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 …
Port & South Melbourne
Shifting Sand
It rained overnight on 23/24 January. People woke up to red mud coating every surface. Strong winds had borne Mallee dust from over 500 km away to Melbourne. Port Melbourne Yacht Club courtesy of Chris Milici Photography It was yet another reminder to metropolitan Melbourne not to live …
Transformation
Port Places is devoted to stories of the transformation of places of the lower Yarra - from streets and parks to Fishermans Bend, the biggest urban renewal area in Australia. The imperative for transformation at every scale and in every facet of society and the economy has been given added …
The first post, 2020
The last post for 2019 led with the climate emergency. Perhaps when you read it then, it seemed somewhat abstract, catastrophising even. But as the old year made way for the new, catastrophe seemed more apt than emergency. For a time life in Port continued in uneasy comfort insulated from …
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 and Western Australia. Climate Emergency was chosen by Oxford Languages as the word of the year. …
Folly and Modesty
21 Alfred St, Port Melbourne I believe that Grand Design aired the episode that featured this house recently. This is the post I wrote about it five years ago, on 21 August 2014. H House in Port Melbourne was featured in The Age on Saturday 16 August. It’s tucked away in a corner of Port Melbourne …