Latest articles by Jack Hayes
Crowdfunding campaign gives green light for local whisky distillery
Kensington will soon be home to its first whisky distillery after a huge crowdfunding campaign raised $700,000 in just nine days.
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Recognising nearly 25 years in local real estate
There’s few who can profess to know more about real estate in Kensington than Lou Rendina.
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Moulding the next generation of Aussie talent
For Lindsay Saddington, teaching young Australian actors has been a life’s work.
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The man behind the houses
In the next instalment of our “Precinct Ambassadors” series, we have Elio Sarpi, the man behind the insanely popular Houses of North and West Melbourne Instagram page.
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Celebrating 10 years of award-winning design
For Anne Hindley, the road to opening her own West Melbourne-based architecture and industrial design firm, Hindley and Co, isn’t exactly your typical one.
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Striding for a healthier community
If you’re a regular to Macaulay Rd, you would have noticed the fresh new fit-out and distinctive orange branding of Kensington’s Stride Health Collective.
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Local school creating new pathways for boys
According to a federal government Youth in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Research survey of 2000 respondents, 80 per cent agreed that “scientists make a positive impact on the world” and 64 per cent said that “learning about science and technology is exciting.”
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Celebrating five years at the West End Art Space
As far as galleries go, West Melbourne’s West End Art Space, which celebrated its fifth birthday in May, is just in its infancy.
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A little slice of Paradise
A peak through the window of Errol St gift and toy store, Stranger Than Paradise, will give you a tiny insight into this unique small business, but nothing with will prepare you for what lies behind the shopfront.
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The Winter Night Market is back!
Grab your scarf, beanie, gloves and get ready to warm yourselves as the Queen Victoria Market’s famous Winter Night Market returns after a three-year hiatus.
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Responsible design shaping Hotham Hill
In a suburb like North Melbourne, spread with countless period homes and an undeniable commitment to heritage, it’s not often you’ll find a new development received well by locals.
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New site to bring new life to local school
The school’s recent $9.5 million acquisition of 52-58 Chetwynd St, West Melbourne, will see an end to over a decade of logistical challenges with the amalgamation of both campuses in one inner-city location.
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Whisky maestros land in Kensington
A coffee on Bellair St, a pint at Hardimans, a parma at the Doutta Galla or waiting for the level crossings on Macaulay Rd: there are few things more synonymous with life in Kensington.
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Eat, work, stay, play at The District Docklands
As Victoria’s largest open air, weather protected shopping, dining and entertainment precinct, The District Docklands presents a unique, and quintessentially, Melbourne experience as we accelerate out of lockdown.
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A turning point for local real estate
There is no doubt Melbourne’s residential property market has been tracking on an unprecedented upward trajectory since the start of the pandemic.
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Shaping the Next Chapter of local development
In building development, it is common to find buzzwords like “sustainability” and “community” littered through a company’s mantra.
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A new-look precinct association for North and West Melbourne
With a new board and revitalised committee, it isn’t just a new visual identity reshaping the North and West Melbourne Precinct Association (NWMPA).
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There’s something brewing in Kensington
For those in the know, this will come as no surprise, but Kensington is carefully becoming a treasure trove for micro-breweries, roasteries, and soon, it will add distilleries to that list.
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From the courts to the Olympics
Considered the world’s number one urban sport, 3x3 basketball is on a meteoric rise from the streets to the biggest stage in world sport: the rescheduled 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
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Seeing out summer at the market
While the days and nights are still warm and the yearn for adventure remains, the Queen Victoria Market (QVM) has something up its sleeve for locals.
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