Edition - February 2012
Our shrinking population
Docklands will end up with almost 25 per cent fewer residents by 2020 than was originally envisaged with Places Victoria again revising down its population estimates.
31 Jan 2012
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It’s super baby
Super baby Thomas Mitchell dropped into Docklands to fly the flag on Australia Day.
31 Jan 2012
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2012 is the year Docklanders all pull together
Here is a new year’s resolution for Docklands – “This year we are all going to pull together.”
31 Jan 2012
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Council acts on trip hazard
Conder Owners’ Corporation chair Warren Mills wants the City of Melbourne to reattach hundreds of screws sticking out of the NewQuay boardwalk.
31 Jan 2012
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Year of the dragon
The Chinese year of the dragon came to Docklands on Australia Day, with this glamorous fellow seeming to break through the pavement on Harbour Esplanade.
31 Jan 2012
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Harbour Town defies the gloom
Harbour Town Shopping Centre defied the retail gloom in December and posted a healthy growth in sales figures.
31 Jan 2012
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More traffic disruption
Harbour Esplanade will be closed at night this month and also in March as contractors fix strip drains.
31 Jan 2012
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Tower 6 announced
Mirvac is proceeding with its Tower 6 at Yarra’s Edge with the Minister for Planning Matthew Guy making the announcement last month.
31 Jan 2012
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Simply the best
New year’s eve went off in Docklands this year with some observers reporting the best celebration so far.
31 Jan 2012
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What a great place to wait
If you are going to be stuck in Melbourne awaiting an organ transplant, what better place to wait than Docklands?
31 Jan 2012
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Dudley St to be closed again for rail works
Docklanders have been advised that Dudley St will again be closed this month to allow works to proceed on the new Regional Rail Link.
31 Jan 2012
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Facilities will be worth the wait
Docklands’ first real community facilities announced late last year should prove worth the wait, according to Lend Lease’s Victoria Harbour project director Claire Johnston.
31 Jan 2012
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Roger fires up over council open space strategy
The president of the Docklands Community Association Roger Gardner has dismissed the City of Melbourne’s new draft open space strategy as “misleading window dressing”.
31 Jan 2012
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A new market force for Docklands
There’s nothing here now but if siblings Stephen and Niki Filipovic fulfil their dream, this is the site for a dynamic and chic Saturday market.
31 Jan 2012
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Work resumes on wheel
Work is proceeding on rebuilding the Southern Star Observation Wheel following a setback in late November which disrupted its progress.
31 Jan 2012
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DCA Christmas celebration
The Docklands Community Association (DCA) held a successful Christmas breakup early in December attended by about 70 people.
31 Jan 2012
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Community garden is underway
Work on the new Docklands community garden, to be located on the corner of Geographe St and Keera Way in Victoria Harbour, is set to start this month following the appointment in December of contractor Haylen Group.
31 Jan 2012
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Now that’s windy!
We all know that Docklands is windy. But January 11 will be a day to remember.
31 Jan 2012
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New banking concept for Docklands
It is the first of five concept stores to be opened across Australia this year as NAB discards the term “branch” and re-focuses on “retail and customer experience”.
31 Jan 2012
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‘Casino’ is a popular choice
Geelong painter Phil Suter’s work SS Casino – That Fateful Day was the most popular at last year’s ANL Art Prize and Exhibition at the Mission to Seafarers.
31 Jan 2012
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No councillor for Docklands
Docklands seems unlikely to get its own city councillor as a Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) review has recommended against it.
31 Jan 2012
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Networking lunch success
Fifty privileged Docklanders experienced Bob’s Steak and Chop House at the December 2011 Docklands News Networking Lunch.
31 Jan 2012
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Foodies to take to the water for festival
Docklands will be front and centre on the opening weekend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival on March 3 and 4.
31 Jan 2012
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Ahoy boaties and others
If you like boats, Docklands is the place to be on the first weekend in February.
31 Jan 2012
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Renegades look to next season
Docklands-based Renegades cricket team had a less-than-satisfactory conclusion to the Twenty20 Big Bash season but coach Simon Helmot remains upbeat about next year.
31 Jan 2012
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Dock tours are on again
The Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) is again conducting port boat tours departing from Waterfront City during March.
31 Jan 2012
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Tram delivers our message to the CBD
Docklands will be enticing visitors from the city for the next three months thanks to a Destination Docklands campaign to wrap a City Circle tram with our message.
30 Jan 2012
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10 year celebration at NewQuay
Docklanders old and new celebrated the 10-year milestone of the first residents moving into the suburb on December 21.
30 Jan 2012
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