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 …
parks
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 …
Stewardship
It rained. At last. It had seemed fruitless to invite people to the annual community planting day at Lagoon Reserve, even though the mulch had been spread in readiness and the date arranged. But it's about keeping the faith, says Alice, who has coordinated the annual planting day at Lagoon …
Remembrance Garden
It was the day after Hassan Khalif Shire Ali killed Sisto Malaspina and injured two other people in Bourke St and the eve of Remembrance Day. Sadness was close to the surface when people gathered to open a Remembrance Garden in Port Melbourne. The Garden is a community initiated, Council …