There is a snag in the Yarra River Protection (Wilip-gin Birrarung murron) Act 2017. Snags - sticks, logs, trunks, trees and roots - were once a feature of the Yarra River. Snags made the River difficult to navigate and were part of the rationale for digging the Coode Canal. To facilitate and …
Yarra & Bay
Imagine the Yarra
Two years ago I posted about heading up the Yarra catchment to Darebin Parklands to think with others about how to ensure Labor kept its 2014 election promise to protect the Yarra River. Two years later. So much has been done. In September 2017, the Yarra River Protection (Wilip-gin Birrarung …
Two stories of the River
Benjamin Hoare’s Jubilee History of the Melbourne Harbor Trust 1877 - 1927 is essential reading here at Port Places. I'm charmed by his expression and the presentation. The tome includes tablecloth sized maps, friezes of ships decorate the pages, and each chapter leads with a Port themed …
Yarra Blitz
On a (rare) cold, wet and squally day, waves lapped on the shore of the Yarra River at Westgate Park. Back and forth washed the post-storm familiar mix of plastic bottles, polystyrene and wrappers, tantalisingly out of reach of the Tangaroa Blue clean up volunteers because of the high tide. It …
Yarra-Birrarung
On Friday 1st December 2017, the Yarra River Protection (Wilip-gin Birrarung murron) Act comes into effect. The Birrarung, the River of Mists. Wilip-gin Birrarung murron - keep the River alive. A foundation principle of the Act is to protect the Yarra as 'one living and integrated …
Talking about the Yarra again
This is (a slightly edited version of) my contribution to the Imagine the Yarra Conversations Public Event held at the Arts Centre on 19 September. It was prepared to be spoken rather than as a written piece. Good evening My subject is the River entrance. I pay my respects to the people and …