Edition - July 2010
Getting nosey for SIDS
The kids at Dockland’s Penguin Childcare got into the spirit of Red Nose Day on June 25
30 Jun 2010
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Melbourne Bike Share becomes Docklands Bike Share
Last month Docklands became part of the $5.5 million Melbourne Bikeshare scheme with the unveiling of five bike stations around the precinct.
30 Jun 2010
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Master plan unveiled this month
Lend Lease is ready to reveal its new master plan for Victoria Harbour and is this month seeking community feedbac
30 Jun 2010
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New MP for Docklands
Docklands will get a new federal MP at the next election.
30 Jun 2010
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Stand by for traffic chaos
VicUrban has announced the dates and times it will close major Harbour Esplanade intersections for tram works.
30 Jun 2010
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Study to look at who owns our waterways
The debate between developer and public interest continues – this time over Docklands’40 hectare ‘Blue Park’ as its waterways are sometimes called.
30 Jun 2010
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Wheels and roundabouts for council rate revenue
A revaluation of Harbour Town property has resulted in the City of Melbourne refunding nearly $1 million in rates following the failure of the Southern Star Observation Wheel.
30 Jun 2010
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Top executives sleep rough for the homeless
Docklands-based Enterprise Business Services CIO, Cathy Bibby, joined 115 other high-ranking executives sleeping in the cold at Etihad Stadium.
30 Jun 2010
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Lend Lease stands by Serrata
Lend Lease has acknowledged that it did not consult the Victoria Harbour community before announcing the controversial Serrata project, but says the system is to blame.
30 Jun 2010
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Docklands opens its doors
This month the third annual Melbourne Open House (MOH) will be opening more than 60 buildings to the public, seven of them in Docklands.
30 Jun 2010
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The sweet sound of piles being driven
Docklands has an old familiar friend back again – the metronomic background noise of pile driving.
30 Jun 2010
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Bad timing Simon
Timing is everything
30 Jun 2010
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Our newest Docklanders
Docklands’ newest residents are now moving into the exclusive River precinct at Yarra’s Edge.
30 Jun 2010
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It’s Groundhog Day
Docklands News recently found this press release from October 24, 2000 on the internet, which has an uncanny sense of the present.
30 Jun 2010
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Have your say
In 20 years there will be more than 1 million people visiting, living or working in the City of Melbourne municipality every day.
30 Jun 2010
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Kin to help out folk
When you think about charities and not-for-profit organisations what do you think of first?
30 Jun 2010
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Harbour Town – fashion capital
It may not be Fifth Avenue or Rodeo Drive, but Docklands’ Harbour Town is currently taking fashion to a new level.
30 Jun 2010
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Get into bed with Forty Winks
There’s nothing like cozing up in your bed for a great night’s sleep.
30 Jun 2010
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Docklands paddlers compete in China
The Victorian Dragon Boat Racing Association has sent 47 paddlers off to Southern China.
30 Jun 2010
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Lou sails into the Gold Coast’s loving embrace
Docklands’ waterways took another hit last month with the announcement that restaurateur Lou Jovanovski is moving the last of his charter boats to Queensland.
30 Jun 2010
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Retiring VicUrban Board member reflects on Docklands’ first decade
Interview with the chair of the Docklands Co-ordination Committee, Gabrielle Trainor, who after a decade on the VicUrban Board has announced her retirement.
30 Jun 2010
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H1 tips MAB over the $1 billion mark
MAB Corporation has broken the $1 billion invested in Docklands mark with its latest building commencement in NewQuay.
30 Jun 2010
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Barra landed in Docklands
We know about global warming, but catching a barramundi in Docklands in the middle of winter?
30 Jun 2010
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No longer a Sensation
Docklands may seem a little quieter this New Years Eve with Etihad Stadium announcing that it has decided to discontinue Sensation.
30 Jun 2010
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Circus comes to town
The circus has come to town these school holidays in Docklands.
30 Jun 2010
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No scandal at the Nixon
As the weather turns cold and the wind gets stronger, escape to The Nixon Hotel for drinks, dinner or a game of trivia.
30 Jun 2010
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Icehouse to be in world spotlight
Docklands newest attraction, the Icehouse, will next year host its first international event.
30 Jun 2010
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Peter gives a toss
It is well known that people act strangely when it comes to footy.
29 Jun 2010
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