woolworths, Tasman Fresh Meats and Red Rooster”, and that it is 300 metres from the South Morang Railway Station. OpenStreetMap names the same building South Morang Central.
The site lists trading hours of 9am to 6pm on Monday to Wednesday, 9am to 8pm on Thursday and Friday, 9am to 5pm on Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sunday. Thursday and Friday are the longer days.
The strip: a short walk from the station, per the centre’s own site, which makes it the one on this page you can reach by train.
Westfield Plenty Valley — 415 McDonalds Road, Mill Park VIC 3082
Westfield Plenty Valley is in Mill Park. Westfield’s own address and Wikipedia both say so, and the centre is close to South Morang rather than inside it. Westfield’s store pages name Bed Bath N’ Table and Best & Less, and list Village Cinemas and Timezone, which it describes as “the latest and greatest games”. It also links a full list of restaurants, cafes and takeaway.
The hours Westfield showed for the week we read ran from 9:00am to 5:30pm on Monday to Wednesday and 9:00am to 9:00pm on Thursday and Friday. Those hours roll forward daily on its site, so treat them as a pattern and check the current week.
Go for: the cinema, the games and the dining list, which are the categories the centre’s own pages put forward.
Mernda Town Centre — 180 Riverdale Boulevard, Mernda VIC 3754
Mernda Town Centre is in Mernda, not South Morang. The centre’s site groups its stores under supermarket, liquor, variety, fresh food, services, and dine in or takeaway. The Yarra Plenty Regional Library page says that Mernda Library is within Mernda Town Centre.
The site lists hours of 9:00am to 9:00pm on Thursday and Friday, 9:00am to 5:30pm on Monday to Wednesday, 9:00am to 5:00pm on Saturday and 10:00am to 5:00pm on Sunday.
Go for: the library alongside the supermarket, if you want one stop for both; the library’s own page confirms the location.
Mernda Junction Shopping Centre — Corner of Plenty & Bridge Inn Rd, Mernda VIC 3754
Mernda Junction is in Mernda, at the corner of Plenty and Bridge Inn Roads. Its site says: “Enjoy a delicious fresh donut, meaty pie or coffee at Daniels Donuts”.
The centre’s core trading hours are 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, with Friday running to 6:30 PM. The supermarket is the exception: the site’s majors trading hours list Coles from 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM every day, Monday to Sunday. That late finish belongs to Coles, not to the centre.
Known for: nothing we can claim beyond the donut line and the Coles hours above; we did not record a wider store list for this centre.
Quick answers
Which shopping centre is in South Morang?
Central South Morang Shopping Centre, at 338-342 McDonalds Road, is the one with a South Morang address. Westfield Plenty Valley is in Mill Park by Westfield’s own address, and the other two are in Mernda.
Which centres have late trading?
Per their own sites, Central South Morang is open until 8pm on Thursday and Friday, and Westfield Plenty Valley and Mernda Town Centre list 9:00pm closes on those days. Mernda Junction’s core hours finish at 6:00 PM (6:30 PM on Friday), apart from Coles, which its site lists open until 11:00 PM every day.
Is there a cinema near South Morang?
Westfield’s pages list Village Cinemas at Plenty Valley, in Mill Park. We did not read session times or ticket prices.
Is there a library at a shopping centre here?
Mernda Library is within Mernda Town Centre, according to the Yarra Plenty Regional Library page. We did not read the library’s hours.
How we checked
We checked every place on this page against at least two independent sources on 3 October 2026: OpenStreetMap, the places’ own websites, en.wikipedia.org and council pages. Facilities and opening hours change, so check the official page before you go. The cover photo is illustrative, from Unsplash, and does not show any place on this page.
Seen something out of date? Email [email protected] with the page link and what has changed, and we will check it again.
Sources
- Central South Morang Shopping Centre: openstreetmap.org/443253670, centralsouthmorang.com.au/centre-information
- Westfield Plenty Valley: openstreetmap.org/62378005, westfield.com.au/opening-hours, en.wikipedia.org/Westfield_Plenty_Valley, westfield.com.au/browse-stores, westfield.com.au/movies, westfield.com.au/restaurants-and-entertainment-at
- Mernda Town Centre: openstreetmap.org/1133089982, merndatowncentre.au/info, yprl.vic.gov.au/mernda-library, merndatowncentre.au/stores
- Mernda Junction Shopping Centre: openstreetmap.org/739529743, merndajunction.com.au/find-us, merndajunction.com.au
