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Kicking on
Shortly after that fateful re-zoning of Fishermans Bend in 2012, a for sale sign appeared on the Australian Furniture Timbers building in Plummer St, Port Melbourne. Australian Furniture Timbers,...
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Cars in parks
from ships to cars – this week in Port Places The whiney hum of Formula 1 cars in practice sessions announces the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park this weekend. The Grand Prix is covered by its...
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Car dreaming
more cars this week in Port Places Last week, the first sod was turned on Lilix, a new apartment development in Thistlethwaite St, signalling a new phase of development in Fishermans Bend following...
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Taking flight
On 27 March 1939, the first Wirraway took flight in Fishermans Bend. Australian War Memorial – not the first Wirraway but conveys the sense of the place Wirraway was the name given to the most...
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More than meets the eye
a brief investigation finds there is more to a former car showroom than meets the eye The former Carlins buildings are being demolished to make way for the first tower of Fifteeen85 in Montague, South...
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The First Quarter 2019
State of play in Fishermans Bend Montague For the first time since observing Montague on Port Places, businesses are moving in to the area, rather than out. Telleish Hair Studio, (followed by 25.4k...
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A Jane’s Walk in Fishermans Bend
Jane’s Walk is an international citizen-led walking conversation inspired by urbanist Jane Jacobs. Jane’s Walks encourage people to share stories about places, discover unseen aspects of their...
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Post Jane’s Walk
Some thoughts arising from a Jane’s Walk through the Wirraway and Employment precincts of Fishermans Bend Diversity, detail, intricacy, intimacy – these words which recur in Jane Jacobs’ writing about...
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Murphys
Murphy’s is how locals know J. L. Murphy Reserve in Port Melbourne. The Reserve was created in 1948 out of Fishermans Bend land that had been used by the American army during the war as a storage base...
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Moving parts
Some drivers waiting for the 109 tram to pass were intrigued by the scrap metal spilling from the backyard of a house in Ingles St, Port Melbourne. The house was sold. The business moved about 1km...
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P.M. Port Melbourne
P.M. Port Melbourne from Prohasky St, July 2019 The planning permit for 320 Plummer St dates back to 2014. Not supported by the then Metropolitan Planning Authority, it was later approved by the...
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The Third Quarter
Observations from walking and riding through Fishermans Bend between April and August 2019 From the elevation of the City Road tram stop there’s a great view over South Melbourne Primary School and...
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Soap
Passing down the Yarra Yarra, we saw thousands of bullocks’ and sheep’s heads lying at the edge of the river a little way from the slaughtering house, rotting in a heap, 1 so wrote Louise Timewell of...
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Wool
I heard on the radio that the price of wool has fallen – partly because of drought in NSW and Queensland but also in response to President Trump’s announcement of tariffs on wool imports from China....
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A site in transition in Fishermans Bend
These closed gates stood for many years on the edge of a weedy paddock on Lorimer St in Fishermans Bend, a remnant of General Motors Holden once extensive operation. In the background are some of the...
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Focus on Montague
Montague: A community lost and found is a respectful tribute exhibition to the former residents of this small pocket of South Melbourne. It is also an important record of a period and a place which...
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Year in Review 2019
This week Australia is painted red with extreme andd prolonged heat. Victoria anticipates its hottest December day ever. Bushfires have raged and ravaged drought stricken New South Wales, Queensland...
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Narrative of progress 2
On Monday 17 February, GM announced the end of the Holden. Six hundred people will lose their jobs by June. The promises made of ongoing commitment to the brand when manufacturing ceased in Australia...
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Nature in the City
In April 1949, fifteen year old Len Robinson and some friends caught the bus from Flinders St to Garden City and walked towards the Yarra River where Westgate Park is today looking for birds. It was...
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Making it
Malcolm Moore Engineering Works started manufacturing in Port Melbourne in 1927. The factory covered 2.5 hectares and operated over several sites, the largest of which was on Williamstown Rd. Malcolm...
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