The last Toyota made in Australia rolled down the line at 12pm on Tuesday 3 October 2017. This real and symbolic moment in our local and national history was overshadowed by mass murder in Las Vegas. Toyota had given notice of its intention to cease manufacturing in Australia in 2014. Even …
Fishermans Bend & Montague
Equinox
About overshadowing mixed with a little local history Saturday 23 September, that hot and gusty day, was the equinox when day and night lengths are even. The equinox and the solstice are the reference points for assessing overshadowing in planning applications. The more stringent winter …
Turner Street, Fishermans Bend
Road Portraits There was no Turner Street when children from the nearby Fishermans Bend Migrant Hostel played there in the fifties. It was like an Enid Blyton story, recalls former hostel resident Robin Nash, where the children constructed an imaginary world out of the mini-islands in the swamp. …
Lorimer Street, Fishermans Bend
Road Portraits Lorimer Street follows the smooth curve of the River at Fishermans Bend. This shape and view is becoming increasingly familiar as the Fishermans Bend project unfolds - thanks in no small part to spectacular images like this by Lensaloft Aerial Photography. But the River has …
Motor Car Montague
Montague, now a precinct of Fishermans Bend, used to be known for the legendary strength of some of its waterside workers. Daniel Monagle who died in 1962 worked as a coal lumper until he was 85 - one of the 'tough breed' . Montague was also known for the number of children living in each of its …
Jane’s Walk in Montague
The streets of Montague were the setting for exploring Open House Melbourne's 2017 question: 'What would Jane (Jacobs) do?' The thematic question arose from widespread concern and perplexity about the intensity and rapidity of Melbourne's urban change. Jane Jacobs was a meticulous observer and …