This is a time marker post - marking where we've been and where we might be heading. On 16 March a State of Emergency was declared in Victoria. From Monday 25 May, restrictions have gradually been eased with playgrounds re-opening and schools going back. From 1 June, there will be further easing …
Port & South Melbourne
The Spirit
familiar, daily scene The daily comings and goings of the Spirit of Tasmania from Station Pier will be a thing of the past when TT Lines move their operation to Corio Quay near Geelong when their lease runs out at Station Pier in 2022 - if not earlier. TT Lines ordered two new, and larger, …
Staying at home – then and now
Tired of the reproachful pile of library books that will be returned partially read, I turned to the bookshelf instead to find Port Stories - a collection of transcribed oral history recordings taken at the Port Melbourne. Neighbourhood House around 2000. I was arrested by the accounts of life …
The park nearest to me
For World Parks Week During the time of isolation, parks have become even more important for physical and mental wellbeing. Homage to Lagoon Reserve Lagoon Reserve is a 2.5 ha park reclaimed from the former Sandridge Lagoon in Port Melbourne. The Reserve is fringed on all sides with native …
April observations
I read about dolphins returning to the Covid quiet canals of Venice. Before learning that was fake news I headed off to the Yarra with keen anticipation of seeing dolphins in the River at South Wharf. photo David Thompson I didn't. But a friend saw a Nankeen night heron at the very tip of …
Port Places in the time of COVID-19
A State of Emergency was declared in Victoria on 16th March. In just one week we have experienced changes and adopted practices unimaginable a few weeks ago. People have retreated indoors to social isolation hoping to 'flatten the curve'. The streets are quiet. The spaces between people are …