The Bureau of Meteorology’s Special Climate Statement 65 confirms the uneasy feeling that April has been unusually warm. The Bureau found that the heat was more characteristic of mid-summer than mid-autumn and "was unprecedented in many areas in April for its intensity, its persistence or both". …
Habitat Filters
As public transport becomes more crowded and with the attachment to devices, conversations on the tram have become rarer but the no 1 is often convivial. As the tram trundled down Sturt St towards South Melbourne past Habitat Filter, the woman sitting next to me observed “I don’t like it”. “It’s …
The First Quarter
Easter Explorations in Fishermans Bend 2018 The next wave of development is beginning with several sites in, and on the edge of, Fishermans Bend being prepared for construction. In Montague The new South Melbourne-Ferrars St Primary School is in recess after an exuberant first full term in …
Politics in the Pub
Do you use Trove? Trove makes it as easy to read the newspapers of yesteryear as to read the newspapers of today. And there's no paywall either. Through Trove we have easy access and insights into detailed accounts of Council and community meetings - who was there, what was said, and what …
Report from the Panel
A Planning Panel is reviewing the draft planning controls, Amendment GC81, for Fishermans Bend. The hearings started on 1st March and the Panel will sit for a marathon 56 days to hear all submissions. The Panel will deliberate on the submissions and prepare a report to the Minister within 40 days of …
Birds
The morning begins with the wattlebird in the banksia. The golden autumn day invites a walk to Lagoon Pier is at the end of the street (apart from the interruption of Beaconsfield Parade). Lagoon Pier may not be the longest or the widest pier but it is a ‘just right’ pier for Port Melbourne …