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Planning for 150 Turner St
City of Melbourne does not find much to support in the application for 150 Turner St While the Minister for Planning is the Responsible Authority for this application in the Lorimer Precinct of...
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Two Parks on the Yarra
Merri Creek and Westgate Park celebrate milestone birthdays in 2015 An egret flies over a constructed wetland in Westgate Park Merri Creek’s transformation ‘From wasteland to parkland’ is being...
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Affordable Housing and Fishermans Bend
24 October 2015 This week the Fishermans Bend Ministerial Advisory Committee released its first report. The findings and recommendations were widely reported, including coverage in The Age (20/10)...
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Enchanted by pigface
I’ve been waiting and waiting for a particular plant to flower so that I can share some of my favourite pieces of writing about early Melbourne. And now Pig face Carpobrotus rossii is in flower – in...
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Normanby Road – the new City Road?
Normanby Road the new City Road? The high rise towers along City Road, Southbank are often cited as an urban outcome to be avoided, rather than repeated. Yet a survey of planning applications suggest...
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Port and Liveability
Port Melbourne ranked 56 out of 321 suburbs on the liveability scale – up from 132 in the previous 5 year period, according to Liveable Melbourne, a research project commissioned by The Age undertaken...
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Portholes
The wall around Gasworks Arts Park creates a sense of enclosure – a walled garden park. While a respite from the traffic, it can mean that people don’t know what happens behind the wall. Enter the Park...
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The Beach
A beach is natural, right? Well, no. Sandridge Beach (between Todd and Beacon Road) was created as recently as 1996 as part of the Beacon Cove development in Port Melbourne. The state government,...
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Signs of the Times
Yarn Corner do Christmas at City Square I’ve been drawn into the Christmas funnel described by Leunig by the intricacy and idiosyncrasy of yarn bombing. I had resisted Christmas until I saw crochet...
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The Walking Test
The best things about Docklands are its walkability*, excellent public transport and convenience to entertainment and services, according to residents who participated in an open conversation at...
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The 2015 Collection
This is where I picked up litter – often but erratically – this year. Just a small 50 m of Yarra River frontage under the Westgate Bridge where swans and the Punt come and go and people fish. Among the...
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Port Houses in 2015
Here are some observations about Port Houses in 2015 Median house price In 2015 the median house price in Port Melbourne was $1,145,500.* In 1975, it was $21,500. In December, the sale of a bank house...
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Looking ahead in Port Places
At the close of 2015, the stage is set for profound change in Port Places in the immediate and long term future. Fishermans Bend In 2015, the Fishermans Bend urban renewal project has gone from...
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Hot Start to 2016
Welcome back to Port Places where it reached 41.9 degrees at 4.43 pm today. The streets were quiet as though people had returned to the Christmas New-Year break from which they were just emerging. Tram...
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New Park in Port Places
At the end of the 70 tram line, at the end of Docklands Drive, under the Bolte Bridge, is the newest park in Docklands – Ron Barassi Snr Park. This Park packs in a lot without feeling crowded. Already...
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Litter Fishers
Ross and Ramona Headifen are part of Beach Patrol, a growing movement of people picking up litter on Port Phillip Bay’s beaches. Their local group is Port Melbourne’s 3207 Beach Patrol. You may have...
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