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Yarra's Edge

River crossings

November 15, 2017 by JanetBolitho Leave a Comment

Put yourself in the picture where those two men are standing between two bridges looking across the Yarra River - the Sandridge Bridge to the left and  Princes Bridge to the right. The Hoddle grid is spread out before you - a pattern and a framework set up for the future. The two bridges connect …

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The Bay or the Harbour?

May 14, 2015 by JanetBolitho Leave a Comment

Port Phillip Bay compared Tim Flannery enters the Sydney/Melbourne fray from a different angle in a piece in The Monthly by comparing the health of Port Phillip Bay unfavourably with Sydney Harbour. Australian of the year in 2007 and currently Chief of the Climate Council, Professor Flannery …

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Flying a kite

May 4, 2015 by JanetBolitho Leave a Comment

May 2015 The tram bridge crossing appears to be off the table in the review of planning for Fishermans Bend. 'The no bridge stance was promised in opposition and that stance will not change' according to a spokesperson for Planning Minister Richard Wynne. (Docklands News, Issue 108, p7) The …

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