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Murphy’s

March 26, 2020 by JanetBolitho Leave a Comment

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 …

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Nature in the City

February 27, 2020 by JanetBolitho Leave a Comment

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 …

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The Third Quarter

August 7, 2019 by JanetBolitho Leave a Comment

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 …

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Murphys

July 4, 2019 by JanetBolitho Leave a Comment

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. J.L. Murphy was James Laurence Murphy, a …

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POPS

June 20, 2019 by JanetBolitho Leave a Comment

Last week I ascended the stair for the first time. 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 space to be delivered as part of the …

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A story of urban change

June 5, 2019 by JanetBolitho Leave a Comment

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 gasholder storing gas from the Gasworks and the Knox Schlapp factory. Knox Schlapp is not as …

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