The $4.3m upgrade of the Murphy Reserve Pavilion has been completed. It was to have been opened on Sunday 22nd March. The plaque announcing its opening has been removed - awaiting an uncertain future time when people are free to gather again. The purpose of the upgrade was to facilitate the …
parks
Nature in the City
In April 1949, fifteen year old Len Robinson and some friends caught the bus from Flinders St to Garden City and walked towards the Yarra River where Westgate Park is today looking for birds. It was on that excursion that Len spotted two little green parrots he hadn't seen before sitting on a …
The Third Quarter
Observations from walking and riding through Fishermans Bend between April and August 2019 From the elevation of the City Road tram stop there's a great view over South Melbourne Primary School and Kirrip Park. It was recess. The school forecourt was alive with children and the sound of their …
Murphys
Murphy's is how locals know J. L. Murphy Reserve in Port Melbourne. The Reserve was created in 1948 out of Fishermans Bend land that had been used by the American army during the war as a storage base for tanks, planes and other military equipment. City of Port Phillip collection J.L. …
POPS
Last week I ascended the stair for the first time. stair to the Sky Park off Collins St The instagramable Denton Corker Marshall designed stair leads to the Sky Park. I'd been keen, very keen, to see the new Park which opened earlier this year. It is just the first part of a 2,000 sq m open …
A story of urban change
Port Melbourne Baseball Club Premiers 1961 Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society This photograph tells a big story. In the foreground, the Port Melbourne baseball team of 1961 on Lagoon Reserve (and doesn't the woman with her face obscured invite curiousity?) In the background, the …