Latest articles by Sean Car
Love Our Street 3008 returns to Docklands for first community clean-up since COVID
Docklands residents are being invited to take part in a special community clean-up later this month, as Love Our Street 3008 (LOS3008) returns to NewQuay for the first time since the pandemic.
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“A little world of health and wellness”: The Brace Shop opens in Port Melbourne
After operating his family business out of Abbotsford for 35 years, Erez Baron has brought Melbourne’s best sports and medical goods retail service to Port Melbourne, right on Docklands’ doorstep.
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Development Victoria: how has it come to this?
It’s a fair question many people have been asking since this government agency, born out of Docklands, effectively gave our heritage fleet the boot from its home in Victoria Harbour, initially with as little as four months’ notice.
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Major overhaul mooted for Docklands Chamber of Commerce funding structure
Docklands could house the City of Melbourne’s first “Business Innovation District” (BID) following an independent review of its business precinct program (BPP), which funds the Docklands Chamber of Commerce (DCC).
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Renewed calls for public transport to be accelerated to Fishermans Bend
Infrastructure Victoria has called for the state government to start building tram routes to Fishermans Bend by 2030, while urging it to “start preparing now” for the Melbourne Metro 2 train project.
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Calls for parking overhaul at Yarra’s Edge to deter hooning activity
A Yarra’s Edge resident is calling on the City of Melbourne to consider making substantial changes to car parking arrangements surrounding Point Park in response to past hooning activity seen in the area.
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Future of Docklands’ heritage fleet still under threat despite six-month extension
Development Victoria has backflipped from its original decision to terminate the leases of Docklands’ heritage fleet operators in June by granting them a six-month extension to remain at North Wharf until the end of the year.
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Container deposit scheme arrives at The District Docklands
Docklands residents, school students, businesses, and visitors have been the opportunity to get a sneak peek inside the recycling machines used to cash in their containers through Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme (CDS Vic).
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Government puts Mission to Seafarers building out to tender
The Victorian Government’s Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) is inviting expressions of interest from commercial operators to activate the heritage-listed Mission to Seafarers building in Docklands.
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“A complete rethink”: Calls for state government to return to E-Gate
With construction of the West Gate Tunnel Project nearing an end, calls are reemerging for the state government to revisit urban renewal in E-Gate to address critical shortfalls in housing, schools and open space.
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Support for Little India to be established in Docklands
Lord Mayor Nick Reece’s election pledge to establish a new Little India precinct in Melbourne has been met with enthusiasm across the community, and many are hoping that it could find its home in Docklands.
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Development Victoria to meet with heritage boating operators
Development Victoria (DV) is expected to hold further talks with operators of heritage vessels on February 27 as it continues to “explore viable options and support required to relocate their operations in Docklands or elsewhere”.
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Council “actively engaging” with ACCC after Citywide sale blocked
City of Melbourne CEO Alison Leighton says it is still in active discussions with Australia’s consumer watchdog after it blocked the council’s sale of Citywide to private waste management giant Cleanaway late last year.
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New face leads Development Victoria
Docklands’ authority Development Victoria (DV) has a new CEO in former Lendlease and Mirvac figure Anne Jolic, who will lead the state government’s property development agency into its next critical phase.
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High school hopes dashed as Costco site to be used for pathology
The Costco site in Docklands will not house a new secondary school as many local families had been hoping for, with the supermarket giant understood to have sold the building to a medical institution.
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Central Pier vanishing before our eyes
Development Victoria says it is continuing to make “good progress” on works to remove Central Pier, but an expected end date remains unknown.
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The mystery case of Australia Day fireworks in Docklands
Many visitors and locals were left disappointed on Australia Day after turning up for a fireworks display at Victoria Harbour that never took place thanks to what appears to be another case of online misinformation.
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Salvage operation under way for sunken Louisianna heritage boat in Docklands
Clean-up efforts began this month in Victoria Harbour after the MV Louisianna heritage timber boat sunk while berthed at North Wharf in November.
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Future of heritage vessels in Docklands remains unclear
Heritage boating operators continue to await answers regarding their long-term futures in Docklands from Development Victoria, which says it expects to provide more information “in the coming weeks”.
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Restoration of shipping control tower continues
Development Victoria says it is aiming to complete restoration of the historic North Wharf Shipping Tower by the middle of the year, but that it isn’t currently considering future uses for the structure.
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