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Park plan and security steps
Many features make Parkville Gardens a very attractive place to live. The proximity of Royal Park is one of them.
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Metro Tunnel brings Christmas spirit to the CBD
The Metro Tunnel is spreading some Christmas cheer across Melbourne’s CBD with bright and colourful artworks for the festive season.
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There’s an old saying that every government dollar should be treated as if it was hard earned, because it was – by a taxpayer
Given that Victoria is the highest-taxed state in the nation, this is a pretty fair rule to apply and one I would hope that the government would abide by. Sadly, this is not the case.
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History of Flagstaff Gardens told
West Melbourne: A Sense of Place is due to be published by the Hotham History Project early next year. The Flagstaff Gardens has an interesting history, and they continue to provide a venue for sport and recreation for West Melbourne residents and workers.
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Daredevil fun, security issues, and a new team in Town Hall
It wasn’t a trick, but it turned out a treat. Our Halloween event invitations went out at the last minute this year, but we still managed to attract a great turnout of young children and watchful parents for the fun and games.
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A trip to the flicks a popular treat
Young people growing up in North and West Melbourne during the early years of the twentieth century had a choice of cinema to attend, if they had the money to buy a ticket.
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No to the demolition of public housing
The fantastic team at not-for-profit architectural and urban design research organisation Office has completed a third study demonstrating that public housing should not be demolished but renovated and expanded to ensure a supply of affordable housing in Victoria at lower cost to governments.
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Win a VIP ride on a Metro Tunnel test train
Melburnians have been watching construction of the Metro Tunnel take place across the city for more than seven years.
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Meet your new Upper House Greens MP – Anasina Gray-Barberio
I’m excited to introduce Anasina Gray-Barberio, our newest Victorian Greens MP.
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Reflecting on the Kensington Story
Kensington sits on a hill with the Maribyrnong River flats to the west and a gentle slope down to the Moonee Ponds Creek in the east. The suburb transformed from the poverty of a “struggle town” in the 1940s to the present gentrified multicultural community, one still in transition, now from an industrial to a residential community.
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Spring nesting in full swing at Royal Park
Faces of North West City
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