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 Melbourne. Carlins signature red, only louder, has been taken up by Sydney Tools down the road …
Fishermans Bend & Montague
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 westerly precinct of Fishermans Bend when Matthew Guy rezoned 240 hectares to Capital City Zone in …
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 the release of the Fishermans Bend Framework in October 2018. The marketing for …
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 own legislation, the Grands Prix Act of 1994 which puts the …
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, Plummer St, Port Melbourne I could not imagine how such a modest building could survive the lure …
Wrapping up
I had barely pressed the send button on the Review of Port Places for 2018 when we had the weather event of the year. Around 6pm on Friday 14th December, 16.6mm of rain fell in less than 30 minutes leading to localised flooding which was particularly severe in low lying Montague. The fifth, …