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‘The Cloud’ in Fishermans Bend
On 19 January 2023, NEXTDC, a data centre provider, purchased the former Herald and Weekly Times (HWT) site for a potential new data centre. This is a second site for NEXTDC in Fishermans Bend. It...
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ASEAN in Port
Shortly before 8 am on Tuesday 5 March, three extinction rebellion protestors blocked city bound traffic on the Westgate Bridge. Their protest was aimed to coincide with the ASEAN Australia Special...
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Urban Forest in Port
30%. That is the percentage of canopy cover needed to achieve the full environmental benefits of the urban forest. 30% is also the percentage of canopy cover needed to qualify as a forest. Currently,...
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Under the boardwalk in Beacon Cove
The boardwalk at the water’s edge in Beacon Cove, Port Melbourne, sits above a seawall – a Seabee seawall. It is made up of hexagonal shaped precast concrete units that fit together neatly. The Seabee...
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A tale of two Montague Streets
Returning home to Port via Montague St, it is likely you would have stopped at the traffic lights at City Road. It can feel like a long wait. A City of Port Phillip sign futilely warns that there are...
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Submarine at Station Pier
The Bay is calm on these late autumn mornings. The protrusion of a dark shape reveals that a submarine is at outer east Station Pier. The submarine is HMAS Rankin, the sixth and final Collins class...
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The Lower Yarra – 50 years on
This week, people packed the Great Hall of the NGV to Reimagine the Birrarung in 2070 – a symposium for Melbourne Design Week. The symposium was playful and provocative. Curator Ewan McEoin is...
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Our coast – past and future
We tend to think of beaches as ‘natural’ but Sandridge Beach and environs have been profoundly altered over the last century. Sandridge was where the Yarra River entered the Bay through low marshy...
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Looking up!
On my way from here to there last week, my favourite thing happened. I saw something that I would have missed had I not been riding between here and there. And that observation suggested the theme for...
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Thirty years of the City of Port Phillip
Thirty years ago, on 22 June 1994, the City of Port Phillip was created from the amalgamation of the three former cities of Port Melbourne, South Melbourne and St Kilda by the Kennett Liberal...
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