On a bitterly cold night when the tide was high, people gathered in small groups to watch a superload leave the Port. It was during Stage 3 lock down restrictions when such an event generated more than usual interest. We were there because the departure and route of the superload had been notified …
Webb Dock & Port of Melbourne
Narrative of progress
The tapestries Port Reflections and Port Impressions hang in the terminal building on Station Pier but this was not their original home. Here's the back story. Port Reflections Courtesy of Victorian Ports Corporation. Photo by James Lauritz Port Impressions Courtesy of Victorian Ports …
Another anniversary
Cars, planes and now ships: heading towards the Port Some anniversaries are so significant because of their unfolding ramifications they are worth recording even though the date has passed. In March 1969, Melbourne's first container dock was completed, in time for the arrival of the first …
Two ships – two stories
Two brand new and almost identical ships can now be seen moving across the horizon from the shore. Toll's Tasmanian Achiever 11 and the Victorian Reliance 11 entered the Bass Strait service on 1 March. They are the first new Australian flagged vessels to have been commissioned for a very long …
Station Pier
A recurring complaint in Port Melbourne is that Station Pier is off limits to locals - even though that is only partly true. It is open except on cruise ship days - the number of which increase each season. But like a restaurant that is closed on the day you visit, the impression lingers. This is …
Excluded
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 …