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19 09 2019

September 19, 2019 by JanetBolitho Leave a Comment

"We need to focus every inch of our being on climate change" Greta Thunberg I've been away in that part of Victoria where the lava once flowed across the western plains to the sea. A part of the country where the geology of the place thrusts itself on your attention through rocks and extrusions …

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The port places

August 4, 2019 by JanetBolitho Leave a Comment

The port places explored on this website have all been shaped by the Yarra River - the Birrarung - south of the Falls that once separated the salt from the freshwater River. The heart of Port Places is Port Melbourne. Janet Bolitho moved there in 1987 and has been part of its change ever …

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Election 2018

November 22, 2018 by JanetBolitho Leave a Comment

The Victorian election is on Saturday but the die may already be cast. A record 970,454 people had already voted by Wednesday 21 November – compared to 585,869 in 2014.1 The seat of Albert Park is held by Labor's Martin Foley on a margin of 3%. He first won the seat in 2007 at a by election held …

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Affinity

August 29, 2018 by JanetBolitho Leave a Comment

Only 0.8 degrees this morning and frost on Lagoon Reserve. It's reached the time of year when even winter advocates are willing the seasons to turn. Thoughts turn to gardening. When SKINC  (St Kilda Indigenous Nursery Cooperative) and Friends of Westgate Park decided to merge they knew they …

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Habitat Filters

April 10, 2018 by JanetBolitho Leave a Comment

As public transport becomes more crowded and with the attachment to devices, conversations on the tram have become rarer but the no 1 is often convivial. As the tram trundled down Sturt St towards South Melbourne past Habitat Filter, the woman sitting next to me observed “I don’t like it”. “It’s …

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A place for the people

February 7, 2018 by JanetBolitho Leave a Comment

When I go to [name] Edge at Federation Square I'm often drawn beyond the speaker to the gum trees on the Yarra River bank. Some of my most memorable experiences of being a citizen in Melbourne have been at Federation Square. Not just a minute's silence, but a collective deep silence, for the …

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